The Marvin Gaye Collection is a boxset released by Motown Records in 1990. The boxset, divided into four categories, features thirty-four unreleased songs, including the sessions from 1979's The Ballads (later released in 1997 as Vulnerable

Vulnerable (Marvin Gaye album)

Vulnerable is a posthumous album which was recorded by American singer Marvin Gaye in the late 1970s and set to be released under the tentative title of The Ballads. Shelved in 1979, the album was released by Motown in 1997.-Background:...

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The boxset was promoted with the release of the single "My Last Chance

My Last Chance

"My Last Chance" was a posthumous R&B hit for music icon Marvin Gaye in 1991. Released as a single from Gaye's The Marvin Gaye Collection, the song was originally recorded by Gaye between the years 1970 and 1972. It provided the basis for Marvin's penned ballad for The Miracles , "I Love You...

", which would go to #16 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The set is out of print, usurped by 1995's The Master (1961-1984)

The Master (1961-1984)

The Master is a chronological box set album looking back at American R&B/soul legend Marvin Gaye's phenomenal 23-year recording career...

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Disc one (20 Top 20's)

1. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - 2:49
2. Hitch Hike - 2:32
3. Pride And Joy - 2:28
4. Can I Get A Witness - 2:47
5. You're A Wonderful One - 2:46
6. Try It Baby - 2:59
7. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - 2:55
8. I'll Be Doggone - 2:47
9. Ain't That Peculiar - 2:57
10. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 3:12
11. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - 2:53
12. That's The Way Love Is - 3:39
13. What's Going On - 3:50
14. Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) - 3:13
15. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - 3:04
16. Trouble Man - 3:39
17. Let's Get It On - 4:00
18. I Want You - 3:55
19. Got To Give It Up - 4:12
20. Sexual Healing - 3:58

Disc two (The Duets)

1. Once Upon A Time - 2:28
2. What's The Matter With You Baby - 2:19
3. I'm Yours, You're Mine - 2:07
4. All I Got - 3:12
5. You Can Dance - 2:17
   • Tracks 1-5 performed with Mary Wells
     Mary Wells
     Mary Esther Wells was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s...
     
     
6. Rilleh - 2:32
7. So Good To Be Loved By You - 2:23
8. Was It A Dream - 3:12
9. Steadies - 2:23
   • Tracks 6-9 performed with Oma Page
10. It Takes Two - 2:56
11. Exactly Like You - 2:41
12. Teach Me Tonight - 3:15
13. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - 2:22
14. It's Me - 2:49
    • Tracks 10-14 performed with Kim Weston
15. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 2:26
16. Your Precious Love - 2:59
17. If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - 2:20
18. If This World Were Mine - 2:41
19. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - 2:15
20. You're All I Need To Get By - 2:39
    • Tracks 15-20 performed with Tammi Terrell
21. You Are Everything - 3:07
22. You're A Special Part Of Me - 4:37
23. My Mistake (Was To Love You) - 3:02
24. Don't Knock My Love - 2:16
    • Tracks 21-24 performed with Diana Ross
      Diana Ross
      Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
      
      
25. Pops, We Love You - 3:51
    • Performed with Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder

Disc three (Rare, Live And Unreleased)

1. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide - 3:02
2. Never Let You Go (Sha Lu Bop) - 2:44
3. It's Party Time - 2:36
4. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Live From The Apollo) - 2:22
5. Down And Under When You Limbo - 2:43
6. My Girl - 2:42
7. It's Not Unusual - 2:21
8. Sunny - 2:57
9. Sweeter As The Days Go By - 2:50
10. Sweet Thing - 3:09
11. I Love You Secretly (aka My Last Chance) - 4:33
12. I Want To Come Home For Christmas - 4:41
13. 5, 10, 15, 20 Years Of Love - 2:41
14. You're My Everything (aka I'd Give My Life For You) - 3:29
15. Come Get To This (Live From Oakland - Alameda County Coliseum) - 2:56
16. Distant Lover (Live From Oakland - Alameda County Coliseum) - 6:15
17. Jan (Live From Oakland - Alameda County Coliseum) - 3:10
18. '60s Hits Medley (Live From The London Palladium) - 8:50
19. Star Spangled Banner (From The 1983 NBA All-Star Game) - 3:13

Disc four (The Balladeer)

1. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - 3:28
2. Straighten Up And Fly Right - 2:21
3. Too Young - 3:45
4. Mona Lisa - 3:00
5. It's Only A Paper Moon - 2:23
6. What Kind Of Fool Am I - 3:39
7. The Days Of Wine And Roses - 3:35
8. Mack The Knife - 2:57
9. Hello Young Lovers - 2:34
10. Happy Days Are Here Again - 2:45
11. Why Did I Choose You - 2:34
12. She Needs Me - 3:24
13. Funny - 2:42
14. This Will Make You Laugh - 2:52
15. The Shadow Of Your Smile - 3:01
16. I Wish I Didn't Love You So - 2:27
17. I Won't Cry Anymore - 2:51