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Record LabelEpic

UPC5099747470929

eBay Product ID (ePID)20050152258

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FormatCD

Release Year1995

GenreR&B & Soul, Funk

Run Time148 Mins 33 Seconds

ArtistMichael Jackson, Siedah Garrett, Shaquille O'Neal, Eddie Van Halen, Janet Jackson, Paul McCartney, Slash, Boyz II Men, The Notorious B.I.G.

Release TitleHistory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

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Number of Discs2

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

ReviewsRolling Stone (8/10/95, pp.55-58) - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...HISTORY's ultimate goal is to position Michael Jackson's music as a planet, a genre, a law....As time passes and singles break, maybe those superhuman plans will touch back down on earth." Q (8/95, p.120) - 3 Stars - Good - "...HISTORY is basically an appeal on behalf of the rich and famous....the metallic clatter of jackhammer rhythms and Michael's own complaints remain this record's defining features..." Musician (9/95, pp.86-87) - "...incorporates tougher musical textures and deliberately `blacker' vocal inflections....more open about expressing negative emotions....also more pointed about political and racial issues, moving from...safe genralities...to more controversial stances..."

EngineerCraig Johnson; Dan Wallin; Dave Way; Donn Landee; Eddie De Lena; Felipe Elgueta; Gary Olazabal; Richard Cottrell; Harry Maslin; Humberto Gatica; Claudio Ordenes; Brad Sundberg; Jean Marie Horvat; John Van Nest; Kevin Gilbert; Matt Forger; Andrew Scheps; Peter Mokran; Steve Hodge; Teddy Riley; Bill Bottrell; Rob Hoffman; Bobby Brooks; Brian Malouf; Bruce Swedien

Additional informationPersonnel includes: Michael Jackson (vocals, various instruments); L.T.B., Vincent Price (vocals); Jeff Mirinov, Michael Thompson, Rob Hoffman, Jen Leigh, David Williams, Marlo Henderson, Christopher Currell, Paul Jackson, Dean Parks (guitar); Bill Bottrell (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion); Steve Lukather (guitar, bass); Paul Peabody (violin); David Paich (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Rod Temperton, Chuck Wild (keyboards, synthesizer); Steve Porcaro (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, Rhodes, synthesizer); Nathan East (bass); Ndugu Chancler, John Robinson (drums); Ollie E. Brown, Richard Heath (percussion); Christa Larson, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters (background vocals). Producers include: Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson. HISTORY BOOK 1 contains one disc of Jackson's greatest hits and one disc of all-new songs. It features a 52-page booklet with liner notes by Janet Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Elizabeth Taylor, as well as many never-before-seen photographs. HISTORY BOOK 1 was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Album Of The Year. "You Are Not Alone" was nominated for Grammy Awards for Song Of The Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and the Michael Jackson-Janet Jackson duet "Scream" was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. Personnel: Michael Jackson (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, background vocals); Janet Jackson (vocals); L.T.B., Shaquille O'Neal, The Notorious B.I.G., Vincent Price (rap vocals); Bill Bottrell (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Christopher Currell (guitar, Synclavier, percussion); Rob Hoffman (guitar, programming); Dann Huff, David Williams , Dean Parks, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Gale , Jen Leigh, Michael Thompson , Jeff Mirinov, Larry Carlton, Michael Thompson , Nile Rodgers, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Slash, Steve Lukather, Tim Pierce, Trevor Rabin, Marlo Henderson (guitar); Paul Peabody (violin); Larry Williams , Kim Hutchcroft (flute, saxophone, horns); Gary Grant, Jerry Hey (trumpet, flugelhorn, horns); William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (trombone, horns); Seawind Horns (horns); Jimmy Wright, James "Big Jim" Wright (piano, organ); Brad Buxer (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, programming, sound effects); David Paich, John Barnes, David Foster (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Jonathan Mackey (piano); Greg Phillinganes (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer); David "Hawk" Wolinski (Fender Rhodes piano); Jimmy Smith (Hammond b-3 organ); Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming, drum programming); Chuck Wild, Simon Franglen (keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming, sound effects); Rene (keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Michael Boddicker, Steve Porcaro (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); R. Kelly (keyboards, synthes

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo