I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters

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I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters
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Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 10, 2009
Recorded1969–1974
Genre R&B
Length42:28
Label Motown
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The Jackson 5 chronology
The Motown Years
(2008)
I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters
(2009)
J Is for Jackson 5
(2010)
Singles from I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters
  1. "That's How Love Is"
    Released: October 6, 2009
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I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters is a Jackson 5 compilation released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band's debut on Motown Records; their debut single "I Want You Back" was issued October 7, 1969. The compilation, specifically designed to fit like a regular 1970s-era album, contains previously unreleased songs and alternate versions of some of the group's hits. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save" (Alternate version from The Flip Wilson Show , Oct. 1971) The Corporation The Corporation3:07
2."That's How Love Is" Deke Richards/Freddie Perren/Alphonso MizellThe Corporation2:36
3."Listen I'll Tell You How" Bobby Taylor/Nick MolociBobby Taylor (arranged by Gene Page)3:00
4."Man's Temptation" Curtis Mayfield Bobby Taylor5:40
5."Never Can Say Goodbye" (Alternate version from The Flip Wilson Show, Oct. 1971) Clifton Davis Hal Davis 2:58
6."Love Comes in Different Flavors" (Outtake from ABC recording sessions)Deke Richards/Jerry Marcellino/Mel LarsenThe Corporation3:16
7."ABC" (Demo version)The CorporationThe Corporation3:28
8."Love Call" Willie Hutch/Richard Hutch/Graves KennedyWillie Hutch2:26
9."Buttercup" (Demo from 1974, during Dancing Machine recording sessions) Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder3:54
10."Lucky Day"Don Daniels/Theresa McFaddinHal Davis (arranged by Sam Brown)2:43
11."I'll Try You'll Try (Maybe We'll All Get By)"David Jones Jr./Wade Brown Jr./Johnny Bristol Johnny Bristol4:58
12."Dancing Machine" (Alternate version from G.I.T.: Get It Together recording sessions)Hal Davis/Don Fletcher/Weldon Dean ParksHal Davis4:26

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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters". Allmusic . Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  2. Hidden-in-the-Vault Jackson 5 Recordings Debut on I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters