TMZ Sheds Light onto Cascio Vocal Concerns →
TMZ tries to shed some light regarding the issue with the vocals on the Cascio tracks. Of course, once again, the stories don’t quite add up:
If these “scratch tracks” (demos) were recorded in 2007, why would he be planning to take them to London in 2009 to finish them up.
It’s possible that Levin misspoke, but it’s also possible that someone is still lying through their teeth.
Keep Your Head Up (To the Sky)
While the first official single doesn’t drop until tomorrow, here’s another taste of the upcoming Michael Jackson album, Michael.
Just ignore the Earth Song adlibs at the end. No, seriously. Ignore them.
Sounds a lot more like Michael than Breaking News, though clearly lots of autotune is going on.
Still though, not as good as the gems still in the vaults.
Breaking News [Streaming Rip]
Much like we did for This Is It we are mirroring the streaming rip of Michael Jackson’s newest trackBreaking News. It will be removed once the album is officially released.
More importantly however, we are very interested on our reader’s thoughts on the authenticity of the track. A lot of debate is occurring regarding Jackson’s vocals on this track. Sony maintains it is Michael Jackson. The fans aren’t so sure… So what do you think? Is it Michael Jackson singing?
Breaking News - Snippet
A snippet of the upcoming single, Breaking News, from the upcoming album, Michael.
The full track is set to stream Monday on MichaelJackson.com
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)
B4 - Sunset Driver (Bonus Rare Track)
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Long Live the King…
One year ago. Today. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. It’s been a strange year to say the least, not least of which because of the events of today (many things happened in my own personal life that were unrelated). I remember as a boy I was a big fan of the Don McLean song “American Pie”, in which McLean sings about the death of Buddy Holly and how, for him (and many others), it was the day the music died. I also remember stories from my parents about the day John Lennon was shot and killed and how the world stopped. But that was their generation. For me, the day the music died was June 25th, 2009 when Michael Joseph Jackson passed away at the age of 50.
Video Statement from Katherine Jackson
June 26, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel VoicePlate.com presents “Forever Michael,” a red carpet event to pay tribute to the King Of Pop “Michael Jackson” on the anniversary of his death. Katherine Jackson also invites fans to endulge in her new book “Never Can Say Goodbye.”
