{"id":535797,"date":"2026-07-11T04:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/535797\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T04:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:42:19","slug":"michael-jackson-the-definitive-collection-coming-to-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/535797\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson \u2018The Definitive Collection\u2019 Coming To Vinyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A compilation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/genre\/michael-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson<\/a> hits is coming to vinyl. Originally released in 2009, The Definitive Collection features 14 hits from the Motown days. Included are Jackson 5 smashes like \u201cI Want You Back\u201d to solo tracks like \u201cGot To Be There,\u201d and a dozen more.<\/p>\n<p>The newly remastered package includes an essay by award-winning author David Ritz, detailed track annotations, and photographs of Jackson from the Motown Archives. The Definitive Collection is available on an exclusive Pumpkin Spice Orange 1LP color variant, as well as standard black vinyl.\n<\/p>\n<p>Side A of The Definitive Collection features tracks from the Jackson 5 and opens with \u201cI Want You Back,\u201d which became the group\u2019s first No. 1 hit on January 31, 1970. The band followed up that song with three more No. 1 smashes, \u201cABC,\u201d \u201cThe Love You Save,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ll Be There,\u201d making them the first recording act to have their first four singles reach the top of the Hot 100. An early recording of \u201cWho\u2019s Lovin\u2019 You,\u201d \u201cNever Can Say Goodbye\u201d from 1971 and the group\u2019s last Top 10 pop hit, 1974\u2019s \u201cDancing Machine,\u201d top off the early years.<\/p>\n<p>Side B features solo recordings from Jackson including 1971\u2019s \u201cGot to Be There,\u201d his debut solo single and 1972\u2019s \u201cBen,\u201d which became his first No. 1 single in the US as a solo artist. \u201cBen,\u201d the theme song to a 1972 horror film, received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Jackson\u2019s 1972 version of \u201cRockin\u2019 Robin\u201d is included, as well as that same year\u2019s \u201cI Wanna Be Where You Are.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019re Almost There\u201d and \u201cOne Day in Your Life\u201d both appeared on Jackson\u2019s final Motown album, 1975\u2019s Forever, Michael. Also included is \u201cFarewell My Summer Love,\u201d which was recorded in 1973 and released as a single in 1984 following the success of Thriller.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.udiscovermusic.com\/collections\/michael-jackson?utm_campaign=products&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=udiscovermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Order Michael Jackson\u2019s The Definitive Collection here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A compilation of Michael Jackson hits is coming to vinyl. Originally released in 2009, The Definitive Collection features&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[211036,146,19368,85,46,24905,409,17809,244217],"class_list":["post-535797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-classic-pop","tag-entertainment","tag-homepage-featured","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-michael-jackson","tag-music","tag-soul","tag-the-definitive-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}