I’m such a fanatic of old school music and it’s amazing how
it continues to be relevant in the music industry today. As a child, I grew up listening to The
O’Jays, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix as well as Peter
Frampton. A variety of music I was
blessed to hear, but none other than The Jackson 5 gave me the passion that I
have for music.
The Jackson 5 delivered the world a potent shot of musical
bliss in 1969 with their first hit single, “I Want You Back”. Following the huge success of “I Want You
Back”, The Jackson 5, along with the help of The Corporation
(Berry Gordy’s team of writers/producers) ran off a string of 4 consecutive
number one hits. While unprecedented at
the time, Motown had its hands full with this fabulous new kid act from Gary,
Indiana.
Although the Jackson 5
hasn’t recorded any music under that name since 1975, Universal Music Group has
now begun to release hidden treasures of the pint sized group since the death
of Michael Jackson. To most of the world, the releases have never
been heard before, however to the J5 collector’s, we’ve heard quite a bit
before the public.
September 18th, 2012 marks the official release
date of The Jackson 5’s Come
And Get It: The Rare Pearls. The
new release is centered on the boy’s tenure at Motown during 1969-1975. One can only imagine the amount of material
they recorded after their run of hit songs during 1970. Some of the releases
highlights include a rendition of Traffic’s classic, “Feelin’ Alright”, “You Can’t
Hurry Love”, by The Supremes and Three Dog Nights, “Mama Told Me Not To Come”.
With the variety of music on this release, it’s clear that The Jackson 5
could cover anyone. Now that they are
seeing the light of day, new fans are sure to come.
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