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Rating: Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. is discharged and comes into contact with the emerging Motown.
His debut is the second record officially released by the historic label. I hope they thanked him.
He records his first tracks and captivates the audience with the charisma that distinguishes him, revealing an expressive musical character that will make him more of a protagonist on the scene in subsequent record episodes.
At the beginning, the label pushes to direct the young man towards genres more suitable for the charts of the time, such as the R&B so praised by American teens. He, who loves Jazz standards, plays the card of compromise: the fusion of the two "schools of thought" within 11 tracks/covers that enhance the crooner's decidedly calm and controlled tone and attitude.
From My Funny Valentine to Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide, many classics are revisited with decency and humility.
The peak, in my opinion, is the finale You Don't Know What Love Is. Immortality and pain forever etched on those who hear it for the first time. Sonic Tattoo.
Before social denunciations and sexual liberation, here is a raw but epic Marvin.
...'till you’ve learned the meaning of the blues.
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