MICHAEL JACKSON "BEN" ORIG. UNPLAYED Fan Inner Sleeve

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REMARKS: My Wife's Favorite...."BEN" (I Hate When I Heard Her Singing It and Looking At Me Since I Did Not Know What Really She Was Thinking Since "BEN" was a Rat!

BEN:

Although having just entered his teens, pop prodigy Michael Jackson's star was still very much on the ascent, circa his second full-length release, Ben (1972). This LP should not be confused with the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the Phil Karlson-directed "thriller" of the same name, and while blessed with an undeniable visual presence, Jackson was otherwise not involved in the creature feature. Like much of the Motown empire at the time, the title track's multimedia exposure, coupled with strong crossover appeal, insured that "Ben" scored the artist his first Pop Singles' chart-topper. Yet one interesting shift was the lack of participation from the Motown hitmaking machine known collectively as "the Corporation". While the aggregate had dominated most of the Jackson Five's early recordings and contributed their fair share to Jackson's debut, Got to Be There (1971), besides the title track, the only other cut to bear their unmistakable smooth production style is the practically perfunctory midtempo "We've Got a Good Thing Going." The catchy "Greatest Show on Earth" has a cinematic quality that stands out thanks to an excellent arrangement from James Anthony Carmichael -- one of several he scored for the project. While not a cover in the traditional sense, "People Make the World Go 'Round" was actually released within a few weeks of the Stylistics' more familiar hit. Although the reading heard here is equally impassioned, the emotive impact could arguably be greater thanks to the optimism infused with innocence in Jackson's vocals. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" owes greatly to the Heartbeats' doo wop version, as opposed to Jimmy Scott's earlier classic. Jackson is obviously quite familiar with the former's phrasing while adding an age-defying maturity of his own. Returning back to his Hitsville roots, "My Girl" is updated with a funkier rhythm. The vocalist responds in kind with his own soulful lead that soars over the freshly syncopated chorus. The score includes some call-and-response interaction similar to what he and his brothers had displayed on the Jackson Five's selections "Nobody" and "The Love You Save," among countless others. "What Goes Around Comes Around" is one of Ben's better deep cuts with the vibrant melody perfectly matched to the artist's youthful voice. Of lesser note is the hopelessly dated "message" in the filler track "In Our Small Way." Luckily, a pair of winners conclude the effort with the propulsive and funky "Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day" -- which was co-written by Stevie Wonder -- and the Berry Gordy-penned midtempo "You Can Cry on My Shoulder." Ben -- along with rest of Michael Jackson's recordings for Motown, can be found as part of the excellent and thoroughly annotative three-disc Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection (2009). ~ Lindsay PlanerRolling Stone (12/7/72, p.70) - "..a sign of ever-increasing maturity...an album full of nice songs.."

On August 4th,1972 appears in the US the second solo album of Michael Jackson "Ben". Title song "Ben" is at the same time also title song of the movie "Ben". The album became by the way the first # 1 hit in America of Michael's solo career. With this album had convinced Michael us as solo artist.

This is the first get-up of "Ben", on the foreground of the cover stands a rat, the cover was been changed because parents found it to terrifying for their children. From then there was only standing a picture of Michael on it without rats.
This album is one of the most collector items by the fans and therefore rare to find.
The song "Ben" belongs to one of the favourites!

MORE THAN 1,000 ORIGINAL PRESSING LPs found ( FROM A DEALER THAT ACQUIRED THE RECORDS FROM A MIAMI’s CAMELOT RECORD STORE THAT CLOSED IN 1976) NM, SOUL, FUNK, ROCK, DISCO & SALSA!!! !MOST LOOK UNPLAYED!!!! Keep Watching CAF1942 as the EBAY SELLER!

·         Ben

·         Greatest Show On Earth

·         People Make The World Go Round

·         We’ve Got A Good Thing Going

·         Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool

·         My Girl

·         What Goes Around Comes Around

·         In Our Small Way

·         Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day

·         You Can Cry On My Shoulder

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