MICHAEL JACKSON “Off the Wall” wlp WHITE PROMO LP EPIC gatefold NM orig ‘79 WOW

$

55

Artists:  MICHAEL JACKSON

Title:   “Off the Wall”

Label:   EPIC ~ FR-35745.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl. 

Label is WHITE PROMOTIONAL with black text.  

Year: 1979.

NOTE:  This album came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be continuing to offer many investment grade colored vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items from the collection in the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

DISC:  NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found except a few very light paper scuffs.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb. 

JACKET:   Gatefold jacket is also NEAR MINT, with clean and bright panels.   Seams, spine, and surfaces are excellent.  Gold Promotional embossing is on the back of the jacket.  No writing, stickers, or deletion/cutout indications.  Overall a beautiful jacket you will be proud to display.  

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
• Rock with You
• Working Day and Night
• Get on the Floor  

Side Two:

• Off the Wall
• Girlfriend
• She’s Out of My Life
• I Can’t Help It
• It’s the Falling In Love
• Burn the Disco Out

Review:

“Michael Jackson had recorded solo prior to the release of Off the Wall in 1979, but this was his breakthrough, the album that established him as an artist of astonishing talent and a bright star in his own right.  This was a visionary album, a record that found a way to break disco wide open into a new world where the beat was undeniable, but not the primary focus -- it was part of a colorful tapestry of lush ballads and strings, smooth soul and pop, soft rock, and alluring funk.  Its roots hearken back to the Jacksons' huge mid-'70s hit "Dancing Machine," but this is an enormously fresh record, one that remains vibrant and giddily exciting years after its release.  This is certainly due to Jackson's emergence as a blindingly gifted vocalist, equally skilled with overwrought ballads as "She's Out of My Life" as driving dancefloor shakers as "Working Day and Night" and "Get on the Floor," where his asides are as gripping as his delivery on the verses.  It's also due to the brilliant songwriting, an intoxicating blend of strong melodies, rhythmic hooks, and indelible construction.  Most of all, its success is due to the sound constructed by Jackson and producer Quincy Jones, a dazzling array of disco beats, funk guitars, clean mainstream pop, and unashamed (and therefore affecting) schmaltz that is utterly thrilling in its utter joy.  This is highly professional, highly crafted music, and its details are evident, but the overall effect is nothing but pure pleasure.  Jackson and Jones expanded this approach on the blockbuster Thriller, often with equally stunning results, but they never bettered it.”

(courtesy Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com.)

Guaranteed to be original and authentic.  I do not sell bootlegs or modern reissues.

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