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Thriller 40th Anniversary

Galactus123 said:
I'm not sure but the 80s videos probably exist on film in their final form. 90s videos might not. Making of Thriller is just a documentary so its on tape.
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Makes sense, still would have been cool of them to restore it to HD. Who knows if they have that material now, though.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
Weren't all the videos edited on tape?
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I don't think so. The 80s ones were probably edited on film, then tape masters were created for each for dubbing. As for the 90s ones, yes, they were edited on tape because of the fx and stuff.
 
MJbr2 said:
According to MoFi themselves, the DSD is made as a 1:1 copy of the original analog master and kept untouched for the vinyl and CD.
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Allow me to correct the info here: the DSD is (re)mastered by them on an analog console before the vinyl cut.
 
Normally when an artist is about to release a new album, they change their profile picture on their social media platforms to the cover of their upcoming album, as well as links in their social media bios to pre order the upcoming album.

Michael Jackson’s estate is still using that picture from In The Closet video on Twitter, YouTube, Spotify as their profile picture. And there isn’t any link to buy Thriller 40 anywhere.

Less than two weeks to go before the release of Thriller 40 and the promotion has been awful so far.
 
Nite Line said:
Normally when an artist is about to release a new album, they change their profile picture on their social media platforms to the cover of their upcoming album, as well as links in their social media bios to pre order the upcoming album.
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Makes sense. Marketing 101, surely? I would expect all of this as standard.

Nite Line said:
Michael Jackson’s estate is still using that picture from In The Closet video on Twitter, YouTube, Spotify as their profile picture.
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That is beyond disappointing.

Nite Line said:
And there isn’t any link to buy Thriller 40 anywhere.
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That's just weird. I'm being polite.

Nite Line said:
Less than two weeks to go before the release of Thriller 40 and the promotion has been awful so far.
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I have been deeply unimpressed. The Nasdaq (sp?) thing was great but there needs to be so much more than that.
 
zinniabooklover said:
Makes sense. Marketing 101, surely? I would expect all of this as standard.


That is beyond disappointing.


That's just weird. I'm being polite.


I have been deeply unimpressed. The Nasdaq (sp?) thing was great but there needs to be so much more than that.
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I am normally not as harsh on the Estate as other fans are, but they deserve every bit of criticism for their lack of promotion for Thriller 40.

It’s like they think because it is Thriller, it will automatically be a commercial success.
 
Hess said:
I am really exited about the 4K videos.

Is it mkgenie who mentioned there will be 5 videos? Or where does that number come from??

I am really exited to learn what the 2 remaining videos are. Hope for Making of Thriller - and Say Say Say in 4K would be epic too.
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I never saw that mkgenie said 5, don`t know from where the 5 comes. I think 3 are realistic.
 
Nite Line said:
I am normally not as harsh on the Estate as other fans are, but they deserve every bit of criticism for their lack of promotion for Thriller 40.
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I agree. I was almost startled to see you being so upfront. Not that I disagree with what you've said. But you are usually, as you say, somewhat more restrained. Says everything!

Nite Line said:
It’s like they think because it is Thriller, it will automatically be a commercial success.
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I hadn't even thought of it like that. That's even more depressing, somehow.

Apart from tweets of the Nasdaq thing I haven't seen anything. Classic Pop mag did a feature back in March. Gary Davies on BBC R2 did a Thriller mixtape. Urban Smooth on Dublin South came up trumps. Yay to Urban Smooth. But this is all small stuff. No offence to anybody. I loved all of those things. They were all great. But the Estate should be - should *already* have pulled out all the stops. On a global scale. I wasn't as bothered as other people about the Halloween thing but it's getting ridiculous now. 2nd week of November? What is going on?

When you look at how the fans pulled out all the stops for the Thriller Challenge and then look for the equivalent energy from the Estate - I'm not seeing it. 🙁
 
Nite Line said:
I am normally not as harsh on the Estate as other fans are, but they deserve every bit of criticism for their lack of promotion for Thriller 40.

It’s like they think because it is Thriller, it will automatically be a commercial success.
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Yeah, I was giving them a pass in late summer because there was still quite a bit of distance, but this is just inexcusable. We’re, what, two weeks from its release, and we’re only getting fan events and NYC billboards (as cool as they both are)?
 
Anyone going to the gallery in Düsseldorf?
Want to go on Friday, but it's a 1,5 hour drive, so hoping someone is going on Thursday to see what it is.
 
BUMPER SNIPPET said:
If the Estate were clever, they could have made a massive promotion on Halloween, and even should have released it on Halloween. Now that Xmas is approaching people won't be looking for Thriller to buy, but for Richard Clayderman.
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They should have re released Thriller in cinemas on halloween.
 
mthalen said:
Anyone going to the gallery in Düsseldorf?
Want to go on Friday, but it's a 1,5 hour drive, so hoping someone is going on Thursday to see what it is.
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Friday afternoon the gallary is closed from 3p.m., so I am going on Saturday afternoon.
It's about 2hrs on railways for me.
 
Robbsaber01 said:
True but now that it is actually remastered it would make perfect sense to do it for this anniversary project.
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Isn't that what they did with the 3D? A horrible gimmick, but objectively the same effort. They commisoned a whole weird cartoon for ABC or whatever with MJ tunes. The Halloween push is kinda meaningless to me; it's one day, one night really, in a holiday that's somehow become even less commercial than ever, while the rest of the world just delivers new music. The direction they can take with this can surely be more expansive than seasonal.
 
Just wondering but I guess I'm the only person who has no interest in Thriller 40?? I see all the updates on Twitter, but to me its not something I care about or have any interest in.
 
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