THIS IS FOR ONE RARE CANADIAN ISSUE FACTORY SEALED LP RECORD:

EPIC Records LP: Michael Jackson, Thriller

Record Made in CANADA

Pressing is in STEREO

Gate-Fold Jacket, Litho in Canada

Original inner record sleeve with lyrics (not verified, since it is factory sealed, but was the standard issue with this release)

Record Speed: 33 1/3 rpm

Record Made in: 1982

Record Catalog Number: QE 38112

Extremely rare, this is a sought after, long out of print LP.

CONDITION DETAILS:

·        The factory cellophane has never been removed, and the album inside has never seen the light of day since it was made.

·        The Gate-Fold LP jacket is in excellent condition.

·        Two small corners of the clear cellophane wrapper have torn open Top right & bottom right corners), but otherwise the cellophane wrapper remains intact.

·        The jacket is completely intact, and shows very little shelf wear, primarily at the corners where the cellophane wrapper has torn a bit.  

·        It has no drill holes or saw marks of any kind. 

·        The cover has clean and sharp colors - see picture with this listing for more detail. 

·        The jacket has no hand writing on the front or back

·        See the detailed condition in the close-up pictures below, of the actual LP being sold here.

Don’t let this one pass you by. Production numbers in Canada are generally quite low due to the size of the population, and to find this LP still factory sealed, is indeed a rare find!!!

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MORE INFO ON THIS ITEM (AND PICTURES BELOW):

Track listings:

Side one
1.    "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Michael Jackson 6:03
2.    "Baby Be Mine" Rod Temperton 4:20
3.    "The Girl Is Mine" (featuring Paul McCartney) Michael Jackson 3:42
4.    "Thriller" (rap by Vincent Price) Rod Temperton 5:57

Side two
5.    "Beat It" (featuring Eddie Van Halen on guitar) Michael Jackson 4:18
6.    "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson 4:54
7.    "Human Nature" Steve Porcaro, John Bettis 4:06
8.    "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" James Ingram, Quincy Jones 3:59
9.    "The Lady in My Life" Rod Temperton 5:00

Personnel on this album include:

Brian Banks – keyboards, synthesizers, programming
Michael Boddicker – keyboards, synthesizers
N'dugu Chancler – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
David Foster – keyboards, synthesizers
Gary Grant – trumpet and flügelhorn
Eddie Van Halen – guitar solo on "Beat It"
Jerry Hey – trumpet and flügelhorn
Michael Jackson – co-producer, lead and background vocals, drum case beater, bathroom stomp board
Paul Jackson – guitar
Louis Johnson – bass guitar
Quincy Jones – producer
Steve Lukather – guitar, bass guitar
Anthony Marinelli – synthesizer programming
Paul McCartney – vocals on "The Girl Is Mine"
David Paich – keyboards, synthesizers, programming
Dean Parks – guitar
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, synthesizers, programming
Jeff Porcaro – drums, horn and string arrangements
Steve Porcaro – keyboards, synthesizers, programming
Vincent Price – voice-over on "Thriller"
Bill Reichenbach – trombone
Bruce Swedien – recording engineer, mixer
Rod Temperton – keyboards, synthesizers
David Williams – guitar
Larry Williams – saxophone and flute
Bill Wolfer – keyboards, synthesizers
La Toya Jackson – background vocals on "PYT"
Janet Jackson – background vocals on "PYT"
Greg Smith - synthesizers

Additional background info on this item:

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5, then the Jacksons in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.

In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style have influenced numerous hip hop, pop, contemporary R&B, and rock artists.

Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and rock 'n' roll. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 American Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century"); 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 750 million records worldwide. Jackson won hundreds of awards, which have made him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.

Aspects of Jackson's personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, have generated controversy. In 1993, he was accused of child sexual abuse, but the case was settled out of court and no formal charges were brought. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further sexual abuse allegations and several other charges after the jury found him not guilty on all counts. While preparing for his concert series entitled This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication on June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson's death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and as many as one billion people around the world reportedly watched his public memorial service on live television. In March 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017, and to release seven posthumous albums over the decade following his death.

Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller explores similar genres to those of Off the Wall, including pop, R&B, rock and post-disco music.

Recording sessions took place between April and November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, with a production budget of $750,000, assisted by producer Quincy Jones. Of the nine tracks on the album, 4 of them were written by Jackson himself. Seven singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Baby Be Mine" and "The Lady in My Life" were the only tracks that were not released as singles. In just over a year, Thriller became—and currently remains—the best-selling album of all time, with 110 million copies sold worldwide, and is also tied for the best-selling album in the United States. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammys.

Thriller enabled Jackson to break down racial barriers via his appearances on MTV and meeting with President Ronald Reagan at the White House. The album was one of the first to use music videos as successful promotional tools—the videos for "Thriller", "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" all received regular rotation on MTV.

Thriller ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list in 2003, and was listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers at number three in its Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. The Thriller video was preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry, as it was deemed "culturally significant".