Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean"

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   There is a male voice "oh no" at 2:24 in the right channel on "Billie Jean" of the U.S. commercial 45. Although my vinyl LP "Thriller" is a Japanese pressing. This voice on the vinyl LP is very low. It's extreme. I couldn't hear it clearly.

Is the U.S. "Thriller" vinyl LP the same as the Japan LP?

Thanks.

--abagon 

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abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" Posted: 09 June 2010 at 12:40pm
	There is a male voice "oh no" at 2:24 in the right channel on "Billie Jean" of the U.S. commercial 45. Although my vinyl LP "Thriller" is a Japanese pressing. This voice on the vinyl LP is very low. It's extreme. I couldn't hear it clearly. Is the U.S. "Thriller" vinyl LP the same as the Japan LP? Thanks. --abagon

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: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 June 2010 at 2:25pm
	On the US pressing of the CD, the "oh no" is loud and clear. I'm not sure about the vinyl LP.

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: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 September 2010 at 6:33pm
	Bumping this back up, because we never got a clear answer for abagon. He emailed me dubs of the US 45 and Japanese LP. The "oh no" at 2:24 is definitely missing from the Japan LP. You can hear it bleeding through just barely, but it was deliberately removed from the mix. Is the US pressing like this?

edtop40 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 29 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote edtop40 Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 September 2010 at 7:38pm
	i don't have the "thriller" cd to help out on this one.....
	edtop40

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: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 September 2010 at 8:26pm
	I have the CD; it's the vinyl LP in question.

Steve Sharp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 08 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve Sharp Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 September 2010 at 11:18pm
	If no one else can help, give me some time to dig out my US vinyl album, and I'll have a listen.

mainrhythm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 August 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mainrhythm Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 September 2010 at 12:45am
	On both copies of my Thriller USA vinyl, you can hear it loud and clear.

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: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 September 2010 at 8:34am
	Mainrhythm, thanks for digging out your vinyl to check. It appears the Japanese pressing, for whatever reason, has a unique version.

abagon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 01 March 2008 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote abagon Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 September 2010 at 9:51am
	mainrhythm, Thank you very much for checking the vinyl LP. aaronk, Thank you very much for being interested in the missing "oh no" version. For all the message board members, Please listen to the missing "oh no" version on the You Tube. Click the following links, please. 1/at 2:25 2/at 2:26 3/at 2:22 --abagon

mainrhythm Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 30 August 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mainrhythm Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 September 2010 at 10:31am
	All of my versions on CD have the loud & clear "Oh No" except for one on a Mobile Beat compilation produced by TM Century. However, my TM Century GoldDisc is still the "Oh No" version.