Background
Marvin Gaye had been planning to finally end his seclusion at his home in Crenshaw when a final argument with his father Marvin Gay, Sr., ended with Gaye being shot to death on April 1, 1984. Prior to his death, Gaye was working on an album full of collaborations with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Barry White and Jermaine Jackson. However, none of the songs were recorded as Gaye rarely left his home in the months leading to his death. Afterwards, Gaye's label Columbia struggled to finish the contractual obligations as Gaye had agreed to do three albums with the label. This was the first of two projects Columbia - and Gaye's former label Motown - would work on to complete the contract and to help secure money earnings for Gaye's estate. Gaye, who was in debt at the time of his death, left no will. After this album's release, Columbia fulfilled the contract with the release of a covers album, Romantically Yours, culled from sessions Gaye had with Bobby Short from 1967 through 1978.
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