(antiMusic) Talk about finding a hidden treasure. A New Jersey man unwittingly purchased a cache of unreleased Jackson 5 recordings that he now hopes to release to the public. Unlike other "lost song" findings, this one appears to be a mother load with almost 60 tracks discovered. Richard Altomare, the boss of luggage movement company Universal Express, bought a collection of unclaimed personal belongings from the warehouse, according to Contact Music. When he was going through the belongings he discovered tapes reported to contain almost 60 unreleased songs by The Jackson 5.
Contact Music reports that Altomare says he is negotiating with Sony as well as Michael Jackson and his sister Janet in hopes of releasing the material. "I've personally talked to Michael and Janet on the phone about the tapes, and even played on a couple of songs for them," Altomare said. "At first there was silence on the other end of the line, but that was quickly followed by giggles as if it brought them back to the day those songs were recorded."
What Janet who wasn't in the group has to do with it we don't know.
