{"id":3195,"date":"2010-09-09T23:02:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=3195"},"modified":"2010-09-09T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:02:34","slug":"new-album-hindered-by-delays-no-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/09\/new-album-hindered-by-delays-no-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"New Album Hindered By Delays &#038; No Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/michael_jackson.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"michael_jackson\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3197\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An album of Michael Jackson\u2018s unreleased music is still for a November release from Sony. But really, among the insiders, no one knows what\u2019s going to be on it. Or if it will be ready in time. The word is that Sony\/Columbia Records chief Rob Stringer recently made a trip west to see what the heck is going on. It\u2019s unclear what he found.<\/p>\n<p>In the Jackson world, things are vaguer than ever on this subject.<\/p>\n<p>Sources tell Showbiz411 &#8211; there are different camps working on different tracks, and that at some point someone is going to have to make some decisions. <\/p>\n<p>Producer Rodney Jerkins is working on a few tracks. Some of them may be from a group of songs Michael recorded with Eddie Cascio in his New Jersey home studio three summers ago.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, John McClain \u2013 Jackson\u2019s co-executor and long time family friend\u2013 is said to be working on some songs with Michael\u2019s brother Jackie Jackson. Jackie was recently put on the estate\u2019s payroll as a family liaison. He\u2019s said to be the \u201cmost reasonable\u201d of the Jackson brothers, and the one with whom everyone gets along. 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