View Full Version : Michael Jackson - Thriller - Filming Locations - 1983 vs 2025


LAXMIA2023
10-11-2025, 11:27 AM
Part 1 of 4. My new quick preview then and now video of the filming locations used in the music video for the Michael Jackson song Thriller. 1983 vs today. 630 South Broadway and 3700 block Union Pacific Avenue in Los Angeles. The full filming locations documentary video is at: https://ChrisBungoStudios.com

https://youtu.be/fM08QpDqxdg

LAXMIA2023
10-15-2025, 08:51 PM
Here's a photo I selected from my photo gallery of filming locations then and now from Michael Jackson's music video Thriller.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3VDbDNXUAAodkZ?format=jpg&name=900x900

LAXMIA2023
10-18-2025, 02:40 PM
My new quick preview then and now video of the filming locations used in the music video for the Michael Jackson song Thriller. 1983 vs today. 3700 block Union Pacific Avenue in Los Angeles. Complete filming locations video is at https://ChrisBungoStudios.com

https://youtu.be/4sPyknOGW9Y

Dude111
10-18-2025, 03:09 PM
I love that song and whole album!!

I have the 8 track :)

LAXMIA2023
10-18-2025, 03:11 PM
I love that song and whole album!!

I have the 8 track :)


Oh wow, 8 track tapes - I remember those!

Dude111
10-18-2025, 03:36 PM
Ya if they are done right,they sure do sound good!!!!!! (Close to open reel)

LAXMIA2023
10-18-2025, 03:46 PM
Ya if they are done right,they sure do sound good!!!!!! (Close to open reel)


Back in the 70s/80s (and some of the 90s), radio stations would use something very similar to 8-track tapes to record individual songs and commercials on. They were called "carts" (short for cartridges). The quality was very good (keep in mind FM radio had a high frequency limit of 15Khz) and they ran at 3 3/4 inches per second. The same as 8-track tapes.

All the radio stations I worked at as an on-air DJ in the 80s and 90s used them. Then came CDs which replaced them for the music and soon after that, everything ended up on the computer and that was the end of carts!

Dude111
10-18-2025, 09:15 PM
Yup I know about Carts.. My friend Richard used to work in radio many years..........

LAXMIA2023
10-19-2025, 11:53 AM
Yup I know about Carts.. My friend Richard used to work in radio many years..........

:)

LAXMIA2023
10-22-2025, 04:26 PM
Here's another one from my Thriller filming locations then and now photo gallery. More info at the bottom of the photo:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G34biZwXMAAavtC?format=jpg&name=medium

Dude111
10-22-2025, 05:17 PM
Well thank you my friend :)

LAXMIA2023
10-22-2025, 05:45 PM
Well thank you my friend :)

:D

LAXMIA2023
10-30-2025, 06:15 PM
Filming location (1345 Carroll Avenue in Los Angeles) then and now from the music video Thriller by Michael Jackson. 1983 vs Today.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4hV61xWkAAEESm?format=jpg&name=900x900

LAXMIA2023
10-31-2025, 01:44 PM
Happy Halloween! Part 4 of 4. My new quick preview then and now video of the filming locations used in the music video for the Michael Jackson song Thriller. 1983 vs today.

https://youtu.be/ylcco3ZqsMY