Sound of Vinyl

A3 size photo print.

Marvin Gaye searching for solace, abroad, and strolling around the Covent Garden area of London, February 1981. Marvin found himself in the British capital in the early 1980s, when he was being pursued by his personal demons and the U.S. tax authorities. European impresario Jeff Kruger helped to support him financially during this period, when the singer lived close to London’s Marble Arch. At the nearby Odyssey Recording studios, he shaped and reshaped songs with members of his band, and with Odyssey engineer Nick Patrick. Eventually, material from those days and nights appeared in February 1981 on In Our Lifetime, Gaye’s final album for Motown.

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