Goin' Back to Indiana
Goin' Back to Indiana was a live/soundtrack album by the Jackson 5 for Motown Records, taken from their September 16, 1971 ABC TV special of the same name. This is the Jackson 5's sixth album overall.
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Released | September 29, 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Length | 42:29 | |||
Label | Motown MS 742L | |||
Producer | Berry Gordy | |||
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The Goin' Back to Indiana television special featured comedians Bill Cosby and Tommy Smothers, singers Bobby Darin and Diana Ross, football players Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier, and Ben Davidson, and basketball stars Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor, and Elvin Hayes. It also featured tracks recorded by the Jackson 5 during their May 29 "homecoming" concert in Indianapolis (hence, both the show title and name of 1970 song that appeared on the Third Album, 1970). The album went on to sell 2.6 million copies worldwide.[2]
Track listing
- "I Want You Back" (The Corporation) – 4:14
- "Maybe Tomorrow" (The Corporation) – 4:15
- "The Day Basketball Was Saved" (Bill Angelos, Buz Kohan, Dick DeBenedictis) – 7:59
- "Stand!" (Sylvester Stewart) – 4:15
- "I Want to Take You Higher" (Sylvester Stewart) – 2:13
- "Feelin' Alright" (originally by Traffic) (Dave Mason) – 4:12
- Medley: "Walk On" (this version originally by Isaac Hayes) / "The Love You Save" (The Corporation) – 4:57
- "Goin' Back to Indiana" (The Corporation) – 4:47
Re-release
In 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.
Full Setlist
The TV special and album consists of multiple in-studio live performances, skits and half of their concert in Indiana on May 29, 1971. The other half of the live show was omitted, and some songs were also edited upon the release. Over the years, a couple of tracks from the concert have been released (such as "Who's Lovin' You" and "Mama's Pearl") but there hasn't been any official release of their full show from that evening. The setlist was as follows:
- "Stand!" (Sylvester Stewart)
- "I Want to Take You Higher" (Sylvester Stewart)
- "I Want You Back" (The Corporation)
- "ABC" (The Corporation)
- "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason)
- "Who's Lovin' You" (William "Smokey" Robinson Jr.)
- "Mama's Pearl" (The Corporation)
- "I Found That Girl" (The Corporation)
- "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis)
- "Walk On" (Suzanne de Passe, The Jackson 5)
- "The Love You Save" (The Corporation)
- "Goin' Back to Indiana" (The Corporation)[3]
Notes
- Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana (1971) album review by Lindsay Planer, credits & releases
- Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collectors Edition, page 100. American Press.
- Weinger, Harry: https://j5live-blog-blog.tumblr.com/, page 2.
External links
- Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana (1971) album overview at www.jackson5abc.com (page is in French)
- Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana (1971) album review by Lindsay Planer, credits & releases at AllMusic
- Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana (1971) album releases & credits at Discogs
- Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana (1971) album to be listened as stream on Spotify
- - "Live at The Forum" (2010) album liner notes at https://j5live-blog-blog.tumblr.com/page/2