That doesn’t mean Thriller won’t sound good, but it is, of course, an important distinction. Update Nov 2022: Mobile Fidelity’s reputation was damaged by the revelations that despite claiming to always use the original analogue mastertapes for these ‘One-Step’ pressings, they’ve actually been using digital transfers of said master tapes. In the UK you can pre-order the SACD via this link. Believe it or not, £90 is actually a very good price for one of these releases! More info for and pre-order links for international fans, here. These ‘One Step’ vinyl sets are normally close to impossible to get hold of in the UK but you can pre-order the Thriller edition here. Mobile Fidelity claim that “every UD1S pressing serves as an immaculate replica of the lacquer sourced directly from the original master tape”. If you are not familiar with the latter, instead of utilising the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) uses only one step, “bypassing two processes of generational loss and thereby revealing extra musical detail and dynamics otherwise lost due to the standard copying process”. There will be a new SACD edition, ”mastered from the original analog master tapes and housed in mini-gatefold sleeve packaging” and also a MoFi UltraDisc One-Step vinyl box set (“strictly limited to 40,000 numbered copies”). One very interesting element to this campaign is that Sony have authorised two audiophile editions of the album, licensing to Mobile Fidelity. Four years ago Sony issued a picture disc version of Thriller along Jackson’s other albums. The CD version of this anniversary release included a DVD with promo videos and the ‘legendary’ Billie Jean peformance from Motown 25. In 2006, US fans got a stereo-only SACD of the album and two years after that, ‘Thriller 25’ added some ill-advised Will.I.Am, Kanye West and Akon remixes of the classic singles and included yet another song from the Thriller sessions: ‘For All Time’. The Extra Terrestrial) and ‘Carousel’ and various interviews and voiceovers. After a torturous ‘reveal’ process those 10 bonus tracks are now announced and can be seen in the track listing below, Thriller reissue hiSTORYĪ special edition of Thriller was issued in 2001 with a bonus CD of extra content that included the home demo of ‘Billie Jean’ the songs ‘Someone In The Dark’ (originally recorded for the storybook album E.T.
The world’s biggest selling album of all time™ has revised cover art, with updated typography and will be issued on vinyl (album only) and as a two-CD set with “bonus material including previously unreleased demos”. Michael Jackson’s 1982 album Thriller (you may have heard of it) is to be reissued for its 40th anniversary later this year.