Live at the Forum (The Jackson 5 album)


Live at the Forum is a live album by the Jackson 5. It was released on June 21, 2010. The concerts were recorded on June 20, 1970 and August 26, 1972 at The Forum, in Inglewood, California.
The 1970 show was a record-breaking show of over 18,000 attending. Only having two albums and a couple of singles out, the band were able to draw such a big crowd. This concert is an example of a very early part of their career.
By 1972, the Jackson 5 were established icons and had seven albums on the Motown label, not including Michael or Jermaine's solo albums, which plays a big part in the 1972 set. Michael's voice shows early signs of changing, he's still singing in a high-pitched voice but throughout most of this set he's straining to do so, at times screeching to hit the notes he once could sing the years prior. Some songs were transposed to a lower key and Michael sang alternate phrasings to prevent his voice from cracking.

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Introduction" – 0:41
  2. "I Want You Back" – 3:08
  3. "Feelin' Alright" – 4:51
  4. "Who's Lovin' You" – 4:56
  5. "Walk On" – 2:21
  6. "Don't Know Why I Love You" 3:40
  7. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" – 2:55
  8. "ABC" – 3:33
  9. "Intro / It's Your Thing" – 4:55
  10. "I Found That Girl" – 4:45
  11. "There Was a Time" – 3:14
  12. "Intro / Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" – 7:08
  13. "The Love You Save" – 3:32
  14. "Mama's Pearl" – 3:10
Disc two
  1. "Brand New Thing" – 3:01
  2. "Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / Mama's Pearl"^ – 4:51
  3. "Sugar Daddy" – 2:57
  4. "I'll Be There" – 4:04
  5. "Introduction by Michael" – 1:56
  6. "Goin' Back to Indiana / Brand New Thing / Goin' Back to Indiana" – 3:55
  7. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – 2:21
  8. "I Found That Girl" – 3:41
  9. "I'm So Happy" – 2:59
  10. "Lookin' Through the Windows" – 3:53
  11. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" – 2:35
  12. "Introduction by Jackie" – 0:22
  13. "Ben" – 2:39
  14. "Rockin' Robin" – 2:30
  15. "Got to Be There" – 2:11
  16. "You've Got a Friend" – 2:21
  17. "Ain't No Sunshine" – 5:29
  18. "I Wanna Be Where You Are" – 3:42
  19. "Introduction by Jermaine" – 1:09
  20. "That's How Love Goes" – 3:16
  21. "Never Can Say Goodbye" – 4:43
  22. "Walk On" – 2:22
  23. "The Love You Save" – 3:48
  24. "Intro / I Wanna Be Where You Are" ^^ – 4:14
^Previously issued, in part, on the soundtrack to in 1992.
^^Originally released on the soundtrack to Save the Children.