More on Vaccaro and Michael's Memorabilia

I wanted to post this six part series which originally aired on BBC in the UK in 2002, called Liquid Assets: Michael Jackson's Millions. I found this at the VindicateMJ blog, and I believe it was contributed by David Edwards (see comments). This is a fascinating look at the life of Michael Jackson up until 2002. It is quite negatively biased at times, yet the information held within this series gives Jackson fans insight into some areas that I believe have either been misinterpreted or forgotten. I will highlight each part of the series, and you can choose what you want to watch, as the series is almost an hour long.

Parts 1 shows Mr. Lucky's, the very first place the Jackson 5 performed, at 3:04. Gordon Keith of SteelTown Records shows his 45's of the first recordings of the Jackson 5 at 5:15. In 1967, Joe Jackson signs the jackson 5 to SteelTown Records for 3 cents a record at 5:51. Michael made less than 3,000 pounds ($4800.00) with SteelTown Records at 7:16. Joe Jackson took the Jackson 5 to Motown after the SteelTown contract expired. However, Motown was extremely controlling and Joe Jackson did not like that, in addition to the fact that Motown was not paying the Jackson 5 much money. One estimate is that the boys were making 1/2 cent a record with Motown at 9:26. He also estimates that Michael Jackson may have made approximately $300,000 in all his years with Motown. Motown kept all future royalties. In a tour in 1972, Michael Jackson was paid $5 a week in pocket money.

At :36, Walter Yetnikoff begins with Michael at CBX. Off the Wall sells 15 million records at 1:18. At one point Thriller was selling a million records a week in the U.S. and Jackson was making $5 per record, at 1:45. At 4:40 Michael estatlished as the king of music videos and at 5:53 as the best dancer ever. At 8:11, a MUST SEE look at Henry Vaccaro inside a storage locker with an intimate view of Michael's belongings.

A continuation of the Vaccaro interview and at 1:03 Vaccaro shows a file cabinet with Janet and Michael's contracts in it, some sketches Michael made and stunning photographs of Katherine at 2:24. Vaccaro estimates that there are 3 boxes that contain only Michael's belongings at 3:18. Bob Giraldi on the Pepsi accident at 4:41 and that MJ made $5 million for a year of endorsement deals with Pepsi at 5:27. Great footage of the Sultan of Brunei's birthday bash at 9:24, in which he made $1 million for the night.

Michael's real estate investments at 1:30. At 2:30, Vaccaro shows Neverland contract, which shows purchase price at $17 million. A visit to a New York townhouse that Michael rented during the making of Invincible at 4:09. Lies about Michael and McCartney and the Northern song catalog at 8:18.

At the beginning of part 5, Uri Gellar states that Michael's "main ambition is to help humanity" (0:06). Footage of Jordan Chandler as a young adult at 2:24, Friedman BS at 3:24 and at 4:30. Vaccaro showing what he calls skin bleaching agent at 8:46, and at 9:11 Vaccaro shows sketches of Michael's nose.

Part 6 is unremarkable and heavily negatively biased. I just wanted to put it in there because it finishes the entire long show. A big thanks to VindicateMJ blog and I believe David Edwards. I will have another blog regarding more information on Vintage Pop Media and another court dispute tonight.