Motown is preparing a year’s worth of...

Motown is preparing a year’s worth of releases marking the 10th anniversary of the 1984 death of Marvin Gaye. Among the collections being put together are a four-CD box set and a single CD of previously unreleased tracks recently found in Motown’s vaults. A tribute album and TV special are also in the works. Also scheduled are a “collectors edition” of the 1971 landmark “What’s Going On” album and the first-ever CD release of “Hear, My Dear,” the 1978 album that chronicles in detail his breakup and divorce from Anna Gordy, the sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy. . . .

Van Halen is still looking for a new manager to replace Ed Leffler, who died of cancer last year, but the band is heading back into the studio to start work on a new album aimed at a late-’94 release. Meanwhile, singer Sammy Hagar has recorded two new tracks for “Unboxed,” a best-of collection of his Geffen Records solo material, due March 15. . . .

Anthrax’s Scott Ian and members of Cypress Hill and Megadeth have joined the roster of celebrity snowboarders participating in Board AID, a March 8 benefit for the LifeBeat music industry AIDS organization at Snow Summit. Others set for the event include the Beastie Boys, Danny Boy from House of Pain, Rikki Rachtman, Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha and 7 Year Bitch. . . .

A&M; Records is reissuing “Deep Six,” a 1985 anthology originally on the tiny Washington state label C/Z that includes the first-ever recordings by such Northwest icons as Soundgarden, Green River (which included Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, now of Pearl Jam) and the Melvins.*