MJ didn't want his released music out there in general unless he explicitly approved it. For some reason he was just really adverse to the idea of his unfinished music being released as a part of an anniversary. I wouldn't even complain if it weren't for the fact that his idea of an alternative (the Thriller 25 remixes) resulted in some really sucky materials.
GTH was only on the albums first configuration (January 2000)
Isn't the version we have from April 1986?
Probably Michael’s idea. Michael probably used songs that he felt were more complete
It is. And I doubt Quincy was involved in any version of Fly Away.
Michael actually told Bill he disliked the “country” sound in the 1988 mix, so it’s much more likely Sony just went with the most current version of each song for the special edition releases. Same thing happened with SPYHO- the most recent version was included on a cancelled version of the Bad special edition, despite it being recorded during the Dangerous sessions.
I disagree- Bad, TWYMMF and MITM are some of his best work. I think the production on those three are just as good as anything from OTW and Thriller.
Well in those cases, I don't think we've heard the demoes. So I agree that those are the exceptions. APOM, Speed Demon, and Smooth Criminal though? I love the rawer early cuts certainly just as much.
Not really. Michael just said "Billy, this sounds country". Bottrell himself was not sure if MJ meant this in a positive or negative way.
The 1999 acetate CD of Bad SE from Bernie Grundman has an edited down version of the Dangerous mix.
And a complete song at that.
Except MJ wrote Tomboy...
Thats what I thought also.. maybe some other song called tomboy or fake.
Yep and with John Barnes
It just makes me wonder how much else is in the vault that we're missing out on.
First thing that comes to mind besides the obvious is all the recorded footage from the Pensacola 1988 rehearsals in 6 Beta masters.
Its crazy isn't it mate? It wasn't even a title we knew about like "Who Do You Know", we know absolutely nothing about it.
Honestly i'd love to hear all the early cuts of the Bad album tracks, they sound the exact same as the Quincy-produced versions but with a distinct 80s sound the Quincy versions lack, and i personally just love me some raw Linn 9000 lol
The heavier bottoms too, that's what was lacking in the final cuts more often than not. Like something close to bass lol. The Way You Make Me Feel though, is the exception.
Wasn't this the song about which he said 'that's ignorant' about the harmonica? (Can't recall source)
You know what, the initial press release from 5/21/2012 promissed the release of some of those demos.
Technically Al Capone is one of them. If you squint maybe.