Expanded 40th Anniversary Edition Red Vinyl Double LP!
Special 2LP Red Vinyl Edition released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1975 cult film and Halloween staple starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, and even Meat Loaf.
This remastered 2-disc set has been expanded to include tracks like "Planet Shmanet Janet" and "The Sword of Damocles".
"For the 1975 film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, American producer Lou Adler wisely mixed the best of the London and Los Angeles stage versions, shooting the movie in England with Tim Curry and several of the other original cast members, plus Meatloaf (years before Bat Out of Hell), and Americans Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon as the innocent couple Brad and Janet. Adler also brought back original London stage musicians in place of the slick studio musicians who had marred the L.A. cast album. The film version resequenced the songs and reassigned some of the vocals, with Brad's song "Once in a While" dropped. But it all worked out fine. The strings that were added to ballads like "Science Fiction/Double Feature" only improved them; the rockers rocked out; Bostwick and Sarandon proved to be the best Brad and Janet ever; the original cast members, especially Curry, reveled in the opportunity to immortalize their portrayals; and Rocky Horror's potential as a witty parody of cheap movies, rock & roll, and sexual mores was fully realized. The film soundtrack album became the definitive version of the score, despite lacking the songs "Planet Shmanet Janet" and "The Sword of Damocles." (included in this double LP edition) The Rocky Horror Picture Show was not successful in its initial theatrical run, but then a strange thing happened. In 1976, the Waverly Theater in New York's Greenwich Village began showing the film at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Soon, a cult of repeat viewers began turning up every week; they began to dress like the characters, call out their own comments at strategic moments, sing along, and add their own theatrical effects. The phenomenon spread across the U.S., with fans rivaling Trekkies and Deadheads for loyalty and eccentricity, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show took on a life Richard O'Brien never could have anticipated." - William Ruhlmann, Rovi
Features:
40th Anniversary Edition
Red Vinyl
Double LP
Remastered
Cast:
Tim Curry: Dr. Frank-n-Furter
Susan Sarandon: Janet Meiss
Barry Bostwick: Brad Majors
Richard O'Brien: Riff Raff
Patricia Quinn: Magenta
Little Nell: Columbia
Jonathan Adams: Dr. Evertt V. Wcott
Peter Hinwood: Rocky
Meatloaf: Eddie
Charles Gray: The Criminologist
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Science Fictino / Double Feature (Richard O'Brien: Riff Raff)
2. Dammit Janet (Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon)
3. Over At the Frankenstein Place (Bostwick, Sarandon, O'Brien)
4. The Time Warp (O'Brien, Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, Narrarator & the Transylvanians)
Side 2:
5. Sweet Transvestite (Tim Curry: Frank-n-Furter)
6. The Sword of Damocles (Peter Hinwood: Rocky)
7. I Can Make You A Man (Tim Curry)
8. Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul (Meatloaf: Eddie)
9. I Can Make You A Man: Reprise (Tim Curry)
Side 3:
1. Touch-a Touch-A Touch Me (Sarandon)
2. Once In A While (Bostwick)
3. Eddie (Dr. Scott)
4. Planet Schmanet Janet (Tim Curry)
5. Planet Hot Dog (Tim Curry, Dr. Scott, Little Nell: Columbia)
Side 4:
6. Rose Tint My World
A: Floor Show (Bostwick, Sarandon, Little Nell, Peter Hinwood)
B: Fanfare / Don't Dream It (Tim Curry)
C: Wild and Untamed Thing (Curry, O'Brien)
7. I'm Going Home (Curry)
8. Super Heroes (Bostwick, Sarandon, Narrator)
9. Science Fiction / Double Feature: Reprise (O'Brien)
Special 2LP Red Vinyl Edition released to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1975 cult film and Halloween staple starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, and even Meat Loaf.
This remastered 2-disc set has been expanded to include tracks like "Planet Shmanet Janet" and "The Sword of Damocles".
"For the 1975 film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, American producer Lou Adler wisely mixed the best of the London and Los Angeles stage versions, shooting the movie in England with Tim Curry and several of the other original cast members, plus Meatloaf (years before Bat Out of Hell), and Americans Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon as the innocent couple Brad and Janet. Adler also brought back original London stage musicians in place of the slick studio musicians who had marred the L.A. cast album. The film version resequenced the songs and reassigned some of the vocals, with Brad's song "Once in a While" dropped. But it all worked out fine. The strings that were added to ballads like "Science Fiction/Double Feature" only improved them; the rockers rocked out; Bostwick and Sarandon proved to be the best Brad and Janet ever; the original cast members, especially Curry, reveled in the opportunity to immortalize their portrayals; and Rocky Horror's potential as a witty parody of cheap movies, rock & roll, and sexual mores was fully realized. The film soundtrack album became the definitive version of the score, despite lacking the songs "Planet Shmanet Janet" and "The Sword of Damocles." (included in this double LP edition) The Rocky Horror Picture Show was not successful in its initial theatrical run, but then a strange thing happened. In 1976, the Waverly Theater in New York's Greenwich Village began showing the film at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Soon, a cult of repeat viewers began turning up every week; they began to dress like the characters, call out their own comments at strategic moments, sing along, and add their own theatrical effects. The phenomenon spread across the U.S., with fans rivaling Trekkies and Deadheads for loyalty and eccentricity, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show took on a life Richard O'Brien never could have anticipated." - William Ruhlmann, Rovi
Features:
40th Anniversary Edition
Red Vinyl
Double LP
Remastered
Cast:
Tim Curry: Dr. Frank-n-Furter
Susan Sarandon: Janet Meiss
Barry Bostwick: Brad Majors
Richard O'Brien: Riff Raff
Patricia Quinn: Magenta
Little Nell: Columbia
Jonathan Adams: Dr. Evertt V. Wcott
Peter Hinwood: Rocky
Meatloaf: Eddie
Charles Gray: The Criminologist
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Science Fictino / Double Feature (Richard O'Brien: Riff Raff)
2. Dammit Janet (Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon)
3. Over At the Frankenstein Place (Bostwick, Sarandon, O'Brien)
4. The Time Warp (O'Brien, Little Nell, Patricia Quinn, Narrarator & the Transylvanians)
Side 2:
5. Sweet Transvestite (Tim Curry: Frank-n-Furter)
6. The Sword of Damocles (Peter Hinwood: Rocky)
7. I Can Make You A Man (Tim Curry)
8. Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul (Meatloaf: Eddie)
9. I Can Make You A Man: Reprise (Tim Curry)
Side 3:
1. Touch-a Touch-A Touch Me (Sarandon)
2. Once In A While (Bostwick)
3. Eddie (Dr. Scott)
4. Planet Schmanet Janet (Tim Curry)
5. Planet Hot Dog (Tim Curry, Dr. Scott, Little Nell: Columbia)
Side 4:
6. Rose Tint My World
A: Floor Show (Bostwick, Sarandon, Little Nell, Peter Hinwood)
B: Fanfare / Don't Dream It (Tim Curry)
C: Wild and Untamed Thing (Curry, O'Brien)
7. I'm Going Home (Curry)
8. Super Heroes (Bostwick, Sarandon, Narrator)
9. Science Fiction / Double Feature: Reprise (O'Brien)
