Singer Mica Paris presents a series that honours seven records and seven artists for their dramatic impact on soul music. 4: Marvin Gaye's concept album Here, My
Dear(1978) was a graphic account of his failed marriage to Berry Gordy 's sister Anna, and his worst-selling LP, despite its tales of cocaine addiction, child-custody traumas and prostitutes. The programme features
Gaye's second wife Jan and his co-writer Ed Townsend.
Gaye's vinyl demand: page 22