National Anthem by Marvin Gaye

[RanchHQ]

Does anyone have a Digital Copy or know where I can find one?

He sang it at The NBA Championship, 1983, I think, with his Daughter, Neona.

I got kinda hooked during The Olympics.

Thanks.

[Wilbur]

This was a fun one to search for and find and relive.

The legendary performance was in 1983. Youtubed at

YouTube - Marvin Gaye sings American National Anthem

The duet with his daughter is one of those singing with dead daddy things like Nat Cole's daughter and Hank Jr. did. That version is at

YouTube - Marvin & Nona Gaye - National Anthem (Nba Allstar-Game 2004)

You could probably record the audio from that streaming version with Windows Recorder and then burn the .wav to cd. I'm not finding anything indicating it was ever released in any other form. Looks like there might be several variations on Youtube, perhaps one has better signal than others.

The original 1983 live recording is included in a box set called "The Master 1961-1984" and one page I found said that is the only commercial release of the recording.
Amazon.com: The Master 1961-1984: Marvin Gaye: Music
and can be bought as a single tune download from Amazon at
Amazon.com: The Star Spangled Banner: MP3 Downloads: Marvin Gaye

[Mr.Smith]

I never heard Marvins version before...
(I'm not a big basket ball fan )

I still like Jimi Hendrix version best

[RanchHQ]

Thanks Wilbur;

Amazon.com, $.89, Downloaded MP3 and converted (I think) to ITunes.

Thanks again.

[pingtheduck]

Love it!

The antidote for apathy. Thanks for the attitude tune up.