Michael Jackson 5 BIG BOY - LIMITED PRESS RARE no promo
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The Jackson 5
S T E E L T O W N
R E C O R D S
7 "
” Big Boy ”
”You’ve Changed ”
T H E H I S T O R I C1ST R E C O R D I N G !
The Jackson 5 began their career performing at talent contests, which they would often win. During a performance at Beckman Junior High, the group were brought to the attention of Gordon Keith—the owner of Steeltown Records, a company based in the group's hometown of Gary, Indiana. He signed the children to a limited record deal. The band recorded with their instruments and a backing group on the weekends. Michael Jackson sang lead vocals on the majority of tracks and the brothers produced much of the material themselves, including the track "Big Boy", which took a few hours to record and was written by Ed Silver.The group were paid three cents for each record sold, which was split equally amongst the five members. The group released their first single "Big Boy" on January 30, 1968. It was backed with the B-side "You've Changed".
In 1968, Joe Jackson approached Gordon Keith, the owner of a local company Steeltown Records, to invite him to watch the Jackson Five (and Johnny) perform. Sceptical, Keith was reluctant to waste his time on a bunch of kids, but nevertheless he agreed to sit in on one of their sessions. He kept his word and, knocked out by what he saw he saw and heard, he immediately offered Jospeh's boys their first recording contract.
A six months contract was signed in November 1967, following which the Jackson Five and Johnny stepped into a recording studio for the first time. Over a period of months, a dozen or more songs were recorded, a mix of originals and cover versions. Steeltown released four of the songs on two singles.
"Big Boy" was released in January 1968 on single (Steeltown 681). The demo was recorded circa November 1967. The single was initially hand-sold by Michael and his brothers, at the many gigs they played, and was picked up for national ditribution by Atco, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. Sold well locally, although it failed to register on any of Billboard's charts.
The Jackson family gathered around a radio to hear the song broadcast for the first time. Michael Jackson—who was 8 years old at the time—said of the experience, "All laughed and hugged one another. We felt we had arrived."
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some scrathes throughout, writing on label
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