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Goin' Back to Indiana/LookingThrough the Windows

The Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana/LookingThrough the Windows Audio CD

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Band: The Jackson 5
Title: Goin' Back to Indiana/LookingThrough the Windows
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Release Date: 2001-08-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: (Bill Cosby-Tommy Smothers Intro) I Want You Back 2: (Bill Cosby Intro) Maybe Tomorrow 3: (Rosey Grier Intro) The Day Basketball Was Saved 4: Stand 5: I Want To Take You Higher 6: Feelin' Alright 7: Medley: Walk On/The Love You Save 8: Goin' Back To Indiana 9: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 10: Lookin' Through The Windows 11: Don't Let Your Baby Catch On 12: To Know 13: Doctor My Eyes 14: Little Bitty Pretty One 15: E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ne-Moe (The Choice Is Yours To Pull) 16: If I Have To Move A Mountain 17: Don't Want To See You Tomorrow 18: Children Of The Light 19: I Can Only Give You Love 20: Love Song 21: Who's Lovin' You (live in Gary, Indiana)

Great CD of Great J5 Album---Long Wait To Get On CD
It was the first one that I ever owned and I can never get enough of listening to this. First of all, Looking Through The Windows is my very favorite Jackson Five album. Recently, I finally decided to get all of the Jackson Five albums on CD.

What bothers me is that this CD and Dancing Machine/Moving Violations takes 10 - 14 days to ship. What's up with that? That is really unforgivable. Heck, even the Third Album/Maybe Tomorrow Skywriter/Get It Together Cds are now out of print. This just boggles the mind.

Anway, as for the music, Looking Through The Windows is a great album. Sure, the Jackson Five were getting older and the 'bubble gum' sound was getting a bit old, but as a last effort for the genre it can't be beat. I think it stands up much better than the follow up, Skywriter. Now there is an album that is a real disapointment. The Jackson Five would start to bounce back with Get It Together, but the damage was done.

Goin' Back To Indiana was never one of my favorite albums, but the live section (recorded at thier '71 Gary, Indiana return concert) is really the best part of the album and worth the price just for that. It really shows that the Jackson Five were just as electric live as they were on TV.

Highly recomended CD but try and find it elsewhere or buy it used. The 10-14 day wait is absurd.

UPDATE: Well, it looks like this disc along with Dancing Machine/Moving Violation are on their way to being discontinued. Less than a week after I purchased Looking Through The Windows (and it still hasn't shipped) the Amazon listing was updated to show that you can only now get this used. What a bummer. I checked some other CD websites and many of them have had both Windows and Dancing Machine on back order since last year and are still waiting (in some cases over three months) for more stock to arrive. Yep, my guess is that the Jackson Five catalog is slowly being discontinued. Snatch up what you can now because they may not be around for much longer. .

Never received the product
This is the second time this has happened to me w/ Amazon, so Amazon certainly won't be my first choice again. After several back and forth emails about the fact that my purchase was never delivered (and a UPS tracker that said it was tried on 12/17 (but that was it), I gave up and decided to call it a $30 loss.

Great Music From J5

The quality was superb. This was a great walk down memory lane.

I wish that obtaining the taped version of the show was easier.
I did a real search for J5 VHS-DVD taped shows and found the show.

This Cd is a must for any real Motown J5 fan.

Peace and Blessings.

Here we go again!!!!
The rehearsal numbers for "I Want You Back" and "Maybe Tomorrow" are damn good to practice your J5 Choreography and Vocal ability. This set use to be my most played Jackson 5 double album/single cd series. The first album goes downhill when they feature the basketball skit cause it's all pointless action,but it's a funny storyline featuring Jackie being the hero who saved basketball. But the album,without warning,explodes into your soul as the brothers open up with a live performance and sing a series of inspirational grooves with flawless execution. "Stand" has THE BEST drum opening i've ever heard in a song,while "Take You Higher" showcases Tito Jackson's raw guitar playing over a traditional drive from the drummer. The medley of "Walk On/The Love You Save" is really good. I like how both Tito and Jermaine take the forefront and play together on their guitars. The brothers get to speak out on afterwards and they do a MUCH BETTER version of "Going Back To Indiana" (Thank God!!!). After that album is over with,it's time to calm down and listen to one of the best and well-done remakes the J5 has ever done,"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing". Very,very,very excellent track to open up the new album with and I love how Michael and Jermaine,once again,share the song. My other favorites on the "Looking Through The Window" album is the title track,"If I Have To Move A Mountain","Little-Bitty-Pretty-One",and "Doctor My Eyes" kinda grew on me. And,like on all of the double album sets,are included some bonus material which in this particular set includes the live version of "Who's Loving You" which everyone knows was done in the American Dream movie. I'm just glad Michael decided to belt out some "Oh's" and "Ow's" like he did on the Ed Sullivan show which is my favorite part of the song. How about that Michael?!! .

J5 Live!
Some of it is off of a 1971 TV special of the same name (which I vaguely recall watching when I was around 6 years old). This is a pretty good combination here! GBTI is an interesting history lesson with a beat that you can dance to. The skit stuff might work better as a DVD of this special (are you listening Berry Gordy?), but to hear the J5 Live with "Cousin" Johnny Jackson on drums and Ronnie Rancifer on the organ (whatever happened to those guys?) as well as Jermanine and Tito actually playing guitar and bass is amazing. Makes you wonder why Motown didn't let these guys really play their own instruments on their records all along. They really cook it up!

LTTW is a favorite of mine in part for personal reasons. I was visiting relatives in Harlem when I was 7 during the summer of 1972 and this and MJ's solo "Ben" were all over the radio. Back in Charleston, all the kids were digging this LP and I've always felt that "Dont Let Your Baby Catch You Fooling Around" was sadly underrated (originally considered too suggestive when recorded in 1969-go figure)! But childhood memories aside, this is a great CD and will easily explain why the J5 ruled the youth culture of the era. Listen and enjoy.

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