Joyful Jukebox Music

by The Jackson 5

Overview

Although technically credited to "The Jackson Five featuring Michael Jackson," Joyful Jukebox Music (1976) was actually issued after the quintet split from Motown, their home for five years and a total of 11 long-players. The majority of the contents had been cut several years earlier circa the sessions that yielded Skywriter (1973) and Get It Together (1973). As Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Randy and Michael had yet to surface with any new material from their freshly-inked deal with Epic Records, Motown was understandably eager to get their platters on the air and in the racks before the competition. One primary correlation connecting tracks on this collection to those aforementioned LPs and many of the band's earlier successes is the involvement of Freddie Perren (keyboard) and Fonce Mizell (keyboards). The pair were part of the Corporation, Motown's team of producers, musicians and composers whose elite membership also consisted of Bobby Taylor, Deke Richards (guitar) and the label's co-founder Berry Gordy. While certainly releasable, enthusiasts will be able to tell why the majority of the selections had originally been delegated to the cutting-room. That certainly shouldn't suggest that the entire affair is a washout as the lovely ballad "Through Thick and Thin," and the Perren co-penned up-tempo jiver "Make Tonight All Mine" are arguably better than anything that had turned up on either Skywriter or Get It Together. When dipping into the incalculably voluminous Motown back catalog, they only come up with an interesting, though ultimately dissatisfying, if not excessive overhaul of Marvin Gaye's "Pride and Joy." Worse still are the self-serving schmaltzy "We're Here to Entertain You" and the equally unnecessary closer "We're Gonna Change Our Style." Granted, compilers may have considered it as a fitting harbinger to the next stage in the Jacksons career, however modern ears will probably dismiss it as extraneous filler. In 2004, Hip-O Select compiled both Joyful Jukebox Music and the odds and sods Boogie (1979) onto a single double-player and limited-edition package, making them available for the first time on CD. ~ Lindsay Planer

Product Details

Release Date:	11/03/2023
Label:	Music On Cd
UPC:	0600753985267
Rank:	71287

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Jackson 5   Primary Artist
Michael Jackson   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Freddie Perren   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Gene Page   Arranger
Deke Richards   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Judy Cheeks   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
David Blumberg   Arranger
Wendy Suzee Ikeda   Direction,Remix Direction
Frank Mulvey   Art Direction
Greg Ross   Design
Gribbitt!   Graphic Design
Fin Costello   Photography
Jim Britt   Photography
Art Wright   Arranger
The Corporation   Composer
Tamy Smith   Composer
Clay Drayton   Composer
Sam Brown, III   Composer
LaVerne Ware   Composer
Lily Salinas   Vault Research
Frank Wilson   Composer
Brenda M. Boyce   Product Manager
Denise Minobe   Design
Monique McGuffin   Production Coordination
Don Fletcher   Composer
Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Heather Whitten   Product Manager
John Schuning   Design
Suzee Wendy Ikeda   Direction
Norm Ung   Design
Michael Edward Campbell   Composer,Producer
J.W. Alexander   Composer
Christine Perren   Composer
Lena Manns   Composer
Charlotte O'Hara   Composer
Jack Greenbach   Composer
Lawrence Mizell   Composer
Weldon Parks   Composer
Jana O'Hara   Composer
Pam Sawyer   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Sylvia Moy   Composer
Kevin Reeves   Engineer
Larry Muhoberac   Arranger
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Jack Andrews   Mastering
Christine Yarian   Composer
Alphonso Mizell   Composer
Andrew Skurow   Vault Research
Larry Mizell   Composer
Fonce Mizell   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Clifton Davis   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Donald Fletcher   Composer
Greg Poree   Arranger
Dean Parks   Composer
Lori Burton   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Lula Mae Hardaway   Composer
Jerry Marcellino   Composer,Producer
John Bahler   Arranger
Mel Larson   Composer,Producer
Nita Garfield   Composer
Michele Horie   Art Direction
Tom Bee   Composer,Producer
Brian Holland   Composer
Hal Davis   Composer,Producer
Willie Hutch   Composer
Anthony Ellis   Liner Notes
Sam Brown   Composer
Tom Moulton   Mixing
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Harry Weinger   Mixing,Compilation Producer
Henry Cosby   Composer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
Suha Gur   Engineer,Digital Remastering
James W. Alexander   Composer