{"product_id":"marvin-gaye-whats-going-on","title":"Marvin Gaye - What's Going On LP (Gatefold) ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/sly-and-the-family-stone\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/sly-and-the-family-stone\"\u003eSly and the Family Stone\u003c\/a\u003e might have psychedelicized soul music, but \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/marvin-gaye\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/marvin-gaye\"\u003eMarvin Gaye\u003c\/a\u003e personalized it. Although the powers-that-were Motown didn't even want to release the record, the unexpected success of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat's Going On\u003c\/i\u003e, issued in 1971, inspired \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/stevie-wonder\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/stevie-wonder\"\u003eStevie Wonder\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/curtis-mayfield\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/curtis-mayfield\"\u003eCurtis Mayfield\u003c\/a\u003e, and just about every other black artist on the planet to take greater responsibility for their music and its meaning. \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/marvin-gaye\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/marvin-gaye\"\u003eGaye \u003c\/a\u003eco-wrote the songs and produced the album, flavouring it with layer upon layer of his own multi-tracked vocals, oceans of hand percussion, strings, flutes, and jazzy horn solos. spacey and loose as a spliff-fueled sunday afternoon jam in the park, the nine songs all played like a hit single. The title track - inspired by his brother's return from the Vietnam war - and the obvious social commentary of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInner City Blues (Make me Wanna Holler\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMercy Mercy Me (the Ecology)\u003c\/i\u003e actually were hit singles. Two other tracks (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWholly Holy and Save the Children\u003c\/i\u003e) would inspire hit covers by \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/aretha-franklin\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/aretha-franklin\"\u003eAretha Franklin\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/diana-ross\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/us\/artist\/diana-ross\"\u003eDiana Ross\u003c\/a\u003e, respectively. Nevertheless, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat's Going On\u003c\/i\u003e sounds as fresh today as it did the week that it came out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"56 - All Media Supply","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56736095732085,"sku":"600753534236","price":6.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8300\/2485\/files\/1448658_5aa46c99-545e-4031-a152-a30a6eb5dae6.jpg?v=1770955947","url":"https:\/\/warmvibevinyls.com\/products\/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}