By Marcel Visser (62.194.44.181) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:15 pm:

Does anybody knows the musicians that played on this album?

By STUBASS (64.12.97.7) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:20 pm:

MARCEL: SINCE MUSICIAN CREDITS WERE RARELY GIVEN IN THOSE DAYS...YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE THAT WAS THERE!!!...THAT ALBUM...BY THE WAY...WAS DEDICATED BY MARVIN TO HIS THEN WIFE ANNA...BERRY GORDYS SISTER...TO REPORTEDLY MAKE AMENDS FOR SOME TYPE OF DOMESTIC SITUATION...THUS...THE TITLE!!!...STUBASS

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:29 pm:

From the CD inlay - Marvin's credit to the musicians:

"Special thanks to all the musicians who are too numerous to mention but are all superstars."

Gee, thanks Marv! ;o)

But -

Marvin Gaye - kbds/synth
Nolan Smith - tpt
Charles Owens, Fernando Harkness - tenor sax
Ernie Fields - alto sax
Frank Blair - bass
Bugsy Wilcox - dms
Gary Jones, Elmira Collins - perc
Gordon Banks, Wali Ali - gtr

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:44 pm:

Stu,
I believe the album was part of a divorce settlement.

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:57 pm:

RALPH: I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CORRECT!!!...STU

By Uptight (24.55.6.144) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 05:59 pm:

Yes, the album was part of his divorce settlement for his wife Anna. The title was meant to be a bit sarcastic.

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 06:14 pm:

IF I HAD TO CUT AN L.P. TO PAY OFF *MY* EX...I'D MAKE SURE THAT I SANG *EVERY* NOTE OFF KEY!!!...STU

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 07:31 pm:

Uptight is correct for more of Marvin's real story read "Divided Soul"by David Ritz.

By stephanie (66.54.1.38) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 09:24 pm:

I hate that album..
Stephanie

By Greg C. (207.103.134.46) on Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 11:19 pm:

I loved that album. The material was highly personal and was quite profound. As a substance abuse social worker, listening in depth to the the content of that record spoke volumes! It was way over a lot of folks heads at the time it was released. I can understand why it was a commercial failure.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, May 19, 2003 - 10:54 am:

Greg C. is right about "Here My Dear" - the album (a 2-record set) was ahead of the curve because there weren't many (if any)artists who were dealing with the issues of divorce and separation. When Marvin recorded the album, he was not a happy camper to hand over the royalties from the record to his ex-wife Anna but he had no choice - the man was not wealthy by any means and could not bear to see whatever royalties he was getting from his other recordings at the time to go toward Anna (especially since he wanted to marry Janis Hunter, the mother of his children Nona & Frankie).

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Aba21 (208.191.121.196) on Monday, May 19, 2003 - 11:38 am:

Greg & Kevgo, I'm right with you on that. I had at least two friends who were going through divorces at the time and to sit and listen to it in its entirety is something to behold. There were some profound statements made on that lp including: You don't have the right to use a son of mine to keep me in line. She got to keep on living the way she 'customed to. That young girl(JAnis) is going to cost you. You used to say I was one georgous hunk of man but that didn't help me baby when I was on the stand. And my favorite: I been racing against time. Trying my best to find my way. Blowing coke all up my nose. Getting in and out my clothes. Running round wit midnight hoes. Another chapter in my life goes. If you want to undersatnd Anger, listen to Marvin's song. It may not have been the type of MArvin lp you were expecting but it was still a classic if you ask me.
I recently re-purchased it on cd because it was that good. And yes I think the lp generated only about 365,000$ in revenue towards the divorce settlement and as one poster said Marvin thought he was going to make an lp that didn't sell to be used for that purpose and the next one would be the bomb.

Aba21

By stephanie (66.54.1.38) on Monday, May 19, 2003 - 11:42 am:

I understand what you all are saying but I just couldnt get into that album maybe you had to be a man or something and the song that really turned me off was Funky Space Reincarnation!!!! Oh well
most of Marvins material I love but this one is over my head..
Stephanie

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, May 19, 2003 - 11:53 am:

Stephanie:
I'll put it to you this way - my two older brothers both went through divorces at the same time (early 1980's). Guess which album helped them through their rough times (and guess who loaned both of them his copy of "Here My Dear").

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Aba21 (208.191.121.196) on Monday, May 19, 2003 - 02:33 pm:

hi Stephanie......i know you think it was wrong for Marvin to air his dirty laundry on his lp and you were one of many who felt that same way. The Space song was not the best song on the lp and you are probably right about it being a man thing. How many times do we get to vent our frustrations in that way? No matter how he did it the bottom line was he still had to pay through the nose to get divorced. And Anna was too old for him anyway! LOL It was a departure form his routine but when you look at it it wasn't. He was not adverse to saying anything he wanted on his songs....this was no different other than it was personal.

Aba21