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Inthestudiowithmj said:
If that is in fact true, then it makes sense why the estate bought the rights to Chicago 1945, dream away. I would like Eaten Alive, Joy & Hot Street to be featured on it.
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Branca stated they have no plans to release either tracks following the acquisition but who knows really what is going to happen
 
wonderouzmj said:
NOBODY INCLUDING THE GENERAL PUBLIC WANTS TO KEEP BUYING THE SAME SONGS OVER AND OVER!!!! If they wanna be creative with the soundtrack....they should hire AZURA. If you havent listened.....check out these
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I would love for them to hire Azura.

Only for the estate to force Azura into doing a WBSS remix. (Seriously... how can you not like WBSS? Lmao)
 
What's really puzzling to me is that the Estate (or Spotify themselves, maybe?) have changed how MJ's music is streamed (here at least).

Since at least 2009, it's been Number Ones that has been the album of MJ's that has hovered around the top 100 albums here in Ireland. All of the top songs were streamed as part of that album. All of a sudden last year, Number Ones dropped off the face of the earth and The Essential has now replaced Number Ones on the chart. So something changed whereby the streams are counted towards The Essential and no longer Number Ones.
 
wonderouzmj said:
NOBODY INCLUDING THE GENERAL PUBLIC WANTS TO KEEP BUYING THE SAME SONGS OVER AND OVER!!!! If they wanna be creative with the soundtrack....they should hire AZURA. If you havent listened.....check out these
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They are literally releasing a remix album for the biopic and what I heard sounded amazing so yea, let‘s wait for official announcements before anyone blames the estate and Sony for this release. Fyi, this is a Sony release and not an estate project, therefore it doesn‘t make sense for blaming the estate on this one. This is a cool release tho and will definitely bought by a lot of people.
 
mjfp said:
Branca stated they have no plans to release either tracks following the acquisition but who knows really what is going to happen
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if they are actually doing another album, those songs are basically a lock imo. They were both considered for Xscape. I also think Hot Fun In The Summertime is a lock too. It’s not that I don’t believe you, I just have low expectations of them actually doing it.
 
innuendo141 said:
What's really puzzling to me is that the Estate (or Spotify themselves, maybe?) have changed how MJ's music is streamed (here at least).

Since at least 2009, it's been Number Ones that has been the album of MJ's that has hovered around the top 100 albums here in Ireland. All of the top songs were streamed as part of that album. All of a sudden last year, Number Ones dropped off the face of the earth and The Essential has now replaced Number Ones on the chart. So something changed whereby the streams are counted towards The Essential and no longer Number Ones.
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Sony
 
Inthestudiowithmj said:
if they are actually doing another album, those songs are basically a lock imo. They were both considered for Xscape. I also think Hot Fun In The Summertime is a lock too. It’s not that I don’t believe you, I just have low expectations of them actually doing it.
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They did cancel several projects close before finishing them in the past so that is totally valid
 
@mjfp do you know if the Estate still plans on releasing the remixes Brody Brown made in 2018? Sometime in 2022-2023 he said the songs he remixed would still see the light of day eventually.
 
mjfp said:
other than that as of June it was scheduled to release in 2026 and features songs from the Thriller, Bad and Dangerous sessions, no as that info is not public yet and I don‘t want to be the one who gets it out there
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I hope this comes to fruition. Only makes sense to release something big alongside the biopic.
 
mjfp said:
The DVD actually sounds a lot worse than the Vinyl will due to the audio source being the original u-matic video tapes of the short films
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Meh. It's a very high quality reproduction of the original source, as people originally heard on their TV.

mjfp said:
the CD and Vinyl are mastered from the original song master tapes. Vinyl even sounds subjectively more pleasing to the human ear than perfect digital music due to the analog chain, gentle saturation, and different mastering choices present on Vinyl
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Vinyl was never good to begin with, mainly due to the noise. But once you play it 3 times it degrades until it's even worse than streaming, lol.

mjfp said:
Vinyl is actually more popular in the mainstream than CDs
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Neither are popular formats. Again, people just aren't gonna be buying this in large quantities.

These days, "becoming a MJ fan" just means you streamed Billie Jean once.

Piek said:
What you consider 'inconvenient', is actually part of the fun for most owners of a record player.
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm a physical-only guy. I see the appeal. Within the last year I've listened to a cassette in my car. I've been in perhaps 6 record shops in the last 6 months.

I just mean that vinyl is inconvenient, because it's inconvenient. You can't listen while walking/driving/cycling down the road. You can't listen on a train or at the airport. You can't skip tracks. It's just - incompatible with modern life.

Piek said:
May be it's not for you, and may be I am too poetic about it, but I think there are a lot of people enjoying it in the same way.
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The much hyped "vinyl revival" isn't actually a real thing. The numbers are tiny. But the hype from record companies is immense. Probably because everything costs $50-100. Anybody paying that is being ridden hard. So I can see why Sony would want you to think everybody else is buying vinyl.

Besides, 90% of the people buying vinyl don't/can't actually play them. They're just hoping the value goes up so they can eBay it for a profit.

webslinger said:
if people cared they can find better for not too much. i bought original copies of off the wall and bad off ebay in excellent condition and neither broke the bank
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Exactly. You can find any MJ album on CD for $1.

innuendo141 said:
People that don't get it just tend to knock it though.
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I get why people would find it quaint. The first MJ album I listened to all the way through was Bad on vinyl.

I'm just saying that it's expensive and inconvenient. That's why I knock it.

That, and because this particular release is just a gimmick that won't resonate with the public because there are already better alternatives, and because people don't actually want to own music any more.
 
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It wouldn't make sense to release a best of album for the biopic Number ones ultimate Collection the essential King of Pop Album this It it enough
 
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