What's Going On

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A long-playing record of the album What's Going On recorded by Marvin Gaye. This object is comprised of a disc (a) of the long-playing record What’s Going On, an album jacket (b) and a paper sleeve (c).The vinyl disc (a) has a round tan colored label with a band of brown across the top. In the middle of the band is a rectangle with an oval globe inside it. Under the globe is tan text that reads [TAMLA]. The album jacket (b) depicts a photographic portrait of Marvin Gaye shown from the shoulders up. He wears a black raincoat with its collar turned up. He is turned a slight quarter-turn away from the viewer and gazes above the viewer’s head away to his left. In the top right corner is text that reads [What’s / Going On / Marvin Gaye]. There is a Tamla trademark in the bottom right corner.

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