Cascio tracks

English

Etymology

Named after Italian-American Eddie Cascio (1982–).

Proper noun

the Cascio tracks pl (normally plural, singular Cascio track)

  1. (music) [from 2010] A set of twelve tracks which were allegedly recorded by the American dancer and singer-songwriter Michael Jackson at the home of his friend Eddie Cascio in 2007.
    • 2010 November 12, Sean Michaels, “Michael Jackson estate fights back against album track ‘fake’ allegations”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 3 April 2023:
      A lawyer for the estate has issued a four-page essay in support of Breaking News and the rest of the controversial "Cascio tracks" on Jackson's upcoming posthumous album. […] They listened to a capella versions of all of the Cascio tracks under consideration, and "all confirmed" the lead vocal was "definitely Michael".
    • 2011 November 1, Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson, Union Square & Co., →ISBN, pages 4—5:
      The 2010 album Michael—reviewed in the appendix of the first edition of Man in the Music—was particularly challenging because of the controversy surrounding the so-called Cascio tracks—songs submitted by Eddie Cascio and James Porte shortly after Jackson’s death (three of which appeared on the album).
    • 2015 October 6, Steve Knopper, MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson, Scribner, →ISBN, page 354:
      The Cascio tracks prompted an angry public mystery.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Cascio tracks.

Synonyms

  • Cascio songs
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