Marvin Gaye Soulful Moods of (180g vinyl LP )

Release date:05-11-2015 (Originally released in 1961)

2015 EU reissue (180g vinyl LP ) + download

Marvin's rare debut album, The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye, featured what he loved to sing most: American standards from "My Funny Valentine" to Cole Porter's "Love for Sale." It's unlike anything he's best known for, but it's a fascinating portrait of a superstar in the rough nonetheless. Soulful Moods also includes Marvin's first single, "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide."

Tracks: (180g vinyl LP ) + download
A1 Masquerade
A2 Funny Valentine
A3 Witchcraft
A4 Easy Living
A5 How Deep Is The Ocean

B1 Love For Sale
B2 Always
B3 How High The Moon
B4 Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
B5 Never Let You Go
B6 You Don't Know What Love Is

One of the most iconic singers of his generation, Marvin Gaye aka The Prince of Motown, was cited for his "huge contribution to soul music in general and the Motown Sound in particular...[his] classic R&B voice was edged with grit yet tempered with sweetness...[projecting] an air of soulful authority driven by fervid conviction and heartbroken vulnerability."

Marvin's rare debut album, The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye, featured what he loved to sing most: American standards from "My Funny Valentine" to Cole Porter's "Love for Sale." It's unlike anything he's best known for, but it's a fascinating portrait of a superstar in the rough nonetheless. Soulful Moods also includes Marvin's first single, "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide."

In correlation with the Marvin Gaye: 1961-1965 box set which collected the music legend's first seven studio efforts, the albums - The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye (1961), That Stubborn Kinda' Fellow (1963), When I'm Alone I Cry (1964), Together – Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells (1964), Hello Broadway (1964), How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You (1965) and A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole (1965) - are all being offered individually on 180g vinyl.