Un tesoro oculto de la Motown

In late 2004, 35 years after they were recorded, the "lost sessions" recorded by Ruffin have been unearthed from Motown's vaults and were released as David Ruffin: the Unreleased Album.  Only 3,500 copies were printed, and all are numbered.  It is a fascinating release, and one wonders why (other than company politics) this material could have remained under wraps for so long.  Ruffin's amazing cover of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" alone is worth the cost of the disc, but the disc also includes plenty more never-heard gems.

 In a move that ranks high among the many Motown mysteries, the album is never released. The performances, many of them new compositions, are never heard again, not even as filler for future albums. David Ruffin’s next solo album is released in 1973, meaning he had four years between official LP releases. But the tapes survived. The stories remain fresh. The sound of David Ruffin at the height of his powers can now be heard, 33 years later. The packaging faithfully reproduces artwork of the era, including rare photographs, an essay detailing the sessions and the moment, and full track annotations.