Marvin Gaye's "Your Unchanging Love" A puzzler

[soulwally]

I love Marvin's "Moods Of Marvin Gaye" album released in May of 1966 -- especially the HDH-produced tracks including "Little Darling [[I Need You)", "You're Unchanging Love", "You're The One For Me", and "You've Been A Long Time Coming" -- all of which boast back-up vocals by The Andantes. In fact, it's one of my all-time favorite Motown albums.

I've gotta agree with bradsupremes [[above). The Stereo version of "Little Darling [[I Need You)" is annoying to listen to, as it robs the listener of the beautifully-arranged string passages contained in the Mono version.

MONO:
https://youtu.be/SJSQ-N18d-4?si=Mac2KHJQUr30tZ9c

STEREO:
https://youtu.be/BMp_2fIaRHk?si=zfKCkKcsasgreG5U

As can clearly be heard, removing the strings leaves the production sounding half-naked.

One additional thought on the subject -- There's an HDH-produced track which should have been included on the "Moods Of Marvin Gaye" LP but wasn't. The song is "I'll Take Care Of You", released as the B-side of the "Your Unchanging Love" single. It's graced with some of the most beautiful harmonies ever sung by The Andantes, and it's a perfect example of why I love their harmonies so much.. Unfortunately, it got left off the "Moods Of" album in favor of "One For My Baby [[And One More For The Road)", which would have been better-suited for one of Marvin's MOR albums, i.e., "When I'm Alone I Cry".

"I'll Take Care Of You"
https://youtu.be/OsaDbtxeQkk?si=9p82DoDBf0e_RDRc

Poor old Clarence Paul missing out here as well. He produced You’re the one for me, not HDH!

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Poor old Clarence Paul missing out here as well. He produced You’re the one for me, not HDH!

Hey, you're right, Wally. I stand corrected.

[BayouMotownMan]

Hey, you're right, Wally. I stand corrected.

And I stand corrected on Paul producing Pretty Little Baby. Gaye was the primary writer of the song with Paul.

The instrumental as I recall went on to become a Christmas song for another artist, Stevie maybe?

[reese]

And I stand corrected on Paul producing Pretty Little Baby. Gaye was the primary writer of the song with Paul.

The instrumental as I recall went on to become a Christmas song for another artist, Stevie maybe?

Marvin used the same track for his Xmas recording PURPLE SNOWFLAKES.

[Motown Eddie]

And I stand corrected on Paul producing Pretty Little Baby. Gaye was the primary writer of the song with Paul.

The instrumental as I recall went on to become a Christmas song for another artist, Stevie maybe?

No; Marvin Gaye used the same track as "Pretty Little Baby" for his own Christmas Song, "Purple Snowflakes" [unreleased until October 1993].



Stevie Wonder did have a song called with no relationship to Christmas called "Purple Raindrops" [released as the B-Side of "Uptight"- Nov. 1965].

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[lucky2012]

No; Marvin Gaye used the same track as "Pretty Little Baby" for his own Christmas Song, "Purple Snowflakes" [unreleased until October 1993].



Stevie Wonder did have a song called with no relationship to Christmas called "Purple Raindrops" [released as the B-Side of "Uptight"- Nov. 1965].

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I like Purple Snowflakes as much as, maybe more, than Pretty Little Baby! Marvin is my favorite male vocalist.