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Originally Posted by chtimixeur  First of all, thank YOU for those amazing stories about Michael's experience in the sudio.
You talked about sequencing HIStory, and recording over 40 songs for this project.
Did some songs make it in the "final cut" at the last minute ?
There was a rumour about Come Together replacing another song at the last minute : is it true ? If so, what song was it supposed to be ? (is it "Face", or maybe "Fear" ?)
Did the sequencing of the album change a lot ? Was Scream always intended to be the opening track, and Smile the last one ?
Was Michael adament about the 77:07 length of the album (Dangerous, HIStory and Invincible are all 77:07 long) ?
Thanks in advance if you answer those questions.  |
I can answer a couple of those. We were getting a lot of pressure from Sony to be done. So at one point we had a meeting with Bruce, MJ, and the core production team and decided on the songs to be finished. That was maybe a month or so before we finished. There was nothing last minute, though "Come Together" was added late in the project. To my knowledge there weren't any songs called Fear or Face, unless they were personal titles that MJ had in his head.
I believe the 77:07 is simply the maximum time allowed on a CD.
John may have more insight into the rest of your questions.