Compact Command Performances: 15 Greatest Hits

Compilation by Marvin Gaye

Released 1983

Arthur “T‐Boy” Ross
producer [14]
Berry Gordy
executive [14], producer [1]
Brian Holland
producer [1]
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
arranger [14]
Dale Oehler
arranger [11]
Dave Blumberg
arranger [12]
David Van dePitte
arranger [9], conductor [8-9]
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
instrument [8], performing orchestra [3]
Donald Ozga
French horn [3]
Earl Van Dyke
Hammond organ [3]
Ed Townsend
producer [13]
Eddie Willis
guitar [3]
Edwin Jones
French horn [3]
Emil Richards
percussion [13]
Hal Davis
producer [12]
Jack Ashford
congas [3], tambourine [3]
Jackie Hicks
background vocals [3]
James Jamerson
bass [3]
Joe Messina
guitar [3]
Johnny Griffith
Wurlitzer electric piano [3]
Lamont Dozier
producer [1]
Lawrence Miles
mix [8-9, 9]
Lem Barney
background vocals [8]
Leon Ware
producer [14]
Louvain Demps
background vocals [3]
Marlene Barrow
background vocals [3]
Marvin Gaye
background vocals [8-9], executive [14], lead vocals [3, 8-9, 11], mellotron [9], percussion [8], piano [8-9], producer [8-9, 11, 13], vocal [14]
Mel Farr
background vocals [8]
Nickolas Ashford
producer [4]
Norman Whitfield
producer [3, 6]
Paul Riser
orchestrator [3], strings [3]
Richard "Pistol" Allen
tom-tom [3]
Smokey Robinson
producer [2]
Tammi Terrell
vocal [4-5]
The Andantes
background vocals [3, 9]
The Funk Brothers
instrument [3, 8-9]
Uriel Jones
drums (drum set) [3]
Valerie Simpson
producer [4]
Wild Bill Moore
solo [9], tenor saxophone [9]
William Stevenson
producer [1]