Matrices PAL 36424-1BA … S / PBL 36424 … S. FE is Epic’s standard-price prefix; the QE on Thriller was the higher-priced line.
Third point on the Michael Jackson line, between the 1970 Motown Third Album and the 1982 Thriller. The brothers had left Motown for Epic by this stage and were producing themselves — so the three records track him from Motown’s assembly line, through the group taking control, to Thriller with Quincy Jones.