On this day in music history: November 11, 1981 - The Jacksons Live! by The Jacksons is released. Produced by The Jacksons, it is recorded at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, NY, Providence Civic Center in Providence, RI, The Omni in Atlanta, GA, and Madison Square Garden in New York City on August 16, July 22, August 2, and August 18, 19, 1981. Recorded during their Triumph Tour of North America in 1981, the album is compiled from tour stops in Buffalo, NY, Providence, RI, Atlanta, GA and New York City, NY. The fourteen track two LP set includes live versions of Jacksons, Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson solo material. The tracks Things I Do For You b/w Working Day And Night are issued as a single. The original vinyl LP will come packaged in a gatefold sleeve, with full color inner sleeves featuring various live performance photos of the group. Later repressings will omit these custom sleeves, and the regular domestic CD reissue will reprint these images inside the booklet in black & white rather than in color. The Jacksons Live! will peak at number ten on the Billboard R&B album chart, number thirty on the Top 200, and is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 01:00:04 +0000
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