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Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
- (Special Packaging)
- Artist: Michael Jackson
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 7/21/2009

Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
- (Special Packaging)
- Artist: Michael Jackson
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 7/21/2009
- Artist: Michael Jackson
- Label: Hip-O Select
- Number of Discs: 3
- UPC: 602517924697
- Item #: HPO792469
- Genre: Pop, Box Sets
- Theme: Generation X, Grammy Winning Artist, Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee, Teen Idols
- Release Date: 7/21/2009

Product Notes
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 "Were 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 MJs 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 containted 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" - Michaels cover of the Edwin Starr hit that has previously been available only in a 1987 vault collection. It's all in a splendid, hard-backed 8x 5.5 package with an introductory essay by Motown's Suzee Ikeda, a main essay by Mark Anthony Neal, pages of annotations, rare photos and repros of the LP jackets. It's deserving of the one of the greatest performers the world has ever known, at any age.
Credits
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Composer(s)Arthur Ross
Artie Wayne
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Bill Withers
Billy Page
Bob Crewe
Clifton Davis
Dana Meyers
Deke Richards
Don Black
Eddie Holland
Eddie Horan
Edwin Starr
Elliot Willensky
Fonce Mizell
Freddie Perren
George S. Clinton
Hal Davis
Harvey Fuqua
Henry Cosby
Jerome Kern
Jerry Marcellino
Lamont Dozier
Larry Mizell
Leon Ware
Linda Creed
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
Mack David
Marilyn McLeod
Michael Sutton
Michel Legrand
Mike Cannon
Oscar Hammerstein II
Reginald Adams
Renee Armand
Robert Rogers
Sam Brown, III
Smokey Robinson
Stephen Schwartz
Stevie Wonder
Thom Bell
Walter Scharf
Warren "Pete" Moore
Weldon Dean Parks
Willie Hutch
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Theme(s)Generation X
Grammy Winning Artist
Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee
Teen Idols
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Artist(s)Michael Jackson
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Performer(s)Michael Lovesmith
Mike Baird
Steve Barri
Tony Peluso