Jackson made some of the best recordings of the eighties. The recordings have held up well. He was also the principle conduit in the popularization of street dance to the mainstream. He was talented, and by all accounts, hard-working at his craft.

Jackson was also clearly mentally disturbed. Care to make a list of the number of people throughout history who have unsuccessfully walked the tightrope between their sanity and their genius?

I had the LPs and loved them. When his insanity led him to criminality, as much as I wanted to buy the reissued recordings on CD, I couldn't bring myself to. Now that the estate will be settled in a manner that can no longer benefit him, I may finally have my wish and be able to buy the CDs.