Never-heard Jackson 5 songs being released
Universal Motown dug into its vaults and is issuing new, never-released songs and alternate takes of hits by a young Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, to be released Nov. 10 as "I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters."
On Tuesday, U-Motown put up a new eSingle, "That's How Love Is," a never-released Jackson 5 song, to tease the November release and mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the J5's first Motown single, "I Want You Back," backed with "Who's Loving You" (issued Oct. 7, 1969). The eSingle is available via iTunes.
The upbeat song was produced by The Corporation, the elite Motown producers led by Deke Richards who were responsible for much of the group's best music.
The songs were newly mixed for this release by Russ Terrana, an original Motown engineer. The complete track of "That's How Love Is" can be heard on Jackson 5.
Motown was famous for its Quality Control department, which released only the top songs from a variety of producers each week, and in the early days of the Jackson 5, Berry Gordy was particularly careful about only releasing the crème de la crème of Jackson recordings. That means that at any other record company, these unreleased songs would be A-level material.
When the Jackson 5 first came to Motown in Detroit, they were under the wing of singer/producer Bobby Taylor (of the Vancouvers). Taylor recorded extensively with them in Detroit before most of the company headed west, and a lot of that material is included in this new collection.
There's a Curtis Mayfield song, "Man's Temptation;" "Listen I'll Tell You How" by Taylor; and Willie Hutch's "Love Call."
Other new songs include Stevie Wonder's "Buttercup," recorded in 1974 but never released; "Love Comes in Different Flavors;" Johnnie Bristol's "I'll Try You'll Try (Maybe We'll All Get By);" and Hal Davis' "Lucky Day." The Bristol song is particularly interesting, a funky, counter-culture-ish jam that could have worked for the Norman Whitfield-era Temptations, with several of the Jacksons singing a verse a la "Papa Was a Rolling Stone."
Bruce Resnikoff, president/CEO of Universal Music Enterprises, said of the trove of songs: "We are amazed by the quality, and we know the many Michael Jackson fans all over the world will be, too."
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