The Master (1961–1984)

The Master (1961–1984) is a chronological box set album looking back at American R&B/soul Marvin Gaye's 23-year recording career. Spanning four discs, the box set goes over all portions of Gaye's career with a repertoire that spanned doo-wop, R&B, soul, psychedelic soul and funk with a mixture of themes including dance songs, love ballads, duets, socially conscious material, sensual material and autobiographical revelations. The set includes rarities such as a recorded 1981 live track of Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips each singing their seminal hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", Gaye's famed 1983 performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at an NBA All-Star game and an a cappella performance of "The Lord's Prayer" taped during Gaye's exile in Belgium.

In 2006, Universal re-released the boxset as part of its Universal Earbook series, issuing it as an LP-sized hardback coffee table book.

Disc one

 * 1) "Stubborn Kind of Fellow"
 * 2) "Pride and Joy"
 * 3) "Hitch Hike"
 * 4) "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
 * 5) "What Do You Want With Him" (Previously unreleased)
 * 6) "Once Upon a Time"
 * 7) "What's the Matter with You Baby" (with Mary Wells)
 * 8) "Can I Get a Witness"
 * 9) "Couldn't Ask for More" (Previously unreleased)
 * 10) "You're Wonderful" (Previously unreleased)
 * 11) "I Wonder"
 * 12) "You're a Wonderful One"
 * 13) "It's Got to Be Love" (previously unreleased)
 * 14) "Try It Baby"
 * 15) "Leavin (Previously unreleased)
 * 16) "My Love for You" (Previously unreleased)
 * 17) "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
 * 18) "Baby Don't You Do It"
 * 19) "Just Like a Man" (Previously unreleased alternative mix)
 * 20) "Pretty Little Baby"
 * 21) "Talk About a Good Feeling" (Previously unreleased)
 * 22) "I'll Be Doggone"
 * 23) "Little Darling (I Need You)"
 * 24) "One More Heartache"
 * 25) "Ain't That Peculiar"
 * 26) "You're the One for Me"
 * 27) "Take This Heart of Mine"
 * 28) "Your Unchanging Love"

Disc two

 * 1) "It Takes Two" (with Kim Weston)
 * 2) "I Couldn't Help Falling for You" (Previously unreleased)
 * 3) "Lonely Lover" (Previously unreleased)
 * 4) "Without Your Sweet Lovin (Previously unreleased)
 * 5) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (with Tammi Terrell)
 * 6) "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (with Tammi Terrell)
 * 7) "Your Precious Love" (with Tammi Terrell)
 * 8) "If This World Were Mine" (with Tammi Terrell)
 * 9) "Without You (My World Is Lonely)" (Previously unreleased)
 * 10) "Together We Stand (Divided We Fall)" (Previously unreleased)
 * 11) "You"
 * 12) "Chained"
 * 13) "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
 * 14) "You're What's Happening (In the World Today)"
 * 15) "This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)"
 * 16) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (with Tammi Terrell)
 * 17) "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" (with Tammi Terrell)
 * 18) "You're All I Need to Get By" (with Tammi Terrell)
 * 19) "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"
 * 20) "More Than a Heart Can Stand"
 * 21) "How Can I Forget"
 * 22) "That's the Way Love Is"
 * 23) "Yesterday"
 * 24) "The End of Our Road"
 * 25) "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (with Valerie Simpson, credited to Tammi Terrell)
 * 26) "What You Gave Me"

Disc three

 * 1) "What's Going On"
 * 2) "Save the Children"
 * 3) "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
 * 4) "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
 * 5) "I'm Going Home" (Previously unreleased alternative mix)
 * 6) "Piece of Clay" (Previously unreleased)
 * 7) "You're the Man (Pt. I & II)"
 * 8) "Checking Out (Double Clutch)" (Previously unreleased)
 * 9) "Trouble Man"
 * 10) "Let's Get It On"
 * 11) "Come Get to This"
 * 12) "Just to Keep You Satisfied"
 * 13) "Pledging My Love"
 * 14) "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Diana Ross)
 * 15) "Distant Lover (Live)"
 * 16) "I Want You"
 * 17) "After the Dance"

Disc four

 * 1) "Got to Give It Up, Pt. I"
 * 2) "Here, My Dear"
 * 3) "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You"
 * 4) "Anger"
 * 5) "Anna's Song"
 * 6) "A Funky Space Reincarnation"
 * 7) "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Reprise)"
 * 8) "She Needs Me" (Previously unreleased)
 * 9) "Why Did I Choose You" (Previously unreleased)
 * 10) "Life Is for Learning"
 * 11) "Funk Me"
 * 12) "Love Me Now or Love Me Later"
 * 13) "Ego Tripping Out"
 * 14) "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Live)
 * 15) "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Live) (with Gladys Knight & The Pips)
 * 16) "Rockin' After Midnight"
 * 17) "Sexual Healing"
 * 18) "The Lord's Prayer"