Steeltown Recordings
Released: Singles in 1968, Compliations in 1989
Recorded: 1967 through 1968
Length: Varies
The various album editions containing these Steeltown recordings are sparsly distributed to music streaming services. Some music streaming services includes one edition, while another music streaming service includes a different edition of the album. And Amazon Music doesn't have any of The Jackson 5 Steeltown recordings. I have provided the best options available for the music streaming service of your choice.
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Album Details
Song Listing (Alphabetized)
Note: Song selections and specific song versions vary depending on the album edition. Please see Album Edition section on this page for list of songs and song versions on each edition of this album.A Change Is Gonna Come
A Change Is Gonna Come (Live)
Baby You Don't Have To Go
Baby, You Don't Have To Do (Live)
Big Boy
Boys & Girls, We Are The Jackson 5
From The Rehearsals The Introduction (Live)
I Found A Love
I Never Had A Girl — Performed by Ripples & Waves
Jam Session (Part One)
Jam Session (Part Two)
Let Me Carry Your Schoolbooks — Performed by Ripples & Waves
Lonely Heart
Lonely Hearts (Live)
Michael The Lover
Monologue
My Girl
My Girl (Live)
Saturday Night At The Movies
Saturday Night At The Movies (Live)
Soul Jerk
Soul Jerk (Live)
Stormy Monday
Stormy Monday (Live)
Tracks Of My Tears
Tracks Of My Tears (Live)
Under The Boardwalk
Under The Boardwalk (Live)
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
You've Changed
Album Singles
Big Boy — January 31, 1968
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love) — 1968
Album Summary
This album contains the first recordings ever made by The Jackson 5. Recorded in 1967, several of these tracks were actually released by Steeltown Records as singles. One of which, Big Boy, became a local hit in the Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana area. All recordings have been left in their original and un-enhanced state for historical purposes.
The two first tracks on the 1996 reissue are credited as Ripples & Waves Plus Michael but the Michael listed is not Michael Jackson of The Jackson 5.
Michael The Lover is also sometimes listed as Some Girls Want Me For Their Lover and Some Girls Want Me For A Lover.
Album Editions
Original
Beginning Years 1967 - 1968
Released 1989
Music
Monologue
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
You've Changed
Big Boy
Michael The Lover
Jam Session
My Girl
Soul Jerk
Under The Boardwalk
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
Lonely Heart
Stormy Monday
Edition Notes: Available on LP, cassette and CD. Also titled Early Years 1967 - 1968 on some releases; those releases also feature a different album cover. Reissued in 1991 and 2009 with identical track listing.
Reissue
The Magic Collection
Released 1993
Music
Big Boy
You've Changed
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
Michael The Lover
Stormy Monday
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
A Change Is Gonna Come
Lonely Heart
Boys & Girls, We Are The Jackson 5 (Jam Session)
My Girl
Soul Jerk
Under The Boardwalk
From The Rehearsals The Introduction (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Boys & Girls, We Are The Jackson 5 (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
My Girl (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Soul Jerk (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Under The Boardwalk (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Saturday Night At The Movies (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Stormy Monday (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Tracks Of My Tears (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Lonely Heart (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
A Change Is Gonna Come (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Baby, You Don't Have To Go (Live - Gary, Indiana Recording)
Edition Notes: Available on CD. Reissued numerous times with same track listing but different cover art.
Reissue
Historic Early Recordings
Released 1995
Music
You've Changed
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
Jam Session
Big Boy
Michael The Lover
My Girl
Soul Jerk
Under The Boardwalk
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
Edition Notes: Available on CD.
Reissue
Pre-History: The Lost Steeltown Recordings
Released 1996
Music
Let Me Carry Your Schoolbooks — Performed by Ripples & Waves
I Never Had A Girl — Performed by Ripples & Waves
Monologue
Michael The Lover
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
Big Boy
You've Changed
Jam Session (Part One)
My Girl
Jam Session (Part Two)
Under The Boardwalk
Soul Jerk
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
Edition Notes: Available on cassette and CD. The first two tracks on this album is in no relation to Michael Jackson nor The Jackson 5. This also happens to be the only edition of the album to contain those two non-Jackson tracks.
Reissue
We Are The Jackson Five
Released 1996
Music
Big Boy
You've Changed
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
Michael The Lover
Stormy Monday
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
A Change Is Gonna Come
Lonely Heart
Boys & Girls, We Are The Jackson 5 (Jam Session)
My Girl
Soul Jerk
Under The Boardwalk
Edition Notes: Available on CD. Reissued in 1998 as Jam Session, then again in 1999 as We Are The Jackson 5, again in 2008 as Boys & Girls: The Original Sessions, each reissue with a different album cover.
Reissue
The Great Jackson 5
Released 1999
Music
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
Michael The Lover
Stormy Monday
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
A Change Is Gonna Come
Lonely Heart
Boys & Girls, We Are The Jackson 5 (Jam Session)
My Girl
Soul Jerk
Under The Boardwalk
Edition Notes: Available on CD.
Reissue
The First Recordings
Released 2009
Music
Big Boy
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
You've Changed
Michael The Lover
My Girl
Under The Boardwalk
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
Soul Jerk
Monologue
Jam Session (Part One)
Jam Session (Part Two)
Edition Notes: Available on CD. All songs except for Big Boy, We Don't Have To Be Over 21, Jam Session (Part One), Michael The Lover, and You've Changed contain overdubs that were done during the mid-80's. The 5 songs without overdubs do not have them because they were originally released on vinyl by Steeltown Records. Big Boy, We Don't Have To Be Over 21, Jam Session (Part One), Michael The Lover, and You've Changed all have noise-reduction and are possibly needle-drops from clean vinyl pressings.
Digital
Original Steeltown Recordings
Released 2009
Music
Monologue
Michael The Lover
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
Big Boy
You've Changed
Jam Session (Part One)
My Girl
Jam Session (Part Two)
Under The Boardwalk
Soul Jerk
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
Edition Notes: This edition has the same track listing as the 1996 reissue, but without the two non-Jackson tracks at the beginning of the album. Available on Apple Music.
Digital
The Steeltown 45's EP
Released January 19, 2010
Music
Big Boy
You've Changed
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
Jam Session (Parts One & Two)
Michael The Lover
Edition Notes: Available on Apple Music.
Digital
Steeltown: Jackson 5 - The Original Sessions
Released 2011
Music
We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)
You've Changed
Big Boy
Michael The Lover
Baby, You Don't Have To Go
Stormy Monday
Boys & Girls We're The J5
My Girl
Soul Jerk
Under The Boardwalk
I Found A Love
Saturday Night At The Movies
Tracks Of My Tears
A Change Is Gonna Come
Lonely Heart
Edition Notes: Available on YouTube Music and Spotify.
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