I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters

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{{Infobox album

| name = I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters

| type = compilation

| artist = the Jackson 5

| cover = I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 10, 2009

| recorded = 1969–1974

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length = 42:28

| label = Motown

| producer =

| prev_title = The Motown Years

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = J Is for Jackson 5

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Singles

| name = I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters

| type = compilation

| single1 = That's How Love Is

| single1date = October 6, 2009

}}

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |title=Review: I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1666998|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=8 November 2009}}

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I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters is a Jackson 5 compilation released on November 10, 2009 (roughly five months after lead singer Michael Jackson's death) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band's debut on Motown Records; their debut single "I Want You Back" was issued October 7, 1969. The compilation, specifically designed to fit like a regular 1970s-era album, contains previously unreleased songs and alternate versions of some of the group's hits.[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hidden-in-the-vault-jackson-5-recordings-debut-on-i-want-you-back-unreleased-masters-63592167.html Hidden-in-the-Vault Jackson 5 Recordings Debut on I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters]

Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer

| title1 = Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save

| note1 = Alternate version from The Flip Wilson Show, Oct. 1971

| writer1 = The Corporation

| extra1 = The Corporation

| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = That's How Love Is

| note2 =

| writer2 = Deke Richards/Freddie Perren/Alphonso Mizell

| extra2 = The Corporation

| length2 = 2:36

| title3 = Listen I'll Tell You How

| note3 =

| writer3 = Bobby Taylor/Nick Moloci

| extra3 = Bobby Taylor (arranged by Gene Page)

| length3 = 3:00

| title4 = Man's Temptation

| note4 =

| writer4 = Curtis Mayfield

| extra4 = Bobby Taylor

| length4 = 5:40

| title5 = Never Can Say Goodbye

| note5 = Alternate version from The Flip Wilson Show, Oct. 1971

| writer5 = Clifton Davis

| extra5 = Hal Davis

| length5 = 2:58

| title6 = Love Comes in Different Flavors

| note6 = Outtake from ABC recording sessions

| writer6 = Deke Richards/Jerry Marcellino/Mel Larsen

| extra6 = The Corporation

| length6 = 3:16

| title7 = ABC

| note7 = Demo version

| writer7 = The Corporation

| extra7 = The Corporation

| length7 = 3:28

| title8 = Love Call

| note8 =

| writer8 = Willie Hutch/Richard Hutch/Graves Kennedy

| extra8 = Willie Hutch

| length8 = 2:26

| title9 = Buttercup

| note9 = Demo from 1974, during Dancing Machine recording sessions

| writer9 = Stevie Wonder

| extra9 = Stevie Wonder

| length9 = 3:54

| title10 = Lucky Day

| note10 =

| writer10 = Don Daniels/Theresa McFaddin

| extra10 = Hal Davis (arranged by Sam Brown)

| length10 = 2:43

| title11 = I'll Try You'll Try (Maybe We'll All Get By)

| note11 =

| writer11 = David Jones Jr./Wade Brown Jr./Johnny Bristol

| extra11 = Johnny Bristol

| length11 = 4:58

| title12 = Dancing Machine

| note12 = Alternate version from G.I.T.: Get It Together recording sessions

| writer12 = Hal Davis/Don Fletcher/Weldon Dean Parks

| extra12 = Hal Davis

| length12 = 4:26

}}

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