Description
Offered for sale is a Japanese “Mastersound” pressing of Thriller by Michael Jackson, including the original obi.
This was part of a limited edition, heavy-vinyl series of digitally remastered audiophile pressings.
About this copy: This copy of Thriller is a Japanese Mastersound pressing, released in 1984.
This album contained a regular cover inside an outer slipcase. The outer cover is M- and is still in the original shrink wrap. The inner cover is VG++ with slight cover wear.
The obi is M-. The liner note insert is M-. The photo/lyric insert is M-.
This copy also includes a generic Mastersound catalog and record company survey postcard.
The disc is M- with a couple of spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A beautiful copy of a pressing that is often found in less-than-ideal condition.
Background: In 1980, Columbia Records introduced their Mastersound series, which included titles that were either digitally remastered or half speed mastered and pressed on heavy, high-quality vinyl.
While most of the titles in the U.S. series were half speed mastered, most of the titles in the Japanese series were digitally remastered. The Japanese series also included titles that were not released in the U.S.
These titles were sold at a premium price, did not sell particularly well, and did not stay in print for very long.
Released in 1982, Thriller was the seventh studio album by Michael Jackson and it went on to become the biggest-selling studio album of all time, reaching #1 on the charts in at least ten countries.
Allmusic.com gave Thriller a 5 star review:
Off the Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller. … This was a record that had something for everybody, building on the basic blueprint of Off the Wall by adding harder funk, hard rock, softer ballads, and smoother soul — expanding the approach to have something for every audience. That alone would have given the album a good shot at a huge audience, but it also arrived precisely when MTV was reaching its ascendancy, and Jackson helped the network by being not just its first superstar, but first black star as much as the network helped him. This all would have made it a success (and its success, in turn, served as a new standard for success), but it stayed on the charts, turning out singles, for nearly two years because it was really, really good.
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Epic |
| Catalog Number: |
30·3P-431 |
| Year of Release: | 1984 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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