Master (Box Set)
11/20/2006 | Earbooks
Lyrics from Master (Box Set)
All Music Guide Review
The average fan is better off with Anthology, which covers almost all of Marvin Gaye's true classics. But for those who want the hits and then some, and have the budget and interest to go further, this four-CD box set is an excellent retrospective of his career. The 89 tracks include all the chart hits (both on his own and with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross) and many interesting B-sides, album tracks, and misses. There are also over a dozen previously unreleased cuts, most dating from the early part of his career; they don't rank among his best work, but they're almost all good and interesting. With a long essay by his biographer, David Ritz, this is the best overview of Gaye's evolution and versatility, and a much-recommended alternative to the previous Gaye box, The Marvin Gaye Collection. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Master (Box Set) Track Listing
Credits of Master (Box Set)
- Clifford Mack
- Drums
- Thaddeus Markiewicz
- Cello
- Kenny Mason
- Trumpet
- Johnny McGhee
- Guitar
- George McGregor
- Drums
- Lamonte McLemore
- Photography
- Joe Messina
- Guitar
- Larry Miles
- Help
- Eugene BeeBee Moore
- Saxophone
- Warren "Pete" Moore
- Producer
- Sidney Muldrew
- French Horn
- Sidney Muldrow
- French Horn
- Tony Newton
- Bass
- Curtis Anthony Nolen
- Guitar
- Dale Oehler
- Arranger
- Ray Parker, Jr.
- Guitar, Author
- Clarence Paul
- Producer
- Bernie Peacock
- Saxophone
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
- Arranger
- Joel Peskin
- Saxophone
- Jerry Peters
- Piano, Fender Rhodes
- Carl Raetz
- Trombone
- Felix Resnick
- Violin
- Emil Richards
- Mallets, Vibraphone
- Paul Riser
- Trombone, Arranger, Orchestra Director
- Ernie Rodgers
- Saxophone
- Alvin Score
- Violin
- Meyer Shapiro
- Viola
- George Shaw
- Trumpet
- Ted Sheely
- Keyboards
- Lewis Shelton
- Guitar
- Valerie Simpson
- Producer
- Don Slaughter
- Trumpet
- Nolan Andrew Smith
- Trumpet
- Son Ship
- Percussion
- Gordon Staples
- Strings, Concert Master, Violin
- William "Mickey" Stevenson
- Producer
- Art Stewart
- Producer, Help
- Andrew "Mike" Terry
- Saxophone
- Ed Townsend
- Arranger
- Johnny Trudell
- Trumpet
- David Van De Pitte
- Arranger
- Earl Van Dyke
- Keyboards
- Larry Veeder
- Guitar
- James Waring
- Violin
- Ronnie Wakefield
- Saxophone
- Eddie Watkins
- Bass
- Norman Whitfield
- Producer
- Bugsy Wilcox
- Drums
- Eddie Willis
- Guitar
- Stevie Wonder
- Author
- David Ritz
- Liner Notes, Essay
- Wali Ali
- Guitar
- Paul Humphries
- Drums
- Larry Walsh
- Digital Editing
- Chet Forest
- Drums
- Leon Ware
- Producer
- Don Paulsen
- Photography
- Bobby Rodgers
- Vocals (Background)
- Preston Wilcox
- Drums
- Ed Wolfrum
- Help
- Eddie Jones
- Trumpet
- Dana Smart
- Project Coordinator, Discography
- Georgia Ward
- Tape Archivist
- David Corio
- Photography
- Bobby Holland
- Photography
- Gavin Lurssen
- Mastering
- Ken Honey
- Photography
- Max Janowsky
- String Bass
- William Perich
- Flute
- Robert Staunton
- Producer
- Bruce Talamon
- Photography
- Tom Zimberoff
- Photography
- Elgie Stover
- Vocals (Background)
- Sherry Barnett
- Photography
- Richard Wylie
- Keyboards
- Jim Britt
- Photography, Photo Courtesy, Memorabilia
- Beans Bowles
- Help
- Robert White
- Guitar
- Joe Hunter
- Keyboards, Producer, Help
- Dan Turner
- Saxophone
- Clark Dick
- Author
- Benny Benjamin
- Drums
- George Bohanon
- Trombone
- Ted Buckner
- Saxophone
- Dave Hamilton Band
- Guitar, Vibraphone
- Frank Beaty Wilson
- Producer
- Lem Barney
- Vocals (Background)
- Cal Harris, Jr.
- Help
- J. Edward Bailey
- Photography
- Silvia Montello
- Project Coordinator
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson
- Author
- Frank Dandridge
- Photography
- Bill Johnson
- Trombone
- Sonny Burke Outfit
- Piano, Fender Rhodes
- Floyd Jones
- Trumpet
- Mary Wilson & The Andantes
- Author
- Peter Benjaminson
- Photography
- Dennis Coffey
- Guitar
- Johnny Griffith
- Celeste, Keyboards
- Herbie Williams
- Trumpet
- Daryl Hall
- Author
- Gene Page
- Arranger, Conductor
- David T. Walker
- Guitar
- Wade Marcus
- Orchestra Director
- John Trudell
- Trumpet
- Waits, Frederick
- Drums
- Bobbye Hall
- Bongos, Conga
- Richard "Pistol" Allen
- Drums
- Jack Andrews
- Help
- Larkin Arnold
- Executive Producer
- Jack Ashford
- Percussion, Vibraphone, Tambourine
- Nickolas Ashford
- Producer
- Lanny Austin
- Saxophone
- Bob Babbitt
- Bass
- Italo Babini
- Cello
- Gordon Banks
- Guitar
- John Barnes
- Piano, Fender Rhodes
- Frankie Beverly
- Author
- Zinovi Bistritzky
- Violin
- Frank Blair
- Bass
- David Blumberg
- Arranger
- Candace Bond
- Executive Producer
- Thomas "Beans" Bowles
- Saxophone
- Johnny Bristol
- Producer
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown
- Percussion, Drums, Bongos, Conga
- Ray Brown
- Trumpet
- Ron Brown
- Bass
- Beatriz Budinszky
- Violin
- Angelo Carlisi
- Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
- Gary Coleman
- Percussion
- Elmira Collins
- Percussion, Vibraphone
- Russell Conway
- Trumpet
- Henry Cosby
- Saxophone, Producer
- Bob Cousar
- Trombone
- Carole Crosby
- Harp
- Raymond Crossley
- Keyboards
- Terence Trent D'Arby
- Author
- Hal Davis
- Producer
- Henry Davis
- Bass
- Maurice Davis
- Trumpet
- Earl DeRouen
- Bongos, Conga
- Lamont Dozier
- Producer
- Lefty Edwards
- Saxophone
- Wilton Felder
- Bass
- Ernie Fields
- Sax (Alto)
- Eli Fontaine
- Saxophone
- Eli Fountain
- Sax (Alto), Soloist
- Harvey Fuqua
- Producer, Production Advisor
- James Gadson
- Drums
- Bob Gaudio
- Arranger, Producer
- Frankie Gaye
- Vocals (Background)
- James Gittens
- Keyboards, Vibraphone
- Berry Gordy, Jr.
- Producer, Author, Executive Producer
- George Gordy
- Producer
- Virginia Halfmann
- Violin
- Jerry Hall
- Help
- Rene Hall
- Arranger
- Fernando Harkness
- Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
- Amy Herot
- Compilation Producer
- Brian Holland
- Producer
- Billy Horner
- Trumpet
- Tate Houston
- Sax (Baritone)
- Clarence Isabell
- Bass
- James Jamerson
- Bass
- Marvin Jenkins
- Piano
- Gary Jones
- Percussion, Conga
- Leslie Ann Jones
- Mixing
- Uriel Jones
- Drums
- Edouard Kesner
- Viola
- Patrick Lanier
- Trombone
- Jerry Long
- Orchestra Director
- Gregory Abbott
- Author
- Marvin Gaye
- Percussion, Piano, Arranger, Drums, Keyboards, Producer, Executive Producer
- Teena Marie
- Author
- Smokey Robinson
- Producer, Author
- Barry White
- Author
- David Moss
- Librarian
- Marcus Belgrave
- Trumpet
- Jack Brokensha
- Percussion, Vibraphone
- Victor Feldman
- Vibraphone
- Larry Nozero
- Saxophone, Sax (Soprano)
- Joe Sample
- Piano
- Chuck Rainey
- Bass




















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