The Jackson - The Jacksons Live! (1981)

The Jackson - The Jacksons Live! (1981)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Opening/Can You Feel It"   6:04

2. "Things I Do for You"   3:38

3. "Off the Wall"   4:00

4. "Ben"   3:52

5. "Heartbreak Hotel"   4:40

6. "She's Out of My Life"   4:48

7. "Movie and Rap, Including Excerpts of: I Want You Back/Never Can Say Goodbye/Got to Be There"   3:04

8. "Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save"   2:55

9. "I'll Be There"   3:12

10. "Rock with You"   3:59

11. "Lovely One"   6:28

12. "Workin' Day and Night"   6:53

13. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"   4:22

14. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"   8:34

 

The Jacksons Band Members / Musicians

Michael Jackson – vocals

Jackie Jackson – vocals, percussion

Tito Jackson – guitar, vocals

Marlon Jackson – vocals, percussion

Randy Jackson – vocals, congas, piano, keyboards

David Williams – guitar

Bill Wolfer – keyboards

Mike McKinney – bass

Jonathan Moffett – drums

East Coast Horns: Alan "Funt" Prater, Broderick "Mac" McMorris, Cloris Grimes, Wesley Phillips – horns

Bill Schnee – recording, mixing

Lynn Goldsmith, Todd Gray – photography

The Jacksons Live! (a.k.a. Live) is a live album by The Jacksons. It was released on November 11, 1981 by Epic Records. The album was recorded during the band's North American concert tour in fall 1981, known as the Triumph Tour. The live double album was culled from recordings made on the tour's stops in Buffalo, Providence, Atlanta, and New York City. The live album would go on to sell over two million copies worldwide.

The 1981 live show setlist featured songs from the group's 1980 album Triumph, two songs from Destiny (1978), a medley of their Motown hits, and five songs from lead singer Michael's 1979 solo album Off the Wall.

The Triumph Tour would be the group's last tour together for three years, while Michael recorded and released the phenomenally successful Thriller (1982) album and its singles in 1982 and 1983. The group would reunite for their final tour (sans an injured Jackie Jackson, who only participated in the second and final last leg of the tour after recovering from a knee injury) — Victory Tour — in 1984. In 1988, Rolling Stone magazine described the Triumph Tour as one of the best 25 tours between 1967 and 1987.