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Michael Jackson’s last rehearsal at the Staples Center on Wednesday, the eve of his death, was recorded in multi-camera, high-definition video and multi-track audio, and could be released as the performer’s last album, according to several people close to the now-defunct concert tour.
The recordings were made as part of concert promotion company AEG Live’s deal with Jackson, which included a plan to produce both an album and DVD of what Jackson had billed his “final performance” tour, titled “This Is It.”
The entertainer died of heart failure on Thursday.
Randy Phillips, president and CEO of AEG Live, the nation’s second largest concert promoter, emailed that he would not comment for the story.
The recordings also could be used to produce both a DVD or Blu-ray disc of the entertainer’s last performance — the entertainer singing his greatest hits.
One AEG official boasted to a colleague this weekend, “We have a live album in the can.”
And what an album it would be. Amazon, record stores and retailers like Barnes and Noble sold of all Michael Jackson stock almost immediately — and in a matter of minutes following the news of Jackson’s death, in the case of Amazon.
Press reports have said that AEG Live stands to lose tens of millions of dollars from the unexpected cancellation of Jackson’s 50-date London tour.
But any audio and video release of the final concert would undoubtedly sell millions — if not tens of milllions — of units worldwide and would be the music industry’s equivalent of a license to print money.
Jackson had failed to appear at many of the scheduled rehearsals in Los Angeles over the past two months. But he did show up at a full rehearsal at the Staples Center of his scheduled July 13 London concert on the night before his death.
source: http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/28/taped-jacksons-last-night-alive-could-be-cd-dvd/
The recordings were made as part of concert promotion company AEG Live’s deal with Jackson, which included a plan to produce both an album and DVD of what Jackson had billed his “final performance” tour, titled “This Is It.”
The entertainer died of heart failure on Thursday.
Randy Phillips, president and CEO of AEG Live, the nation’s second largest concert promoter, emailed that he would not comment for the story.
The recordings also could be used to produce both a DVD or Blu-ray disc of the entertainer’s last performance — the entertainer singing his greatest hits.
One AEG official boasted to a colleague this weekend, “We have a live album in the can.”
And what an album it would be. Amazon, record stores and retailers like Barnes and Noble sold of all Michael Jackson stock almost immediately — and in a matter of minutes following the news of Jackson’s death, in the case of Amazon.
Press reports have said that AEG Live stands to lose tens of millions of dollars from the unexpected cancellation of Jackson’s 50-date London tour.
But any audio and video release of the final concert would undoubtedly sell millions — if not tens of milllions — of units worldwide and would be the music industry’s equivalent of a license to print money.
Jackson had failed to appear at many of the scheduled rehearsals in Los Angeles over the past two months. But he did show up at a full rehearsal at the Staples Center of his scheduled July 13 London concert on the night before his death.
source: http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/28/taped-jacksons-last-night-alive-could-be-cd-dvd/