What's Happening Brother (2:45)
Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) (3:53)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (3:12)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (5:25)
What's Going On (Stripped version) (3:57)
What's Going On (mix 1/No Strings Or Horns) (3:44)
What's Going On (Rhythm & Strings instrumental mix) (3:45)
Symphony (demo version) (2:50)
What's Going On (mono single mix) (3:51)
God Is Love (mono single mix) (2:46)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (mono single mix) (2:31)
Sad Tomorrows (mono single mix) (2:23)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (mono single mix) (2:55)
Wholy Holy (mono single mix) (3:09)
Review: A half century may have passed since the release of Marvin Gaye's conscious soul masterpiece, What's Going On, but the album still sounds as fresh, otherworldly and intoxicating as ever. That much is proved by this half-speed remastered 50th anniversary edition. It backs the original album - a detailed, deep, emotive and melancholic masterpiece packed with much-loved classics (the title track, 'Inner City Blues', 'Mercy Mercy Me' and so on - with a second album of outtakes, demos and alternate versions. These include mixes that track the development of the incredible title track and various hard-to-find mono mixes initially released by Motown as singles.
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