On December 15, 1978, “Motown” label released “Here, My Dear”, the fifteenth Marvin Gaye studio album. It was recorded March 1977 – July 1978, at Marvins’s room in Los Angeles, and was produced by Marvin Gaye.
Personnel:
- Marvin Gaye – vocals, piano, Rhodes, Roland bass, synth, horns; tape box percussion
- Wali Ali – guitar
- Gordon Banks – guitar
- Spencer Bean – guitar
- Cal Green – guitar
- Mike McGloiry – guitar
- Frank Blair – bass
- Eric Ward – bass
- Bugsy Wilcox – drums
- Melvin Webb – drums, congas, cowbell
- Eddie “Bongo” Brown – congas, bongos
- Elmira Collins – percussion
- Jack Ashford – percussion
- Gary Jones – congas
- Ernie Fields, Jr. – alto saxophone
- Charles Owens – tenor saxophone
- Fernando Harkless – tenor saxophone
- Nolan Andrew Smith – trumpet
- Daniel LeMelle – saxophone
- David Stewart – handclaps
- Richard “Do Dirty” Bethune – handclaps
- Art Stewart – handclaps, engineer, mixer
- Fred Ross – engineer
- Tony Houston – engineer
- Bill Ravencraft – engineer
- Odell Brown – RMI
- David Ritz – liner notes
- Michael Bryant – illustrations
Track listing:
All tracks by Marvin Gaye, except where noted.
- Here, My Dear
- I Met a Little Girl
- When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
- Anger – Delta Ashby, Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
- Is That Enough
- Everybody Needs Love – Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye
- Time to Get It Together
- Sparrow – Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye
- Anna’s Song
- When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
- A Funky Space Reincarnation
- You Can Leave, but It’s Going to Cost You
- Falling in Love Again
- When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (reprise)
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