Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Stubborn Kind of Fellow - Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas
2. Pride and Joy
3. Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye, Martha & the Vandellas
4. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
5. What Do You Want with Him [#]
6. Once upon a Time - Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells
7. What's the Matter with You Baby - Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells
8. Can I Get a Witness
9. Couldn't Ask for More [#]
10. You're Wonderful [#]
11. I Wonder
12. You're a Wonderful One
13. It's Got to Be Love [#]
14. Try It Baby
15. Leavin' [#]
16. My Love for You [#]
17. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
18. Baby Don't You Do It
19. Just Like a Man [#]
20. Pretty Little Baby
21. Talk About a Good Feeling [#]
22. I'll Be Doggone
23. Little Darling (I Need You)
24. One More Heartache
25. Ain't That Peculiar
26. You're the One for Me
27. Take This Heart of Mine
28. Your Unchanging Love

Disc 2:

1. It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston
2. I Couldn't Help Falling for You [#] - Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston
3. Lonely Lover [#]
4. Without Your Sweet Lovin' [#]
5. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
6. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
7. Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
8. If This World Were Mine - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
9. Without You (Not Another Lonely Night) [#]
10. Together We Stand (Divided We Fall) [#]
11. You
12. Chained
13. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
14. You're What's Happening (In the World Today)
15. This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)
16. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
17. Keep on Lovin' Me Honey - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
18. You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
19. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
20. More Than a Heart Can Stand
21. How Can I Forget
22. That's the Way Love Is
23. Yesterday
24. End of Our Road
25. Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
26. What You Gave Me - Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell

Disc 3:

1. What's Going On
2. Save the Children
3. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
4. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
5. I'm Going Home [1972 Mix][#]
6. Piece of Clay [#]
7. You're the Man, Pts. 1-2
8. Checking Out (Double Clutch) [#]
9. Trouble Man
10. Let's Get It On
11. Come Get to This
12. Just to Keep You Satisfied
13. Pledging My Love - Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross
14. My Mistake (Was to Love You) - Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross
15. Distant Lover [Live]
16. I Want You
17. After the Dance

Disc 4:

1. Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1
2. Here, My Dear
3. When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
4. Anger
5. Anna's Song
6. Funky Space Reincarnation
7. When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Reprise)
8. She Needs Me [#]
9. Why Did I Choose You? [#]
10. Life Is for Learning
11. Funk Me
12. Love Me Now or Love Me Later
13. Ego Tripping Out
14. Star Spangled Banner
15. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & the Pips
16. Rockin' After Midnight
17. Sexual Healing
18. Lord's Prayer

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42026 in Music
• Released on: 1995-04-25
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com essential recording
The cover shot for this four-disc box is a floating image of hands outstretched, desperate to touch "The Master"--a suggestion that might be blasphemous if this weren't Marvin Gaye, one of the most impassioned, visionary, and masterful singers who ever lived, and one who inspired intense devotion among his millions of fans. The Master reveres Gaye with 89 selections, 32 of them hits, including classic solo recordings from "Hitch Hike" and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" to the stunning "What's Goin' On" and "Sexual Healing," not to mention a "The Lord's Prayer" that makes clear what Master Gaye's divine voice was forever striving to reach. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews

A box set worthy of its subject
After initially releasing a terrible box set of Gaye's work, Motown more than made up for it with this package. It's a wonderfully chosen collection of hits and rare cuts that not only catches a dizzying array of great music, but also does what only the best box sets do: casts new light and perspective on the man's music.

Motown's vaults are voluminous but they didn't just load up these four discs with extraneous cuts; they pulled some great, genuinely hard-to-find tracks, some legendary never-before-released songs (esp. the famous "Vulnerable" recordings, which have since been released on their own), and the very best of the album cuts. They gave proper respect to the forgotten masterpiece "Here, My Dear." Perhaps most impressively, they worked out the legal issues with Columbia so that "Sexual Healing" and "Rockin' After Midnight" could be included, which is essential to making this a truly comprehensive collection. They even included two legendary live TV moments: Gaye's take on the Star Spangled Banner (still talked about by everyone who saw it at the 1983 NBA All Star game) and his duet with Gladys Knight on "Grapevine."

Simply put, they captured all the hits and some great hard-to-find moments and put them all together in one very well presented package. (Compare that to their recent Stevie Wonder box, which has tons of terrific, well-known tracks but nothing new or rare.) This box set was assembled with the utmost love and respect. He deserves it and his fans deserve it.

The Definitive Marvin Gaye Collection
Marvin Gaye is as popular today as he ever was. He music is (unfortunately) constantly being decimated at the hands of "artists" who are in search of creativity while destroying the integrity of an original masterpeice. As a remedy, this box set is sure bring back many a pleasant memory and help curious youngsters view what their parents and a new generation has known for years: Marvin Gaye's music is eternal and without equal. The four discs span his early music career to his puppy-love duets, followed by his artistic rebirth in the 70s, up to his untimely death in 1984 (at the hands of his father.) "Let's Get It On," "What's Going On," Inner City Blues," "I Want You," and other classics never sounded better, since each song is in it's album entirety. Previously unreleased gems such as "Piece of Clay" and "The Lords Prayer" are sure to give the new Marvin Gaye listener a better insight to the man behind the myth. Gaye's art imitates his life throughout the set, sharing with us his pleasure and pain, his happiness & sorrow, all the while creating our own memories. Marvin Gaye's music truly deserves to be preserved, and this set so far has done the best job at doing so. Forget Elvis: Marvin Gaye lives now and forever. His music is a testament to the human spirit. God Bless him! -

The Master 1961-1984 is a great Marvin Gaye Package
The Master 1961-1984 documents Marvin's entire career. The package has 4 discs that are mastered greatly, a book with rare pictures, songs, discography, singles, and a long essay. It has a great design. It has 90 tracks with a bonus track from the 1976 I Want You sessions. This package is filled with Marvin's career as a singer, writer, a somewhat actor.