The Original Soul of Michael Jackson

The Original Soul of Michael Jackson
Remix album by Michael Jackson
Released	October 1987 (1987-10) (U.S.) February 1988 (1988-02) (Europe)
Recorded	September 1969 – March 1975 ; 1984 - 1987 (overdubbing & remixes)
Genre	R&B, soul, funk
Length	39:11
Label	Motown
Producer	Hal Davis
Michael Jackson chronology
Bad (1987) The Original Soul of Michael Jackson (1987) Dangerous (1991)
Singles from The Original Soul of Michael Jackson
"Twenty-Five Miles" Released: October, 1987

The Original Soul of Michael Jackson is a remix album of songs by Michael Jackson, recorded and published early in his solo career in the early 1970s and remixed in 1987. While the album claims to 'contains music never before released', the only new song available was a re-dubbed cover of Edwin Starr's 1970 hit "Twenty-Five Miles", sung by the Jackson Five and solely credited to Michael. The original recording of the song was included on the 2009 set Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection. Some songs were newly edited on the album, with a newly dubbed version of "Dancing Machine". "Ain't No Sunshine" were also slightly different in the vocals and a modern drum machine were added to "Twenty-Five Miles". "Melodie" was planned for a single in an effort to promote the record in the US, but was scrapped for a promo-only single "Twenty-Five Miles"/"Up On The Housetop".^[1]

Track listing

Reference

1. ↑ Halstead, Craig; Chris Cadman (2003). Michael Jackson: The Solo Years. Authors OnLine. ISBN 0-7552-0091-8