Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man - 2CD 2012

Marvin Gaye had already been a hit artist for a decade when in 1971 he reached new heights with his landmark album WhatΓÇÖs Going On. His next move? A mostly instrumental, orchestral jazz-soul soundtrack, for the forgotten 1972 film Trouble Man. The album, though a surprise to followers, was a hit, producing a top 10 pop title track and legions of new fans, including musicians who started the acid-jazz movement from its bones.

For Trouble ManΓÇÖs 40th anniversary, Universal Music releases an extraordinary exploration of MarvinΓÇÖs creative leap: a two-CD expanded edition that features not only the original soundtrack album remastered but 29 unreleased performances including alternate takes, rare vocals and--for the first time ever--the full score for the film. Until the hardly-seen film was repeated on television and issued on DVD in the last decade, many fans were unaware that GayeΓÇÖs film score and soundtrack album contained different music. They are now together, giving fans double the musical experience.

Trouble Man: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition follows the tradition of previous Marvin Gaye reissues, by adding a beautiful digipak package that includes a 28-page booklet with photo outtakes, dozens of rare picture sleeves from around the world, and richly detailed text and track-by-track annotations. The setΓÇÖs main essay by musicologist Dr. Andrew Flory tells the long-overlooked story behind the album, while various sidebar and additional essays include commentary from film directors Cameron Crowe and George Tillman, Jr., and artists Lenny Kravitz, Joni Mitchell and Christian McBride. (wikipedia)

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Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man 1972
(2CD Commercial Marketing 2012)

1. Main Theme From Trouble Man
2. T Plays It Cool
3. Poor Abbey Walsh
4. The Break In (Police Shoot Big)
5. Cleo's Apartment
6. Trouble Man
7. Theme From Trouble Man
8. T Stands For Trouble
9. Main Theme From Trouble Man
10. Life is a Gamble
11. Deep In It
12. Don't Mess With Mr. T
13. There Goes Mr. T
14. Main Theme From Trouble Man
15. T Plays It Cool
16. Poor Abbey Walsh, Pt. 2
17. Poor Abbey Walsh, Pt. 2
18. Trouble Man
19. Theme From Trouble Man
20. T Stands For Trouble
21. T Stands For Trouble
22. Main Theme From Trouble Man
23. Trouble Man
24. Pool Hall
25. T Plays It Cool
26. Cadillac Interlude/Cleo's Apartment
27. Man Tied Up/Jimmy's West/Conversation With Cleo
28. Crap Game/Getting Rid of Body/Talking To Angel
29. Outside Police Station
30. Bowling Alley Parking Lot
31. Stick Up
32. Cleaners/Cleo
33. Closing Jimmy's
34. Police Break In
35. T Cleans Up/Police Station
36. Packing Up/Jimmy Gets Worked/Saying Goodbye/T Breaks In/Movie Theater
37. Car Ride/Looking For Pete
38. Parking Garage/Elevator
39. Penthouse
40. Getting Pete
41. My Name is T/End Credits
42. T At the Cross