WE CANNOT COMMIT ON A DELIVERY DATE FOR PRE-ORDER VINYL & CD/SACD
It may take a few months for Labels to issue pre-order vinyl & CD/SACD
VAT included in price for European Union countries, may be adjusted based on delivery country at check out.
Shipping is free within European Union above 99€ purchase up to 50kg, except for pre-owned products and specific territories. Shipping costs on quote above 50kg – quote request to be send to : contact@audiosoundmusic.com. No return policy for countries outside of European Union
ORDER LIMITED TO ONE ITEM PER CUSTOMER
Marvin Gaye – piano, lead vocals, background vocals (except B4) [click here to see more vinyl/SACD featuring Marvin Gaye]
The Originals – background vocals (B4)
James Jamerson, Wilton Felder – bass
Bobbye Hall Porter – bongos, percussion
Eddie 'Bongo' Brown – bongos, drums
Paul Humphrey, Uriel Jones – drums
David T. Walker, Eddie Willis, Louis Shelton, Melvin Ragin, Robert White, Don Peake – guitar
Emil Richards – mallet percussion, vibraphone
Victor Feldman – vibraphone
Ernie Watts, Plas Johnson – saxophone
Joe Sample, Marvin Jerkins – piano
Orchestral arrangement & conducting by René Hall (A1-4), David Van De Pitte (B1-4), Gene Page (B1), David Blumberg (B3)
Written by Marvin Gaye (all tracks), Ed Townsend (A1-4), Gwen Gordy (B2), Sandra Greene (B2), Anna Gordy-Gaye (B4), Elgie Stover (B4)
1 LP, heavyweight tip-on gatefold jacket in custom slipcase
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated (RTI)
Label : Motown - Definitive Sound Series
Original Label : Tamla
Recorded June 1, 1970 – April 11, 1972 and February 1 – July 26, 1973 at Golden World, Detroit and Hitsville West, Los Angeles
Engineered by William McKeekin, Art Stewart, Steve Smith, Lawrence Miles, Cal Harris
Produced by Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend (A1-4)
Mastered from the original all-analog (AAA) master tapes
Photography by Jim Britt, Motown Archives
Originally released on August 28, 1973
Reissued in 2026
Tracks:
Side A :
- Let's Get It On
- Please Don't Stay (Once You Go Away)
- If I Should Die Tonight
- Keep Gettin' It On
Side B :
- Come Get To This
- Distant Lover
- You Sure Love To Ball
- Just To Keep You Satisfied
Awards :
Grammy Hall of Fame (2004)
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time : #165 (2003), #422 (2023 edition)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Time's 100 Best Albums of All Time
Blender – 100 Greatest American Albums of All Time : #15
Reviews :
“After brilliantly surveying the social, political, and spiritual landscape with What's Going On, Marvin Gaye turned to more intimate matters with Let's Get It On, a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy. Always a sexually charged performer, Gaye's passions reach their boiling point on tracks like the magnificent title hit (a number one smash) and "You Sure Love to Ball"; silky and shimmering, the music is seductive in the most literal sense, its fluid grooves so perfectly designed for romance as to border on parody. With each performance laced with innuendo, each lyric a come-on, and each rhythm throbbing with lust, perhaps no other record has ever achieved the kind of sheer erotic force of Let's Get It On, and it remains the blueprint for all of the slow jams to follow decades later -- much copied, but never imitated.” AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.55 / 5