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The Jackson 5 in Japan, also known as In Japan!, is the first live album released by the Jackson 5, culled from a live concert held in Japan in 1973. It was released in the UK in 1986 as Michael Jackson with the Jackson 5 Live; Motown did not release the album in the United States until a limited-edition version was released in 2004, via specialty reissue label Hip-O Select. A quadrophonic mix was released in Japan in 1975, marking an early release of the band's material in surround sound.[2] The album sold over a million copies worldwide.[3]

The Jackson 5 in Japan
Live album by the Jackson 5
Released	October 31, 1973 (1973-10-31) (Japan only) October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31) (5,000 copy limited re-issue)
Recorded	April 30, 1973 (1973-04-30)
Venue	Kōsei Nenkin Hall, Osaka, Japan
Genre	Soul, pop
Length	48:56
Label	Motown
The Jackson 5 chronology
G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) The Jackson 5 in Japan (1973) Dancing Machine (1974)

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By 1973, the Jackson 5 were bigger worldwide than they were in America, selling millions of records and giving performances at sold-out concerts. This set features the group performing many of their hit records, as well as three solo hits from Michael Jackson and two from Jermaine Jackson. Michael's voice was changing, struggling to hit the higher notes to songs that he once could sing the years prior. Either the key of the song was changed so Michael would not strain, or he just avoided the higher notes. Early stages of Michael's vocal change can be heard on the second disc of the band's Live at the Forum album (2010).[4]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Introduction"/"We're Gonna Have a Good Time" 3:39
2. "Lookin' Through the Windows" (Clifton Davis) 3:52
3. "Got to Be There" (Elliot Willensky) 3:44
4. Medley: "I Want You Back"/"ABC"/"The Love You Save" (The Corporation) 2:59
5. "Daddy's Home" (William Miller, James Sheppard) 5:23
6. "Superstition" (originally by Stevie Wonder) (Stevie Wonder) 3:17

Side B

1. "Ben" (Don Black, Walter Scharf) 2:54
2. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (originally by the Temptations) (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) 3:59
3. "That's How Love Goes" (Wade Brown Jr., Johnny Bristol, David Jones Jr.) 4:46
4. "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) 2:21
5. "Ain't That Peculiar" (originally by Marvin Gaye) (Warren "Pete" Moore, William Robinson, Bobby Rogers) 5:28
6. "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, Leon Ware) 6:30

References

External links

• In Japan! Overview at www.jackson5abc.com (page is in French)

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