Jackson 5 – Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls (2012) (Limited Edition 2CD + 7" Vinyl Boxset)

The Jackson 5 burst on the music scene like a ray of sunshine in late 1969, reeling off four consecutive No. 1 hits and inspiring worldwide Jacksonmania. They also recorded constantly, and a treasure trove of newly discovered, previously unreleased recordings by Michael, Jermaine, Jackie, Marlon and Tito are being released for the first time on Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls. Produced by Deke Richards, leader of The Corporation, the Jackson 5's original hit songwriting-production team, the extraordinary 32-track, 2-CD set enough songs to fill three Jackson 5 albums is housed in a special box with deluxe packaging that includes not only the two discs but a vinyl 7-inch single, rare photos, essays and detailed information.

Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls is rich with gems, among them If The Shoe Don't Fit, a Corporation classic that coulda-woulda-shoulda been a smash hit. Our Love, led by Jermaine, is destined to become a new wedding favorite. If You Want Heaven updates the classic Motown sound, while Iddinit, If I Can t Nobody Can and Would Ya Would Ya Baby hint at a new funk direction for the brothers. Love Trip, a ballad, points in the direction a solo Michael would take in the next phase of his career.
There are also striking covers, done J5-style, including Mama Told Me Not To Come, a No. 1 hit for Three Dog Night; Jackie DeShannon s Movin ; the pop/soul perennial Up On The Roof; a Stax nugget, I Got A Sure Thing; Traffic s Feelin Alright, in a studio version that became a staple of the J5 live show; and new versions of Motown chestnuts You Can t Hurry Love, Keep An Eye, I m Your Sunny One (He s My Sunny Boy) (all originally by the Supremes); Since I Lost My Baby (Temptations); Lets Go Back To Day One (Eddie Kendricks); and Label Me Love (Different Shades Of Brown).
Bonus tracks are: producer Deke Richards original unedited version of That's How Love Is, a rarity which first appeared on 2009's I Want You Back!: The Unreleased Masters; Richards original extended mix for If I Have To Move A Mountain, an LP track issued in 1972; and a super treat for J5 fans, the demo for Mama s Pearl, previously hidden deep in Deke's personal vault.

Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls is housed in a unique package: a 7-inch square box packed with the discs in their own sleeves; an oversized booklet featuring detailed annotations, rare photos, and essays by Deke Richards and author/professor Mark Anthony Neal; and an actual 45-rpm, 7-inch vinyl single in a slick picture sleeve If The Shoe Don t Fit b/w Feelin Alright.

FORMAT: CD + Vinyl
DISC SIZE: 7"
CONDITION: Brand New
GENRE: Pop / R&B / Funk
UPC: 602537089116
LABEL: Motown
NO. OF DISCS: 3
 
TRACKLIST:
CD Disc 1
1. (We're the) Music Makers 1:00
2. If the Shoe Don't Fit 3:18
3. Come and Get It (Love's on the Fire) 3:12
4. I Got a Sure Thing 3:21
5. After You Leave Girl 2:38
6. Mama Told Me Not to Come 3:04
7. Iddinit 3:47
8. Since I Lost My Baby 2:52
9. Keep an Eye 3:08
10. Movin' 3:23
11. Feelin' Alright (studio version) 3:13
12. You Better Watch Out 3:06
13. I'm Your Sunny One (He's My Sunny Boy) 2:49
14. Someone's Standing In My Love Light 2:52

CD Disc 2
1. If You Want Heaven 3:07
2. You Can't Hurry Love 2:50
3. Keep Off the Grass 3:08
4. Going My Way 3:57
5. Makin' Life a Little Easier for You 3:18
6. Up on the Roof 3:07
7. If I Can't Nobody Can 2:45
8. Our Love 3:25
9. I Can't Get Enough of You 2:48
10. Cupid 2:54
11. Let's Go Back to Day One 3:02
12. Would Ya Would Ya Baby 3:57
13. Love Trip 3:07
14. Label Me Love 3:31
15. Jumbo Sam 3:05
16. That's How Love Is (original complete version) 3:25
17. If I Have to Move a Mountain (original complete version) 4:47
18. Mama's Pearl (demo) 4:10

7" Jackson 5ive
A If The Shoe Don't Fit 3:16
B Feelin' Alright 3:12