A Michael Jackson album featuring 10 previously unreleased tracks will be released in November. The as-yet-untitled LP will include songs that Michael recorded with Will.I.Am in 2006, as well as several tracks recorded in the eighties that didn’t make the final cut for Bad.

Jackson’s former manager, Frank DiLeo, told Rolling Stone there are over 100 completed tracks in the vault, including collaborations with Ne-Yo and Akon, and dozens of potential hits from the eighties when the star was at his peak. "There are a couple of songs we recorded for the Bad album that we had to cut that are just sensational," he revealed.

Uber-producer Rodney Jerkins, who produced Jacko’s 2001 album Invincible, is pulling the tracklisting together. The LP is the first release in a 10-album, seven-year deal that the Jackson estate signed with Sony BMG back in March.

According to Rolling Stone, the $250 million deal is also likely to include a music video DVD collection, reissues of all of Michael’s albums, a new greatest hits LP and even a Cirque du Soleil show.

A Michael Jackson video game - a karaoke and dance simulator - is expected to hit stores before the end of the year.

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