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Post by aazzaabb on Sept 26, 2019 22:32:13 GMT
I want to crack on with the next album; Goin' Back To Indiana, which is the soundtrack from their very fun 1971 ABC TV Special. Released on September 16th, It features some cracking live versions of I Want You Back, Maybe Tomorrow, The Love You Save and some others. It’s a really nice listen actually and it’s great to have an official album with Michael’s brilliant live vocals and some great harmonies from the brothers. Interludes -or in-between segments- feature Scoop Newsworthy and it’s just an all round joy to listen to if you fancy a snapshot of a time when times were fun, free, innocent and easygoing. I even like The Day Basketball Was Saved; it’s like a scene from Sesame Street! Before breaking into the frankly outstanding live version of Stand taken from the brothers homecoming concert in Gary Indiana. This is the Jackson 5's sixth album overall and is a personal favourite of @innuendo141 . The Jackson 5 Goin’ Back To Indiana  Release date: September 29, 1971 Billboard 200 Peak Position: #16 (#5 R&B albums) Length: 42:29 1.I Want You Back (4:14) 2.Maybe Tomorrow (4:15) 3.The Day Basketball Was Saved (7:59) 4.Stand! (4:15) 5.I Want to Take You Higher (2:13) 6.Feelin' Alright (4:12) 7.Medley: Walk On/The Love You Save (4:57) 8.Goin' Back to Indiana (4:47) This is a soundtrack/live album that coincided with their TV special of the same name. A note on the 2001 bonus tracksIn 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a 'Two Classic Albums/One CD' series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Lookin' Through the Windows (1972). The bonus tracks were "Love Song" and a live performance of "Who's Lovin' You", which first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 TV movie The Jacksons: An American Dream. Listen to the album here  Goin’ Back To Indiana ABC TV Special 1971J5 Gary Indiana Homecoming Concert Segment In HQ Sound |
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Post by aazzaabb on Sept 30, 2019 22:27:16 GMT
Continuing through 1971, and into the post Christmas market; less than three months after the release of “Goin’ Back To Indiana”, came the very first and now somewhat iconic “ Greatest Hits” album. It sold over 5.6 million copies worldwide and included the new track “Sugar Daddy” which became a single to promote the album. Sugar Daddy reached the Top-10 on the Hot 100, and #3 on the r&b charts. The Jackson 5 Greatest Hits  Release date: December 27, 1971 Billboard 200 Peak Position: #12 (#1 R&B albums) Length: 36:55 1. I Want You Back (2:58) 2. ABC (2:38) 3. Never Can Say Goodbye (2:56) 4. Sugar Daddy (2:34) 5. I'll Be There (3:35) 6. Maybe Tomorrow (4:46) 7. The Love You Save (2:42) 8. Who's Lovin' You (3:57) 9. Mama's Pearl (3:11) 10. Goin' Back to Indiana (3:30) 11. I Found That Girl (2:42) Singles released: "Sugar Daddy" b/w "I'm So Happy" (non-album track) Released: November 23, 1971 Hot 100 Peak: #10 (#3 R&B singles) Recorded: July 1969 – October 1971 Genre Bubblegum pop, soul Length: 36:55 Label: Motown MS 741L Producer(s): The Corporation, Bobby Taylor, & Hal Davis Listen to the album herePraise for Greatest Hits”If Michael Jackson had retired instead of going solo and umpteen-platinum, he would still be a revered figure in pop and soul history for the action-packed singles he cut as the diminutive, Frankie Lymon-like frontman (sic) for one of Motown's true trailblazing acts. Some would argue he was never better. More extensive anthologies of the Jacksons' hit-laden career have been compiled since this stopgap disc was issued in 1971, but this is still where listeners can get the primordial prime 5 (alas, without those awesome dance steps) without having to wade through some pretty uneven LPs. Highlights include the infectious "ABC" and "I Want You Back," the emotional "I'll Be There," and "The Love You Save," a phase-shifting tour de force.” --Don Harrison
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Post by TonyR on Sept 30, 2019 22:35:26 GMT
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Post by aazzaabb on Sept 30, 2019 22:45:26 GMT
Thanks TonyR . The J5 catalog is actually a whole lot of fun and it’s been a joy to listen again to all of these albums. The Goin’ Back To Indiana album has been my major discovery -so far- this time around in terms of sheer enjoyment. I'll be going right through MJ’s entire catalog right up to present day and I’m looking forward to the Epic albums for The Jackson’s. So much great music really deserves some love and attention. 😎 Posted at 15:38h in Music, News by Mathan Raj
Jackson 5 ‘Greatest Hits’ Collection Arrives In Rare Quad Mix Vinyl LP on October 25, 2019. Firstly the Jackson 5’s first singles collection, titled Greatest Hits, was originally released on December 27, 1971. Overall it encapsulated an extraordinary 18-month span of back-to-back hits. Surely it was in itself a hit souvenir of Jacksonmania. Equally important, it featured incredibly popular records. In detail, Jackson 5’s legendary Motown debut, “I Want You Back”. Then two iconic B-sides, “I Found That Girl” and “Who’s Lovin’ You”. Also something new: “Sugar Daddy”. Specifically, a single which was then not available on any other Jackson 5 LP. So the Jackson 5 Greatest Hits quad mix is rare and sought-after because it was originally issued only in Japan in 1975. Basically, the Quad Mix includes alternate vocals, as well as some instrumentation not heard in the tracks’ well-known single and album mixes. In any case, as within this edition, these mixes are the stereo folds, consumers do not need a special decoder or four speakers to enjoy the music. For this purpose, original analog four-channel masters from the Motown vault were used as the audio source for the new LP editions, which were mastered and cut by Alex Abrash at AA Mastering. Above all Motown/UMe will release Jackson 5 Greatest Hits on black vinyl LP and limited edition clear vinyl LP on October 25th. Finally, head here to preorder this rare record finally made available again. Certainly, it will be a great addition to your collection. Also, be sure to check out the artwork and tracklist below. TRACKLIST : Side A 1. I Want You Back 2. ABC 3. Never Can Say Goodbye 4. Sugar Daddy 5. I’ll Be There 6. Maybe Tomorrow Side B 1. The Love You Save 2. Who’s Lovin You 3. Mama’s Pearl 4. Goin’ Back to Indiana 5. I Found That Girl Want to take a moment to look at the cultural impact the J5 hits have had on popular music and continues to right up into the present day. K-Pop girl group Twice’s version of the J5 hit. Showing the continuing reach of MJ. Twice “I Want You Back”The Stanger Things Boys “I Want You Back”The Piano Guys “I Want You Back”Rodgers Family “I Want You Back/ABC |
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Post by mjjfan810 on Oct 11, 2019 20:40:29 GMT
Did anyone else buy Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls compilation that came out a few years ago? It has a tonne of previously unreleased J5 material.
A lot of the tracks are winners. Love Trip especially is one of my fave J5 tracks ever. I can't believe it wasn't released in 1973. Easily better than With a Childs Heart.
Jermaine get's a lot of shine on this release. Five solo songs and another four he leads on (not including the songs he co-leads or has a few verses here and there..) My favorite of these Jermaine songs is a track called "Iddinit", funky as hell. How this got left off Maybe Tomorrow (probably for I Will Find a Way or 16 Candles) is crazy.
Even Jackie as a rare co-lead with Michael on "I Can't Get Enough."
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Post by aazzaabb on Oct 12, 2019 21:53:17 GMT
Did anyone else buy Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls compilation that came out a few years ago? It has a tonne of previously unreleased J5 material. A lot of the tracks are winners. Love Trip especially is one of my fave J5 tracks ever. I can't believe it wasn't released in 1973. Easily better than With a Childs Heart. Jermaine get's a lot of shine on this release. Five solo songs and another four he leads on (not including the songs he co-leads or has a few verses here and there..) My favorite of these Jermaine songs is a track called "Iddinit", funky as hell. How this got left off Maybe Tomorrow (probably for I Will Find a Way or 16 Candles) is crazy. Even Jackie as a rare co-lead with Michael on "I Can't Get Enough." I’ve heard bits of Rare Pearls but I’m not overly familiar with what’s on it, but I’ll be listening to it soon and might include it here in 1974 as to cap off 1969 - 1974 from which it spans, instead of when it was released in 2010. Maybe that’s better for context. Very interesting collection for sure and always something I feel I need to buy a physical copy of. I’m looking forward to giving it a proper listen. Onwards...... In January of 1972 Motown released Michael Jackson’s debut solo album Got To Be There. The albums first single, the title track, was released the previous October 1971, less than a few months before The J5 Greatest Hits album -Oh what an amazing time it must have been to be a fan. The album sold an impressive 3.2 million copies worldwide. It contains the glorious I Wanna Be Where You Are, the funky pop bop Rockin’ Robin, and a collection of soul classics including and bookended by two songs that would go on to become part of the American Songbook; the Bill Withers track Ain’t No Sunshine from his Just As I Am album -released seven months previous in July of 1971- ,and another 1971 song; the Carole King classic You’ve e Got A Friend. Michael Jackson Got To Be There  Release date: January 24, 1972 Billboard 200 Peak Position: #14 (#3 R&B albums) Length: 35:45 1. Ain't No Sunshine (4:09) 2. I Wanna Be Where You Are (3:00) 3. Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me (3:46) 4. In Our Small Way (3:34) 5. Got to Be There (3:23) 6. Rockin' Robin (2:30) 7. Wings of My Love (3:32) 8. Maria (You Were the Only One) (3:41) 9. Love Is Here and Now You're Gone (2:51) 10. You've Got a Friend (4:45) Singles released: "Got To Be There" b/w "Maria" Released: October 7, 1971 Hot 100 Peak: #4 (#4 R&B singles) "Rockin' Robin" b/w "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" Released: February 17, 1972 Hot 100 Peak: #2 (#2 R&B singles) "I Wanna Be Where You Are" b/w "We've Got A Good Thing Going" (later released on Ben) Released: May 2, 1972 Hot 100 Peak: #16 (#2 R&B singles) Listen to the album here Got To Be There is a good album if slightly a little too ballad heavy. It’s a great way to spend 35 minutes though. Between this and the Maybe Tomorrow album you’ve got lots of ballads but that’s all tempered by the awesome Goin’ Back To Indiana and Greatest Hits if you’re listening to these in chronological order -which you should be- or else it’s an immediate ban for you! 😁👋 Michael Jackson with J5 Rockin’ Robin |
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Post by aazzaabb on Oct 19, 2019 19:20:00 GMT
Lookin’ Through The Windows was released in 1972. It sold an impressive 3.5 million copies worldwide. This is where my interest in The Jackson 5 begins to waver. Any fans of the album on here? Would love a few opinions on this one. It’s the second last J5 album to feature The Corporation, and Sugar Daddy was intended to be on this album and to be its hit single. Interesting note from Wikipedia; “Lookin' Through the Windows marks the beginning of lead singer Michael's vocal change, from the boy soprano who fronted the Jackson 5's early hits, to the tenor who would later become a successful solo artist. Though he could still reach his famed high notes, his voice was filling out, allowing him to also reach lower registers.” Lookin’ Through The Windows  Release date: May 23, 1972 Billboard 200 Peak Position: #7 Length: 33:04 1.Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (2:30) 2.Lookin' Through the Windows (3:46) 3.Don't Let Your Baby Catch You (3:11) 4.To Know (3:22) 5.Doctor My Eyes (3:14) 6.Little Bitty Pretty One (2:51) 7.E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ne-Moe (The Choice is Yours to Pull) (2:53) 8.If I Have to Move a Mountain (3:20) 9.Don't Want to See Tomorrow (2:46) 10.Children of the Light (2:27) 11.I Can Only Give You Love (2:33) Singles released: "Little Bitty Pretty One" b/w "If I Have To Move A Mountain Released: April 4, 1972 Hot 100 peak position: #13 "Lookin' Through The Windows" b/w "Love Song" (non-LP track) Released: June 23, 1972 Hot 100 peak position: #16 "Doctor My Eyes" b/w "My Little Baby" Release date: February 2, 1973 (UK/non-US release) UK singles chart peak: #9 Listen to the album here Soul Train; Lookin’ Through The Windows Sonny & Cher Show; Lookin’ Through The Windows
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Post by Russg on Oct 24, 2019 9:31:40 GMT
Did anyone else buy Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls compilation that came out a few years ago? It has a tonne of previously unreleased J5 material. A lot of the tracks are winners. Love Trip especially is one of my fave J5 tracks ever. I can't believe it wasn't released in 1973. Easily better than With a Childs Heart. Jermaine get's a lot of shine on this release. Five solo songs and another four he leads on (not including the songs he co-leads or has a few verses here and there..) My favorite of these Jermaine songs is a track called "Iddinit", funky as hell. How this got left off Maybe Tomorrow (probably for I Will Find a Way or 16 Candles) is crazy. Even Jackie as a rare co-lead with Michael on "I Can't Get Enough." I've always dug the Jackson 5 Rare Pearls album. I don't know if any of those songs would have been classics but it's cool to know how hard they worked, song after song. The history of it is amazing. Listening to it now is like listening to Maybe Tomorrow for the first time. Hearing new music by one of my favorite groups is exciting! |
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Post by aazzaabb on Nov 2, 2019 19:58:11 GMT
Did anyone else buy Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls compilation that came out a few years ago? It has a tonne of previously unreleased J5 material. A lot of the tracks are winners. Love Trip especially is one of my fave J5 tracks ever. I can't believe it wasn't released in 1973. Easily better than With a Childs Heart. Jermaine get's a lot of shine on this release. Five solo songs and another four he leads on (not including the songs he co-leads or has a few verses here and there..) My favorite of these Jermaine songs is a track called "Iddinit", funky as hell. How this got left off Maybe Tomorrow (probably for I Will Find a Way or 16 Candles) is crazy. Even Jackie as a rare co-lead with Michael on "I Can't Get Enough." I've always dug the Jackson 5 Rare Pearls album. I don't know if any of those songs would have been classics but it's cool to know how hard they worked, song after song. The history of it is amazing. Listening to it now is like listening to Maybe Tomorrow for the first time. Hearing new music by one of my favorite groups is exciting! I’m giving Rare Pearls a listen right now and there’s definitely some great material on it. mjjfan810 , With a Child’s Heart is beautiful though. That’s a song and MJ vocal performance I could never knock. Russg , yeah I sort of know what you mean when you say it’s like listing to Maybe Tomorrow for the first time. Sort of like a collection of material that slipped under the radar or was forgotten. It’s much more listenable than I expected it to be. There’s solid tracks on it, definitely album worthy material. There’s such a classic Motown sound throughout Rare Pearls that encompasses the golden age of soul music. Without knowing what this collection of music is, you would instantly recognise it as Motown. Halfway through Rare Pearls, this is a fine collection of music. Highly recommend this. Between this and the MJ bonus material that appeared on the wonderful Hello World, there was at least another 3 to 4 albums worth that would have been quite decent for there time. |
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Post by mjjfan810 on Nov 3, 2019 18:11:03 GMT
With a Child’s Heart is beautiful though. That’s a song and MJ vocal performance I could never knock. I think I just find it too devastating. Sorry if that sounds melodramatic, but dayum, Little Mike could break your heart. Lyrically, with the course his life went on to take, it's just too depressing a listen for me. Not only that, I also associate it with the Martin Bashir documentary now as well. Ugh. |
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Post by aazzaabb on Nov 3, 2019 21:51:26 GMT
With a Child’s Heart is beautiful though. That’s a song and MJ vocal performance I could never knock. I think I just find it too devastating. Sorry if that sounds melodramatic, but dayum, Little Mike could break your heart. Lyrically, with the course his life went on to take, it's just too depressing a listen for me. Not only that, I also associate it with the Martin Bashir documentary now as well. Ugh. Ah I completely get you. I was listening to it the other day in the car and honestly I wanted to cry my eyes outs from the sadness’s. It’s such a prophetic song and lyrics. If I’m feeling down I usually play something like this to have an emotional clearout as I find it incredibly therapeutic. But yeah, damn you heartbroken bittersweet prophecy! 1972 was quite a year; 2 Michael Jackson solo albums and a J5 album within 8 months! Ben was MJ’s second solo album. Michael Jackson: Ben Release date: August 4, 1972 Billboard 200 Peak Position: #5 (#4 R&B albums) Length: 31:31 1. Ben (2:42) 2. Greatest Show On Earth (2:47) 3. People Make The World Go Round (3:15) 4. We've Got A Good Thing Going (3:01) 5. Everybody's Somebody's Fool (2:58) 6. My Girl (3:05) 7. What Goes Around Comes Around (3:35) 8. In Our Small Way (3:39) 9. Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day (3:19) 10. You Can Cry On My Shoulder (2:32) Singles released: "Ben" b/w "You Can Cry On My Shoulder" Release date: July 12, 1972 Hot 100 Peak Position: #1 Listen to the album here |
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Post by aazzaabb on Dec 3, 2019 21:25:33 GMT
This is where they begin to get really good or really mediocre? This is where MJ’s voice begins to transition and the group can’t be marketed as a teenybopper group anymore. The Jackson Five: Skywriter  Release date: March 29, 1973 Billboard 200 Peak Position: #44 Length: 29:25 1.Skywriter (3:08) 2.Hallelujah Day (2:46) 3.The Boogie Man (2:56) 4.Touch (3:00) 5.Corner of the Sky (3:33) 6.I Can't Quit Your Love (3:12) 7.Uppermost (2:26) 8.World of Sunshine (2:45) 9.Ooh, I'd Love to Be with You (2:49) 10.You Made Me What I Am (2:50) Singles released:"Corner of the Sky" b/w "To Know" Release date: October 2, 1972 Hot 100 Peak Postion: 18 "Hallelujah Day" b/w "You Made Me What I Am" Release date: February 26, 1973 Hot 100 Peak Position: 28 Skywriter and The Boogie Man were released in the UK as singles. Listen to the album here |
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Post by aazzaabb on Jan 6, 2020 0:34:18 GMT
Michael Jackson: Music & Me
 1. With a Child's Heart (3:34) 2. Up Again (2:47) 3. All the Things You Are (2:55) 4. Happy (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues) (3:19) 5. Too Young (3:37) 6. Doggin' Around (2:52) 7. Euphoria (2:48) 8. Morning Glow (3:36) 9. Johnny Raven (3:31) 10. Music and Me (2:35) Release date: April 13, 1973 Billboard 200 Peak Position: #97 (#24 R&B albums) Length: 32:09 Singles released: "With A Child's Heart" b/w "Morning Glow" Release date: May 5, 1973 Hot 100 Peak Position: #50 (#14 R&B singles) "Morning Glow" and "Music & Me" were also released as singles in the UK. Listen to the album here “The album was released during a difficult period for Jackson, who was 14 years old at the time, as he had been experiencing vocal changes and facing a changing music landscape. Having been influenced by fellow Motown label mates Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, Jackson wanted to include his own compositions on the album, but Motown refused to allow this. Jackson would later express his frustrations about this to his father, Joe Jackson, who would later work to terminate Michael's and his brothers' contract with Motown, and negotiate lucrative contracts for them with Epic Records. Since Jackson was on a world tour with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5, promotion on this album was limited. The Stevie Wonder cover, "With a Child's Heart", was released as a single in the United States, where it reached No. 14 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 50 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. Two additional songs ("Music and Me" and "Morning Glow") were released as singles in the UK, but they failed to chart. Another track, "Too Young", was released as a single in Italy, while the track "Happy" was a single in Australia and "Doggin' A Around" was a limited-release single in the Netherlands. Ten years after this album's release, "Happy" was released as a single in the UK to promote Motown's 18 Greatest Hits compilation album.[4] For the compact disc issues of the album, the text on the album was changed and the shade of green was darker. Despite featuring a photo of Jackson strumming an acoustic guitar on the album cover, he does not actually play an instrument on the album. The album was arranged by Dave Blumberg, Freddie Perren, Gene Page and James Anthony Carmichael and is the singer's lowest selling. After this release, it would take Motown two years to release another Jackson solo album, entitled Forever, Michael. A solo album recorded by Jackson soon after Music and Me was shelved following the surprising smash success of the "Dancing Machine" single from the Jackson 5; the album would later be overdubbed and released in 1984 as Farewell My Summer Love, cashing in on the success of the Thriller album. The original mix of the album, along with its 1984 remixes, would be released as part of the Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection in 2009.”
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Post by bedroom on Jan 8, 2020 18:17:03 GMT
I just caught up with this thread. I am ashamed to admit that I am not very knowledgable about J5 outside of their compilations. I have a lot of free time tomorrow. So will stream these albums using this thread as a reference. Thanks aazzaabb and everyone else who contributed
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Post by respect77 on Jan 21, 2020 20:22:49 GMT
Is it me or there is something odd going on with the sound on the Get It Together album? No matter if I listen to it on CD or Spotify it has the same issue in my ears and I wonder if anyone else hears it or it's just me. Is it bad mastering/mixing or what? And I LOVE that album. IMO it's the Jackson 5's best album.
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