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kai said:
I agree it’s nice to have Number Ones on vinyl, but come on… another best-of? They couldn’t even bother reissuing the standard editions of HIStory or Blood on the Dance Floor on vinyl in the past 16 years.
And honestly, I didn’t see anyone asking why there wasn’t a Number Ones vinyl all these years. Like I said — nobody asked for this.

Also, are you seriously believe they wont drop a "completely new" best of album next year? people will buy that then and not "number ones".
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same thing i said about the this is it soundtrack...like bruh....i bought these songs AGAIN for the 100th time just for a demo of beat it,the this is it song...come to think about it, i never listen to those songs anymore.
 
zinniabooklover said:
Happily, Number Ones on vinyl is a bit cheaper than that. UK vinyl outlets are listing it as £25.99 for the black vinyl and £28.99/£29.99 for the red vinyl. Seems decent for a double album.
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Here in Germany, the standard vinyl also sits at 29€ depending on at which store you‘re looking at, the fact that this is a 2LP, not a 1LP makes the price even more reasonable, there are 1LPs that cost 40€ nowadays
 
AlwaysThere said:
Or—and hear me out—we can be happy that there’s a product coming out that some people are actually looking forward to, instead of complaining and judging.

I’m probably not picking this one up, but I hope the estate reissues all of MJ’s albums on vinyl next year for the biopic.
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I’m with Kai here - if we are unhappy with the quality of one thing we should be boycotting everything. Discogs exists for a reason & you can get the original printings there if you so desire it.

The issue is number ones doesn’t have a vinyl. So this IS a good project.

The people that bought those dangerous repressings are idiots though.
 
Beano Wild said:
I’m with Kai here - if we are unhappy with the quality of one thing we should be boycotting everything. Discogs exists for a reason & you can get the original printings there if you so desire it.

The issue is number ones doesn’t have a vinyl. So this IS a good project.

The people that bought those dangerous repressings are idiots though.
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Yep, that’s exactly my point.

We can’t just buy the first “okay” product simply because it’s something decent. If we do, the very next release will spark the same complaints all over again. And I’ll say it again: nothing will change as long as we keep buying every piece of half-hearted stuff they put out.

I still didn't buy T40 and i was hoping that many fans wont buy it..
 
someplace_else said:
I assume if it doesn't sell well enough, they won't improve the next releases but just not release anything at all 🫠
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That’s a risk you have to be willing to take.
Otherwise, the message we’re sending is basically this:

“We’re unhappy with everything you do, but we’re afraid you won’t do anything at all if we don’t buy your low-effort releases—so we’ll support you no matter what.”

And honestly, what’s worse: choosing not to buy anything at all, or continuing to spend money on products we already know are bad?
 
Beano Wild said:
I’m with Kai here - if we are unhappy with the quality of one thing we should be boycotting everything. Discogs exists for a reason & you can get the original printings there if you so desire it.

The issue is number ones doesn’t have a vinyl. So this IS a good project.

The people that bought those dangerous repressings are idiots though.
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With all due respect, I don’t get this mentality at all. “We want the estate to improve and we complain incessantly that they’re not releasing anything, but we’re also gonna boycott anything they do release regardless of quality or necessity. That’ll show them! If anyone wants vinyls, they can buy sketchy used copies on Discogs from strangers—no need for fresh pressings.”

Again, this is just silly to me.
 
AlwaysThere said:
With all due respect, I don’t get this mentality at all. “We want the estate to improve and we complain incessantly that they’re not releasing anything, but we’re also gonna boycott anything they do release regardless of quality or necessity. That’ll show them! If anyone wants vinyls, they can buy sketchy used copies on Discogs from strangers—no need for fresh pressings.”

Again, this is just silly to me.
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Supply and demand—that’s how this works. And the only language the Estate truly understands is money. If fans stop handing over their cash no matter what, only two things can happen:



A) They rethink and improve their release strategy.
B) They stop releasing anything altogether.


In our current situation, both outcomes are acceptable.
And honestly, I highly doubt they’d choose option B, because doing nothing goes directly against their own money-driven logic.
What genuinely blows my mind is that fans still buy the merch—
cheap, low-effort stuff that honestly looks like it was designed by a 12-year-old.
 
kai said:
What genuinely blows my mind is that fans still buy the merch—
cheap, low-effort stuff that honestly looks like it was designed by a 12-year-old.
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That's something we can definitely agree on. The vinyl, don't know... it's kinda nice but I am not really into buying it. But I don't think it's a product that should be boycotted completely (at least in case the quality is fine).
 
A boycott doesn’t work by selectively choosing which products you like and which you don’t. You boycott the company as a whole—not individual releases.
 
kai said:
Supply and demand—that’s how this works. And the only language the Estate truly understands is money. If fans stop handing over their cash no matter what, only two things can happen:



A) They rethink and improve their release strategy.
B) They stop releasing anything altogether.


In our current situation, both outcomes are acceptable.
And honestly, I highly doubt they’d choose option B, because doing nothing goes directly against their own money-driven logic.
What genuinely blows my mind is that fans still buy the merch—
cheap, low-effort stuff that honestly looks like it was designed by a 12-year-old.
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Your post directly contradicts itself. You’re touting supply and demand as a means to compel the estate to improve, but you’re also encouraging people to not support them in any capacity whatsoever, which would eradicate the demand. If you really don’t think the estate would stop releasing things altogether, count how many projects we’ve gotten in the past ten years.

Furthermore, how can they “rethink and improve their release strategy” if we aren’t supporting their quality releases or giving honest, constructive criticism? And at what point do we decide that the estate has become worthy of our support and we stop the blanket boycott? It’s a flawed mentality that has no positive outcomes and collapses upon itself.

Nobody said you have to buy everything they release. I understand the reluctance. But the approach of “boycott them outright and eventually something will change!” is nonsensical in this situation. By this logic, if they reissued Vision tomorrow with proper 4K restorations, we shouldn’t support it even though it’s exactly what we want and exactly what they should be doing. How does that help?
 
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Boycotting used to work when companies were much smaller - now it’s just unstoppable. That doesn’t mean to not attempt however, as any dent in profits is a dent and when money slows down, investors and corporates want to find out why.
 
In my opinion, the best approach would be to give negative feedback via comments or reviews for bad products but buy and give positive feedback for good products. Buying nothing altogether would indicate a general disinterest in the product line/franchise but buying everything would show we like their products, no matter the quality. This way the consumer shows which products work and which don‘t, especially if the „bad“ products aren‘t bought at all.

Sure, under every post the top 20 comments ask for proper 4K restorations, concert releases or unreleased music and yes, not much if not any of that has been answered by the estate as of late. But from my understanding I have of the structure and work done there, they may better themselves sooner than we think but also will need a radical change in leadership if the goal is to get products like the anniversary releases of Prince and The Beatles. To my knowledge, many very cool projects and releases have been cancelled in the past years due to issues within the estate or disagreements with third parties. From what I‘ve heard, there are several reissues, two albums or compilation albums and one home video release scheduled for 2026, but I will remain vague andnot go into any further detail until an official confirmation/announcement.

One thing that everyone does have to agree on is that the estate somehow has managed to make Michael still relevant today. Me being socially active within the younger generation noticed, Michael is a lot more talked about recently as ever before, especially due to the biopic and the MJ musical but also the recent popularity of songs like Heaven Can Wait or Chicago, latter is even more known under younger people than songs like Smooth Criminal, Black or White or The Way You Make Me Feel.

The Estate definitely has a lot of improving to do, especially in terms of frequency of quality releases and communication but we all have to agree, Michael is still one of the most listened artists in the world and is discovered by a lot of young people through projects like Xscape, the MJ Musical or the upcoming biopic. All we can do right now is wait, buy products, not buy products and give positive and negative feedback.
 
kai said:
A boycott doesn’t work by selectively choosing which products you like and which you don’t. You boycott the company as a whole—not individual releases.
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Why? They can see what sells and what doesn't. If you don't buy anything at all, they might just think people are not interested in Michael in general anymore.
 
It really seems like a lot of us fans our stuck in our own bubbles with this product. I know lots of people who buy albums on vinyl for their own reasons but many people gift these kinds of compilation albums to family or friends which is what this is really for. There's no way that a couple hundred fans not buying a vinyl with the rest of the population will disrupt the amount of wealth the estate has, I think its a complete pipe dream.
 
ooglyboogly said:
It really seems like a lot of us fans our stuck in our own bubbles with this product. I know lots of people who buy albums on vinyl for their own reasons but many people gift these kinds of compilation albums to family or friends which is what this is really for. There's no way that a couple hundred fans not buying a vinyl with the rest of the population will disrupt the amount of wealth the estate has, I think its a complete pipe dream.
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honestly...this is the only place ive heard about it
 
ooglyboogly said:
It really seems like a lot of us fans our stuck in our own bubbles with this product. I know lots of people who buy albums on vinyl for their own reasons but many people gift these kinds of compilation albums to family or friends which is what this is really for. There's no way that a couple hundred fans not buying a vinyl with the rest of the population will disrupt the amount of wealth the estate has, I think its a complete pipe dream.
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No one really talked about seriously starting a boycott… it wouldn’t work because the majority of fans wouldn’t care or know about it…
We are just discussing about it…
 
mjfp said:
$59,99 for Blood and Invincible, $119,99 for HIStory and $125 for Bad

a mint HIStory and Blood costs around 450, Invincible 250
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I have got every MJ album on both cassette and vinyl. I have got a copy of number ones on vinyl from previous as well, 2003 release. Have to say I am a bit disappointed that we are not getting any more remasters of Beautiful Girl, Days in GL, or I am a Loser and instead are getting a re release of an album that MJ himself described as "just a box set compilation with one more new song". I am of course referring to his trip to London in which he ripped apart Sony, footage is still on YouTube.
 
WolfMJJ said:
I have got every MJ album on both cassette and vinyl. I have got a copy of number ones on vinyl from previous as well, 2003 release. Have to say I am a bit disappointed that we are not getting any more remasters of Beautiful Girl, Days in GL, or I am a Loser and instead are getting a re release of an album that MJ himself described as "just a box set compilation with one more new song". I am of course referring to his trip to London in which he ripped apart Sony, footage is still on YouTube.
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Do you have the number one vinyl fake?
 
Buy what you want, don't buy what you don't want - it's as simple as that. If other people want to buy 5 pressings of Dangerous all released since 2019, let them.

The consumer is NOT the problem here, and we all know it.

The Estate knows exactly how the core MJ community feels about EVERYTHING. We do not come into the equation, and we won't until the Estate stops raking in money from low effort projects. It's as simple as that.
 
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