bboy87 said:

Nope, tour promoter AEG Entertainment owned all the footage, but sold over 80 hours to Sony in order to make the "This is It" film.

ViintageJunkiie said:

That's one period that gets overlooked. 1979-1982 is almost a mystery

Destiny/Off The Wall Tour
Off The Wall album
Off The Wall promo tour (which we don't have much info on)
Triumph album
Triumph Tour
DID THEY EVEN PROMOTE TRIUMPH?! You don't hear about tv appearances or autograph signings.... yet the album went platinum and had 4 hit singles

and now we find out about him making appearances at the 1982 Budweiser Superfest...

ViintageJunkiie said:

That's one period that gets overlooked. 1979-1982 is almost a mystery

Destiny/Off The Wall Tour
Off The Wall album
Off The Wall promo tour (which we don't have much info on)
Triumph album
Triumph Tour
DID THEY EVEN PROMOTE TRIUMPH?! You don't hear about tv appearances or autograph signings.... yet the album went platinum and had 4 hit singles

and now we find out about him making appearances at the 1982 Budweiser Superfest...

bboy87 said:

Yeah 1979-82 was rather secretive to me .. i havent seen much footage of promotion from that era. Budweiser Superfest? Any pix from that event?

ViintageJunkiie said:

And the thing is it wasn't like Michael disappeared, he was actually very active between 1979 and 1982, lol

Timmy84 said:

Very busy! It's amazing how MJ was able to stay out of the light the way he did back then. Can you imagine 1978-1989 era MJ in the limelight in 2009? Paparazzi would have a field day with him

ViintageJunkiie said:

For real. It'd been a mess.

Timmy84 said:

I would have felt so bad for him! and imagine the reports we would have been hearing about the pepsi & vitiligo events

ViintageJunkiie said:

Exactly. Tabloidism and media coverage was much different when I was born in the mid-1980s.

Timmy84 said:

yeah, i was born in 86. By the time the media turned into scavengers, MJ was already retreating from the world. I still can't believe the way the dogged him out ..

The New song is called THIS IS IT according to roger freakman from fox news.

Exclusive: Jacko Movie, Soundtrack Have New Song


By: Roger Friedman // Monday September 21, 2009
Here’s something new I can tell you now exclusively: Michael Jackson’s “This is It” film will include a brand new song, which Michael wrote for the tour.

The song is called “This is It.” After Jackson died, it was finished by producer John McClain, who is also one of Michael’s executors.

The new song will be included in the film and on the two-CD soundtrack scheduled for release right after the movie has its two-week run. I told you months ago when the movie was being shopped that it would be accompanied by a soundtrack. As I pointed out, Jackson has never had a “live” album.

Even the Jackson family should be surprised by the new song, but they’ll hear it when they see the first draft of the movie, sources say, in the next week.

http://showbiz411.blogs.t...this-is-i/

seeingvoices12 said:

Slowly but surely the details are emerging. Thanks!

Copycat said:

I get 2 vibes from the title track

1. It's gonna sound like the song "HIStory"
2. It's gonna sound like "For All Time"

Copycat said:

I get 2 vibes from the title track

1. It's gonna sound like the song "HIStory"
2. It's gonna sound like "For All Time"

Timmy84 said:

I know the materiel that went unreleased for the Invincible sessions could make up another 2 or 3 albums....maybe more.

ViintageJunkiie said:

Anything is possible , especially with MJ, who would ever though the song "Invinicble" would be about a girl ,when I first read the title I though it will be about him being invincible.


But I don't know, I don' think its a ballad.

wait some fans said that the song has some Orchestra so its a ballad?
[Edited 9/21/09 17:56pm]

'This Is It Album' Details
Press Release

September 23


On October 12th, the first new Michael Jackson song to emerge since the world mourned the loss of this musical icon will be released – a brand new single entitled "This Is It."

Soon after, Sony Music Entertainment's Columbia/Epic Label Group will release the two-disc album This Is It featuring the music that inspired Sony Pictures' forthcoming film 'Michael Jackson's This is It'. This two-disc album will be available internationally on October 26th and North America on October 27th to coincide with the worldwide release of the motion picture which arrives in theaters on October 28th and runs for a limited two-week engagement.

"This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows - that Michael is one of God's greatest gifts," comments John McClain, co-producer of the album.

Disc one will feature the original album masters of some of Michael's biggest hits arranged in the same sequence as they appear in the film.

The disc ends with two versions of the never-released "This Is It." This song is featured in the film's closing sequence and includes backing vocals by Michael's brothers, the Jacksons.

Disc two offers previously unreleased versions of some of the artist's classic tracks. This disc also features a touching spoken word poem from Michael Jackson entitled "Planet Earth" that has never been heard before.

The two-disc This is It is a stand-alone companion to the motion picture and includes a 36-page, commemorative booklet featuring exclusive photos of Michael from his last rehearsal.
[Edited 9/23/09 10:54am]

Acorn? I'll bite... you're joking, right?

Superstition said:

He means Akon, and is referring to the duet that MJ and Akon did, called "Hold My Hand". It's a great song, but due to it being leaked, has not been officially released. It was the last new material than anyone heard from MJ before he passed, it leaked sometime last year.
[Edited 9/23/09 12:48pm]