Michael Jackson – Scream / Childhood (Theme From "Free Willy 2")

The dubs are nuts, but the club mix is some classic Morales goodness.

DM provided info on his Michael Jackson remix on an Interview with the Red Bull Academy:

https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2019/01/david-morales-interview/

You have the privilege of having the highest fee for any one remix. Michael Jackson “Scream.”

Probably.

Didn’t they fly you over to LA rather than send the tapes?

They wouldn’t give me the masters. They flew me to LA, flew everybody. Money was no object. It was a lot of work. It wasn’t like that was my fee for one mix. I must have done three different mixes. I spent a week in Michael Jackson-land. But that was back then, compared to now. Hip-hop guys are making that kind of money, regularly.

Did you meet him?

No, I didn’t for anything. I should have for all of the security I went through, you would think he was coming. I mean, they were guarding those tapes like it was their life. It was the first track off the album.

That’s why it was so secret.

Mission Impossible. And I felt that I compromised. I compromised my sound. I went to another place. I took everybody out of the environment, and we tried to recreate that somewhere else, and it just didn’t work. I feel like I was compromised, so I don’t feel like my best effort went into “Scream.” It could have been a much better sounding record.

DM also provided info on True House Stories w/ Lenny Fontana, that a bodyguard was stationed outside the studio due to the increased security needed for the master tapes.

"Hits Medley"? Isn't it the "MJ Megaremix" by Tony Moran and Ronnie Ventura? (Also Appears earth Song/ You Are Not Alone CD singles)

Can anyone confirm whether track 2, the Hits Medley, is just the Megaremix as found here: https://www.discogs.sitioby.com/Michael-Jackson-The-Megamixes/master/101756

Durations rips check:
A1: 10'03''
A2: 6'27''
B1: 4'37'' (Explicit)
B2: 4'02'' (Explicit)
B3: 5'44''
B4: 4'42''

1. Scream (Single Edit) 4:05
3. Michael Jackson Speaks To His German Fans 0:23

At the time that this single was released, David Morales was reportedly paid about $50,000 and flown to MJ's recording studio to do his mixes there - making it the most expensive dance mix of the time. As for the product, yeah, I it DM did a superb job on what may be considered a one-time duet with bro & sis - I can find hardly any faluts with the Classic Club Mix. The dub here is killer. The urban/rap mixes here are well done for their fields (I've been partial to Dave Hall's rub, which actually got radio airplay in Cleveland in the day).