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Marvin Gaye’s 1972 lost album, 'You’re the Man,' will finally be released this spring
Marvin Gaye’s 1972 lost album, You’re the Man, will finally be released March 29th, just days before what would’ve been the musician’s 80th birthday, April 2nd. You’re the Man was supposed to be the follow-up to Gaye’s 1971 classic, What’s Going On. Gaye recorded the tracks for the would-be record in Detroit and Los Angeles during a particularly prolific period, but none of them – save the titular single – were released at the time.
Accompanying the You’re the Man announcement is a mesmerizing new mix of “My Last Chance” from producer Salam Remi (Nas, Amy Winehouse). Gaye originally recorded “My Last Chance” around 1972, and though it was never released, the song was revised as “I Love You Secretly” for the Miracles’ 1973 album, Renaissance. In the Nineties, Motown issued a quiet storm-style mix of the track, which became a minor posthumous hit for Gaye, while in 2001 the original version finally appeared on a best-of compilation.
~rolling stone~
