"Michael Jackson could make you forget he was so young." So writes Suzee Ikeda, a Motown artist and A&R assistant who was a creative confidante of a teenaged Michael, in her introductory essay to Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection, a new 3-CD set that features every MJ recording released from 1971 to 1975, plus the Motown-era songs that were released after he left the company. At the height of the Jackson 5 mania in 1970-71, a solo career for young Michael was not a given. But when Donny Osmond went solo while staying in the Osmonds family group, Michael went solo as well, and was given material that made him sound more mature. "Got To Be There," his first solo hit, featured a stunning, declamatory phrase that provided the name of this collection. The LP Got To Be There, released in January 1972, was followed by Ben, after the No. 1 hit title song from a film about a pet rat. Ben was first issued with a cover featuring lurid artwork from the film, which was quickly replaced by a simpler image of MJ; our package reproduces both covers in the 48-page booklet. Music And Me was next, featuring a few Adult Contemporary covers, followed by Forever, Michael, which had a harder dance age; it included the now-classic hits "We're Almost There" and "Just A Little Bit Of You." Although MJ and the J5 left Motown in 1975 to go to Epic Records,that wasn't the end of the story. "One Day In Your Life," released in the aftermath of MJ's solo Off The Wall, turned into a No. 1 hit in the U.K. and top 40 AC in the U.S. Following the crazy ride of Thriller, Motown released Farewell My Summer Love, a batch of songs from the vault with contemporary overdubs; the title song went top 10 R&B. There's more: in 1986 Motown issued Looking Back To Yesterday, a collection of more vault masters--some with the J5--that contained further unexpected gems. Hello World has all of that and these extra gems: all nine songs from Farewell My Summer Love are included in their original,undubbed mixes. Plus, we unearthed the original mix of "Twenty-Five Miles"

Tracklist:

CD 1:
01 Ain't No Sunshine 04:14
02 I Wanna Be Where You Are 03:03
03 Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me 03:51
04 In Our Small Way 03:42
05 Got To Be There 03:25
06 Rockin' Robin 02:35
07 Wings Of My Love 03:25
08 Maria (You Were The Only One) 03:43
09 Love Is Here And Now You're Gone 02:54
10 You've Got A Friend 04:59
11 Ben 02:48
12 Greatest Show On Earth 02:50
13 People Make The World Go 'Round 03:21
14 We've Got A Good Thing Going 03:06
15 Everybody's Somebody's Fool 03:02
16 My Girl 03:13
17 What Goes Around Comes Around 03:32
18 In Our Small Way 03:45
19 Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day 03:22
20 You Can Cry On My Shoulder 02:40
21 Don't Let It Get You Down 02:50
22 Melodie 03:09
23 Touch The One You Love 02:51

CD 2:
01 With A Child's Heart 03:35
02 Up Again 02:52
03 All The Things You Are 03:00
04 Happy (Love Theme From Lady Sings The Blues ) 03:28
05 Too Young 03:40
06 Doggin' Around 02:54
07 Euphoria 03:37
08 Morning Glow 02:50
09 Johnny Raven 03:39
10 Music And Me 02:43
11 We're Almost There 03:47
12 Take Me Back 03:30
13 One Day In Your Life 04:18
14 Cinderella Stay Awhile 03:14
15 We've Got Forever 03:13
16 Just A Little Bit Of You 03:15
17 You Are There 03:26
18 Dapper Dan 03:13
19 Dear Michael 02:42
20 I'll Come Home To You 03:05
21 Girl You're So Together 03:00
22 Farewell My Summer Love 03:38
23 Call On Me 03:22

CD 3:
01 When I Come Of Age 02:41
02 I Hear A Symphony 03:04
03 Lonely Teardrops 02:42
04 That's What Love Is Made Of 03:26
05 I Like You The Way You Are (Don't Change Your Love) 02:58
06 Who's Looking For A Lover 02:52
07 If N' I Was God 03:06
08 To Make My Father Proud 04:11
09 Here I Am (Come And Take Me) 02:45
10 Twenty Five Miles 03:18
11 Don't Let It Get You Down 03:03
12 Melodie 03:24
13 Touch The One You Love 02:48
14 Girl You're So Together 03:12
15 Farewell My Summer Love 04:24
16 Call On Me 03:39
17 Here I Am (Come And Take Me) 02:56
18 To Make My Father Proud 04:05

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