The Master: 1961-1984

These lavish, 28cm x 28cm hard-back books from classic Universal artists feature around 100 pages of essays, beautiful photographs and memorabilia. A fitting tribute to the most spellbinding of Motown artists, The Master is an amazing and detailed overview of the life and career of Marvin Gaye. From his first hits as a romantic lead, "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" and "Hitch Hike"to his final hit, "Sexual Healing," The Master follows Gaye as he moves from being an interpreter of simple love songs to being a troubled eco-cosmic warrior and finally to being the love man's love man, singing songs of sex, religion and passion in equal measure. Steeped in soul and, later, saturated in funk, Gaye's work is often stimulating and occasionally disquieting, and is presented delightfully on this lavish four-CD set with sumptuous illustrations and detailed annotation.