On March 29, the world will hear soul legend Marvin Gaye’s lost 1972 LP, You’re The Man in its entirety for the first time.
Originally, the release was slated to be the follow-up to Gaye’s 1971 smash-hit What’s Going On, but a clash with Motown CEO Berry Gordy forced the singer to shelve the album completely.
The story goes that You’re The Man was primed to be Gaye’s most socially conscious work, which made Motown executives – namely Gordy – nervous. Gordy believed that overt politicism would negatively affect Gaye’s perceived status as a sex symbol, and he pushed for the album to be buried.
Shortly thereafter, Gaye turned to other projects, eventually releasing Trouble Man in 1972.
According to Rolling Stone, “While the majority of the tracks on You’re the Man have been previously released on CD compilations, this marks the first time 15 of the album’s 17 cuts will be available on vinyl.”
Click here to pre-order You’re The Man.
Listen to the album’s newly-mixed version of “My Last Chance” via Spotify below:
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Steve
February 8, 2019 at 1:57 pmJim,
Not sure I agree there. I think WHAT’S GOING ON is as, or more, relevant today then it was back in ’71: the plight of vets, addiction, environmental meltdown, etc. etc. I listen to it all the time.
jaggerrich
February 7, 2019 at 11:17 pmSo,…. Nothing to see, (or hear) here. And ‘that’, is actually too bad. Wish there was a truly lost gem/ masterpiece out there.
Jim
February 8, 2019 at 8:40 amAll together as it should have been released is a treasure. Particularly since it was supposedly “Gaye’s most socially conscious work” The problem is will the social consciousness be still relevant today as to what Marvin was trying to get across at the time. Political and social commentary tend to be very at the time related.