martedì 28 febbraio 2017

Today's ON THE AIR : "STATE OF SHOCK"
JACKSONS "STATE OF SHOCK" 

UK PICTURE DISC 7''
EPIC WA4431

"...You gotta be mine 'cause you're so fine.
I like your style, it makes me wild.
You take it to me good, you like it, know, you should.
You get me on my knees, well, please, baby, please.
Listen: She looks so great, every time I see her face
She put me in a state, a state of shock.
Oh, do it, come on, baby, come on, baby, come on, baby.
She put me on my knees, please, baby, please.
I know you like to tease, please, baby, please.
You take it to me good, you like it, know, you should.
I love the way you walk and talk, baby, talk.
Listen: She looks so great everytime I see her face
She put me in a state, a state of shock!..."


STATE OF SHOCK 



venerdì 24 febbraio 2017

TODAY'S WELCOME TO THE SHOWROOM : AUSTRALIAN SHEET MUSIC
A lot of several sheet music from Australia is the new addition for the Showroom today. These wonderful sheets, with lyrics included, have an exclusive picture sleeve, different from the UK & the U.S, releases (especially the "Off the wall" ones). The singles taken from "Thriller" got an album picture sleeve - like the U.S. set - but this time, with different colour shades, which makes this set unique. The effort for these sheets for the singles discography of Michael is big - spanning a carrer of 30 years, from "Ben" to "Hold my hand", and their prices not always worth their purchase. I suggest to all the collectors who wants to get them, to be patient and wait for a good seller to find'em in mint conditions and without writings or damages...but - most important thing - at a good price : sometimes, buying them in lots could be a good deal, to save money on shipping costs that are often too high.


mercoledì 22 febbraio 2017

THE CANADIAN BLOOD CD IS ON THE DANCEFLOOR!
BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR 

CANADA 6 TRACKS MAXI CD
EPIC/SONY 49K78008

Here you can see a particular version of the "Blood on the dancefloor" cd single. This cd comes from Canada, and everytime I see a canadian press of this cd...I fopund it without the sticker. This sticker is very important to me : it's different from the one placed on the case of the other releases, and it contains the infos translated in french! Lately several canadian recently released cds have these stickers with both languages, but at the time, this was unusual. Also the Canada album press have a similar translated sticker...so if you want a complete collectors piece, be patient...the chance to get it with the sticker will come!


domenica 19 febbraio 2017

THE RECORD OF THE WEEK :
"GHOSTS" SPAIN PROMO VHS
EPIC/SONY/EL CORTE INGLES


This week, the Showroom chosen as "record of the week" a VHS. This is a promo video of the "Ghosts" video (I never played the vhs but I assume it contains the short 5'00'' version aired on MTV), released in 1997 in Spain ONLY. The video has an "El corte ingles" logo on the front side. El Corte Inglés is Spain's only remaining department store chain, as well as owner of several associated businesses like malls, petrol strations and travel agencies. I don't kn ow if this VHS was distributed to some of these companies as a gift for its customers buying the "Blood on the dancefloor" album, or if it's just a promotional advert. By the way, this VHS is not easy to find, and it worth around €50/70 euros, nowadays.


mercoledì 15 febbraio 2017

THE UNRELEASED ONE PART II : 
DECADE 1979-1989

We saw some daysd ago the unreleased "Butterflies" single. Now we havce, here, another "urban legend". In 1989, 2 years after the release of "Bad", Michael was planning a greatest hits release. Its name was "Decade 1979-1989". The idea was to release a double record with some classic hits and 4 unreleased songs. Who owns the last "Black & white" magazine issue, probably noticed the artowrk of the album (whenever it's true or not, I don't know), where the 4 "unreleased" tracks were : "It doesn't really matter" (work-in-progress of Who is it), "Come together" (released only on the movie "Moonwalker" at the time), "Heal the world" and another Beatles cover..."Strawberry fields forever"!! I wonder if it excist a complete demo of this song, and if Michael ever record it.
By the way...Michael had enough new songs to release a full album, so the double compilation lp turned into "Dangerous", a 14 new songs album. The idea of the double "hits" record became reality then with the release of the "HIStory" cd in 1995.
"Black & white" says only 3 copies of this album were relased, 2 of them owned by Sony employees (1 of them it's possibly Tommy Mottola?). In the pictures you can see alsoi an alternatiuve artwork, a first representation of Michael's eyes turned then in the well-known Dangerous circus cover.








domenica 12 febbraio 2017

THE RECORD OF THE WEEK : THE ESSENTIAL JAPAN SOUND+VISION CD/DVD SET
EPIC/SONY EICP20051-2


The Showroom wish to y'all an happy new year!!!!
May your 2017, collectors, be happy and full of new records to add to your collection!
This is a now rare "The essential" version released in Japan. It's a part of the "Sound+Vision" series, including an extra dvd. In this case, the DVD is - obviously - "Number ones".
The obi is different from the other japanese releases, and the whole set is stored in a fat "double-cd" case.



mercoledì 8 febbraio 2017

Today's ON THE AIR : 
"D.S." HISTORY AUSTRIA/GERMANY EPIC/SONY EPC 474709 2
"INCLUSIVE DES WETTEN DASS HIT SMILE" STICKER


"...They wanna get my ass
Dead or alive
You know he really tried to take me
Down by surpriseI bet he missioned with the CIA
He don't do half what he say

Dom Sheldon is a cold man
Dom Sheldon is a cold man
Dom Sheldon is a cold man
Dom Sheldon is a cold man

He out shock in every single way
He'll stop at nothing just to get his political say
He think he bad cause he's BSTA
I bet he never had a social life anyway
You think he brother with the KKK?
I know his mother never taught himright anyway
He want your vote just to remain TA.
He don't do half what he say

Dom Sheldon is a cold man
Dom Sheldon is a cold man
Dom Sheldon is a cold man
Dom Sheldon is a cold man..."


D.S./COME TOGETHER (HISTORY TOUR LIVE)


domenica 5 febbraio 2017

RECORD OF THE WEEK : SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND)
CANADA MARBLE VINYL EPIC 12E48307


The record of this week is a beautiful coloured "Shake your body"vinyl from Canada.
This limited edition comes with a marble yellow colour, and a generic Epic/CBS sleeve (different from the U.S. generic with woman lips, this has a woman legs). Also a black vinyl, more common than this one, have been released. To my knowledge, this is the only canadian coloured issue by Epic for the Jacksons discography. It'0s truly a beauty to see this marble yellow record spinning on the turntable and moving to the word "let's dance! let's shout! shake your body to the ground!"