Music

July, 2001

Marvin Gaye's What's Going On was released in 1971. Motown has just reissued this masterpiece in a two-CD deluxe edition. The first disc contains the darker, funkier Detroit mix completed a month before the version we all know. The second CD is anchored by a previously unreleased live version of the album, recorded in D.C. in 1972. Featuring many of the album's original musicians (James Jamerson on bass and Robert White on guitar), the CD records a unique event.For all their hypermasculine postu...

Like what you see? Upgrade your access to finish reading.

Articles from the Playboy archive are available to Playboy.com Subscribers. Subscribe to unlock this article instantly, along with everything else a Playboy.com subscription includes.