Well, at least four tracks have.

Here is the propossed track list. Probably got shelved with his brothers leaving for Epic. "Do Unto Others" catalog number is M830 and J5's "Moving Violation" is M829.

1 Do Unto Others
2 50/50
3 Lucky Charm [Norman Harris; Allan Felder
4 Hide and Seek
5 Just Can’t Get Around You [Norman Harris; James Hendricks; Allan Felder]
6 Somewhere From Now [Theodore Life; John Fitch]
7 Keep Our Fingers Crossed [Ron Tyson; Allan Felder; Norman Harris]
8 Startin’ Out On The Wrong Foot
9 Two Is Company
10 What’s Good For The Gander [Norman Harris; Allan Felder]
11 Home
12 Win Or Lose

Good For The Gander was officially released a few years ago on a compilation

MickyDolenz said:

Good For The Gander was officially released a few years ago on a compilation

True I heard that one years ago but still put it here since it's from that shelved album.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

True I heard that one years ago but still put it here since it's from that shelved album.

I've seen a picture of a 45 for the song too from the 1970s.. It might have been a promo disc. I've seen cases where a promo copy of a song is sent to DJs, but the song never comes out or is cancelled.

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

True I heard that one years ago but still put it here since it's from that shelved album.

I've seen a picture of a 45 for the song too from the 1970s.. It might have been a promo disc. I've seen cases where a promo copy of a song is sent to DJs, but the song never comes out or is cancelled.

There was a few articles back in the day actually promoting the album before it was shelved.

and this topics warrants exclamation points on it????

luvsexy4all said:

Interesting stuff.I love hearing unreleased tracks,especially if it's from the the golden era of the Philly sound.Any idea if the whole album is gonna finally be released?

Motown is notorious for shelving albums I'd love to go through their vaults.I'm sure there are a ton of unreleased gems!

SoulAlive said:

Motown is notorious for shelving albums I'd love to go through their vaults.I'm sure there are a ton of unreleased gems!

Tito has an unreleased instrumental album at Motown. I think there is over 100 unreleased Jackson 5 songs

MickyDolenz said:

SoulAlive said:

Motown is notorious for shelving albums I'd love to go through their vaults.I'm sure there are a ton of unreleased gems!

Tito has an unreleased instrumental album at Motown. I think there is over 100 unreleased Jackson 5 songs

What's the legendary list of songs recorded by the boys? I think 469. Probably less than half have been released.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

What's the legendary list of songs recorded by the boys? I think 469. Probably less than half have been released.

I don't know the exact number, but I've heard they recorded around that amount in total, released + unreleased. I think that was just the group, not including solo stuff.

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

You're not including the MJ, Jermaine and Jackie era J5 songs? That's about 100 songs or so right there.

No

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I actually include those. Solo that may be another 150 or so.

Aren't some of those really Jackson 5 though? On the solo albums out now, on some of the songs the brothers can be heard.

MickyDolenz said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I actually include those. Solo that may be another 150 or so.

Aren't some of those really Jackson 5 though? On the solo albums out now, on some of the songs the brothers can be heard.

Songs like Got To Be There (Maybe Tomorrow LP outtake) and Thats How Love Goes the brothers are in the backgroud. Their later era solo tracks like MJ's Just a Little Bit or these tracks from Jermaine the brothers are not in the background.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Songs like Got To Be There (Maybe Tomorrow LP outtake) and Thats How Love Goes the brothers are in the backgroud. Their later era solo tracks like MJ's Just a Little Bit or these tracks from Jermaine the brothers are not in the background.

Since Jermaine stayed till around 1983, he might have unreleased stuff from the later albums and probably isn't included in that number.

MickyDolenz said:

MickyDolenz said:

SoulAlive said:

Motown is notorious for shelving albums I'd love to go through their vaults.I'm sure there are a ton of unreleased gems!

Tito has an unreleased instrumental album at Motown. I think there is over 100 unreleased Jackson 5 songs

isn't there also an unreleased Jackson 5 album from 1973,produced by Stevie Wonder?

SoulAlive said:

MickyDolenz said:

Tito has an unreleased instrumental album at Motown. I think there is over 100 unreleased Jackson 5 songs

isn't there also an unreleased Jackson 5 album from 1973,produced by Stevie Wonder?

Yep. I think 'Buttercup' was one of the songs and it's been released on a compiliation album. I wonder though whether the unreleased song are really alternative takes or actual completed songs. I'd say some of the songs have been released now on 'Unreleased Masters' (if thats the title has 12 songs IIRC) 'Rare Pearls', ' and there's the Live albums which have been released in the past few years. I remember reading they recorded hundreds of songs at Motown but again I think MJ said something like they recorded lots of different takes of 'I Want You Back' to get it perfect so those takes could be part of the unreleased tracks.

I think this pic is from those 1973 sessions....

"Buttercup" by the Jackson Five (1973)----from the unreleased 1973 album produced by Stevie Wonder

thetimefan said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Well, at least four tracks have.

Here is the propossed track list. Probably got shelved with his brothers leaving for Epic. "Do Unto Others" catalog number is M830 and J5's "Moving Violation" is M829.

1 Do Unto Others
2 50/50
3 Lucky Charm [Norman Harris; Allan Felder
4 Hide and Seek
5 Just Can’t Get Around You [Norman Harris; James Hendricks; Allan Felder]
6 Somewhere From Now [Theodore Life; John Fitch]
7 Keep Our Fingers Crossed [Ron Tyson; Allan Felder; Norman Harris]
8 Startin’ Out On The Wrong Foot
9 Two Is Company
10 What’s Good For The Gander [Norman Harris; Allan Felder]
11 Home
12 Win Or Lose

T.S.O.P. (Total Sound Of Philadelphia)!!!!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I doubt they are part of it. I wanna say I Want You Back was recorded 102 times or some crazy number. They wanted to get it right. There is still two different versions of this song heard. One that was used on Hollywood Palace and their cartoon. Who's Loving You, 2 versions. Ect.

Yeah, I don't think alternate takes are considered different songs.

Here's a song that was a B-side only

MickyDolenz said:

thedoorkeeper said:

So they worked with Stevie Wonder in 1973 right before he started making some of his greatest music. And Motown just sat on the album instead of releasing it. Wow.

Makes no sense,huh? how could they reject an album produced by Stevie Wonder in his prime?!