The Master (1961-1984) is a chronological box set album looking back at American R&B/soul legend Marvin Gaye's phenomenal 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 and funk with a mixture of themes including dance songs, love ballads, duets, socially conscious material, sensual material and autobiographical revelations. The set includes rarities such as a recorded 1981 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 a LP-sized hardback coffee table book. The Master (1961-1984) is a chronological box set album looking back at American R&B/soul legend Marvin Gaye's phenomenal 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 and funk with a mixture of themes including dance songs, love ballads, duets, socially conscious material, sensual material and autobiographical revelations. The set includes rarities such as a recorded 1981 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 a LP-sized hardback coffee table book. false 2025-11-08 06:16:55 1995 1995-01-01 1995-01-01 301 Pop R&B 111456 2185706 bdd4779b-a9cf-4868-a212-ebffa7c9f770 afdb7919-059d-43c1-b668-ba1d265e7e42 f5b31fec-abc9-3214-9380-79b8fc650bf0 /config/metadata/library/e6/e69e82598ce67daff810205569e8ddc7/folder.jpg Diana Ross Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye 1 1 02:44 1 2 02:07 1 3 02:32 1 4 02:14 1 5 02:37 1 6 02:32 1 7 02:22 1 8 02:47 1 9 02:42 1 10 02:45 1 11 03:44 1 12 02:45 1 13 02:38 1 14 03:00 1 15 02:22 1 16 02:59 1 17 02:59 1 18 02:33 1 19 02:49 1 20 02:35 1 21 02:24 1 22 02:50 1 23 02:45 1 24 02:34 1 25 02:59 1 26 03:42 1 27 02:43 1 28 03:02 2 1 02:57 2 2 02:54 2 3 02:25 2 4 02:29 2 5 02:28 2 6 02:22 2 7 03:00 2 8 02:43 2 9 02:41 2 10 02:51 2 11 02:25 2 12 02:36 2 13 03:13 2 14 02:19 2 15 02:42 2 16 02:17 2 17 02:29 2 18 02:40 2 19 02:57 2 20 02:56 2 21 02:03 2 22 03:36 2 23 03:25 2 24 02:45 2 25 02:19 2 26 02:36 3 1 03:52 3 2 04:01 3 3 03:15 3 4 05:28 3 5 04:39 3 6 05:11 3 7 05:46 3 8 04:52 3 9 04:55 3 10 04:52 3 11 02:41 3 12 04:26 3 13 03:34 3 14 02:55 3 15 06:22 3 16 04:33 3 17 05:11 3 18 00:00 4 1 04:13 4 2 02:48 4 3 06:15 4 4 04:01 4 5 05:54 4 6 08:17 4 7 00:44 4 8 03:31 4 9 02:37 4 10 03:40 4 11 05:35 4 12 05:00 4 13 05:12 4 14 03:13 4 15 03:47 4 16 06:04 4 17 04:03 4 18 01:55