With all the excitement of Stevie's long awaited return to Europe it got me thinking about his many unreleased recordings which I've heard so much about. I have his complete studio recordings but am looking for something new to listen to.
Can anyone here advise on a good collection to look out for, maybe a 2 or 4 cd set of outtakes? I'd especially like to hear outtakes from his classic 70s period.

Sadly,none of his outtakes have ever been officially released.I would go absolutely crazy if he ever releases a compilation of his unreleased 70s recordings!

SoulAlive said:

Well you might start saving a place in one of Asylums for the Insane because you will NEVER see Stevie's posssessive ass releasing his outtakes

Harlepolis said:

Not in a million years.

Harlepolis said:

sneaks out of thread with sly grin

bboy87 said:

What you hiding, Jay?

Timmy84 said:

Harlepolis knows the deal....matter of fact, you should to!

bboy87 said:

Well you gave me one snippet and I couldn't get the other snippet because the site fucking crashed.

Stevie ain't releasing shit, nucca. You lucky you even GOT snippets.

Your secret is out,,,,,Jay

Timmy84 said:

Yeah, I got 5 now

SoulAlive said:

I wasn't enquiring about official releases

bboy87 said:

5? I thought only 4 got out...

Mong said:

looks in folder

you're right...I have 4

So what's this I keep hearing about some 1974 outtakes that have leaked?

I just went on Youtube to see if I could find those 1974 outtakes I didn't find them but I found something equally exciting.This is a clip of a 1974 Stevie Wonder outtake called "I Can See The Sun In Late December"! He performs it at a concert in Germany,late 1974.The song was later recorded by Roberta Flack but Stevie's version has never been released on any album.

^^^

U can find a live version of Jermaine's song Lets get Serious from the "Hotter Than July" tour in youtube.
[Edited 6/18/08 7:02am]

Harlepolis said:

yeah, I know this song and have the performance from "Musikladen". It's great.
But is this considered an unreleased song? he performed it, and later Roberta Flack.
There's an early version of Perfect Angel as well. But again, it's not unreleased. I'd define unreleased as "songs that never saw the light of day in ANY form".

well, I' LOVE to liste to the snippets as well...

Fuck a snippet.

Cinnie said:

That's EXACTLY why I ain't sharin' the wealth with yo ass!

Harlepolis said:

I always felt that Stevie should have kept "Let's Get Serious" for himself and used it as the first song on 'Hotter Than July' (replacing "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" which is just an okay song).

SoulAlive said:

Nah, Hotter Than July is good enough without it. Jermaine needed it more than Stevie. Hell, a rotting corpse could've taken that song to #1!

I think so too, he should have used Serious for himself!

SoulAlive said:

That would have worked, though I like "Did I Hear..."

AlexdeParis said:

graecophilos said:

The best part of this song is the bridge,which is sung by Stevie Jermaine sounds good on this song,but if Stevie had recorded/released it himself,it would have been even better.

SoulAlive said:

You're a hard man to please. It was the #1 R&B song of 1980, beating out Michael's "Rock With You." It would've been just another in a long line of hits for Stevie, but instead it's Jermaine's biggest hit.