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**Cory Ander** · July 22nd, 2009, 08:51 PM

do you find that music stores tend to sell out of a particular artist's recordings after they pass away? It's hard to find ANY recordings in my area with the name Jackson on them, not even Jermaine's or LaToya's! And I bought a neat-o bootleg DVD of the family's cartoon show, which I'd forgotten even existed.

**drlove** · July 22nd, 2009, 09:35 PM

great find on the cartoon show. I have fond memories of watching the J5's cartoon show as a kiddie, which I believe which was on the air about the same time as the Osmonds cartoon show. Fun graphics and even greater tunes.

**Disco Funk** · July 22nd, 2009, 10:07 PM

Maybe Jermaine and LaToya stuff had been sent back to the distributors a long time ago, hence their scarcity?

I hardly walk into CD stories anymore because the type of stuff or artists I'm into I can only find online. I'm not interested in pop-rock and I don't care for the new artists. Back catalogs for soul music are usually very minimal, with one or two copies on hand if you're lucky. So if someone dies, it just takes a couple of interested people to buy up all the stock! :) It might take a week or two for the re-stock to come in, if the distributor isn't also out of stock.

Disco Funk

**FranceJoliFan** · July 23rd, 2009, 02:21 PM

Originally Written by Cory Ander

...not even Jermaine's or LaToya's!

I remember when my local record store had this in stock (on vinyl):

Haven't seen a copy in years. (Is it any good?)

**drlove** · July 23rd, 2009, 04:00 PM

As for whether LaToya or Jermaine's releases were any good, I'll weigh in and say Jermaine's the male Jackson (AFTER Michael, of course) with the most solo success. After all, he was the only other Jackson 5 member to have any solo vocals on their hits, often singing featured vocals to diversify from Michael's young voice. He had a solo hit in 1973 with "Daddy's Home" and he and Michael actually had a huge '80s dance hit TOGETHER with Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming. I'd say Jermaine's disco peak was around 1980 with Let's Get Serious, and then his music career in general peaked 'bout 1984 with his hit ballads and uptempo stuff and participation in the Victory tour.

LaToya's work got released, in my opinion, just 'cause she was a Jackson, though she did make a beautiful addition to the Say, Say, Say video for brother Michael and Paul McCartney.

**the disco kid** · July 23rd, 2009, 04:56 PM

All of the used vinyl stores in my area were sold out of vintage Jackson material in less than 24 hours. I'm sure this was pretty much the case where ever you live.