Lossless Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear (1978, 2009) (Deluxe Edition Japan SHM-CD) FLAC music

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Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978, 2009) (Deluxe Edition Japan SHM-CD) FLAC

Artist: Marvin Gaye | Album: Here, My Dear (Deluxe Edition Japan SHM-CD) | Released: 1978, 2009 | Genre: RnB, Soul

Pre-dating the voyeuristic tendencies of reality television by 20 years, Here, My Dear is the sound of divorce on record -- exposed in all of its tender-nerve glory for the world to consume. During the amazing success of I Want You and his stellar Live at the London Palladium album, Marvin Gaye was served with divorce papers from his then-wife Anna Gordy Gaye (sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy). One of the conditions of the settlement was that Gordy Gaye would receive an extensive percentage of royalties as well as a portion of the advance for his next album. Initially, Gaye was contemplating giving less than his best effort, as he wouldn't stand to receive any money, but then reconsidered at the last moment. The result is a two-disc-long confessional on the deterioration of their marriage; starting from the opening notes of the title track, Gaye viciously cuts with every lyric deeper into an explanation of why the relationship died the way it did. Gaye uses the album, right down to its packaging, to exorcise his personal demons with subtle visual digs and less-than-subtle lyrical attacks. The inner sleeve had a pseudo-board-game-like illustration entitled "Judgment," in which a man's hand passes a record to a woman's. One side of the sleeve has Gaye's music and recording equipment, while the other side of the board included jewelry and other luxurious amenities. Musically the album retains the high standards Gaye set in the early '70s, but you can hear the agonizing strain of recent events in his voice, to the point where even several vocal overdubs can't save his delivery. Stripped to its bare essence, Here, My Dear is no less than brilliantly unsettling and a perfect cauterization to a decade filled with personal turmoil.

Tracklisting:

1-01. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (02:48)
1-02. Marvin Gaye - I Met A Little Girl (05:02)
1-03. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (06:15)
1-04. Marvin Gaye - Anger (04:03)
1-05. Marvin Gaye - Is That Enough (07:46)
1-06. Marvin Gaye - Everybody Needs Love (05:47)
1-07. Marvin Gaye - Time To Get It Together (03:53)
1-08. Marvin Gaye - Sparrow (06:11)
1-09. Marvin Gaye - Anna's Song (05:53)
1-10. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Instrumental) (06:03)
1-11. Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation (08:18)
1-12. Marvin Gaye - You Can Leave, But It's Going To Cost You (05:30)
1-13. Marvin Gaye - Falling In Love Again (04:38)
1-14. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Reprise) (00:49)
1-15. Marvin Gaye - Ain't It Funny (How Things Turn Around) (Alternate Mix) (04:04)
2-01. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear - (Mocean Worker mix, alternate take) (02:48)
2-02. Marvin Gaye - I Met A Little Girl - (Easy Mo Bee mix, alternate take) (05:04)
2-03. Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You - (Leon Ware & Gerry "The Gov" Brown mix) (06:56)
2-04. Marvin Gaye - Anger - (extended mix, alternate take, with Marcus Miller) (05:51)
2-05. Marvin Gaye - Is That Enough? - (Montez Payton mix, alternate take, instrumental) (04:06)
2-06. Marvin Gaye - Everybody Needs Love - (Prince Paul mix, alternate take) (06:11)
2-07. Marvin Gaye - Time To Get Together - (extended mix, alternate take, with DJ Smash) (06:48)
2-08. Marvin Gaye - Sparrow - (Randy Watson Experience mix, alternate take) (06:07)
2-09. Marvin Gaye - Anna's Song - (John Rhone mix, alternate take, instrumental) (02:09)
2-10. Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation (extended mix, alternate take, with Paul Simpson/John Morales) (09:10)
2-11. Marvin Gaye - You Can Leave, But It's Going To Cost You (extended mix, alternate take, with John Rhone) (06:42)
2-12. Marvin Gaye - Falling In Love Again Falling In Love Again - (Salaam Remi mix, alternate take) (06:30)
2-13. Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation (Instrumental) (08:19)