Joyful Jukebox Music

Joyful Jukebox Music
Compilation album by the Jackson 5
Released	October 26, 1976
Recorded	1972–1975
Label	Motown M761L
Producer	Hal Davis and the Corporation
The Jackson 5 chronology
Anthology (1976) Joyful Jukebox Music (1976) The Jacksons (1976)

Joyful Jukebox Music is a compilation album by American music group the Jackson 5, released by the Motown label on October 26, 1976, after the band had left the label.^[1][2] This is the third compilation released by the group, after Greatest Hits (1971) and Anthology (1976), yet the first to be entirely composed of previously unreleased material, recorded between 1972 and 1975. The compilation was released less than two weeks before the group's debut on their new label Epic Records.

History

In 1975, the Jackson 5 announced that they were leaving Motown and signed to Epic Records.^[3] Before their departure from Motown, they were recording dozens of songs per album. Motown gathered some that had been recorded around the years 1972–1975, for recording sessions and albums: Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine and Moving Violation.^[4] Those years were very prolific for the Jackson brothers, since in addition to the aforementioned two albums and tracks, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, and Jackie Jackson each had a solo album at that time (respectively Come into My Life, Music & Me, Jackie Jackson and Forever, Michael).

The albums Joyful Jukebox Music and Boogie were distributed for a very short period, and the album is one of the rarest albums of the Jackson 5, though not as scarce as Boogie. In 2004, it was available for a limited time from Hip-O Select, to complement Motown's 2001 "2 Albums on 1 CD" re-issue set of the Jackson 5's albums, on which some of these songs were issued as bonus tracks. Although only 5,000 copies were pressed, the album contains the previously unreleased full 15+ minute take of the song "Hum Along and Dance."^[5]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Joyful Jukebox Music" (Tom Bee, Michael Edward Campbell) - 3:15
2. "Window Shopping" (Clay Drayton, Tamy Smith, Pam Sawyer) - 2:47
3. "You're My Best Friend, My Love" (Sam Brown III, Christine Yarian) - 3:24
4. "Love is The Thing You Need" (Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell) - 3:05
5. "The Eternal Light" (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) - 3:13

Side Two

1. "Pride and Joy" (Norman Whitfield, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson) - 3:13 (Marvin Gaye cover)
2. "Through Thick and Thin" (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) - 2:42
3. "We're Here to Entertain You" (Hal Davis, Nita Garfield, Charlotte O'Hara) - 3:02
4. "Make Tonight All Mine" (Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian) - 3:19
5. "We're Gonna Change Our Style" (Clay Drayton, Judy Cheeks) - 2:46

Production

• Cal "RE 20" Harris - mixing engineer
• Jack Andrews - mastering engineer
• Suzee Wendy Ikeda - album direction
• Frank Mulvey - art direction
• Finn Costello - photography
• Gribbitt - graphics

References

1. Sullivan, Randall (2012). Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson. Grove Press. ISBN 9781611859935.
2. Taraborrelli, J Randy (2009). Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness. Pan. ISBN 9780330514156.
3. Trow, George W. S. (July 14, 1975). "Leaving Motown". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
4. Planer, Lindsay. "Joyful Jukebox Music: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
5. HIPO

External links

• Joyful Jukebox Music Overview at www.jackson5abc.com Archived 2011-01-27 at the Wayback Machine (in French)