Joyful Jukebox Music


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. This is the third compilation released by the group, after Greatest Hits (The [Jackson 5 album)|Greatest Hits] and Anthology, yet the first to be entirely composed of previously unreleased material, recorded between 1972 and 1975. The compilation was released four days after the Jacksons' debut single on their new label Epic Records and less than two weeks before the group's debut album on Epic.

History

In 1975, the Jackson 5 announced that they were leaving Motown and signing to Epic Records. Before their departure from Motown, they were recording dozens of songs per album. Motown gathered some material that had been recorded between 1972 and 1975, for recording sessions and albums: Skywriter, G.I.T.: [Get It Together], Dancing Machine and Moving Violation. 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.
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."

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Joyful Jukebox Music" - 3:15
  2. "Window Shopping" - 2:47
  3. "You're My Best Friend, My Love" - 3:24
  4. "Love is The Thing You Need" - 3:05
  5. "The Eternal Light" - 3:13
Side Two
  1. "Pride and Joy" - 3:13
  2. "Through Thick and Thin" - 2:42
  3. "We're Here to Entertain You" - 3:02
  4. "Make Tonight All Mine" - 3:19
  5. "We're Gonna Change Our Style" - 2:46

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