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Marvin Gaye might not have been the obvious invitee to the 1980 Jazz Festival in Montreux, but this DVD of his appearance there is as good a document as any currently available of the soul sage at the height of his talents. Gaye is joined on stage by a full band replete with backup singers and horn section, all resplendent in their late-'70s fashion statements. While the continual onslaught of overhead lighting is reminiscent of a concert in a high school gym, Gaye isn't letting anything get in his way as he lays down groove after groove of his most beloved material. He fights to keep "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" fresh even if it's his zillionth time plaintively administering that age-old news. The whole concert brims with an energy that only climbs higher in the finale as Gaye electrifies with "Mercy Mercy Me" and takes his sweet time with his classic "What's Going On," in which he even includes a soul-searching monologue that answers with some finality that nagging question: what's it all about? Live at Montreux is a must for fans and connoisseurs of soul alike.
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Tracklist
01. Got To Give It Up
02. Funky Space Reincarnation
03. Come Get To This
04. Let's Get It On
05. After the Dance
06. If This World Were Mine
07. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
08. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
09. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
10. Ain't That Peculiar
11. I'll Be Doggone
12. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
13. Trouble Man
14. Distant Lover
15. Inner City Blues
16. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
17. What's Going On
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