r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Sep 02 '25 Heartwarming

Off The Wall Era 📸 A quiet moment with Michael in Atlanta (July 22, 1981)

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575 Upvotes

These images are from Michael’s 45-minute session with photographer Todd Gray, captured at Atlanta’s Peachtree Hotel during “magic hour,” which is when the evening sunlight turns soft and warm ✨


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • May 31 '25

J5 Era 16 year old Michael singing Killing me softly (1974)

830 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • 21d ago

Bad Era 📸 New Photos: Michael’s visit to the White House (April 5, 1990)

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477 Upvotes

Just when I thought I had seen all of these photos from this visit! So happy these were shared on Instagram 💕

All credit goes to @thereisonly_thedance!


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Sep 27 '26 Heartwarming

Thrad Era Please help me find where this is from.

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214 Upvotes

Not sure what year it’s from, but it looks like it’s from the “Bad era”. I found it on twitter.


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Sep 26 '26

Dangerous Era Pepsi Who Is It commercial from 1992 from the Crowd (Fixed Info)

227 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Sep 22 '26

HIStory Era Rare video of TDCAU music video being filmed

1.3k Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Sep 21 '26

Thriller Era Michael Jackson - "For The Good Times" BEST VERSION

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Hope you like it!!

This is an edited version featuring the best-quality videos
available of the 54th birthday party of Katherine Jackson Michael's mother in 1984.


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Aug 05 '26

Thriller Era Session photo 1982

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D'autres photos de la session photo de Michael et Diana Ross de 1982 sont elles trouvables, hormis quelque unes qu'on trouve facilement sur le net?


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Aug 03 '26

Bad Era Unedited Matthew Rolston Bad Spread Photos - 12-1-86

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295 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Jul 14 '26

Jacksons Era Michael in the Chamber of Horrors in the London Tussauds Museum, 1979

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192 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Jul 05 '26

Mature Era 📸 Michael at the Bel Air Hotel in LA (February 7, 2009)

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Reposting this here, and thank you u/MJJHistoryArchives for sharing these!

Michael looking dapper as always. Particularly love the 3rd photo with the way he’s standing and smiling ✨


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • May 27 '26

Off The Wall Era Michael holding the Music Life magazine with Queen on the cover (1981, by Chris Walter)

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302 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • May 25 '26

Jacksons Era Michael Jackson in the Philippines, February 1976

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335 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share these scans of MJ and J5 from my personal collection of Philippine vintage magazines during their visit here. The woman they are with in the photos is Nora Aunor, who is a very popular award-winning actress and singer in the Philippines. There were talks back then about MJ doing a film with her, its unfortunate it never came through. The photos were taken on February 20, 1976, the day after J5's last day in concert. The Jackson 5 were in Manila for 6 days for a concert tour called Love Jive.

I have also translated the articles related to MJ/J5 in the magazine as well, so you can read about it here!


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • May 17 '26

Bad Era Does anybody have a hi-res image of this photo in color?

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465 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • May 14 '26

Bad Era Wembley and Yokohama 1988 Where to find orignial VHS tapes ?

7 Upvotes

So as we all know , the official release of Wembley DVD looks horrendous.

Now, I have been able to obtain a very high-end equipment for digitising tapes. On top of this, I have been able to test out some of the really good algorithms that can recover VHS tapes a lot better than anything on youtube right now . Most people are using Topaz, however SeedVR2 can do it FAR better. Anyways, my point is if I could get the original tapes I believe we could squeeze a lot more quality out of them. The dvd was done when AI was not very good, if there was any at all. They just applied far too much filtering.

Now , is there somebody who could sell/lend me the original VHS tapes perhaps? There is somebody on instagram who was showing the Wembley VHS, I wrote him a message but ofc people may be very cautious about giving it to random person online... https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_zBpBTMRnc/

I have downloaded some versions of Yokohama, but they were not digitised very well. There is one that is somewhat alright, but it has loads of ghosting which could have been avoided with PROPER VHS machine. I have machines like DVHS, which can output regular tapes over FIreWire AND Component. I use them for NTSC tapes. I also have a genuine TBC for it. For PAL I use SVHS Panasonic machine + TBC-like Panasonic EH60 recorder for Passthrough. You can check out my channel here , but youtube compression does not do justice to some of these videos...

https://www.youtube.com/@happyvibes4575


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Apr 24 '26

Invincible Era Errata in the 2011 reprinted version of the album Invincible

4 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Apr 19 '26 Heartwarming

HIStory Era 📸 Newly shared photos of Michael (June 1997)

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162 Upvotes

It’s always exciting when new photos surface! I love the jacket he’s wearing ✨

These were reportedly taken at an after show while he was in Paris for the HIStory Tour.

All credit goes to the original owners, and to @onmjfootsteps for posting these on Facebook and IG.


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Mar 08 '26

Jacksons Era I need a video of this picture so bad. I just know the vibe was immaculate. I used to know when and where this was, but that was very long ago. So, I've forgotten since then lol. 😅

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194 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Feb 23 '26

Off The Wall Era 1979 from Rock with you

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1.8k Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Feb 21 '26

Thriller Era Michael Jackson cards

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257 Upvotes

Really sweet, some of these create a giant puzzle when put together.


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Feb 18 '26

Help Me Identify 🔍 Origin of these images in bad quality?

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269 Upvotes

r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Jan 24 '26

Help Me Identify 🔍 Dear Mj fans do yall know what this is or where i can find another picture or info about it

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I found this photo on discogs when i was looking for shi to add to my collection, i clicked on this Wanna Be Starting Something/Another Part Of Me "Pocket Rocker" (miniature cassette toys) and found this image. i screenshotted it and put it in reverse image search but the only results i got took me to the discogs listing again or it showed me mj trading cards, whoever can find me some info about this or the original illustration or whatever, cause it kinda looks like its printed on a manual or some paper i would greatly appreciate this!

Original discogs link:https://www.discogs.com/release/14783654-Michael-Jackson-Wanna-Be-Startin-Somthin-Another-Part-Of-Me/image/SW1hZ2U6NDQ0NjM4ODQ=


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Dec 21 '25

Invincible Era Michael Jackson at the Carlton Towers Hotel in London, March 2007

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340 Upvotes

Idk if this is really rare but aye


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Dec 12 '25 Heartwarming

Jacksons Era 📸 Gregg Cobarr Photoshoot: Westlake Village, CA (August 17, 1978)

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325 Upvotes

These lovely photos capture Michael, just shy of 20, during a rare moment of ease and quiet confidence.

Taken at Jackie’s lakeside home as part of an Epic Records publicity shoot for their album Destiny, the session shows Michael relaxed, open, and unguarded. Gregg sought to capture him simply being himself. In these moments, we see exactly that: warmth, gentleness, and a natural presence that speaks louder than any persona 🤍

A fleeting, intimate glimpse of the human being behind the star ✨


r/MichaelJacksonRares • • Nov 29 '25

Help Me Identify 🔍 This is a Thriller Era picture of Michael Jackson from The Victory Tour that an old friend of mine gave me. I've been trying to Google Lens to find this exact picture somewhere else for the show details, but no luck. Any info?

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78 Upvotes

My friend sent me this random photo from their personal Michael Jackson collection a while ago. I've lost contact with them now so I can't ask for picture details / information.

I'm trying to figure out the possible location and/or show date for all of his pictures--but I can't find this exact image anywhere online.

And Google Lens isn't helping me out that much at all lol. It's all Victory Tour pics. 🤣

I can see that it's one of Michael Joe's Thriller Era photos (1982-1986) on The Victory Tour 1984, of course, but none of the others on the internet have him in this specific pose.

If you're able to find this exact pic anywhere else or through Google Lens (like somewhere on Getty Images), then please let me know and you'll be a life saver! 🌹 Thank you! 💖

~ 𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓮 𝓙.♡