What's Going On

Issued in clear 2-CD jewel case with 32-page booklet. "Deluxe Edition" sticker on jewel case. Some/all copies also come with a black hype sticker on the jewel case. Tracks 1-10 to 2-12, 2-16 *Previously Unreleased Tracks 2-13, 2-14 are mono versions. — In booklet: Publishers: Tracks 1-1, 1-10, 1-19, 2-5, 2-12, 2-13: © 1970 Renewed 1998 Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) on behalf of Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGBIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) on behalf of Stone Agate Music (a division of Jobete Music Co., Inc.) Tracks 1-2, 1-11, 2-6: © 1971 Renewed 1999 Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) on behalf of Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGBIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music Tracks 1-3, 1-9, 1-12, 1-18, 2-4, 2-7, 2-11: © 1971 Renewed 1999 Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) Tracks 1-4, 1-6 to 1-8, 1-13, 1-15 to 1-17, 2-2, 2-3, 2-8: © 1971 Renewed 1999 Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) on behalf of Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGBIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) on behalf of Stone Agate Music (a division of Jobete Music Co., Inc.) Tracks 1-5, 1-14, 2-9, 2-14: © 1970 Renewed 1998 Jobete Music Co., Inc., MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) Tracks 1-1 to 1-9: Mixed at Motown Studios ("Hitsville West"), Los Angeles, CA, May 6, 1971. [...] Originally released on Tamla TS 310, May 21, 1971. Tracks 1-10 to 1-18: Mixed at Motown Mix Room (Woodward Avenue), Detroit, MI, April 5, 1971. Track 1-19: Mixed at Universal Mastering Studios-East, Edison, NJ, October 4, 2000. Copying: Mrs. Davis Van DePitte (A very thrifty move, Dave) Basic tracks for "What's Going On" recorded June 1, 1970. Lead & background voices overdubbed July 6, 7 and 10; strings recorded September 21, 1970. Basic tracks for all other songs recorded in sequence March 17, 19, 20, 1971. Strings, horns and lead and background voices overdubbed March 24, 26-30, 1971. Additional Marvin Gaye vocals and instrumentation overdubs for Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Right On, Wholy Holy, Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) recorded in Los Angeles, CA, May 5, 1971. Tracks 2-1 to 2-12: Mixed October 2000. Recorded at the Kennedy Center Auditorium, Washington, D.C., May 1, 1972. Tracks 2-13 & 2-14: Originally released as A- and B-sides of single [url=/master/170699]Tamla T54201[/url], January 20, 1971. The Musicians: Similar to the LP credits although it is possible Richard "Pistol" Allen is on drums for #13; other musicians may also differ on #14 due to the earlier recording date. Basic tracks for God Is Love(single version) recorded January 20 and February 13, 1968. Marvin Gaye vocals overdubbed October 7, 1970. Track 2-15: Originally released on [url=/master/66676]Tamla T54207F-B[/url], flipside of Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), June 10, 1971. The Musicians: Similar to the LP credits but some may differ due to the earlier recording date. Basic tracks recorded August 23, 1969. Strings added November 21, 1969. More instruments overdubbed September 18, 1970; lead & background voices and other overdubs recorded November 10 & 11, 1970. The third single of the album, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", was released on [url=/master/203035]Tamla T54209F[/url], October 1971. [...] Its flipside was Wholy Holy. Track 2-16: Mixed at Hitsville U.S.A., November 1970. Basic track recorded November 3, 1970; background voices were added the next day; lead & more background voices recorded November 6, 1970. All studio performances on discs 1 & 2 were recorded in Detroit, MI at Motown's Studio A (Hitsville U.S.A.), Studio B (Golden World) and possibly at United Sound Studios. Los Angeles overdubs recorded at Sound Factory. Digitally mastered from the original tapes using 96k/24-bit technology at Universal Mastering Studios-East. Both mixes of the album were mastered from first-generation, stereo analog two-track tapes. Electric static in the Detroit mix of "God Is Love" could not be removed without compromising the audio quality. The "Rhythm & Strings Mix" and the live show were mixed to digital stereo from original 16-track analog reels. The single versions of "What's Going On" and "God Is Love" were mastered from the original full-track mono single masters. "Sad Tomorrows" was mastered in stereo from the original two-track master. (The single release used this stereo tape folded into mono). "Head Title" was mastered from a stereo, rough mix analog tape that suffered oxide damage through the years; dropouts you may hear are on the original tape. Right On: A special thanks to the life and art of Marvin Pentz Gaye II; to Ben Edmonds, David Van DePitte, David Ritz and Pat St. John; and to Smokey Robinson, Steve Smith, Ken Sands, Lawrence Miles, Bob Olhsson, James Green, Jack Ashford, Bob Babbit. Louvain Demps, Uriel Jones, Joe Schaffner, Jim and Steve Hendin of Digital Works, Curtis McNair, Diane Martin, Ms. Esther Edwards and the staff of The Motown Historical Museum. Marshall Crenshaw, Jeff Glixman, David Gorman, Richard Harrington, Amy Herot. John Lester, Meire Murakami, Scott Regan, Courtland Scott, Allan Slutsky, Andrew Skurow, Dana Smart, Georgia Ward, Bruce Resnikoff, Richie Gallo, Glen Sanatar, Andy McKaie, Bill Levenson and the UME staff. © 2010 Motown Records Company, L.P. — On back: ℗ 2002 Motown Records Company, L.P. © 2010 Motown Records Company, L.P., a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Made in the EU.