Today, Motown has announced further Marvin Gaye rarities on the way. On March 29, just a few days shy of what would have been Marvin’s 80th birthday, the label will released You’re The Man. The lost album recorded in 1972 and was slated to be the follow-up to his masterpiece, What’s Going On.

Following that landmark release, Gaye returned with the song “You’re The Man,” written about presidential candidate George McGovern. When that track failed to reach mainstream audiences, Gaye went back to the studio and recorded an album’s worth of material, producing himself and writing with the likes of Willie Hutch; Hal Davis; Pam Sawyer and Gloria Jones; and Freddie Perren and Fonce Mizell. Apart rom the “You’re The Man” single, non of that material was released at the time.

Now, the new, 17-track collection is set to bring together all of the soul legend’s solo and non-soundtrack work from ’72, 15 tracks of which are making their vinyl debut. In addition to the material recorded for the proposed album, You’re The Man will also include a rare, long version of Marvin Gaye’s cancelled 1972 Christmas single called “I Want To Come Home For Christmas,” and an unreleased mix of its instrumental B-side, “Christmas in the City.” Also among the tracks are three new mixes by acclaimed writer and producer Salaam Remi (or SaLaAM ReMi), who has worked with Amy Winehouse, The Fugees, and Nas. Remi has remixed “Symphony,” “I’d Give My Life For You,” and “My LAst Chance,” the latter of which is available now on digital and streaming services and will be included with pre-orders of the album. In addition to the music, the 2-LP edition of You’re The Man will include new liner notes by Marvin Gaye biographer David Ritz.

So get ready to enjoy some lost Marvin Gaye! Scroll down to check out the full track listing and place your pre-orders with the links below!

Marvin Gaye, You’re The Man (Motown, 2019)
2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD
Digital: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD

Side 1:

1. You’re The Man

2. The World Is Rated X

3. Piece Of Clay

4. Where Are We Going?

Side 2:

1. I’m Gonna Give You Respect

2. Try It. You’ll Like It

3. You Are That Special One

4. We Can Make It Baby

Side 3:

1. My Last Chance

2. Symphony

3. I’d Give My Life For You

4. Woman Of The World

5. Christmas In The City (instrumental)

Side 4:

1. You’re The Man (Version 2)

2. I Wan’t To Come Home For Christmas

3. I Going Home (Move)

4. Checking Out (Double Clutch)

Nice!! I love stuff like this......unreleased albums from the vaults.Gonna purhase this for sure!

Yup...I'll be waiting for this one!

SoulAlive said:

Nice!! I love stuff like this......unreleased albums from the vaults.Gonna purhase this for sure!

"You're The Man" by Marvin Gaye (1972)

Listen to a track from ‘You’re The Man’, Marvin Gaye’s scrapped album from 1972

Listen to a track from Ma...e the Man'

The full album will be released to celebrate Gaye’s 80th birthday

Why Viny and Digital only? Odd to not issue it on CD, Digtial is dumb, Marvin collectors dont want a MP3 or digital file they are looking more for physical releases, Vinyl is good but dont understand the digital as the other choice

it feels as though i have some of these tunes already

but i'm still gonna get it

HuMpThAnG said:

From a quick glance 8 of the tracks are from the Deluxe edition

SoulAlive said:

"You're The Man" by Marvin Gaye (1972)

This is my favourite version, but the other versions are pretty great too.



"Demagogues and admitted minority haters

Should never be President

This time or later...."

Seems timely.

SoulAlive said:

HuMpThAnG said:

it feels as though i have some of these tunes already

but i'm still gonna get it

Some of these songs appeared on the “Let’s Get It On’ Deluxe Edition as bonus tracks.

and his "I Want You" deluxe edition, plus his 4 cd set

yup,lol

Mathieu Bitton designed the brand new artwork for the forthcoming 'You're The Man' release: "I tried to think of what the Motown art department would have done back in 1972 for the gatefold 2-LP set. I did about 8 different covers and as always, the very first comp was it."

Is there really not going to be a CD release?

deebee said:

Is there really not going to be a CD release?

That is crazy,isn't it?

They're scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for quality material. All of the songs from You're The Man sessions have already been released in one form or another.

SoulAlive said:

deebee said:

Is there really not going to be a CD release?

That is crazy,isn't it?

Makes me feel I must belong to a different era - the way people still seeking out vinyl releases in the era of CDs once felt, in fact!

Ethos said:

They're scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for quality material. All of the songs from You're The Man sessions have already been released in one form or another.

yeah,I kinda wish that they had released this project years ago (as a complete album),instead of putting the tracks on various Deluxe Editions and box sets.I still intend to buy it,though.

deebee said:

SoulAlive said:

That is crazy,isn't it?

Makes me feel I must belong to a different era - the way people still seeking out vinyl releases in the era of CDs once felt, in fact!

I guess I'd better buy back up CD players the way people used to do for cassettes...

deebee said:

SoulAlive said:

That is crazy,isn't it?

Makes me feel I must belong to a different era - the way people still seeking out vinyl releases in the era of CDs once felt, in fact!

so,who else is gonna buy this?

a new message from the Marvin Gaye facebook page:

Due to overwhelming demand, 'You're The Man' will also be released on CD, coming 4/26

Ok so i just read Jan Gaye's book and whoa. I must say I had no idea the man had these kinds of demons scratching at him. I knew he was troubled but this was something else. It cused me to dive back into his catalog like never before and rediscovering his genius on Here My Dear and In Our Lifetime. These records are just grand to me. In fact, I can’t seem to get enough of Marvin right now. His 70’s stuff is just blowing me away. The lush arrangements and soaring vocals this man was genius.

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Man I was excited before I read the contents. It's really dishonest. I have all the tracks other than the remixes. If you don't already have this material definitely get it. It's also coming on cd now

https://www.amazon.com/Yo...amp;sr=8-1