# The Master (1961–1984)

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The Master (1961–1984) is a chronological box set album looking back at American R&B/soul singer Marvin Gaye's 23-year recording career. Spanning four discs, the box set goes over all portions of Gaye's career with a repertoire that spanned doo-wop, R&B, soul, psychedelic soul, funk and gospel with a mixture of themes including dance songs, love ballads, duets, socially conscious material, sensual material, spirituals and autobiographical revelations. The set includes rarities such as a recorded 1983 live track of Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips each singing their seminal hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", Gaye's famed 1983 performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at an NBA All-Star game and an a cappella performance of "The Lord's Prayer" taped during Gaye's exile in Belgium.
In 2006, Universal re-released the boxset as part of its Universal Earbook series, issuing it as an LP-sized hardback coffee table book.

## Track listing
### Disc one

* "Stubborn Kind of Fellow"
* "Pride and Joy"
* "Hitch Hike"
* "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
* "What Do You Want With Him" (Previously unreleased)
* "Once Upon a Time"
* "What's the Matter with You Baby" (with Mary Wells)
* "Can I Get a Witness"
* "Couldn't Ask for More" (Previously unreleased)
* "You're Wonderful" (Previously unreleased)
* "I Wonder"
* "You're a Wonderful One"
* "It's Got to Be Love" (previously unreleased)
* "Try It Baby"
* "Leavin'" (Previously unreleased)
* "My Love for You" (Previously unreleased)
* "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
* "Baby Don't You Do It"
* "Just Like a Man" (Previously unreleased alternative mix)
* "Pretty Little Baby"
* "Talk About a Good Feeling" (Previously unreleased)
* "I'll Be Doggone"
* "Little Darling (I Need You)"
* "One More Heartache"
* "Ain't That Peculiar"
* "You're the One for Me"
* "Take This Heart of Mine"
* "Your Unchanging Love"

### Disc two

* "It Takes Two" (with Kim Weston)
* "I Couldn't Help Falling for You" (Previously unreleased)
* "Lonely Lover" (Previously unreleased)
* "Without Your Sweet Lovin'" (Previously unreleased)
* "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (with Tammi Terrell)
* "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (with Tammi Terrell)
* "Your Precious Love" (with Tammi Terrell)
* "If This World Were Mine" (with Tammi Terrell)
* "Without You (My World Is Lonely)" (Previously unreleased)
* "Together We Stand (Divided We Fall)" (Previously unreleased)
* "You"
* "Chained"
* "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
* "You're What's Happening (In the World Today)"
* "This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)"
* "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell)
* "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" (with Tammi Terrell)
* "You're All I Need to Get By" (with Tammi Terrell)
* "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"
* "More Than a Heart Can Stand"
* "How Can I Forget"
* "That's the Way Love Is"
* "Yesterday"
* "The End of Our Road"
* "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (with Valerie Simpson, credited to Tammi Terrell)
* "What You Gave Me"

### Disc three

* "What's Going On"
* "Save the Children"
* "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
* "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
* "I'm Going Home" (Previously unreleased alternative mix)
* "Piece of Clay" (Previously unreleased)
* "You're the Man (Pt. I & II)"
* "Checking Out (Double Clutch)" (Previously unreleased)
* "Trouble Man"
* "Let's Get It On"
* "Come Get to This"
* "Just to Keep You Satisfied"
* "Pledging My Love"
* "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Diana Ross)
* "Distant Lover (Live)"
* "I Want You"
* "After the Dance"

### Disc four

* "Got to Give It Up, Pt. I"
* "Here, My Dear"
* "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You"
* "Anger"
* "Anna's Song"
* "A Funky Space Reincarnation"
* "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Reprise)"
* "She Needs Me" (Previously unreleased)
* "Why Did I Choose You" (Previously unreleased)
* "Life Is for Learning"
* "Funk Me"
* "Love Me Now or Love Me Later"
* "Ego Tripping Out"
* "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Live)
* "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Live) (with Gladys Knight & The Pips)
* "Rockin' After Midnight"
* "Sexual Healing"
* "The Lord's Prayer"