Forever, Michael 50

[Spaceship]

it turns 50 next year. should we get a 50th anniversary rerelease

 

[GGC]

Forever, Michael is my favorite Motown solo album by him, so I would gladly take one. Were Almost There, One Day In Your Life, Dear Michael, Take Me Back, You Are There, etc.

There's a lot of gems on there.

 

[Hot_Street]

very underrated album

This is an early mix of "Just a Little Bit of You", present in the leaked multitrack under a mono lossless file named "Early_Mixdown_01.wav". Although the original file was just instrumental, I only added the lead vocal due to the background music in the said a cappella track not having any BGV.

 

[flight85]

Cool!

 

[R1chard]

Seems like Motown don't wanna do reissues. This album in particular vanished without a trace.

Instead of adding to an existing sales total, they're more interested in releasing yet another compilation (I think they're running out of superlatives, we've had Best of, Greatest, Definitive, Very Best of, Gold, Oldies, Millennium, etc).

On the other hand, at least they release the occasional album of completely unreleased stuff, so that's much better than what Sony did - ie Motown treat the vault songs as worthwhile on their own, instead of treating it like filler to make you buy Thriller again.

 

[Hot_Street]

I think you could replace Girlfriend with One Day in Your Life on Off the Wall.

 

[R1chard]

Or alternatively, put Rock With You on FM.

 

[R1chard]

And when the groove is dead and gone​

You know that love survives​

So we can rock forever​

.

 

[Hot_Street]

And when the groove is dead and gone​

You know that love survives​

So we can rock forever​

.

 

[GGC]

And when the groove is dead and gone​

You know that love survives​

So we can rock forever​

.

I wanna rock with you
I wanna groove with you
Oh yeah, rock with me, all night long (All night long)
Shake your thang (Shake your thang)
Come on, girl, rock with me
I wanna rock with you
I wanna groove with you

Love the Bad Tour 88 performances so much.

 

[filmandmusic]

It gets regular spins on my Spotify account. One Day In Your Life, Take Me Back, We’ve Got Forever and We’re Almost There are highly ranked in my MJ list. I rank it behind the Got To Be There album but higher than HIStory and Invincible.

 

[Hot_Street]

It gets regular spins on my Spotify account. One Day In Your Life, Take Me Back, We’ve Got Forever and We’re Almost There are highly ranked in my MJ list.

his voice just sounds heavenly
are there outtakes from these sessions?

 

[Thatkliqkid]

It's such a shame Motown stopped their unreleased series at the year 1969. I feel we would have had some Jackson 5 and Michael outtakes had they continued into the early 70s.

 

[GGC]

his voice just sounds heavenly
are there outtakes from these sessions?

Here is a session of "Were Almost There" in case you haven't heard it already.

and Just A Little Bit Of You

 

[Hot_Street]

it turns 50 next year. should we get a 50th anniversary rerelease

thread added to the schedule:

Schedule for the Estate, Sony, Universal Music

Let's support the Estate and collect dates and ideas for future releases. We can do it, we can do it We can work it out The Jacksons, 1976 SCHEDULE FOR THE ESTATE, SONY, Universal Music Group 2024 Victory 40th Anniversary https://www.mjjcommunity.com/threads/victory-40th-anniversary.202865/...

www.mjjcommunity.com

 

[filmandmusic]

@GGC great videos!

Love the female vocals on We’re Almost There that seem mixed a bit louder here. It really is a grade A song, I can’t grasp how this was not a bigger hit in 1975.
Just A Little Bit Of You is a fine tune but lacks the depth that We’re Almost There has. I guess it is a tad more catchy with its melody and chorus which is why it was a substantially bigger hit.

 

[Hot_Street]

Alicia Keys covered We're Almost There in 2009

 

[Spaceship]

this was a joke thread btw

 

[Hot_Street]

Everyone may see it differently.
For me, the album deserves a thread that gives it due recognition.
Forever, Michael gave MJ the first number one hit of his solo career in the UK with One Day in Your Life. Better than Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough and Rock with You.

Here are some outtakes:

You’re My Best Friend, My Love
Recording date: December, 1974
Released: October 26, 1976 (Joyful Jukebox Music)

You're Good For Me
Recording date: December, 1973
Released: February 11, 1986 (Looking Back to Yesterday)

 

[Maxym]

it turns 50 next year. should we get a 50th anniversary rerelease

Yes but I still want Music And Me 52 first!