The high-end audio format war (DTS vs. DVD Audio vs. Super Audio CD) still didn't have a clear winner in 2004, so to ensure there's some Marvin Gaye to pump through your expensive tube amps, Universal issued The Marvin Gaye Collection in a Hybrid Super Audio CD. There's a confusing history behind the collection, so get your flowcharts out. Originally this set was released in 1997 as Forever Yours in a DTS-only mix (you couldn't play it without a DTS decoder) that brought the "Legendary Surround Re-Mixes" to life. No explanation was given as to why these remixes were "legendary," but in general the mix was tasteful, warm, and spacious. In 2003, the DTS mix was reissued in the DVD Audio format with some juggling of the track list and a new title, The Marvin Gaye Collection. A year later, The Marvin Gaye Collection was reissued, this time as a hybrid CD with both Super Audio Surround and plain old CD mixes. The track list is filled with classics and there's nothing better for date night than a room-filling version of "Let's Get It On." You're missing some key tracks, of course, but it's the Surround mix you're here for, isn't it? The bad news is the Super Audio Hybrid CD shipped with some serious and jarring errors in the regular audio CD portion. "Ain't That Peculiar" is split across two tracks for some reason and the sound is awful on the track, filled with digital glitches. Granted, part of being an early adopter audiophile is waiting for the recall and the rest of the collection sounds great, so hang tight, dig the tracks that work, and get your send-back mailer ready. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
The Marvin Gaye Collection (2003)
09/23/2003 | Motown
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DVD Audio
$15.99MARVIN GAYE COLLECTION
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SACD
$17.99MARVIN GAYE COLLECTION (HYBRID) (HYBR) (MS)
All Music Guide Review
The Marvin Gaye Collection (2003) Track Listing
Credits of The Marvin Gaye Collection (2003)
- Kasuku Mafia
- Saxophone
- Rick Margitza
- Violin
- Robert Margouleff
- Producer, Digital Remastering, Surround Mix
- Thaddeus Markiewicz
- Cello
- Joe Messina
- Guitar
- Eugene BeeBee Moore
- Saxophone
- Dale Oehler
- Arranger
- Bernie Peacock
- Saxophone
- Hall Bobby Porter
- Bongos, Special Effects
- Carl Raetz
- Trombone
- Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin
- Guitar
- Felix Resnick
- Violin
- Emil Richards
- Mallets, Vibraphone
- Paul Riser
- Trombone
- Ernie Rodgers
- Saxophone
- Alvin Score
- Violin
- Meyer Shapiro
- Violin, Viola
- Valerie Simpson
- Producer
- Don Slaughter
- Trumpet
- Andrew Smith
- Drums
- Gordon Staples
- Violin, Conductor
- Andrew "Mike" Terry
- Saxophone
- Ed Townsend
- Producer
- Johnny Trudell
- Trumpet
- David Van De Pitte
- Arranger, Orchestral Arrangements, Conductor
- Earl Van Dyke
- Keyboards
- James Waring
- Violin
- Ernie Watts
- Special Effects
- Harry Weinger
- Research, Supervisor, Annotation
- Don White
- Trombone
- Norman Whitfield
- Producer
- Jimmy Wilkins
- Trombone
- Eddie Willis
- Guitar
- Paul Humphries
- Drums
- Wild Bill Moore
- Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
- Mickey Stevenson
- Producer
- Chet Forest
- Drums
- Brian Chin
- Essay
- Eddie Jones
- Trumpet
- Suha Gur
- Remastering, Digital Remastering
- Gus Skinas
- Compilation Editing
- Louis Shelton
- Guitar
- Bill Burks
- Production Coordination
- Meire Murakami
- Design
- Mathieu Bitton
- Cover Design
- Dave Huron
- Assistant Engineer
- Max Janowsky
- String Bass
- William Perich
- Flute
- Adrian Van Velsen
- Digital Remastering, Surround Mix
- Robert White
- Guitar
- Michael Etchart
- Producer
- Jeff Fura
- Production Coordination
- John Wilson
- Trumpet
- Eugene Rodgers
- Saxophone
- Dan Turner
- Saxophone
- Benny Benjamin
- Drums
- George Bohanon
- Trombone
- Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
- Trombone
- Ted Buckner
- Saxophone
- Monique McGuffin
- Production Coordination
- Larry Austin
- Saxophone
- Robert White
- Guitar
- Paul Bishow
- Producer
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Strings
- Henry Fuqua
- Producer
- Bill Johnson
- Trombone
- Floyd Jones
- Trumpet
- Dennis Coffey
- Guitar
- Johnny Griffith
- Celeste, Keyboards
- Herbie Williams
- Trumpet
- David T. Walker
- Guitar
- Richard "Pistol" Allen
- Drums
- Jack Ashford
- Percussion, Vibraphone, Tambourine
- Nickolas Ashford
- Producer
- Lanny Austin
- Saxophone
- Bob Babbitt
- Bass
- Italo Babini
- Cello
- Brant Biles
- Surround Mix
- Zinovi Bistritzky
- Violin
- Thomas "Beans" Bowles
- Saxophone
- Johnny Bristol
- Producer
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown
- Percussion, Drums, Bongos, Conga
- Beatriz Budinszky
- Violin
- Angelo Carlisi
- Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
- Russell Conway
- Trumpet
- Henry Cosby
- Saxophone, Producer
- Bob Cousar
- Trombone
- Carole Crosby
- Harp
- Maurice Davis
- Trumpet
- Earl DeRouen
- Percussion, Conga, Bongos
- Lillian Downs
- Violin
- Lefty Edwards
- Saxophone
- Wilton Felder
- Bass
- Eli Fontaine
- Saxophone
- Eli Fountain
- Sax (Alto), Soloist
- Harvey Fuqua
- Producer
- Nathan Gordon
- Viola
- Virginia Halfmann
- Violin
- Rene Hall
- Arranger, Producer
- Danya Hartwick
- Flute, Piccolo
- Billy Horner
- Trumpet
- Tate Houston
- Sax (Baritone)
- David Ireland
- Viola
- James Jamerson
- Bass
- Marvin Jenkins
- Piano
- Uriel Jones
- Drums
- Edouard Kesner
- Violin, Viola
- Edward Korkigian
- Cello
- Patrick Lanier
- Trombone
- Trevor Lawrence
- Sax (Alto), Soloist, Sax (Tenor), Sax (Baritone)
- Marvin Gaye
- Piano, Drums, Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer, Producer, ?
- Smokey Robinson
- Producer
- Marcus Belgrave
- Trumpet
- George Benson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Jack Brokensha
- Percussion, Vibraphone
- Victor Feldman
- Vibraphone
- Plas Johnson
- Special Effects
- Larry Nozero
- Saxophone, Sax (Soprano)
- Joe Sample
- Piano
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