Just read that Motown will be re-releasing remastered versions of MJ's four studio albums on 3 CD's. The package will be called "Michael Jackson - Hello World: The Complete Motown Solo Albums".

Can't wait!
[Edited 2/4/09 11:16am]

I hope they release the Stevie Wonder-produced shelved album

Here we go again.....more re-releases of OLD Mj material.
When will the madness end?

Graycap23 said:

Farewell my summer love.

Only after they get a few shit hoppers to remix it and re-release it for re-sale.

Yeah you're right vain just like they did with thriller.
Why the hell would you mess with a classic album like thriller.
Hey i would kick stevie wonder's ass myself if he ever did some
shit like that to songs in the key of life.

Graycap23 said:

I know! Maybe this was the 2009 album his manager talked about last month?

amit1234 said:

LiveToTell86 said:

It probably is. This is embarrassing.

Are these four albums any good? I don't really remember Michael's solo albums on Motown.

I'm thinking some of the songs that we just assume are The Jackson Five's are really from Michael's solo albums such as "Rockin' Robin", "Maybe Tomorrow", and "Got To Be There".

I don't think anyone should slag MJ for this. It's strictly a Motown release.

I thought some might be excited at the prospect of owning remastered versions of his 4 Motown studio albums.

I try to be an MJ completist but have held off on purchasing his Motown solo albums because I knew they'd be remastered and released again one day.

My only gripe is that I wish they were being issued individually as 4 separate CD's instead of under one 3 CD package.

It takes away some of the charm.

vainandy said:

"Maybe Tomorrow" is definitely a Jackson Five song I have the Jackson Five album that it comes from (also titled 'Maybe Tomorrow').I think it's their third album?


You're right,the other two songs are from Michael's solo albums.

amit1234 said:

True. He only deserves to be slagged because these are the *only* stuff he puts out for almost a decade by now.

Motown's doing this as part of the Motown 50 celebration. His 1972-1975 have been out of print for some time now


and when hasn't Motown re-released MJ material? This is also the first time Music And Me has been released on CD I think

Got To Be There


1. "Ain't No Sunshine" (Withers) (originally performed by Bill Withers) – 4:09
2. "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Ware/Ross) – 3:01
3. "Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me" (Hutch) – 3:46
4. "In Our Small Way" (Verdi/Yarian) – 3:34
5. "Got to Be There" (Willensky) – 3:23
6. "Rockin' Robin" (Thomas) (originally performed by Bobby Day) – 2:31
7. "Wings of My Love" (Corporation) – 3:32
8. "Maria (You Were the Only One)" (Brown/Glover/Gordy/Story) – 3:41
9. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) (originally performed by The Supremes) – 2:51
10. "You've Got a Friend" (King) (originally performed by Carole King) – 4:53


Ben

1. "Ben" (Black/Scharf) – 2:44
2. "The Greatest Show on Earth" (Larson/Marcellino) – 2:48
3. "People Make the World Go Round" (Bell/Creed) (as originally performed by The Stylistics) – 3:15
4. "We've Got a Good Thing Going" (The Corporation) – 2:59
5. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (Adams/Hampton) (as originally performed by The Heartbeats) – 2:59
6. "My Girl" (Robinson/White) (as originally performed by The Temptations) – 3:08
7. "What Goes Around Comes Around" (Levinsky/Stokes/Meyers/Weatherspoon) – 3:33
8. "In Our Small Way" (Verdi/Yarian) – 3:39
9. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (Cosby/Moy/Wonder) (as originally performed by Stevie Wonder) – 3:21
10. "You Can Cry On My Shoulder" (as originally performed by Brenda Holloway) (Gordy) – 2:39

Music And Me


1. "With a Child's Heart" (Basemore/Cosby/Moy) (as originally performed by Stevie Wonder) – 3:29
2. "Up Again" (Perren/Yarian) – 2:50
3. "All the Things You Are" (Hammerstein/Kern) – 2:59
4. "Happy" (A Theme from Lady Sings the Blues) (Legrand/Robinson) – 3:25
5. "Too Young" (Lippman/Dee) – 3:38
6. "Doggin' Around" (Agree) (as originally performed by Jackie Wilson) – 2:52
7. "Johnny Raven" (Page) – 3:33
8. "Euphoria" (Ware/Hilliard) – 2:50
9. "Morning Glow" (Schwartz) – 3:37
10. "Music and Me" (Cannon/Fenceton/Larson/Marcellino) – 2:38


Forever Michael


1. "We're Almost There" (Holland/Holland) – 3:42
2. "Take Me Back" (Holland/Holland) – 3:24
3. "One Day in Your Life" (Armand/Brown) – 4:15
4. "Cinderella Stay Awhile" (Sutton) – 3:08
5. "We've Got Forever" (Willensky) – 3:10
6. "Just a Little Bit of You" (Holland/Holland) – 3:10
7. "You Are There" (Brown/Meitzenheimer/Yarian) – 3:21
8. "Dapper Dan" (freestyle) – 3:11
9. "Dear Michael" (Davis/Willensky) – 2:35
10. "I'll Come Home to You" (Perren/Yarian) – 3:02

bboy87 said:

All of them have been released on CD (I have them all). Music and Me has been circulating since the 90's on Cd (I think).

They definitely need remastering, and if they are remastered, I'll be excited to get them

bboy87 said:

I don't know about that but they are still just yet another re-releases in a long line since 2001.

LiveToTell86 said:

as already said, this release can't be held against Michael, it's part of Motown's 50th anniversary release schedule.

All i see is remastered goodness. Not a bad thing at all. Can't wait.

LiveToTell86 said:

It's not like they're Sony.

Already got all this stuff, but I'm definitely getting this for the remaster and hopefully good packaging. Now where is 'Farewell My Summer Love' special edition with both the new and old versions of the songs? A project for Hip-o Select perhaps?

WildStyle said:

hell. that's an idea right there. have any of the original versions leaked?

bboy87 said:

That album is insanely underrated, Incredible songs.

Timmy84 said:

Sony ain't as bad as Motown. From 1975 to 1998, they were basically throwing out Jackson 5 and MJ compilations
Greatest Hits (1975)
30 Greatest Hits (1975)
Motown Special (1977)
Zip-A-Dee -Doo-Dah (1979)
Boogie(1979)
20 Golden Greats(1979)
Motown Superstar Series Volume 12 (1979)
The Jackson 5 Featuring Michael Jackson (1982)
Great Songs And Performances That Inspired The Motown 25th Anniversary TV Special(1983)
18 Greatest Hits(1983)
14 Of Their Greatest Hits(1983)
The Great Love Songs Of The Jackson 5 (1984)
14 Greatest Hits(with Free Poster and Glove) (1984)
18 Greatest Hits (1984)
Anthology(1986)
Michael and The Jackson 5 Live (1986)
Children Of The Light(1991)
Motown Legends / Never Can Say Goodbye(1993)
Soulsation(1995)
The Very Best Of Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5(1995)
Jackson 5 Ultimate Collection (1996)
Michael Jackson With The Jackson 5(1997)
Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5.....We Love You (1997)


and believe me, this isn't the full list

bboy87 said:

But see Michael ain't a part of Motown nowadays.

Timmy84 said:

They were throwing out comps even when he was By the time J5 released Get it Together, they had about 8 compilations

bboy87 said:

LOL! Most of them were put out for no reason at all. The only real compilation out was 1971's Greatest Hits. I don't even count the other seven.

Like Stand

ALso, there is a J5 comp "Love Songs" to be released the 27th of this month.
[Edited 1/12/09 21:43pm]

A perfect taster for the 'exciting new project' that's going to come in 2009, namely Off the Wall 30.

In which talent free chimps like 'Fiddy' Cent, Jay Z, Akon etc will sh*t all over Jackson's final work as he flogs off any last scrap of credibilty he ever had.

Probably...
[Edited 1/13/09 2:16am]

pjh1972 said:

Uh...no

Off The Wall 30 is apparently
the original album with the original single mixes/edits with one or 2 unreleased tracks and a DVD

bboy87 said:

2 unreleased tracks? outtakes,perhaps? And what will be on the DVD?