MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL/UNITED STML 11062 (-68) UK

 This is the tenth Marvin Gaye album I'm posting, six of them with duets. Check here  https://monolover.blogspot.com/search?q=(G%C3%96JI*)&max-results=20&by-date=true . This was the first of the duo's three collaborations and also first LP for Tammi. It became Gaye's most successful album of the sixties, selling a million and also spawning four big selling 45:s - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "If This World Were Mine", "If I Could Bild My Whole World Around You" and "Your Precious Love". Two of the cuts - "Hold Me Oh My Darling" and "Two Can Have A Party" - were originally Tammi Terrell solo efforts that Gaye overdubbed for the LP. So popular back then, but how does it sound almost sixty years later? At least to my ears very well. Two top singers backed by The Funk Brothers, The Andantes, The Spinners and The Originals, handeled by a production team consisting of Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Hal Davis and Berry Gordy. This is good Motown. A catchy mix of up-tempo and slow movers. The cuts differ some in style and arrangements, yet sticking well together and providing happy listening all through. There are no bad tracks here, but if to choose favorites - "You Got What It Takes", "Two Can Have A Party", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and why not the very sweet cover of "Something Stupid". This is also a very good stereo mix - spread and very together at the same time. Premiere US on Tamla (TM/TS 277). Sixties releases also in Canada, Germany and a couple of South American countries. CD issues in US, Japan, Spain and EU. First UK had label as shown here in a laminated flip/back cover with ad inner for UK Motown issues.  (FÄV*)  (GÖJI*)