Twenty-five years ago – on Saturday, Dec. 1, 1982 – Jackson delivered “Thriller,” a terse nine-song set that threw so huge a boulder into the pop pool that it ripples to this day.
It wasn’t just the music: “Thriller’s” related products and performances affected video, dance and fashion on levels that had to do with everything from esthetics to race.
To commemorate such a startling divide, The News has learned, Jackson’s former record company, Sony, plans to issue a commemorative package of the classic work on Feb. 5.
The set will combine “Thriller’s” original songs with four remixes of its hits, overseen by Kanye West, will.i.am and Akon. An additional track, titled “For All Time” – cut back in the day but left out of the initial set – will be included, along with a DVD that collects the star’s most iconic video footage from the era.
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