Just got this message in from Harry Weinger @ Univeral Music, the guy who's been putting together the deluxe editions and reissues of Marvin Gaye's albums the last few years:

Looking forward to helping this site grow. Marvin's artistry deserves to be heard, and the more you know, the more you love what he did. I'll hook up with Bill, the site's moderator, to kick off some conversation about these great albums. (And you know I love the 60s Marvin too but hey, look at these albums!) I can see we sometimes get swamped by emails and we'll do our best to answer them on the blogs.

BTW, been in the studio a lot lately, and we'll have TWO more 70s deluxe editions coming, too - more for the serious fan. Recent discoveries have proven pretty amazing.

Thank you for all the love and support for Marvin and the legacy of Motown.

Hey Marvin Gaye fans and newbies: we're just getting started and getting into doing this. There's more stuff coming soon, promise.

This is meant to be the place to rap about and learn about Marvin Gaye, especially what he did in the 1970s, when he made his greatest albums -- the records that are still echoing around the world. His artistic growth was beautiful to hear and see; the albums are a mere starting point for discussion. There's already a lot of story and a lot of music to explore: you can get 2-CD Deluxe Editions of What's Going On (the album, the alt. mix, the live version), Let's Get It On (the album, the album's demo versions, the "what-the-hell-am-I-gonna-do-next" sessions) and I Want You (the album, the demo versions, the alt. mixes).

There are also great albums like Trouble Man (the one you mean to get), Live! (the one with the baaaad "Distant Lover"), Live at London Palladium (w/the lonnnng Got To Give It Up), even Diana & Marvin (the duet record of mostly covers).

Then there are the last two Motown albums, Here My Dear (the haunting, obsessive "divorce" album) and In Our Lifetime (theological AND super-funky, the one that was supposed to be the album Love Man). They two didn't light up the charts or have "hit singles" but they demand and deserve serious attention - autobiographical, musically rich and complex, they hold up under repeated listening even after three decades. Those are the albums you never hear on the radio but they still thrill, and they are influential as hell (believe it).

Hang awhile, send us an email, ask, tell, groove. Let's have a Love Party.