Album Summary

Goin' Back To Indiana is a live/soundtrack album by The Jackson 5 for Motown Records, taken from their September 16, 1971 ABC TV special of the same name. It is The Jackson 5's sixth album overall, and was released on September 29, 1971.

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 at the Coliseum in Indianapolis, hence the show title.

The TV special and soundtrack consists of multiple in-studio live performances, skits and half of The Jackson 5's concert in Indiana on May 29, 1971. The other half of the live show was omitted, and some songs were 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 of the full show was...

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a Two Classic Albums / One CD series. Goin' Back To Indiana was paired up with Lookin' Through The Windows.