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The Discussion of MJ's Unreleased Tracks

Right after Bill Bottrell calls him out, he comes off of all this lol

Unfortunately, MJ was not a prolific writer. He put his best material first each time.
 
wtf is all these songs lmao, do we know what era they are from lmao, and whos gonna buy them?
 
If a potential buyer were to inquire about these tapes (the presence of vocals etc), would the auction house be obliged to give answers? You can't really promote a tape as an MJ recording and have your buyer realise it has Bryan Loren's vocals only after they've spent thousands on it
 
Great find @Scared of the Moon its nice to be able to have at least a glimmer of optimism when it comes to unreleased Mike.

Surely these songs have to a connection to Mike in some form? I mean they can't all be say writers demos passed to him, not at those prices anyway
 
Would anyone be willing to send GHRR an e-mail to ask whether any of these have vocals or not?
 
If I have to judge by the titles, except Diana Ross maybe, all the rest do not seem like preHistory tracks or MJ tracks. They all seem so ''love'' oriented....and HIStory ended being an angry record (with the exception of You are not alone which was MJ riding on the R.Kelly train, honestly).

Unless there is some untold story about a preHIStory postDangerous record we don't know, like for example: Much too soon was (as far as we know) a part of the so called HIStory sessions and I think was recorded around 94, If Im not mistaken, so Much Too Soon could have been a part of THAT particular set of songs, instead of actually being part of the whole HIStory thing, which had a very clear point of view: Michael's anger.
 
It is not unlikely that Michael worked on several projects simultaneously. He worked on classical music during the off the wall time and he was doing the same around the time of this is it. He also had plans for a concept album post thriller which probably had received some work.

The frustrating thing is we just don’t know anything about cancelled projects there are no books written about it, no interviews, no physical evidence, nothing.
 
Rockin R said:
Unless there is some untold story about a preHIStory postDangerous record we don't know, like for example: Much too soon was (as far as we know) a part of the so called HIStory sessions and I think was recorded around 94, If Im not mistaken, so Much Too Soon could have been a part of THAT particular set of songs, instead of actually being part of the whole HIStory thing, which had a very clear point of view: Michael's anger.
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It was a greatest hits project with a couple new songs that turned into a double cd album.
 
Fuzball said:
here's an old quote of assistent engineer Rob Hofmann regarding the transition from GH to History:
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Thanks.

I remember the christmas recording, and some other tidbits of information of the music he was working during what I consider the HIStory sessions. What I mean about an untold record, I mean, if he was going to go full POP (again, I'm judging by the titles of the songs, they seem so Un-Michael, considering he was going full with the idea of isolation and anger). I remember Rob Hoffman saying the first song he ever worked with MJ was STRANGER IN MOSCOW and have heard some basics for 2BAD and MONEY, so that really is setting the mood for the record, no matter if it was a GH or a full album.

But again, I'm just judging by the names of the songs. Most of them contain the word LOVE, and like someone said they are a bit less allegations/personal life focused. BUT as other user said, this could also be something related to 3T.
 
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Going down the rabbit hole, interesting to see "In the Back" is dated 1989.....after Bad but before Dangerous

Type of Work:​
Music
Registration Number / Date:​
PA0001293552 / 2005-02-14
Title:​
In the back.
Appears in:​
The ultimate collection. Epic E5K 92600, c2004. 4 compact discs & video disc (DVD)
Publisher Number:​
Epic E5K 92600
Performer:​
Performed by Michael Jackson.
Copyright Claimant:​
Mijac Music
Date of Creation:​
1989
Date of Publication:​
2004-11-16
Authorship on Application:​
words & music: Michael J. Jackson.
​
Other Title:​
The ultimate collection
 
BlackAnon said:
Going down the rabbit hole, interesting to see "In the Back" is dated 1989.....after Bad but before Dangerous

Type of Work:​
Music
Registration Number / Date:​
PA0001293552 / 2005-02-14
Title:​
In the back.
Appears in:​
The ultimate collection. Epic E5K 92600, c2004. 4 compact discs & video disc (DVD)
Publisher Number:​
Epic E5K 92600
Performer:​
Performed by Michael Jackson.
Copyright Claimant:​
Mijac Music
Date of Creation:​
1989
Date of Publication:​
2004-11-16
Authorship on Application:​
words & music: Michael J. Jackson.
​
Other Title:​
The ultimate collection
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That's weird, Brad Buxer said that the track was first developed for HIStory, and then for BOTDF and Invincible.
 
BlackAnon said:
Going down the rabbit hole, interesting to see "In the Back" is dated 1989.....after Bad but before Dangerous

Type of Work:​
Music
Registration Number / Date:​
PA0001293552 / 2005-02-14
Title:​
In the back.
Appears in:​
The ultimate collection. Epic E5K 92600, c2004. 4 compact discs & video disc (DVD)
Publisher Number:​
Epic E5K 92600
Performer:​
Performed by Michael Jackson.
Copyright Claimant:​
Mijac Music
Date of Creation:​
1989
Date of Publication:​
2004-11-16
Authorship on Application:​
words & music: Michael J. Jackson.
​
Other Title:​
The ultimate collection
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This has been discussed before. Pretty sure it's just an error made during the production of TUC.
 
I found copyright registrations for 3 of the songs:

Take Your Time (written by Babyface and L.A. Reid):
https://imgur.com/0R4D3ef
https://imgur.com/OuF4zb1

Like You(Written by Babyface):
https://imgur.com/TEygXUI
https://imgur.com/R619qAq

Sexy Love(Written by Babyface and L.A. Reid):
https://imgur.com/VZ1BKFW
https://i.imgur.com/jrbPRFT.png
https://i.imgur.com/gEaYSBc.png
https://i.imgur.com/2Y2Xi2m.png

Sexy Love was already released by "The Deele" in 1983:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7HU5jnYidHdrA56hZ43mHE?si=c71561e276934a3b

None of the songs seem to be related to MJ.
 
Yeah, just as I thought, these are nothing but tracks of other artists who were part of the label. There might be something that was meant for Michael, but I wouldn't put my hand on it. I hope no one will spend money on these tapes thinking they will get unreleased MJ tapes.
Scared of the Moon said:
I found copyright registrations for 3 of the songs:

Take Your Time (written by Babyface and L.A. Reid):
https://imgur.com/0R4D3ef
https://imgur.com/OuF4zb1

Like You(Written by Babyface):
https://imgur.com/TEygXUI
https://imgur.com/R619qAq

Sexy Love(Written by Babyface and L.A. Reid):
https://imgur.com/VZ1BKFW
https://i.imgur.com/jrbPRFT.png
https://i.imgur.com/gEaYSBc.png
https://i.imgur.com/2Y2Xi2m.png

Sexy Love was already released by "The Deele" in 1983:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7HU5jnYidHdrA56hZ43mHE?si=c71561e276934a3b

None of the songs seem to be related to MJ.
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