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FOR COMING.
>> MICHAEL JACKSON'S 14-MINUTE
THRILLER VIDEO THEN COST A
RECORD 600,000 WHEN IT WAS SHOT
25 YEARS AGO.
THE ALBUM SOLD A RECORD 100
MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE, AND
WON EIGHT GRAMMYS.
TODAY MICHAEL RELEASES A 25th
ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
WAS THE IDEA HATCHED HERE?
>> THAT IS THE BIGGEST ALBUM
EVER.
IF YOU LOOK BACK AND TOOK IT TO
A SECOND CHAPTER.
>> IT WAS IN IRELAND, OCTOBER
2006 DURING OUR EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL IN HIS
RECORDING STUDIO THAT BILLY
SUGGESTED THRILLER TWO.
>> WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED
IT YET ON THAT LEVEL, BUT I'M
SURE AT SOME POINT WE WILL.
>> I MIGHT GET CREDIT HERE.
>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 25
YEARS AGO QUINCEY JONES AND I
EMBARKED ON THRILLER.
>> TODAY THE 25th ANNIVERSARY
CD HITS STORES, AND MICHAEL
ISSUED THIS STATEMENT.
>> TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT
THRILLER STILL HOLDS THE RECORD
AS THE BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF
ALL TIME IS JUST MIND-BLOWING.
>> QUINCEY JONES PRODUCED THE
HISTORY-MAKING THRILLER ALBUM.
>> WITH NO SLEEP, FIVE DAYS AND
FIVE NIGHTS.
DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, WE
WERE SO EXCITED.
WE WERE CARRYING THOSE YOUNG
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS OUT ON
STRETCHERS.
NOTHING COULD STOP US.
>> IT WAS LIKE BEING WITH LANDIE
THRILLER'S DEBUT, IT WAS ALMOST
DESTROYED.
>> HE WAS GIVEN A LOT OF
PRESSURE ABOUT VIDEO AND
BASICALLY SAID, OKAY, I CAN'T DO
IT.
IT'S A BAD THING.
I HAD ALREADY MADE IT.
HE SAID NO, ORDERED IT
DESTROYED.
AND I WENT WAIT A MINUTE.
AND WE WENT AND STOLE THE
NEGATIVE.
IT WAS VERY DRAMATIC.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO COME
FOR MICHAEL JACKSON.
MY PASSION FOR MUSIC HAS NEVER
STOPPED.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I'VE
BEEN IN THE STUDIO RECORDING
THRILLER'S 25th ANNIVERSARY
ALBUM WITH A LOT OF SURPRISE
GUESTS.
>> THOSE GUESTS INCLUDE A CON,
KANYE, WILL.I.AM, AND FERGIE.
>> I JUST TRY TO DO A DUEET AND
SOUND AS MUCH LIKE MICHAEL
JACKSON AS I POSSIBLY COULD.
>> COMING UP, MICHAEL'S NEVER
LAND RANCH THEN AND NOW.
SEE HOW IT'S GONE FROM SHAN
GRILL LA TO THIS OVERNIGHT.
>> MICHAEL JACKSON AND PAUL
MCCARTNEY RECORDED TWO SONGS
TOGETHER.
THE FIRST, "THE GIRL WAS MINE"
WAS ANOREXIA
COST HER HER LIFE?
>> NEXT "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD."
>> THAT WAS MICHAEL JACKSON'S
NEVERLAND RANCH IN DECEMBER
2004.
A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN.
AFTER THE TRIAL HE BASICALLY
ABANDONED HIS FANTASY LAND.
THE RIDES, THE HOME, ALL LEFT
BEHIND.
WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW MICHAEL'S
NEVERLAND HAS BECOME NEVER MORE.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU
NOTICE WHEN YOU GET TO
NEVERLAND, YOU GO INSIDE THE
GATES AND THERE IS NOBODY THERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A DREAM
THAT HAS SOMEHOW FADED INTO
MEMORY, AND IT WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME AGAIN.
>> AN EXTRAORDINARY FANTASY
LAND, DESOLATE AND ABANDONED.
I TOOK A HELICOPTER TOUR OF
MICHAEL JACKSON'S BELOVED
NEVERLAND RANCH 34 MILES FROM
THE SANTA BARBARA COAST.
AND FOUND IT TO BE A SHADOW OF
WHAT IT WAS IN 2004.
MICHAEL INVITED US TO THE 2700
ACRE ESTATE.
>> AS YOU CAN HEAR, WE'RE ON THE
TRAIN AT NEVERLAND.
>> THE TRAIN AND THE FLOURISHING
ACTIVITY ARE GONE.
EVEN SANTA USED TO COME TO
NEVERLAND OVER THE HOLIDAY.
>> WE LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU MORE.
>> NOW MICHAEL WAS LAST SEEN
HERE AT NEVERLAND IN JUNE OF
2005.
>> SINCE HIS ACQUITTAL, MICHAEL
HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO HIS HOME.
>> THE HOUSE HAS 33 ROOMS.
>> MICHAEL BOUGHT NEVERLAND
RANCH IN 1988 FOR $17 MILLION.
IT HAS 2700 ERIKS, AS YOU CAN
SEE -- 2700 AKERS AS YOU CAN SEE
HERE.
>> NEVERLAND ONCE BUSTLED WITH
THOUSANDS OF KIDS IT IS NOW
MOTIONLESS AND DILAPIDATED.
THE CARE SELL IS COVERED UP.
>> THE AMUSEMENT RIDES ARE SHUT
DOWN.
AND THERE IS A TENT THAT IS IN
DISREPAIR AS WELL.
THE ROOF HAS BEEN CAVED IN.
P.
>> THE NEVERLAND AMUSEMENT PARK