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lunedì 5 settembre 2016

BLAST FROM THE PAST :
THE 5 USA THRILLER 25 EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS

"It's close to midnight and an exclusive edition's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sticker that almost stops your heart..."

THRILLER 25 USA CD
EPIC/SONY LEGACY 88697 17986 2 (ORIGINAL CAT.#)

2008 was the year the whole world celebrated 25 years from the release of the HIStorical "Thriller", the best-selling album of ALL TIME.
Epic/Sony released 5 different versions for the U.S. market (PICTURE #1), with an exclusive bonus track each, given as exclusive to a selected list of retailers. The 4 stores selected are : the "Circuit city",the "Best buy",the "Walmart" & the "Target", while one edition was reserved to the independent music stores.
The records looks all the same, the bonus tracks are not mentioned in the backcover songs list, they all have the same catalogue numbers (even though the original barcode is hidden by a new stickered one), and the only way to recognize them is to look at the sticker they have on their front covers.
Here they are the details for each exclusive edition:

-THRILLER 25 'BEST BUY' EXCLUSIVE
BONUS TRACK : Thriller (1982 Def remix)
barcode : 88697 233402 8 (PICS#2&3)
-THRILLER 25 'CIRCUIT CITY' EXCLUSIVE
BONUS TRACK : Wanna be startin'somethin' (1982 Dance mix)
barcode : 88697 233412 8 (PICS #4&5)
-THRILLER 25 'INDEPENDENT MUSIC STORES' EXCLUSIVE
BONUS TRACK : Billie Jean (1982 Radio edit remix)
barcode : 88697 233422 8 (PICS #6&7)
-THRILLER 25 'TARGET' EXCLUSIVE
BONUS TRACK : Billie Jean (1982 Club remix)
barcode : 88697 233392 8 (PICS #8&9)
-THRILLER 25 'WALMART' EXCLUSIVE BOXSET
BONUS DVD : Number Ones (PICS #10&11)
barcode : 88697 229280 8
NOTE : 2 Longbox editions have been released too in USA, and probably they are both exclusive releases, but for some unknown (at least, to me) retailers.

THRILLER 25 ENSEMBLE