Michael Jackson : The Visual Documentary

by Adrian Grant

From The Jackson 5 to a solo artist, Michael Jackson has made the most exciting videos, played the most spectacular concerts and filled the world's largest arenas. He's been performing since the age of five, breaking records since he was 11 and a star without equal since the age of 21. Michael The Visual Documentary is the most comprehensive book ever published on the world's greatest pop superstar. From the Fifties to the present day, it is a complete record of Michael's moves, grooves and music. Illustrated with hundreds of colour and black and white photographs. Includes all Michael's records, concerts, videos and awards, his public appearances and dazzling performances, memorabilia and records you never knew existed. Never far from the media spotlight, Michael's whole aura often seems alienated from reality, The Visual Documentary presents all the facts about Michael as never before. Here is everything you need to know about the world's most famous celebrity. Faithfully compiled by Adrian Grant, a writer renowned for his close affiliation with Michael Jackson and a pioneer in many Jackson fan related projects.

Genres: Music, Biography

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1995

Reviews

[Donald Gibson · Rating 5 out of 5]

While much of what’s been published in the wake of Michael Jackson’s untimely death has been in the spirit of exploitation rather than earnest assessment, a reissued work by Adrian Grant once again serves as the benchmark resource on the King of Pop to date.

Originally published in 1994, Michael Jackson: A Visual Documentary – 1958-2009 – The Official Tribute Edition includes supplementary material covering the intervening years, culminating with coverage of Jackson’s public memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The book’s first forty or so pages skim through his childhood and formative years in the Jackson 5, marking pertinent milestones and professional achievements. The bulk of the book, though, concentrates on Jackson's solo career (post-Off The Wall) and the realities of his life within that time.

A feast for fans, the book is loaded with photos and information depicted in meticulous (sometimes day-to-day) detail. While authorized by Jackson in its prior publication, the accounts offered here aren’t of a typical, hero-worship sort. In fact, much care has been taken by the author to render a straightforward and evenhanded treatment, including accounts of Jackson’s various tribulations and controversies.

Barring the eventual publication of an authoritative biography in more narrative form, Michael Jackson: A Visual Documentary is at this point the most definitive chronicle of the late superstar’s life and career published anywhere.Michael Jackson The Visual Documentary

[Natalia]

This honestly broke my heart to read, the way he was treated was inhuman and unfair in every way possible.

[Jolene Modd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great memories and good to see others putting together a collection of videos and albums 👌

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm trying to find quality books about Michael Jackson and this looks to be one of them. Unfortunately, I'm afraid there may be more trashy books about him in the months and years to come.

[Jayla Fuller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bet this book was a lie.

[janie love · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it

[Lisa Marbly-Warir]

As a lover of Michael Jackson, I read just about every book about him after he passed. I loved the pictures in this book.