Marvin Gayes legendary May 1972 concert in Washington D.C., featuring the singers only full album performance of his classic Whats Going On, will be reissued as a standalone live album for the first time this October.
Whats Going On Live, due out October 18th via Motown/UMe, highlights Gayes May 1st, 1972 performance at the Kennedy Center, a gig that marked both the culmination of his hometown Washington D.C.s Marvin Gaye Day as well as the singers first concert in four years.
In addition to the near-full album performance of Whats Going On a delay in switching reel-to-reel tapes at the time results in the exclusion of Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) the live album also features Gayes lone live performances of four songs: Thats The Way Love Is and You as part of the 13-minute concert-opening Sixties Medley along with Right On and Wholy Holy; Motown/UMe shared the latter as a preview of Whats Going On Live.
Whats Going On Live, available to preorder now, also boasts photographs from Gayes performance and new liner notes by the singers biographer David Ritz, who called the concert an invaluable and vibrant historical document marking a milestone in the artists career.
Whats Going On Live Track List
1. Sixties Medley 13:22
Thats The Way Love Is / You / I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Little Darling (I Need You) / Youre All I Need To Get By / Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing / Your Precious Love / Pride And Joy / Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
2. Right On 7:33
3. Wholy Holy 3:32
4. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 9:06
5. Whats Going On 5:42
6. Whats Happening Brother 2:54
7. Flyin High (In The Friendly Sky) 3:51
8. Save The Children 4:22
9. God Is Love 1:43
10. Stage Dialogue 2:34
11. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (Reprise) 5:12
12. Whats Going On (Reprise) 4:12