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Joe Jackson called me and told me
喬·杰克遜打給我
that they were looking for a place to go.
跟我說他們?cè)谡倚聳|家
And of course, Huff and myself,
瑟夫跟我當(dāng)然
we tried to get them for Philly lnternational Records.
費(fèi)力的想把他們拉到費(fèi)城國(guó)際唱片來
But at the same time, CBS
但同時(shí)間 CBS
was negotiating with them also.
也在與他們談合約
l wanted to know if there was a shot, a chance,
我想要知道到底有沒有勝算
of being able to get involved. And l was told there was.
他跟我說有
The next is, We sat doWn and we started to negotiate.
我們并開始坐下來談
They wanted a million dollars.
他們要價(jià)一百萬
And l figured, 'Okay, that's all l could approve up to. '
我心想 我也只能核準(zhǔn)這么多
That was my approval level.
我被授權(quán)的上限也就在這
l had to go through the ranks
我得連絡(luò)高層
and ll said, "We have a chance of signing the Jackson 5"
我說 我們有機(jī)會(huì)簽杰克遜五人組
and they said, "They're done."
他們卻回 他們已經(jīng)過氣了
l said, "No, l'm sorry.
我說 不 抱歉
'l believe in them, l believe that there's a big future,
我對(duì)他們有信心 我相信前途無量
'l believe that Michael Jackson
我相信邁克爾·杰克遜
"Could be one of the biggest stars ever."
會(huì)成為數(shù)一數(shù)二的巨星
That took care of that.
就搞定了
l was handed the letter and they said,
他們把信給我 然后說
'There's your deal memo, go sign 'em. '
這是你的合約信 去簽吧
ln order to move on and progress,
為了繼續(xù)往前走
Joseph said he had to do it
約瑟夫說不得不這么做
because he wanted the children to get credit for their writings and all of that,
因?yàn)樗Ｍ⒆觽兊膭?chuàng)作可以被注意到
and they couldn't do that at Motown.
但在摩城卻不可能
CBS offered them movies, they offered 'em a TV show,
CBS為他們安排電影演出 還有電視節(jié)目
cartoons and everything.
甚至還有卡通
And of course Gamble and Huff, you know,
肯尼·甘柏與里昂·瑟夫這里
we couldn't offer them all those things.
我們當(dāng)然不可能提供這些
so they decided to go with CBS.
所以他們決定去CBS
Probably the most important signing of my career.
這可能是我的事業(yè)生涯中 簽過最重要的約
