THE RECORD(S) OF THE WEEK:
MICHAEL JACKSON BEST II LP
MUSIC DESIGN RECORDS/AFIDNO MDRC-1063
MICHAEL JACKSON BEST II CD
DAIKEI/AFIDNO DRC-347
 

Among the obscure releases all over the world, here we have a set of korean best of - lp & cd format - that a lot of collectors consider as an official release. In deed, at the time it was hard to determine which press was official - and legally authorized - and which not. A lot of releases from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were officially licensed by Epic records and released with minor companies, so this could be one of that. By the way, the wonderful sleeve worth the purchase, even though the lp looks more a professional release than the cd itself. The set contains a selection of tracks from 2 Michael Jackson's album ("Thriller" and "Bad" - so no "Off the wall" or Jacksons tracks), for a total of 12 tracks.

TODAY'S WELCOME TO THE SHOWROOM:
THE WIZ JAPAN LASER DISCS
1ST RELEASE (PINK OBI) : 
CICVIDEO SF098-0084
2ND RELEASE (BLUE OBI) : 
CICVIDEO PILF1067
 

A wonderful double set of laser discs joins today the Showroom.
Both laserdiscs come from Japan, and they're the very first release of "The Wiz" with a pink obi, and the "special price" reissue with a blue obi, parft of the "EverGreen" collection released by Cicvideo.
Curiously, I think that the second release is rarer than the first press. I often saw the pink obi version on auction sites, but never - before my purchase - the blue one.

THE RECORD(S) OF THE WEEK:
HISTORY BEGINS
-HISTORY BEGINS PROMO 1 TRACK (BLUE) XPCD654
-HISTORY BEGINS PROMO 4 TRACKS (RED) XPCD655
-HISTORY BEGINS PROMO ADVANCE ALBUM (GREEN) 
 15 TRACKS XPCD656

This week, the item(s) chosen for the prestigious "Record of the week" place, are 3 papaersleeve cds sent to radio stations, to promote the forthcoming (at the time) release of the "HIStory" album. All 3 cds have a white background artwork, with the title "HIStory begins" on it in 3 different colours : blue, red and green.
The blue version contains only 1 track (a special megamix of the hits included on the first HIStory cd), the red one have 4 tracks (Rock with you, Beat it, Billie Jean & Don't stop), while the green version is a truly "sampler" album including the full content of the "HIStory" cd 1.
Each cd have a colour artwork matching the one on the sleeve, and all 3 report the writing "limited edition".
I can't say whcih one is the rarest, but the 'red' one with 4 tracks seems the most difficult to find, and the 'green' one the most common.

HISTORY BEGINS XPCD654

HISTORY BEGINS XPC655

HISTORY BEGINS XPCD656

Today's WELCOME TO THE SHOWROOM:
MOONWALKER ITALY PC GAME
FUTURA GAMES/KIXX

A relevant new item arrived today in the Showroom : it's an italian version of the "Moonwalker" game, released by FuturaGames in conjuction with the KIXX, exclusive release for pc, at the time.
It is housed in a large box (8'' tall and 6'' large) and it contains the Moonwalker game splitted on 2 floppy disks, as well as a little booklet with a brief story and instructions.
This is one of the rarest edition of the game "Moonwalker".

...We'll never let you part
for you're always
IN OUR HEARTS. 

          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHAEL!!!

SURPRISE VIDEO 

Today's ON THE AIR : 
HEAL THE WORLD
HEAL THE WORLD USA PROMO FIRST AID KIT 
BAG+CD SINGLE
HEAL THE WORLD CD AUSTRIA EPIC 658488 2

"If you want to know why
There's love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares of joyful giving
If we try we shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear of dread
We stop existing and start living
The it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
So make a better world
Make a better place
Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me..."

HEAL THE WORLD (LIVE @ 1993 SUPERBOWL) 

Today's ON THE AIR:
"BABY BE MINE"
THRILLER USA LONGBOX CD
EPIC EK 38112

"I don't need no dreams when I'm by your side
Every moment takes me to paradise
Darlin', let me hold you
Warm you in my arms and melt your fears away
Show you all the magic that a perfect love can
Make
I need you night and day
So baby, be mine (baby you gotta be mine)
And girl I'll give you all I got to give
So baby, be my girl (all the time)
And we can share this ecstasy
As long as we believe in love..."


BABY BE MINE