Marvin Gaye - Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye (1983) [Remastered 2000]

The title is a bit of a misnomer, as you could count up on the fingers of both hands all the early hits that aren't on this 15-track collection. But if it's latter-day Marvin you're looking for -- from "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" through tracks like "Let's Get It On" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" -- this set will fill the bill nicely, despite the utter lack of decent liner notes or recording date information. There's some great music here; just don't expect to fill your Marvin Gaye collection with this one disc, and you'll be just fine. [When Motown remastered and reissued the set in 2000, two tracks were added: "Ain't That Peculiar" and "I'll Be Doggone."]

The title gets right to the point: 17 Marvin Gaye classics from the '60s and '70s, including I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Let's Get It On; Got to Give It Up; Ain't That Peculiar; What's Going On; I'll Be Doggone; Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing; Your Precious Love; You're All I Need to Get By (last three with Tammi Terrell), and more. A best-selling anthology, expanded and improved!