Today's WELCOME TO THE SHOWROOM:

JACKSON 5 1973 TOUR PROGRAM

 

 

The showroom is proud to add to the programs section this wonderful - and clearly vintage - Tour program released in 1973 to advertise the Jackson 5 concerts at the time. It's a 30x40 book made of 20/25 pages, including separate sections for all the Jackson 5 members (including Michael of course!). You can see some stills of this little treasure here.

 

 

THE RECORD OF THE WEEK:

REMASTERED ALBUM SAMPLER

KOREA PROMO CD

EPIC/SONY CPRK-101

Here it is:another masterpiece the Showroom is proud to show today:this is a mega-rare promo cd "album sampler", korean only released in 2001, and it contains a selection of songs taken from "Off the wall", "Thriller", "Bad" and "Dangerous". A similar compilation, previously released for the Dangerous tour in 1992 ("Dangerous Tour souvenir cd") but with different tracks; The total here is of 15 songs, and "Thriller" and "Bad" are the album with more tracks (5 and 4 respectively).

This is truly a masterpiece for every Michael Jackson collector, this cd rarely surfaced on auction sites, and I guess an handful of copies have been released...

P.S. although the mispress on back ("mafactured" instead of "manifactured"), I guarantee this is a 100% original release from Sony.Matrix codes on cd are: IFPILA71 - PROM-101)

 

 

Today's WELCOME TO THE SHOWROOM & Today's ON THE AIR:
"GET ON THE FLOOR"
OFF THE WALL
AUSTRALIA CASSETTE
EPIC EPC3973

"...Ah get on the floor and dance
Ah, on the floor and dance

So get on the floor
And dance with me
I love the way you shake your thing
Especially

There's a chance for dancin'
All night long
There's a chance for groovin'
And it will be soothing
With a song

Then why don't you just
Dance across the floor
'Cause there's a chance for chances
And the chance is choosin'
And I sure would like just to groove with you..."

GET ON THE FLOOR (SWG EXTENDED MIX) 

Today's WELCOME 
TO THE SHOWROOM:
"MOTOWN IN ITALY PART III"
FAREWELL MY SUMMER LOVE 
ITALY CASSETTE
MOTOWN/DISCHI RICORDI TMK76061

Not a vinyl this time...but a cassette album. Still coming from Italy with a wonderful vintage "Dischi Ricordi" orange plastic case, a must-have in these revival times!
This cassette was released in 1984, and the Showroom - with a recently added spanish version - gives you an overview of all the "Farewell my summer love" releases in this collection. Something is still missing, I know...but...the hunt continues, again and again!

THE RECORDS OF THE WEEK:
OFF THE WALL SPANISH CD ALBUMS
- OFF THE WALL SPAIN "ALTAYA" ROCK NR.11
EPIC/ALTAYA 11
- OFF THE WALL SPAIN "AGOSTINI" EDITION
EPIC RCD005 2

Today we focus on 2 special editions of "Off the wall", both released in Spain; the "Agostini" edition came put in 1991, and even though it looks similar to the classic european releases, it has a totally different catalogue reference (RCD005 2). The "Altaya" edition was released later in 1996. Altaya Publishers licensed the album to EPIC/SONY for a limited edition collection of classic albums. This tiem the back cover is completely different from the original; today both releases are hard-to-find, with the "Altaya" edition raising high commercial value among collectors. 

Today's WELCOME TO THE SHOWROOM:

"MOTOWN IN ITALY PART II"

JACKSON 5 "SERIE COLLEGE" LP

ITALY TAMLA MOTOWN/RI-FI RECORDS

RLC-ST-05017

Lately, I was clearly "italian-inspired" with my Showroom purchases. And here you can see a first example of the hunt I made in my country. This is an italian-only collection released in 1975 - part of a series named "Serie College" (featuring some other releases by several artists) - officially licensed by Motown and distributed by Ri-Fi records (Milan). The record contains 10 tracks randomly chosen fron the Jackson 5 hits-catalogue, and comes with a picture of the Jackson 5 singing and dancing already used for the "Get it together" album picture sleeve, obviously, here with a total different graphic style. Take a look at the particular multi-colour rounded label...you'll see it again in many earlier italian presses.

THE RECORD OF THE WEEK:
"MOTOWN IN ITALY PART I"
MUSIC AND ME ITALY LP
TAMLA MOTOWN/RI-FI RECORDS
TSM ST 60039

Fine. The italian saga continues with...the third Michael's album as a soloist. 
"Music and me" was released in 1973, and today I'm proud to add to the Showroom catalogue this wonderful italian-pressed record:again, officially licensed by Tamla Motown and distributed by RI-FI Records, and again with a multicoloured-style labels.
You may think that as I'm from Italy, these releases should be easy to find in fairs or used records markets. They're not. I mean:if I could find some of them in the past, I would buy. Sometimes the prices are too high...but sometimes, I can clearly say it, it's very difficult even to find one.
During all these years, it could be the 3rd or the 4th time I see a Music and me made in Italy like this. I can guarantee, these are very few times for an italian collector, who lives in Italy, and collecting Michael since 1992. 
The "Motown in Italy" saga continues....watch out next posts here and on the facebook page!

Today's ON THE AIR: 

"DANCING MACHINE"

DANCING MACHINE

GREECE LP

TAMLA MOTOWN STML11275

 

"Automatic, systematic

Full of color self contained

Tuned and gentle to your vibes

Captivating, stimulating

She's such a sexy lady

Filled with space-age design

She's movin', she's groovin'

Dancin' until the music stops now, yeah

Rhythmatic, acrobatic

She's a dynamite attraction

At the drop of a coin she comes alive, yeah

She knows what she's doin', she's super bad now

She's geared to really blow your mind..."

 

DANCING MACHINE (LIVE @ CAROL BURNETT SHOW)