Legacy Recordings

When I heard that we were going to be focusing our marketing efforts on a special re-issue of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (the world’s biggest selling album of all time), I knew we needed to do something special in the podcast world. This album truly has affected EVERYONE. I also noticed that whenever I mentioned this to people, they all had stories of growing up hearing the album, running home to watch the videos, etc.

So, in the beginning of January, Joe Vella (who produces a lot of our podcasts) and I came up with a concept: What if we ask musicians, celebrities, and cultural icons what THEIR first experience with Thriller was? and Thrillercast was born.

It has taken a lot of hard work and a lot of coordination with artist managers, publicists and label people (thanks to everyone who’s helped make it happen, and a special thanks to Thuy-An Julien for helping us get access to so many of the stars you will hear), but we think the 40-episode result is well worth it.

You can listen to the first episode starting today, as Daryl “DMC” McDaniels shares his stories of meeting Michael at the Grammys. The podcasts are completely free of charge. They will be available on all podcast providers, as well as directly ia http://www.michaeljackson.com/podcast. The series will be updated with a new episode each week throughout the year.

Please feel free to leave your feedback attached to this post, I look forward to hearing what you have to say about it. We’re really proud of our work and expect it to be one of the biggest podcasts in history!