Soulful Moods Of Marvi (Vinyl)

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*** Résumé en anglais seulement ***Digitally remastered edition of this classic Soul album. Marvin Gaye's debut album for the Tamla label, released in 1961, contains little of the smooth R&B that was later to become his trademark. Instead, Marvin saw himself moving in the same kind of circles as Nat King Cole - a crooner and interpreter of other's songs. The success that Ray Charles had by combining soul with jazz further convinced Marvin that that was where his future lay, putting him on an early collision course with Berry Gordy. Perhaps to appease his future brother-in-law, he allowed him virtually an album of standards but put two R&B songs on at the end. Interestingly enough, the release of 'Masquerade' as a single was credited to Marvin Gay - by the time the album came out he was Gaye.