Detailed item info | Track listing | DISC 1: 1. What's Going On 2. What's Happening Brother 3. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) 4. Save the Children 5. God Is Love 6. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 7. Right On 8. Wholy Holy 9. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 10. What's Going On 11. What's Happening Brother 12. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) 13. Save the Children 14. God Is Love 15. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 16. Right On 17. Wholy Holy 18. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 19. What's Going On - (rhythm & strings mix)
DISC 2: 1. Sixties Medley: That's The Way Love Is / You / I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Little Darling (I Need You) / You're All I Need To Get By / Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing / Your Precious Love / Pride And Joy / Stubborn Kind Of Fellow 2. Right On 3. Wholy Holy 4. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 5. What's Going On 6. What's Happening Brother 7. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) 8. Save the Children 9. God Is Love 10. Stage Dialogue 11. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 12. What's Going On 13. What's Going On 14. God Is Love 15. Sad Tomorrows 16. Head Title (A.K.A. Distant Lover)
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | George Benson | | Producer: | Marvin Gaye | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording type: | Mixed | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | WHAT'S GOING ON: DELUXE EDITION features the original album, plus an unreleased Detroit mix, a live version from Kennedy Center, and unreleased single versions and instrumentals. WHAT'S GOING ON: Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); David Van Depitte (arranger, conductor); Robert White, Joe Messina (guitar); Johnny Griffith (celeste, keyboards); Earl Van Dyke (keyboards); Eli Fountain (alto saxophone); Wild Bill Moore (tenor saxophone); Jack Brokensha (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Babbit, James Jamerson (bass); Chet Forest (drums); Eddie Brown, Earl DeRouen (bongos, conga); Jack Ashford (tambourine, percussion). Recorded at Hitsville, Golden World and United Sound Studios, Detroit, Michican. Originally released on Tamla (310). Includes liner notes by Smokey Robinson, Ben Edmonds and Harry Weinger. LIVE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER: Personnel includes: Marvin Gaye (vocals, piano); Robert White (guitar); Jack Ashford (glockenspiel, percussion, kazoo); Uriel Jones (drums); Eddie "Bongo" Brown (bongos); The Andantes, Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer (background vocals). Recorded live at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1972. All tracks have been digitally remastered.
| | Editorial reviews | Included in Mojo's Best Reissues of 2001. Mojo (01/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Revolutionary... Rolling Stone (01/23/2003)
...A masterwork....Sumptuous packaging, insightful liner notes, and voluminous session information underscore the first-class presentation... Living Blues (05/01/2001)
...Stands as both a eulogy and testament to a spirit of co-operation, understanding and harmony. It's a vision of Utopia in words and music one could wander around in forever. Mojo (05/01/2001)
5 stars out of 5 - ...The live album that forms the centerpiece of this re-packaged version of Gaye's greatest work is... astonishing... Q (06/01/2001)
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