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Your Last MJ-Related Purchase

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^ i know right, been speaking with the guy who took it and got the autograph from Michael! he's so lucky...
 
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Do you have any tips on shopping for an authentic autograph, Zakk? I've been wanting one for years, but I don't have too much luck finding them.
 
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Well, I always look at how clean the autograph is done and I compare with photo's of other authentic autograph's too! A back story is good, and to speak with the seller! Also, look for unusual items (rare, vintage, old) for example I have a signed LP & Songbook, it also helps that this most recent purchase is a photo that has never been shared before and is the one copy that exists
 
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My last purchase was the TII DVD and then I also saw the movie in the theatre.
 
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Dangerous Tour figure :D

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Just bought the other day....the Michael Jackson Experience for PS3....yeah I know I'm a couple years late but still....
 
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Prince Of Pop said:
Just bought the other day....the Michael Jackson Experience for PS3....yeah I know I'm a couple years late but still....
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The hours I put into that.. Great game!! Still upset they never released the DLC they promised!
 
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I'm waiting for my Moonwalker game for Sega to arrive :) I stupidly sold my last one, so I got this one with the case (no manual) off Ebay for $48.
 
zakk i think all of your autographs look sort of fake and too good to be true with the sheer abundance you have. a couple of years ago i tried to replicate his autograph with a little bit of practising and i got it almost/just like mjs. now its weird to think how much people could do with a lot of time on their hands when they know each autograph averages £100s on ebay.
 
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I just ordered Invincible on vinyl
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I bought the 3-disc "limited edition" of the Essential album at my local Target store. Sadly, all the track files blend into each other, which makes ripping them separately to my computer impossible.
 
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Zee - That must have cost you a fortune!?! I wish I could have it on vinyl. I do have Dangerous and it was close to $50 CDN used and it's still some foreign pressing :p

I just bought XScape Origins for $10 (it's on sale on ******'s site.) Awaiting it in the mail (hopefully tomorrow.)
 
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Last thing I got was the XSCAPE album (the normal golden one, not the jewelcase..) I was expecting the jewelcase one lol :bored2:
 
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I bought Xscape on CD today at my local record store (standard 8 track version). I hadn't bought a Michael Jackson CD in 20 years. I was a fan as a kid, but never a hardcore fan. I grew up in the 80s. Everybody listened to MJ. I still have the old albums, but hadn't paid much attn to MJ over the last couple decades.

Anyway, I heard a song from Xscape at a restaurant the other day and really enjoyed it, so I decided to buy the album. I ended up loving the whole record. So I'm definitely going to go back and check out some of the CDs I've missed over the last 20 years.
 
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MSL said:
I bought Xscape on CD today at my local record store (standard 8 track version). I hadn't bought a Michael Jackson CD in 20 years. I was a fan as a kid, but never a hardcore fan. I grew up in the 80s. Everybody listened to MJ. I still have the old albums, but hadn't paid much attn to MJ over the last couple decades.

Anyway, I heard a song from Xscape at a restaurant the other day and really enjoyed it, so I decided to buy the album. I ended up loving the whole record. So I'm definitely going to go back and check out some of the CDs I've missed over the last 20 years.
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Not sure if you need one but here's a rundown of MJ CDs for the last 20 years. At the bottom I included a short list of what I'd recommend for a more general fan like you :)

For proper studios albums, you'd be looking at 'HIStory' (1995), 'Blood on the Dance Floor' (1997) and 'Invincible' (2001) then! Special Editions of Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous came out in 2001, all but Dangerous with previously unreleased tracks included (I go into this more in the Anniversary Editions below).

The first posthumous album came out in 2010. It was called 'Michael' and was pretty controversial in the fan community due to three of the songs being rumoured to contain fake vocals (personally, I believe they are fake. Apart from those three tracks though, everything else is legit so don't worry about it). The second one was 'Xscape' and you got the standard edition. As you probably know, the deluxe edition has MJ's original demos of those 8 songs but since you're not as much of a hardcore fan, you might not be as interested. For the most part, both new and old versions are good imo.

As for Anniversary Editions, in 2008 'Thriller 25' was released. I don't really think it's that essential, I don't have it myself. The remixes on there aren't that great though I personally like Kanye West's remix of Billie Jean. There is a deluxe edition though that contains some demos/extra tracks that came out on the 2001 Special Edition which you might not have heard!

In 2012, 'Bad 25' was released and it also contains a number of tracks that came out on the 2001 Special Edition (Streetwalker is an MJ classic, you just have to play it!). On top of that, it comes with six previously unreleased tracks and two tracks of 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' in Spanish and French. There are some more remixes on here, generally better than those in Thriller 25 (Nero's remix of Speed Demon is cool).

Off the Wall never had an anniversary edition, but the 2001 Special Edition has new artwork and a few new demos.

The first Live album came out in 2012. It was Michael Jackson performing at Wembley stadium in 1988 and released alongside Bad 25. Here's the problem though, the audio disc was exclusive to some deluxe edition of Bad 25 that cost ~$50 or something when it came out. Unfortunately, the live disc wasn't released standalone. You caaaaan technically buy it on iTunes if you look at 'The Indispensable Collection', but it's more expensive than a normal album.

There have been a few remix albums. In 1997, Blood on the Dance Floor came out with 5 brand new tracks and 8 remixes. I included it above in 'studio albums' because I consider it both since track-wise, almost half the album is new. The tracks on here are some of MJ's darkest and most mature/experimental, but they're really respected in the fan community. I like some of the remixes but most fans don't really care for them, they're pretty 90s. In 2011, 'Immortal' came out and it's essentially the soundtrack for the highly successful Cirque du Soleil show that travelled the world.

Compilations. Oh god, compilations galore in the last 20 years. Don't worry about most of them tbh, but 'The Ultimate Collection' (2004) has some pretty cool unreleased tracks on there (Sunset Drive, Cheater, Monkey Business). I'd just pick them up on iTunes or something.

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I think that's the general rundown of MJ albums since 1995! If you're just a general fan... I'd recommend the rest of his studio albums along with Bad 25 and Xscape. Bad 25 has some really awesome unreleased material on the second disc and you already have Xscape. I wasn't really a big fan of 'Michael' but others here seem to be so maybe worth a look too! If you're still hungry for more material after that, try out some of the other stuff I mentioned here as a lot of it is catered towards more hardcore fans :)
 
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HIStoric -

Thank you so much for the info. I really appreciate it. I'm definitely interested in learning more about what I've missed the last twenty years, which is why I signed up for this site.

I plan to buy pretty much everything you listed. I don't like to listen to downloads, so I will have to pick up The Ultimate Collection, the Bad 25 box, etc on CD to track down the songs you mentioned.

I have several thousand dollars in store credit built up at my local record store, so I don't mind dropping a few hundred dollars on this stuff. I was VERY VERY impressed by Xscape, so I definitely plan to pick up more releases.

I generally listen to loud rock & roll (Guns N' Roses, Marilyn Manson, etc), but I think I found a lot of MJ's material appealing as a kid because of the guitars in a lot of the songs. I went to see Kings Of Chaos in concert a couple of months ago and had no idea the guitarist had played with Michael Jackson. I watched the Bad 25 doc today and they had a long segment with the guitarist. The name escapes me, but he had big black hair.
 
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I have several thousand dollars in store credit built up at my local record store, so I don't mind dropping a few hundred dollars on this stuff. I was VERY VERY impressed by Xscape, so I definitely plan to pick up more releases.
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Ooh wow! Have fun :D

(And you're welcome!)
 
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Weird that the extra songs from the 2001 thriller CD aren't on Thriller 25. Is that one of the reasons you didn't buy it?
 
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Weird that the extra songs from the 2001 thriller CD aren't on Thriller 25. Is that one of the reasons you didn't buy it?
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The extra songs off the Special Edition are Someone in the Dark, Billie Jean (home demo from 1981) and Carousel. They are on Thriller 25, but you need the deluxe edition, which has all of that as well as a few extras.

I didn't buy it because the only remix I liked was Kanye's (I just play that on Spotify/Apple Music) whereas everything else I already had on CD/iTunes.
 
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Music mostly

I bought a deluxe copy of Xscape and also Blood on the Dancefloor and The very best of the Jacksons (Epic 2 disc set with Motown and Epic era classics). I already had all this music digitally, but having physical copies is great too.
 
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I went to see Kings Of Chaos in concert a couple of months ago and had no idea the guitarist had played with Michael Jackson. I watched the Bad 25 doc today and they had a long segment with the guitarist. The name escapes me, but he had big black hair.
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Slash?! This guy? Oh man. I'd give my left hand (and I play guitar) to see him live :)

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Steve Stephens ? Is the guy on bad 25. Played with billy idol. They did Dirty Diana.
 
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HIStoric -

Was the deluxe edition of Thriller 25 released on CD? I only buy physical releases, so I'll have to just get the regular version if the deluxe is download only.


Tinny -

No, not Slash, although I've seen Slash in concert many times including a few months ago.


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Yea! That's him. Kings of Chaos is like a supergroup with a bunch of guys from Guns N' Roses, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple and other bands. The Billy Idol guy was on lead guitar.
 
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Jealous. So so jealous. I don't know why I said tour and not group? Haha. I guess cause that's what you were talking about? The tour I mean. I loved when Brian May, Joe Perry, and Sammy Hagar played the Avalon though. Big Queen fan. Love Van Halen. And Joe Perry. Ugh. He's my 3rd guitar badass after Slash and Keith Richards :p Can't stand Steven Tyler though :p
 
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I bought a Smooth Criminal cd single with different mixes and stuff on it, and a Bad original issue Picture Disc cd
 
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I found a copy of the 3-disc "limited edition" version of "The Essential Michael Jackson" album, at my local Target store 2 weeks ago. The only bad thing was the track files blending together, which makes ripping individual songs to my computer impossible. Every file has about 5 seconds of the following song at the end, which means I'd have to rip both and edit them back together. That's just a hassle; thankfully I only paid $5 for it.
 
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HIStoric -

Was the deluxe edition of Thriller 25 released on CD? I only buy physical releases, so I'll have to just get the regular version if the deluxe is download only.
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The one with all the tracks from the 2001 Special Edition is called the 'Super Deluxe Edition' (as I've just learnt). It seems rather hard to find in most shops now but the MJ Store still sells it! http://www.myplaydirect.com/michael-jackson/thriller-25th-super-deluxe-edition/details/3992240
 
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