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Thriller / Starlight (Demo)
Date range assessed by the fact that Bruce Swedien says the song was recorded “at Westlake”, and, “In August 1982, Michael, Quincy, Bruce Swedien, the returning songwriter Rod Temperton and the rest of the team gathered at Westlake’s Studio A to begin recording the follow up to Off the Wall… Temperton’s demos were the first the team worked on.”, and “the final days [of recording were] in late October” (Mike Smallcombe, Making Michael)
“Starlight” (Demo):
Voice-Over Intro / Voice-Over Session from “Thriller” (Vincent Price and Michael):
“Thriller”: