Soulsation!

25th Anniversary Collection

Released: June 27, 1995

Recorded: 1969 through 1975

Length: 4:34:10

This 82-track album was not released on music streaming services. However, the 19-track Rare & Unreleased portion of the album is available to stream.

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Album Details

Song Listing (Alphabetized)

Album Summary

Soulsation! is a 4-CD box set of music recorded by The Jackson 5 during their tenure at Motown Records from 1969 to 1975, when they left Motown for CBS Records. The box set was released in 1995 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Jackson 5 becoming the first group to have its first four singles go straight to #1 on the US Billboard charts. Soulsation! included an introduction from the group's youngest sister Janet, liner notes from David Ritz and an essay from the brothers' first producer, Bobby Taylor. The fourth disc features 17 previously unreleased songs, most recorded from mid-1969 to early 1972. The set also includes solo numbers from brothers Michael, Jermaine, and Jackie.

Songs from all of The Jackson 5's studio albums from 1969 to 1975 are included here, as well as half of the 1976 album of unreleased material Joyful Jukebox Music, though nothing from the similar Boogie album of 1979 and no live recordings. ABC (1970) and Skywriter (1973) are the two most prominently-featured albums on the compilation, with seven tracks from each appearing on Soulsation!. The Jackson 5 albums with the fewest songs included are The Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) and Maybe Tomorrow (1971), with two and three tracks respectively. The only solo Jackson albums not represented from that time period are Jermaine's Come Into My Life (1973), and Michael's Music & Me (1973) and Farewell My Summer Love, which although released by Motown in 1984, was actually recorded in 1973.

Album Editions

Original - US

Released June 27, 1995

Music - CD1

Music - CD2

Music - CD3

Music - CD4

Edition Notes: Available on cassette and CD.

Original - Europe

Released June 20, 1995

Music - CD1

Music - CD2

Music - CD3

Music - CD4

Edition Notes: Available on CD and featured red and blue CDs and different cover art.

Sampler Promo

Released 1995

Music

Edition Notes: Available on CD for in-store play only—was never for sale.   

Rare & Unreleased

Released June 27, 1995

Music

Edition Notes: Available on digital. Also available on a rare UK promo cassette from 1995 that featured Ooh, I'd Love To Be With You on track 9, as it does on the full Soulsation! box set.

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