[2016-02-26] Michael Jackson "Off The Wall (Deluxe Edition)" CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray sets (Epic/Legacy)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2016 7:01 pm

Description
This exclusive edition of Michael Jackson's revolutionary 1979 recording Off The Wall includes the original album bundled with the new documentary Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, directed by Spike Lee. The deluxe softpak includes a 16-page booklet containing a new essay and photography plus a piece of chalk and inside panels with a chalkboard finish.

The importance of Michael Jackson's Off the Wall cannot be overstated. Recorded when he was just 20-years-old, the album heralded Michael s emancipation as a singular musical force and creative visionary. It's the record that "invented modern pop as we know it" according to Rolling Stone magazine. It smashed the ceiling on record sales for black artists, ushering in an exciting new era of R&B-to-pop crossover airplay, chart, marketing and sales trends not seen before in modern pop music. Written by Michael Jackson, the first single from Off The Wall, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," was Michael's first Grammy and first single to hit No. 1 in the U.S. and internationally as a solo artist. With the singles "Rock With You," "Off the Wall" and "She's Out of My Life," Jackson became the first solo artist in history to have four singles from the same album peak inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

For Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, director Spike Lee assembles a wealth of archival footage, including material from Michael's personal archive, interviews with contemporary talents and family members, and Michael's own words and image to create this insightful chronicle from the star's early rise to fame through the release of this seminal album. A look at a chapter of his career that is rarely examined, Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall allows audiences to travel with Michael as he gets his start at Motown, strikes a new path with CBS Records, and forges a relationship with legendary producer Quincy Jones. An illuminated portrait emerges of how an earnest, passionate, hard-working boy would become the "King of Pop."

Tracklist
[CD]
1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
2. Rock With You
3. Workin' Day And Night
4. Get On The Floor
5. Off The Wall
6. Girlfriend
7. She's Out Of My Life
8. I Can't Help It
9. It's The Falling In Love
10. Burn This Disco Out

[DVD or Blu-ray]
1. Documentary: Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

CD/DVD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A7EOJLY/?tag=imwan-20

CD/Blu-ray
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A7SPB3A/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2016 7:01 pm

There's no information available yet, so pre-order with caution. (In fact, Sony's initial solicitation refers to the above only as "MJ's Wall Legacy Edition" with no details at all.)

On the same day, Sony Special Products will be issuing the new 2016 remaster of Off The Wall separately as a budget CD:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A7EOJKU/?tag=imwan-20

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Hmmmm...this is such a great album, but I can't imagine the DVD offers much worthwhile.

I'm curious.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:57 pm

Bump: Sony quickly follows up with the announcement of a CD/Blu-ray edition, now linked in the first post along with the CD/DVD set.

TSmithPage · **Joined:** 20 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 3671

I actually prefer this album to Thriller. It'd be great if the Blu Ray included a hi Rez or multi channel mix of the album.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

TSmithPage wrote:

I actually prefer this album to Thriller. It'd be great if the Blu Ray included a hi Rez or multi channel mix of the album.

I prefer this to Thriller as well.

In fact, I think it's MJ's best.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:53 pm

Well, that was a brief preview. Both of the Legacy Editions are already gone from Amazon. Stay tuned for their triumphant return.

RobertSwanderson · 01 Jan 2007

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

TSmithPage wrote:

I actually prefer this album to Thriller. It'd be great if the Blu Ray included a hi Rez or multi channel mix of the album.

I prefer this to Thriller as well.

In fact, I think it's MJ's best.

Those songs were everywhere.

Actorman · **Joined:** 30 Jun 2010 **Posts:** 192

Hopefully, they will restore the original cover art.

Kym · 11 Nov 2006

Actorman wrote:

Hopefully, they will restore the original cover art.

Seconded.
And hopefully they'll restore the original mixes of "Rock With You" and "Get On The Floor", or at least include them as bonus tracks.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

"She's Out of My Life" is a frickin' great song.

Gets me every time.

I also hope the cover art and original mixes appear.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

I'm hearing NO bonus cuts, and the DVD is the same as the Spike Lee documentary airing on Showtime in February.

Legacy Edition my ass.

Don't know if it's newly remastered and if the original mixes are included but I will pass.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:16 pm

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

I'm hearing NO bonus cuts, and the DVD is the same as the Spike Lee documentary airing on Showtime in February.

Yep, that's exactly what it is.

Pre-order links are back up at Amazon (see the first post of this thread) along with the tracklist. Sony's solicitation says it's newly remastered (and also continues to call it a "Legacy Edition", BTW, but I've changed that to simply "Deluxe" in our thread title). Collectors who would just like the remastered CD by itself should opt for the separate budget release which comes out on the same day:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A7EOJKU/?tag=imwan-20

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

At what point did the original mixes get replaced? Are there any CDs with them? Or were they just substituted when the CD Special Edition came out in 2001? I tried reading the Wikipedia page about it but there were so many mixes I lost track! It looks like Legacy could release a full-length CD with just different "Rock with You" permutations.
Not a bad idea, actually...

Momo · 22 Jun 2007

I just noticed this from the Description in the first post: "The deluxe softpak includes a 16-page booklet containing a new essay and photography plus a piece of chalk and inside panels with a chalkboard finish."

Really? :roll:

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:13 pm

Jason Michael wrote:

At what point did the original mixes get replaced? Are there any CDs with them? Or were they just substituted when the CD Special Edition came out in 2001? I tried reading the Wikipedia page about it but there were so many mixes I lost track! It looks like Legacy could release a full-length CD with just different "Rock with You" permutations.
Not a bad idea, actually...

This is the first CD pressing of Off The Wall from 1983, with the original mixes:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002663J/?tag=imwan-20

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

Actorman wrote:

Hopefully, they will restore the original cover art.

I thought this was the original cover art.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:20 pm

Dr. Chris Evil wrote:

Actorman wrote:

Hopefully, they will restore the original cover art.

I thought this was the original cover art.

Actorman posted that before we had a cover image up.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Linda wrote:

Jason Michael wrote:

At what point did the original mixes get replaced? Are there any CDs with them? Or were they just substituted when the CD Special Edition came out in 2001? I tried reading the Wikipedia page about it but there were so many mixes I lost track! It looks like Legacy could release a full-length CD with just different "Rock with You" permutations.
Not a bad idea, actually...

This is the first CD pressing of Off The Wall from 1983, with the original mixes:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002663J/?tag=imwan-20

Thanks!

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

TSmithPage wrote:

I actually prefer this album to Thriller. It'd be great if the Blu Ray included a hi Rez or multi channel mix of the album.

I prefer this to Thriller as well.

In fact, I think it's MJ's best.

Same here.

RoyalScam · 04 Oct 2006

I absolutely feel this is MJ's best album. Better than everything that came afterward, though Thriller came very, very close.

The way they're treating it in reissue-land is just atrocious. This is a step backward from the last remaster, not forward. Only saving grace is that we don't have to endure any modern EDM and/or Rap-infused remixes as bonus tracks.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:24 pm

Bump: Updated the cover image in the first post. (It's now the full body shot.)

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