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“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is getting the golden treatment.
To celebrate the cult classic’s 50th anniversary, Ode Records has reissued the original movie soundtrack as a deluxe edition 180g red-in-gold vinyl, housed in a heavyweight gold-foil jacket. The collector’s release includes a newly designed inner sleeve, never-before-seen production photos and diary excerpts from producer Richard Hartley — offering fans a rare glimpse behind the curtain of one of cinema’s most subversive creations.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – 50th Anniversary Red/Gold Vinyl
The reissue arrives amid a full-blown cultural revival for “Rocky Horror.” Over the past month, Los Angeles has hosted a string of celebratory events and a 4K HDR restoration hit theaters.
Adapted from Richard O’Brien’s 1973 stage musical, the 1975 film shattered conventions with its flamboyant characters, gender-bending performances, and anthemic rock soundtrack. Its interactive midnight screenings — complete with shadow casts, costumes and audience call-backs — transformed moviegoing into performance art and secured its status as the longest-running theatrical release in history.
“When it opened on Broadway a quarter-century ago, Variety succinctly and colorfully described ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ as ‘a garish, ear-assaulting musical put-on of pseudo-science and ambi-sex porno entertainment.’ Sounds fun, no?’” Variety film critic Charles Isherwood recalled in his review of the 2000 film adaptation. “Twenty-five years on, Christopher Ashley’s revival of O’Brien’s garish, ear-assaulting musical put-on of pseudo-science and ambi-sex porno entertainment is still quite a lot of fun — but it’s not likely to send Mayor Rudolph Giuliani into a tizzy. Today, the musical nearly qualifies as wholesome family entertainment.”
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