{"id":4876,"date":"2011-06-25T01:17:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T01:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2011-06-25T01:17:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T01:17:03","slug":"bruce-swedian-talks-thriller-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/bruce-swedian-talks-thriller-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Swedian Talks Thriller Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>For those fans who did not know, the title track on Michael Jackson\u2019s hit album \u201cThriller\u201d began life as a very different song &#8211; called \u201cStarlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethnomusicologist and Soundcheck contributing producer Patrick Rivers along with Bruce Swedien, the recording engineer behind the \u201cThriller\u201d sessions, to talk about the evolution of \u201cStarlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>INTERVIEW<\/p>\n<p><embed flashvars=\"file=http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/audio\/xspf\/141977\/&#038;repeat=list&#038;autostart=false&#038;popurl=http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/audio\/xspf\/141977\/%3Fdownload%3Dhttp%3A\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/audio.wnyc.org\/soundcheck\/soundcheck062211apod.mp3\" quality=\"high\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/media\/audioplayer\/red_progress_player_no_pop.swf\" height=\"29\" width=\"630\"><\/embed><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(){var s=function(){__flash__removeCallback=function(i,n){if(i)i[n]=null;};window.setTimeout(s,10);};s();})();<\/script><\/p>\n<p>STARLIGHT (ORIGINAL)<\/p>\n<p><embed flashvars=\"file=http:\/\/audio.wnyc.org\/soundcheck\/soundcheck062211_thriller.mp3&#038;repeat=list&#038;autostart=false&#038;popurl=http%3A\/\/audio.wnyc.org\/soundcheck\/soundcheck062211_thriller.mp3\" quality=\"high\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/media\/audioplayer\/red_progress_player_no_pop.swf\" height=\"29\" width=\"630\"><\/embed><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(){var s=function(){__flash__removeCallback=function(i,n){if(i)i[n]=null;};window.setTimeout(s,10);};s();})();<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/soundcheck\/2011\/jun\/22\/michael-jacksons-starlight\/\">WNYC<\/a\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those fans who did not know, the title track on Michael Jackson\u2019s hit album \u201cThriller\u201d began life as a very different song &#8211; called \u201cStarlight.\u201d Ethnomusicologist and Soundcheck contributing producer Patrick Rivers along with Bruce Swedien, the recording engineer behind the \u201cThriller\u201d sessions, to talk about the evolution of \u201cStarlight.\u201d INTERVIEW STARLIGHT (ORIGINAL) WNYC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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