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The Magic of Marvin: Sovereign Soul and Sweetness, The Crown’d Prince of Motown

If you don’t have a special connection to Marvin Gaye, immediately I question your humanity. Chances are I’ll never like you. He left this earthly plane with a gunshot shortly before I turned 2 years old 32 years ago today, right before he turned 45. In just over 25 years, he evolved from being one…

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Marvin Gaye “For The Both Of Us I’ll Be Concerned” (1971, Unreleased. From Love Starved Heart: Rare And Unreleased, 1994)

Marvin Gaye “For The Both Of Us I’ll Be Concerned” (1971, Unreleased. From Love Starved Heart: Rare And Unreleased, 1994) It’s perhaps the more bittersweet soulful moments of Spring. Perhaps the most everlastingly cruel April Fools Joke. A Day before his 45th Birthday, the complex relationship between Marvin Gaye Jr. and Sr. was cemented forever…

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Every Friday, during the height of the 1960’s, Motown Records would host quality control meetings that would put recordings against each other for release.
When labors of love come out gorgeous. Many thanks to @keptabsorbed for including me in @diggingsoundcollect’s 2nd volume. Hit them up before the sell out!
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A tweet thread: The Supremes weren’t rich, given what they earned in royalties from record sales. Yes they made up some of it from live performances, but exploitation of artists still happens.
We pay tribute to one of the brightest and best:
I just stumbled across this interview Mary Wilson did just 6 weeks ago.
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There weren’t just Black Women at the microphone, or filling out notes on sheet music. There were the legends that were instrumentalists, and that where we meet Jazz Pianist Beryl Booker.

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