“Off the Wall”, the revolutionary sound that made Michael Jackson in 1979 and changed “the sense of pop” will come back to the sale, in its original version, on 26 February, together with the documentary ” Michael Jackson ‘s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, “directed by Spike Lee.
A reissue has been achieved thanks to the agreement between The Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony / Legacy Recordings “, he said in a statement the record in Spain .
The launch, CD / DVD and CD / Blu-ray will include the new Spike Lee documentary about Michael Jackson has shot and whose world premiere will be on 24 January at the Sundance Film Festival. The television premiere of the documentary is scheduled for Friday, February 5, in the pay channel Showtime. The importance of “Off the Wall,” explains the record, it is that Jackson recorded it when he was only 20 years and yet , is the allegation “of a creative visionary with a unique musical force.” He broke the roof of record sales of black artists and led to “an exciting new era” in which they spread on the radio the evolution of R & ; B to pop, “with trends in marketing, sales and chart positions never before seen in modern pop music.” It is the record, according to Rolling Stone claimed that “invented modern pop” as you know it today. With lyrics by Jackson, the first single from “Off The Wall”, “Do not Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”, which reached number 1 in the US, earned him his first Grammy. With the singles “Rock With You”, “Off the Wall” and “She ‘s Out of My Life” she became the first solo artist in history with four tracks from the same album reached the Top 10 of the Hot list 100 chart. In 2014 he accumulated eight times platinum in the US and over 30 million copies sold worldwide. Spike Lee’s documentary packs a lot of archival footage, including some of those in your personal documents, interviews with artists of that time, family members, and the words and images of what was the “king of pop “.
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