This album is the only album recorded by the first incarnation of The Manhattan Transfer. Tim Hauser formed the group with Gene Pistilli, Marty Nelson, Pat Rosalia, and Erin Dickens. They landed a deal with Capitol Records, recorded a couple of singles and, in 1971, cut the album Jukin'. "We lasted two years," Hauser recalls. "Gene and I were in two different places. He was more into country & western, R&B, and the Memphis sound, and by then I'd become more interested in jazz and swing..."



The current Manhattan Transfer group was formed in October 1972, AFTER this album was released and THEIR debut album, "The Manhattan Transfer" was not released until 1975. Jukin' is included here primarily as a historical prelude to The Manhattan Transfer that we know today.



WARNING: - Fans of The Manhattan Transfer should be aware that Jukin' does NOT represent the current incarnation of the group. Recently, a repackaging of this album was released in Europe. Titled "A Touch of Class", this repackaging of Jukin' shows an early '80s era photo of the current group on the cover, which is EXTREMELY MISLEADING because, of the current group, only Tim Hauser participated in these sessions. Not only did the other members of the group, as pictured on the cover, have nothing to do with this album, but it lacks the proper credit which Gene Pistilli, Marty Nelson, Pat Rosalia, and Erin Dickens rightly deserve. Members of the current lineup of The Manhattan Transfer were NOT involved in the repackaging of this product in any way.



An even more recent version of "A Touch of Class" was just released with a different cover, but again, is merely just a reissue of the Jukin' album.