Album Portable — Michael Jackson Thriller 40

Features the original masterpiece plus a second disc of never-before-released tracks from the sessions. It includes a 28-page color booklet

What made Thriller 40 truly portable was its second disc: Bonus Material . For decades, legendary outtakes like “Carousel” (a waltzing track cut from the final LP) and “Starlight” (the funky, clunky first draft of the title track with different lyrics) existed only on bootlegs or dusty studio reels. Thriller 40 compressed those reels into 10 high-fidelity MP4 and FLAC files. Suddenly, a fan on a subway could hear the moment Quincy Jones told Michael, "We're changing 'Starlight' to 'Thriller'—and we need a horror rap." michael jackson thriller 40 album portable