Michael Jackson Bad
1987 Vinyl Gatefold
Pop Rock
Soul
Funk
Dance-pop
Synth-pop
Contemporary R&B

Main image
Epic, Epic
art direction Lane/Donald
contractor Jolie Levine
edited by [technical director] Craig Johnson
engineer [additional] Humberto Gatica
engineer [assistant] Brad Sundberg
engineer [assistant] Claudio Ordenes
engineer [assistant] Debbie Johnson
engineer [assistant] Laura Livingston
lettering ["bad" lettering] Jeffrey Spear
mastered by Bernie Grundman
photography by [back cover] Greg Goreman
photography by [front cover] Sam Emerson
photography by [inside spread] Matthew Rolston
producer Quincy Jones
recorded by [additional] Bill Bottrell
recorded by [additional] Brian Malouf
recorded by [additional] Claudio Ordenes
recorded by [additional] Craig Johnson
recorded by [additional] Gary Olazabal
recorded by [additional] Matt Forger
recorded by, mixed by Bruce Swedien
Copyright (c) MJJ Productions Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) MJJ Productions Inc.
Record Company CBS Inc.
Distributed By CBS Records
Distributed By CBS Disques S.A.
Recorded At Westlake Audio
Mixed At Westlake Audio
Produced For Quincy Jones Productions
Produced For MJJ Productions
Pressed By CBS, Haarlem
Printed By CBS, Haarlem
Includes printed inner-sleeve containing lyrics and credits.

Issued with a variety of hype stickers.
• Some initial copies with a red sticker on cover: Includes the smash hits 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' 'Bad' 450290 1;
• Some copies with a black and white sticker announcing the European tour;
• Some copies with a Pepsi sticker, main sponsor of the concert tour;
• Some copies with a Club-Edition sticker over the barcode
• Some later copies with an English or German sticker referencing the 1988 movie Moonwalker

Track A3 (Speed Demon):
- Race car intro-Dimensional Recording by Spherical Sound, Inc.

Track B5 (Smooth Criminal):
- Michael Jackson's heartbeat recording by Dr. Eric Chevlen digitally processed in the Synclavier
- Holophonics by Hugo Zuccarelli
- Creaking and heavy breathing by Frank Dileo

Produced for Quincy Jones Productions.
Co-produced for MJJ Productions.
Recorded and mixed using the Acusonic Recording Process D.
Special thanks to Diana Lady Di Douglas

℗ 1987 MJJ Productions Inc.
© 1987 MJJ Productions Inc.

Made In Holland/Printed in Holland.

Catalog no. 'EPC 450290 1' appears on back cover, labels and spine.
Catalog no. 'OE 40600' appears on labels in parentheses.

[Runout description]:
Etched part of each runout: 'PA(B)L-40600-HOL-(n) (x)'.
Second part of each runout (starts with 01-) is stamped.

Barcode: 5099745029013 (Scanned)
Barcode: 5 099745 029013 (Text)
Label Code: LC -0199 (On label)
Label Code: LC 0199 (Back cover, bottom right)
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Price Code: CB 321 (Encapsulated)
Price Code: 58 (Circled)
Other: PX (Boxed, format code)
Other: Asterisk (Labels, above cat#)
Other: 01-450290-20 (On back- and innersleeve, artwork code, CBS computer#)
Matrix / Runout: 01-450290-1 (Side A label)
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