Michael Jackson b-sides

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   Unlike contemporaries Madonna and especially Prince, Michael Jackson was less of a singles artist in terms of including a wide variety of material on the B-sides of his commercial singles.

There's certainly a lot of fun alternate mixes to be found on later releases, but early on the same songs found themselves repeated sometimes up to 4 times on the flipside of single releases.

As I no longer own a majority of these, would anyone be able to shed light on if any of the many B-side releases of "Get On The Floor", for example, differed from the first LP pressing mix (available on original Japanese CD pressings of "Off The Wall"), or if some of them actually utilized the remixed LP version (available on all subsequent US and international pressings of the same album).

Any info is greatly appreciated. =)

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Underground Dub Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Underground Dub Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Michael Jackson b-sides Posted: 24 November 2014 at 5:36pm
	Unlike contemporaries Madonna and especially Prince, Michael Jackson was less of a singles artist in terms of including a wide variety of material on the B-sides of his commercial singles. There's certainly a lot of fun alternate mixes to be found on later releases, but early on the same songs found themselves repeated sometimes up to 4 times on the flipside of single releases. As I no longer own a majority of these, would anyone be able to shed light on if any of the many B-side releases of "Get On The Floor", for example, differed from the first LP pressing mix (available on original Japanese CD pressings of "Off The Wall"), or if some of them actually utilized the remixed LP version (available on all subsequent US and international pressings of the same album). Any info is greatly appreciated. =) Edited by Underground Dub

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 206	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 November 2014 at 9:11pm
	I'd actually like to know this info, too, if anyone has already researched it. I do have all the stock singles from "Thriller" that I could check if needed, but I don't believe I have any from "Off The Wall."
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 November 2014 at 10:21pm
	Aaron, here are the four MJ stock 45s released from "Off The Wall", with the B-sides and their listed times included: -Epic 50742: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough/I Can't Help It (listed 4:29) -Epic 50797: Rock With You/Working Day And Night (listed 4:55) -Epic 50838: Off The Wall/Get On The Floor (listed 4:37) -Epic 50871: She's Out Of My Life/Get On The Floor (listed 4:37)

Brian W. Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 13 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brian W. Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 November 2014 at 5:28am
	I verified several years ago when making one of my A&B sides MJ comps that all three US 45 appearances of "Get on the Floor" were the remixed version. (As the running times would indicate, anyway... the original LP version is about ten seconds longer.) Edited by Brian W.

Underground Dub Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Underground Dub Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 November 2014 at 9:31am
	Thanks for the confirmation, Brian.