Marvin Gaye followed up his classic What’s Going On album with a mostly instrumental, orchestral jazz-soul soundtrack, for the forgotten 1972 blaxploitation film Trouble Man.
Released in late 1972, the soundtrack album, perhaps surprisingly, was a hit at the time, thanks largely to the high charting of the title track as a single.
This new expanded version from Hip-o Select was released in North America last month and gets a European issue on 28 January 2013. Not only did Gaye create the music for the soundtrack, he also recorded the score, which is released for the first time on this CD. Alongside this sits many unreleased soundtrack performances, including alternate takes and rare vocals. The expanded content sits across two CDs. The original album was just 13 tracks, but this new expanded edition contains a total of 42 tracks (19 of which are the score).
Trouble Man / 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition
Disc One
- 1. Main Theme From Trouble Man (2)
- 2. “T” Plays It Cool
- 3. Poor Abbey Walsh
- 4. The Break In (Police Shoot Big)
- 5. Cleo’s Apartment
- 6. Trouble Man
- 7. Theme From Trouble Man
- 8. “T” Stands For Trouble
- 9. Main Theme From Trouble Man
- 10. Life Is A Gamble
- 11. Deep-In-It
- 12. Don’t Mess With Mr. T
- 13. There Goes Mr. T
- 14. Main Theme From Trouble Man (2) [alternate take with strings]**
- 15. “T” Plays it Cool [unedited version]*
- 16. Poor Abbey Walsh, Part 2 Take 1*
- 17. Poor Abbey Walsh, Part 2 Take 2*
- 18. Trouble Man [extended version]*
- 19. Theme From Trouble Man [vocal version]*
- 20. “T” Stands for Trouble [unedited vocal version]*
- 21. “T” Stands for Trouble [alternate version]*
- 22. Main Theme from Trouble Man [vocal version]*
*Previously unreleased bonus tracks
Disc Two
- 1. Trouble Man**
- 2. Pool Hall**
- 3. “T” Plays It Cool**
- 4. Cadillac Interlude/Cleo’s Apartment**
- 5. Man Tied Up/Jimmy’s West/Conversation with Cleo**
- 6. Crap Game (a.k.a. The Break In)/Getting Rid Of Body/Talking To Angel**
- 7. Outside Police Station**
- 8. Bowling Alley Parking Lot**
- 9. Stick Up**
- 10. Cleaners/Cleo**
- 11. Closing Jimmy’s**
- 12. Police Break In**
- 13. “T” Cleans Up/Police Station**
- 14. Packing Up/Jimmy Gets Worked/Saying Goodbye/”T” Breaks In/Movie Theater**
- 15. Car Ride/Looking for Pete**
- 16. Parking Garage/Elevator**
- 17. Penthouse**
- 18. Getting Pete**
- 19. My Name Is “T”/End Credits**
- 20. “T” At The Cross***
** Previously unreleased Original Film Score
***Previously unreleased Film Band Bonus Track
