Marvin gaye united album

Video:
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Live TV Performance)

Full track listing:

Hidden gem: “Two Can Have A Party” (almost released as a single)

Trivia:

• Tammi Terrell recorded a solo version of “Ain’t No Mountain Upper Enough” in January 1967, but not released. It finally appeared on a 2010 retrospective of her work, Come On And View Me on Hip-O Select.
• Songwriters Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson first intended “Ain’t No Mountain Lofty Enough” for Dusty Springfield. Then Motown called.
• Clyde Wilson (co-writer of “Give A Little Love”) is better known as Steve Mancha, a Northern Soul hero who recorded for Detroit producer Don Davis, and later joined 100 Proof Aged in Soul.
• Released the same month as United: Bee Gees’ 1st, Aretha Arrives, Procol Harum, Otis Redding Inhabit In Europe, Four Tops’ Greatest Hits.

• Amy Winehouse’s “Tears Dehydrate On Their Own” from her globally successful Back To Black album was built on a sample interpolation of Marvin & Tammi’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” The writers credited on “Tears” are the original authors of “Mountain,” N
  
   

  The first of three collaborative albums by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, United was released on August 29, 1967 on the Motown subsidiary label Tamla Records. It was the duo’s as well as Marvin Gaye’s most successful album of the 1960’s, with sales almost reaching one million copies. It yielded four Top 100 Billboard chart hits, including the two Highest 10 singles, "Your Precious Love," and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You." United peaked at #69 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and #7 on the U.S. Billboard R&B albums chart upon its release. Together received a **** ½ rating on AllMusic, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton stating that it “was the first of their three LPs, and quite possibly the best of the lot.” 

  Tracklist:

  Side 1

  1. AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN Steep ENOUGH (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) 2:26
  2. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES (Berry Gordy, Jr., Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo) 2:45
  3. IF I COULD Assemble MY WORLD AROUND YOU (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock) 2:19
  4. SOMETHIN' Dumb (C. Carson Parks) 2:40
  5. YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE  ENOUGH (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) 2:59
  6. HOLD ME OH MY DARLING (Harvey Fuqua) 2:45 

  Side 2

  1. TWO CAN HAVE A
     
     

     Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - United

     
     
     

     2016 vinyl reissue

     Featuring "Ain't No Mountain Steep Enough" and more!
     

     Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's first duet album, United features four huge hits: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough,"
     "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You," "Your Precious Love" and "If This World Were Mine," alongside
     several B-sides and Motown album classics.

     
     

     
     

     Side 1

     Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

     You Got What It Takes

     If I Could Build My World Around You

     Somethin’ Foolish

     Your Precious Affectionate

     Hold Me Oh My Darling

     Side 2

     Two Can Contain A Party

     Brief Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl

     If This World Were Mine

     Sad Wedding

     Offer A Little Love

     Oh How I’d Fail You

     
     
     

     United

     • DELUXE 180-GRAM REISSUE

     The first of three collaborative albums by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Unitedwas released on August 29, 1967 on the Motown subsidiary label Tamla Records. It was the duo’s as well as Marvin Gaye’s most successful album of the 1960’s, with sales almost reaching one million copies.

     It yielded four Top 100 Billboard chart hits, including the two Top 10 singles, "Your Precious Love," and "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You." United peaked at #69 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and #7 on the U.S. Billboard R&B albums chart upon its release. Combined received a **** ½ rating on AllMusic, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton stating that it “was the first of their three LPs, and quite possibly the best of the lot.”

     TRACKS:

     A1. AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
     A2. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES
     A3. IF I COULD Create MY WORLD AROUND YOU
     A4. SOMETHIN' STUPID
     A5. YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE
     A6. HOLD ME OH MY DARLING
     
     B1. TWO CAN HAVE A PARTY
     B2. Petite OLE BOY, LITTLE OLE Miss
     B3. IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE
     B4. SAD WEDDING
     B5. GIVE A LITTLE LOVE
     B6. OH HOW I'D MISS YOU