History MICHAEL JACKSON Past Present & Future Book 3 LP

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Michael Jackson / History - Past, Present And Future (Book 1) - CBS/Epic Records E3-59000 S1 (1995)(US) ...This auction is for a Limited Edition, factory Sealed Triple Record on U.S. Vinyl. The brand new Records and Box Cover (with title sticker) are in perfect (Mint) condition. Satisfaction Guaranteed. This record will include a plastic outer sleeve. For payment please use Paypal (other payments are are no longer accepted due to eBay’s new policy. If that is a problem, please let them know and notify me to work something out). Payment and Shipping information is listed below. All items are shipped worldwide. Specialized shipping is extra ~ Not responsible for uninsured items ~ Insurance (US prices only) is $2.50 for $5.00 to $100.00 in coverage (Foreign Insurance can be expensive and complicated) ...Thank you (This is a secondary site. For my actual feedback rating, please refer to my original seller site with seller name beatcity02) (Click the (me) file next to the feedback score for our seller profile)

Track Listing

HIStory Begins
Side 1:
1. Billie Jean
2. Way You Make Me Feel, The
3. Black or White
4. Rock With You
5. She's Out of My Life
6. Bad

Side 2:
1. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
2. Man in the Mirror
3. Thriller
4. Beat It
5. The Girl Is Mine

Side 3:
1. Remember the Time
2. Don't Stop til You Get Enough
3. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
4. Heal the World

HIStory Continues
Side 4:
1. Scream - (with Janet Jackson)
2. They Don't Care About Us
3. Stranger in Moscow
4. This Time Around
5. Earth Song

Side 5:
1. D.S.
2. Money
3. Come Together
4. You Are Not Alone
5. Childhood
6. Tabloid Junkie

Side 6:
1. 2 Bad
2. History
3. Little Susie
4. Smile

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Michael Jackson (vocals, various instruments); L.T.B., Vincent Price (vocals); Jeff Mirinov, Michael Thompson, Rob Hoffman, Jen Leigh, David Williams, Marlo Henderson, Christopher Currell, Paul Jackson, Dean Parks (guitar); Bill Bottrell (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion); Steve Lukather (guitar, bass); Paul Peabody (violin); David Paich (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Rod Temperton, Chuck Wild (keyboards, synthesizer); Steve Porcaro (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, Rhodes, synthesizer); Nathan East (bass); Ndugu Chancler, John Robinson (drums); Ollie E. Brown, Richard Heath (percussion); Christa Larson, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters (background vocals).
Producers include: Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson.
HISTORY BOOK 1 contains one disc of Jackson's greatest hits and one disc of all-new songs. It features a 52-page booklet with liner notes by Janet Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor, as well as many never-before-seen photographs.
HISTORY BOOK 1 was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. "You Are Not Alone" was nominated for Grammy Awards for Song Of The Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and the Michael Jackson-Janet Jackson duet "Scream" was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.
Michael Jackson's monumental collection HISTORY BOOK 1 seeks to make two points. The first half--chock full of hits spanning Jackson's Epic Records solo career--tries to establish how the so-called King of Pop earned that nickname in the first place; the second half, featuring fifteen new, star-studded tracks, makes a case for him holding onto that royal moniker well into the next century. And though many may dismiss both directives as the product of Jackson camp hype, once the music begins it's hard to deny him any title he wishes to bestow upon himself.
All of the songs on HISTORY's first part have already been ingrained in the minds of the radio-listening, MTV-watching public. From the funky disco of 1979's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," through the countless and diverse THRILLER hits ("Billie Jean," "The Girl Is Mine," etc.), to the anthemic peace-in-our-time ballad "Heal The World," Jackson's star-power-fueled singles invested the mainstream with black pop's soulfulness to the point where black pop became the mainstream. And Jackson, subsequently, became pop's king.
On the second part, Jackson tries to retain a hold over his current empire while moving toward a more street-wise, hip-hop-tinged pop. "Scream," a duet with sister Janet, is prototypical. The beats are cold and stone-hard, and effuse grey noise electric discharges. Yet after multiple listens the song's simple chorus and minimalist melody imbed themselves in the cranium. Same goes for the mildly controversial "They Don't Care About Us," where Jackson near-raps a stream of nonsequiturs, amidst various urban-life samples, over a busy hip-hop beat. In fact, considering hip-hop's deep influence on HISTORY's new tracks, it seems the King has seen the future of his kingdom and has begun to act accordingly.

Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...HISTORY is basically an appeal on behalf of the rich and famous....the metallic clatter of jackhammer rhythms and Michael's own complaints remain this record's defining features...
Q (08/01/1995)

...incorporates tougher musical textures and deliberately `blacker' vocal inflections....more open about expressing negative emotions....also more pointed about political and racial issues, moving from...safe genralities...to more controversial stances...
Musician (09/01/1995)

3.5 Stars - Good - ...HISTORY's ultimate goal is to position Michael Jackson's music as a planet, a genre, a law....As time passes and singles break, maybe those superhuman plans will touch back down on earth.
Rolling Stone (08/10/1995)