The Jackson 5
Motown 440 014 380-2
Two albums on one CD
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5
1. Zip A Dee Doo Dah
(3:13)
(Ray Gilbert-Allie Wrubel)
Produced by The CorporationTM
2. Nobody
(2:49)
(The CorporationTM)
Produced by The CorporationTM
3. I Want You Back
(2:59)
(The CorporationTM)
Produced and Arranged by The CorporationTM
4. Can You Remember
(3:06)
(Thomas Bell-William Hart)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
5. Standing In The Shadows Of Love
(4:01)
(Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Edward Holland, Jr.)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
6. You’ve Changed
(3:12)
(Jessee Resse)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
7. My Cherie Amour
(3:40)
(Stevie Wonder-Sylvia Moy-Henry Cosby)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
8. Who’s Lovin’ You
(4:01)
(William “Smokey” Robinson)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
Arranged by David Van DePitte
9. Chained
(2:50)
(Frank Wilson)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
10. (I Know) I’m Losing You
(2:13)
(Cornelius Grant-Norman Whitfield-Barrett Strong)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
11. Stand!
(2:34)
(Sylvester Stewart)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
12. Born To Love You
(2:27)
(Ivy Jo Hunter-William “Mickey” Stevenson)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
Arrangers: The CorporationTM, Dave Blumberg, Paul Riser and David Van DePitte
Album Produced by Bobby Taylor & The CorporatioTMn
Original LP:
Cover Photography: Jim Hendin
Liner Photography: George Rodriquez
Album Designed by Ken Kim
“The Sound of Young America”
#1-12 originally released as Motown M700, December 18, 1969
#1 R&B, #5 Pop
Single releases:
I Want You Back / Who’s Lovin’ You, as Motown 1157, November 1969
#1 R&B, #1 Pop (double-sided hit)
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ABC
13. The Love You Save
(2:59)
(The CorporationTM)
Produced and Arranged by The CorporationTM
14. One More Chance
(2:56)
(The CorporationTM)
Produced and Arranged by The CorporationTM
15. ABC
(2:55)
(The CorporationTM)
Produced and Arranged by The CorporationTM
16. 2-4-6-8
(2:55)
(Pam Sawyer-Gloria R. Jones)
Produced by Hal Davis
17. (Come ‘Round Here) I’m The One You Need
(2:40)
(Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Edward Holland, Jr.)
Produced by Hal Davis
18. Don’t Know Why I Love You
(3:46)
(Don Hunter-Stevie Wonder-Lula Hardaway-Paul Riser)
Produced by Hal Davis
19. Never Had A Dream Come True
(2:57)
(Henry Cosby-Stevie Wonder-Sylvia Moy)
Produced by Hal Davis
20. True Love Can Be Beautiful
(3:24)
(Bobby Taylor-Jeanna Jackson-Leonard Caston)
Produced by Bobby Taylor & Leonard Caston
21. La La (Means I Love You)
(3:27)
(Thomas Bell-William Hart)
Produced by Hal Davis
22. I’ll Bet You
(3:16)
(George Clinton-Sylvia Barnes-Theresa Lindsey)
Produced by Hal Davis
23. I Found That Girl
(2:56)
(The CorporationTM)
Produced and Arranged by The CorporationTM
24. The Young Folks
(2:49)
(George Gordy-Allen Story)
Produced by Hal Davis
Arranged by Dave Blumberg
Album Produced by The CorporationTM and Hal Davis
#13-24 originally released as Motown M709, May 1970
#1 R&B, #4 Pop
Single Releases:
ABC / The Young Folks, as Motown 1163, February 1970
#1 R&B, #1 Pop
The Love You Save / I Found That Girl, as Motown 1166, May 1970
#1 R&B, #1 Pop (double-sided hit)
Bonus Track
25. Oh, I’ve Been Bless’d
(2:50)
(Bobby Taylor-Lena Manns)
Produced by Bobby Taylor
Recorded during the group’s first Motown album sessions
First issued on the album Boogie, Natural Resources NR4013, January 1979 (withdrawn)
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Honesty has always been a very special word for me – a very special idea. I don’t necessarily mean the kind of honesty that our history books tell us Abraham Lincoln practiced – although that’s fine.
But when I think of my personal idea of honesty, I think of something being straight out, all there, on the table – the way it is. Steak should be steak, you know what I mean? Why disguise it? If it’s good steak – well, just let it be good steak.
That’s how I feel about the JACKSON 5 – five brothers by the name of Jackson who I discovered in Gary, Indiana.
The JACKSON 5 sing honest. Straight out. No tricks. No gimmicks. But good. Very, very, very good.
Everything about these guys says “honesty” to me. Whether they’re singing Smokey Robinson or the Beatles or an old standard, they exhibit an inborn professionalism and an innate honesty which says everything. Their young enthusiasm – and they are young: frm lead singer Michael, who is 10, up through Jackie 16; and including Marlon, 12; Jermaine, 13; and Toriano, 14 – their clean approach, their optimistic zest – everything is right up front. You can’t miss it. Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind., didn’t miss it. He’s the one who brought the JACKSON 5 to my attention. Record produced Bobby Taylor didn’t miss it. He was the first professional to work with the guys. Motown Records didn’t miss it. They produced the JACKSON 5’s first single, “I WANT YOU BACK.” No one’s going to miss it. Everything about the JACKSON 5 is real. They’ve got great talent. And above all, they’re honest.
Diana Ross
(Original Liner Notes: Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5)
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If success has many fathers, as the saying goes, you couldn’t find more convincing proof than the music that introduced the Jackson 5 to the world. Foremost among these fathers, of course, would be Joseph Jackson, husband of Katherine and a Gary, Indiana crane operator, who assembled his three oldest sons as a group in 1963, adding the two younger boys and two teenage cousins soon afterward. Between his strict training and the inborn talent of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, the group was already drawing a crazed reaction from kids and adults alike on their pre-hit circuit of talent shows and opening spots.
That generated the buzz up the Motown pipeline from the artists Bobby Taylor and Gladys Knight, promotion staff like Weldon McDougal, and a young creative assistant, Suzanne dePasse, Motown founder Barry Gordy, convinced by the now-famous filmed rehearsal footage of the group, oversaw their emergence as a hit act – the last to roll off his famed production line, Taylor, assigned to produce, recognized instantly the soul genius in Michael, staking the group’s turf in genuine R&B, and eliciting mighty performances from Michael, even in an outtake like Taylor’s own, “Oh, I’ve Been Bless’d.” Meanwhile, Gordy convened The Corporation – himself, guitarist Deke Richards and keyboardists Freddie Perren and Fonce Mizell – to devise a hit single.
Possibly, the most impressive thing about Diana Ross Presents … was that the white-hot flash of “I Want You Back” didn’t blind you to the rest of the album – not when Michael kept knocking you back with his astounding vocal precocity, line after passionate line, balanced by Jermaine’s warm and equally assured second lead. Their second album, ABC, produced by The Corporation and Motown west coaster Hal Davis, held to form, fusing sounds of the past and the future, tipping Motown’s hat to Philly soul and the P-Funk-to-be, uniting the young and the old, and drawing the group’s first Grammy nomination for the title track. They would score their third No.1 hit in a row, “The Love You Save,” barely six months after their chart debut.
Aside from the historic runs of No. 1 singles, we revisit the terrific Jackson B-sides, too. “Who’s Lovin’ You,” and the Jermaine-led heartwarmer “I Found That Girl” could both have easily extended the group’s hit streak as stand-alone singles; that these classic tunes were not even A-sides underscores the fact that 1970 was one of the greatest years in Motown history, the label scoring 14 top 10 hits, six of them No. 1. At this moment, the Jackson 5 and Motown were at the top of their game – at the top of pop music.
- Brian Chin
(Special Thanks: Jim Feldman, Jeffrey T. Clark)
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Compilation Produced by Harry Weinger
24-Bit Digitally Remastered from the original album masters by Jeff Willens at Universal Mastering Studio – East
Re-issue Art Direction: Vartan
Re-issue Design: beccameek@thecreativeshop
Original Album Art Courtesy of Motown Archives and Anthony Ellis
Additional Photographs Courtesy of Motown Archives
Thanks to Quinton Johnson and D’Andria James
Photo Coordination: Julie Murphy and Ryan Null
Production Coordination: Margaret Goldfarb and Monique McGuffin
Thanks as ever to Mr. Berry Gordy
Billboard chart positions courtesy of BPI Communications Inc., and Joel Whitburn’s Record Research Inc.
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