One White Glove

This Is It: The Music that Inspired the Movie - 12” Promo

To celebrate what would have been the 52nd Birthday of the King of Pop, One White Glove is proud to present this special gift to all of his fans.

This “rare promo 12-inch” was purchased on e-bay and is said to be a special promotional item for Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Unlike the 4-disc LP set, this features only the tracks from the second bonus disc of the CD release of This Is It as well as 2 Bonus “Rare” tracks.

The authenticity of this album, however, is questionable. While the pressing itself is fairly decent, and appears to be legitimate, the fact that there are several typo’s on the back cover (see included photos), no catalogue information of any sorts (apart from the number scratched into the dead-wax of the vinyl itself), the cover itself is printed on fairly light stock (and is clearly the regular artwork resized to 12 inches by 12 inches, meaning lots of compression artifacts are visible), and most importantly, the fact that the version of Hot Street that is included is actually a fan made remix leads me to believe that it is not an official promotional item.

That said, the quality of the tracks is all fantastic, and the vinyl itself sounds pretty great. It’s just not worth the rather exorbitant price I paid (hoping that the included version of “Hot Street” would be an official mix from Sony/The Estate).

The album was ripped using my Thorens TD 145 turntable with a Grado cartridge, and then fed through my Radio Shack SSM-8030 Stereo Mixer’s pre-amp and finally into my MacBook Pro where it was recorded at 44KhZ/16bit AIFF, and then subsequently transcoded to FLAC. There has been no cleanup on the files themselves - what you get is what came out of the vinyl. No EQ, or Noise Reduction, or Pop Clean-up. I figured I’d leave that to the experts.

At any rate, we hope you enjoy this disc and share it with all.

Happy Birthday Michael. Long Live the King.

L.O.V.E.

TRACKLISTING
SIDE A:

A1 - This Is It

A2 - Planet Earth (Poem)

A3 - She’s Out of My Life (Demo)

A4 - Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Demo)

SIDE B:

B1 - This Is It (Orchestra Version)

B2 - Beat It (Demo)

B3 - Hot Street (Bonus Rare Track)