''I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters'' is a

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compilation released on November 10, 2009 (roughly five months after lead singer

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) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band's debut on

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; their debut single "

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" 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.Hidden-in-the-Vault Jackson 5 Recordings Debut on I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters
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Track listing

References

{{Authority control 2009 compilation albums Motown compilation albums The Jackson 5 compilation albums Compilation albums published posthumously