Michael Jackson - Thriller

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	–Michael Jackson	Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Written-By – M. Jackson*
2	–Michael Jackson	Baby Be Mine Written-By – R. Temperton*
3	–Michael Jackson With Paul McCartney	The Girl Is Mine Written-By – M. Jackson*
4	–Michael Jackson	Thriller Rap – Vincent Price Written-By – R. Temperton*
5	–Michael Jackson	Beat It Written-By – M. Jackson*
6	–Michael Jackson	Billie Jean Written-By – M. Jackson*
7	–Michael Jackson	Human Nature Written-By – J. Bettis*, S. Porcaro*
8	–Michael Jackson	P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Written-By – J. Ingram*, Q. Jones*
9	–Michael Jackson	The Lady In My Life Written-By – R. Temperton*

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
• Manufactured By – Epic Records
• Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
• Made By – JVC, Japan
• Produced For – Quincy Jones Productions
• Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
• Recorded At – Westlake Audio
• Published By – Mijac Music
• Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
• Published By – Rodsongs
• Published By – Almo Music Corp.
• Published By – Porcara Music
• Published By – John Bettis Music
• Published By – Wb Music Corp.
• Published By – Nissman Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Han-Al Music
• Published By – Kings Road Music
• Published By – Yellow Brick Road Music

Credits

• Co-producer – Michael Jackson (tracks: 1, 5, 6)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Ettel, Steve Bates
• Engineer [Technical] – Matt Forger
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Mixed By, Recorded By – Bruce Swedien
• Producer – Quincy Jones
• Recorded By [Additional Sound Sources] – Humberto Gatica, Matt Forger

Notes

℗ 1982 CBS Inc./© 1982 CBS Inc

2nd pressing; manufactured in Japan, for sale in the US.
DIDP 20022 located under catalog # on the right side of the CD.

There is a note regarding the country of manufacturer on the insert and back cover: "Record manufactured in Japan by CBS/Sony, Tokyo, Japan". However, although **most** of the discs manufactured the US as part of this 2nd pressing **were** manufactured by CBS/Sony in Tokyo, a very small number were farmed out to JVC in Japan. (CBS/Epic/Columbia/etc. were notorious for not editing insert information on their early compact discs.) The white strip along the left of the back tray card contains a Compact Disc Digital Audio logo, and a UPC code.

Along with the unique DIDP 20022 2 E11 matrix, one other distinguishing feature of this disc is that the disc hub is clear & blank, with no embossed lettering in it.

So why is this particular disc in such demand? Due to a mastering error, most of the first-pressing "Thriller" discs have incorrect pre-emphasis flags in the disc's coding, which meant that the resulting sound of the CD was noticeably "thin" by comparison, containing much more treble than was intended by the album's creators. These 2nd pressing discs corrected that error, resulting in CDs that have a much more "natural" sound, considered by many collectors to be the closest to the original analog LP pressings. We would caution of course, that one should make their judgements about this issue. Completists will need to seek out his variant disc in any event, however, due to the small number of CDs that were manufactured by JVC for this press run. This is considered to be the hardest "Thriller" CD pressing to find.

As a final note, the original jewel cases for this JVC pressing are smooth-sided-- none of the edges are ribbed, or even "frosted" (as most early CD cases are), and are noticeably heavier than latter-day CD cases.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7464-38112-2
• Matrix / Runout: DIDP 20022 2 E11
• Other (Manufacturing Number): DIDP 20022

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
QE 38112	Michael Jackson	Thriller ‎(LP, Album, Pit)	Epic	QE 38112	US	1982
82876 84898 2	Michael Jackson	Thriller ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, S/Edition)	Epic	82876 84898 2	Russia	2001
EK 66073	Michael Jackson	Thriller ‎(CD, Album, RM, S/Edition, Gol)	Epic	EK 66073	US	2009
EPC 85930	Michael Jackson	Thriller ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Epic	EPC 85930	UK & Europe	1982
EK 38112	Michael Jackson	Thriller ‎(CD, Album)	Epic	EK 38112	US	1985