OTW Outtakes: Were they recorded?

[Hot_Street]

The general rumor among “insiders” is that there is little to no usable material from the Off the Wall sessions;

the same goes for the first three Jacksons albums

 

[Sisoqqq]

If you’re talking about the Wikipedia quote, I’m pretty certain it’s fake. I’ve tried sourcing it to no avail.

I did not saw it in Wikipedia

 

[SmoothMel7]

If you’re talking about the Wikipedia quote, I’m pretty certain it’s fake. I’ve tried sourcing it to no avail.

Same, I've never been able to find any credible sources. Like Carole Bayer Sager and Paulinho Da Costa...

 

[SMJJ777]

A lot of these titles are registered in the copyright office.

A Baby Smiles - Registered
Goin' To Rio - Probably lost
Got To Find A Way Somehow - Registered
Holiday Inn - Registered
In The Life of Chico - Probably only in written form
Iowa - Exists somewhere
Ode To Sorrow - Registered
She's Not A Girl - Registered and demo recorded at Hayvenhurst (It's possible that this one is not from OTW, but Thriller or early Bad)
Slipped Away - Intended for the Triumph Album, registered
Susie - Registered, described by Damien Shields as being almost identical to the HIStory version
Thank You For Life - Registered
Under Your Skin - Registered
We Are The Ones - Registered
You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin' - Unknown
You Not Me (This Had To Be) - Writer's demo by Michael is registered
You Told Me Your Lovin' - Registered


So those songs that are registered, all of them have a instrumental. Some may have vocals, some may not.

 

[JustinC2002]

A lot of these titles are registered in the copyright office.

A Baby Smiles - Registered
Goin' To Rio - Probably lost
Got To Find A Way Somehow - Registered
Holiday Inn - Registered
In The Life of Chico - Probably only in written form
Iowa - Exists somewhere
Ode To Sorrow - Registered
She's Not A Girl - Registered and demo recorded at Hayvenhurst (It's possible that this one is not from OTW, but Thriller or early Bad)
Slipped Away - Intended for the Triumph Album, registered
Susie - Registered, described by Damien Shields as being almost identical to the HIStory version
Thank You For Life - Registered
Under Your Skin - Registered
We Are The Ones - Registered
You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin' - Unknown
You Not Me (This Had To Be) - Writer's demo by Michael is registered
You Told Me Your Lovin' - Registered


So those songs that are registered, all of them have a instrumental. Some may have vocals, some may not.

So if they're registered, they might have vocals on them

 

[ChanceToDance]

So if they're registered, they might have vocals on them

Not necessarily, you can register just about any track there no matter what state of completion it's in.

 

[JustinC2002]

Not necessarily, you can register just about any track there no matter what state of completion it's in.

Oh ok

 

[JustinC2002]

But they might have vocals imo

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

I have all the OTW demos in my trunk

 

[BlackAnon]

A lot of these titles are registered in the copyright office.

A Baby Smiles - Registered
Goin' To Rio - Probably lost
Got To Find A Way Somehow - Registered
Holiday Inn - Registered
In The Life of Chico - Probably only in written form
Iowa - Exists somewhere
Ode To Sorrow - Registered
She's Not A Girl - Registered and demo recorded at Hayvenhurst (It's possible that this one is not from OTW, but Thriller or early Bad)
Slipped Away - Intended for the Triumph Album, registered
Susie - Registered, described by Damien Shields as being almost identical to the HIStory version
Thank You For Life - Registered
Under Your Skin - Registered
We Are The Ones - Registered
You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin' - Unknown
You Not Me (This Had To Be) - Writer's demo by Michael is registered
You Told Me Your Lovin' - Registered


So those songs that are registered, all of them have a instrumental. Some may have vocals, some may not.

Iowa for sure exists. It might be one of Janets favorite songs since she took time to mention it in an interview.

 

[JustinC2002]

You Not Me (This Had To Be) - Writer's demo by Michael is registered

Interesting. I wonder if there's a vocal take

 

[BlackAnon]

Interesting. I wonder if there's a vocal take

It is.

 

[thiron]

It is.

Source please

 

[JustinC2002]

A Baby Smiles

"A Baby Smiles" (also titled "Baby Smiles") is an unreleased song by Michael Jackson scrapped from the Off The Wall album. The track was written in 1979 for Off The Wall. Unknown if recorded. Michael aknowledged the song's existance during the 1993 Mexico deposition. He confirmed Baby Smiles is...

michael-jackson.fandom.com

Any info on if it was recorded?