''Jukin' '' is the debut album by
the Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group founded in 1969 in New York City, performing music genres like a cappella, Brazilian jazz, Swing music, swing, vocalese, rhythm and blues, Pop music, pop, and standards. They have won eleven G ...
. Released on
Capitol Records
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in 1971, it was also the only album by the first version of the group, which consisted of
Tim Hauser,
Erin Dickins, Marty Nelson, Gene Pistilli, and Pat Rosalia.
The album was reissued in the UK by
EMI's
Music for Pleasure under the title ''The Manhattan Transfer and Gene Pistilli''.
Pistilli was known for collaborations with
Terry Cashman
Terry Cashman (born Dennis Minogue; July 5, 1941) is an American record producer and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1981 hit, " Talkin' Baseball". While the song is well recognized today and allowed Cashman the chance to meet the feature ...
and
Tommy West.
The first group lasted about two years. According to Tim Hauser, "Gene and I were in two different places. He was more into country and western, R&B, and the Memphis sound, and by then I'd become more interested in jazz and swing." This version of the Manhattan Transfer broke up shortly after this album was released, and Tim Hauser formed a new version of the group during October 1972. The revised Manhattan Transfer line-up (Tim Hauser, Laurel Massé, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel) signed to
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...
in 1975 and resumed the group's recording career with much greater success.
''Jukin' '' remained an orphan in the Manhattan Transfer's catalogue. Issued on a different label than their future successes, with a different line-up and sound from what became their trademark, ''Jukin' '' is not acknowledged on the band's official website, nor have any of its tracks been anthologized on compilations. The revised group re-recorded the track "
Java Jive" on the group's next album. It is the re-recorded version, not the version found on ''Jukin' '', that can be found on multiple compilation albums.
The album has been reissued with a variety of covers. A European reissue was entitled ''A Touch of Class'' and featured misleading packaging and credits that wrongly implied that the songs were performed by the later (post–1972) version of The Manhattan Transfer.
Track listing
References
External links
The Manhattan Transfer Official Website
The Manhattan Transfer albums
1971 debut albums
Capitol Records albums
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