Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th.

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The long sought after release of the music for the original Generation One series is upon us and in limited quantities per "Enjoy the Ride Records" and it's only going to be released in LP format. That's right, you'll need a vinyl record player or turnstyle table to play it. Goin' old school as it were. Here are some details about it:

Hasbro, Enjoy the Ride Records and Sony Music/Legacy Recordings Present the First Official Release of the Transformers Original Television Series Score on Collector’s Edition Vinyl on March 9 With 40 Tracks, Soundtrack is Available for the First Time in Any Format and

Presented In Three Colored Vinyl SKUs

BURBANK, Calif. – March 6, 2018 – Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), Enjoy The Ride Records and Sony Music/Legacy Recordings announced today the release of Hasbro Studios Presents '80s TV Classics: Music from The Transformers on vinyl in three different color variants, available at select retailers Friday, March 9. This is the first official release of the score in any format and includes the iconic opening theme song and more than 45 minutes of unreleased music by composers Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas, Anne Bryant and Ford Kinder. The album features music from seasons 1-3 of “The Transformers” animated series which debuted in 1984.

“We’re very excited to share with fans of all ages the classic original score from the animated show that helped launch the Transformers universe,” said Stephen Davis, Chief Content Officer for Hasbro. “Legacy has created an incredible, unique product that fans will love and that is truly More than Meets the Eye!”

Hasbro Studios Presents '80s TV Classics: Music from The Transformers features a mix of orchestral and ‘80s inspired synth tracks which have been remastered from the original tapes by Walsh himself. The unique collector’s edition albums feature original artwork including Japanese Catalog artwork from 1985 and will be available in three different retail exclusive vinyl colorways (each sold separately) corresponding with fan favorite characters Optimus Prime (Blue and Red Stripe With Gray Splatter), Bumblebee (Black and Yellow Stripe) and Megatron (Gray with Purple Splatter).

The Hasbro Studios Presents '80s TV Classics: Music from The Transformers will be available for $18.99, with the Optimus Prime and Megatron variants available through EnjoyTheRideRecords.com and the Bumblebee variant available exclusively through ThinkGeek.com.

· EnjoyTheRideRecords.com
· ThinkGeek.com:

We also have a Track Listing for those curious as well:

Side A

1. Opening Theme Song
2. Life
3. Cybertron Sorrow
4. The Bridge to Iacon
5. Unwelcoming Committee
6. Prepare
7. Attack! Attack!
8. Decepticon Drama
9. Explore! Repair!
10. Facing Disaster
11. Ominous Discovery
12. Elements of Danger
13. Something’s Wrong
14. Overcoming the Unstoppable
15. No More Worries
16. Unyielding
17. Heavy Mettle
18. Man and Machine
19. Matters and Antimatters
20. Battle Fearlessly
21. Ancient Legends
22. The March of War

Side B

1. Roll For Home
2. The Glimmer of Hop
3. Earth to Cybertron
4. Into the Jaws of Death
5. Doomed Together
6. The Wrong Readings Mean the Right Doom
7. Transformers Medley
8. Mad Planet
9. Conflict on Cassette
10. Pastoral Tranquility
11. From the Secret Files of Teletraan II
12. Separation Anxiety
13. Synthesized Magic
14. Sinister
15. Uneasy Advances
16. Epic Struggles
17. Mysterious Airs
18. Waking Nightmare

We'll post more as it becomes available, I personally will be holding out hope for a wider release and digitally or even on CD as time goes on. Either way, owning the Transformers music in LP format is a great way to own this relic of the past!

Credit(s): EnjoyTheRideRecords.com

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Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944330)
Posted by Alpha Dominus on March 6th, 2018 @ 7:40pm CST

Was wondering about an official OG Transformers cartoon score recently. So glad this is happening! Think I'm springin' for the Megatron splatter wax.

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Posted by griftimus prime on March 6th, 2018 @ 8:14pm CST

only vinyl? this is just plain mean. i really want this.

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944344)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 6th, 2018 @ 8:52pm CST

My question about a digital release was already answered, I'd love to have this even if I would never play it but the limited release puts it out of reach

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944349)
Posted by Bronzewolf on March 6th, 2018 @ 9:13pm CST

Fully on board with this! Besides playing it, it would be cool to get framed!

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944399)
Posted by Emerje on March 7th, 2018 @ 12:02am CST

But it isn't even Record Store Day.

Emerje

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944407)
Posted by steve2275 on March 7th, 2018 @ 1:13am CST

Emerje wrote:But it isn't even Record Store Day.

Emerje

but it is rusev day

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944438)
Posted by BumbleDouche on March 7th, 2018 @ 4:57am CST

Not quite the same as an official release, but for those seeking digital versions there are options available... This guy on YouTube seems to have a lot of the G1 soundtrack pieces in fairly robust quality:
https://www.youtube.com/user/antronusprime/featured
Browse the videos to find the ones you like and illegally download then rip them to mp3 to whatever extent your evil, criminal hearts desire!

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944515)
Posted by Rated X on March 7th, 2018 @ 12:43pm CST

All 4 seasons have already been released online last year. It was some kind of kickstarter project. They were all remastered with the sounds and voices removed by some type of music production software. They sound great. No record required. I highly recommend.

And just to satisfy all the ethics hawks on here, I believe the kickstarter funds went to the production costs. No profit. Just a free download for all fans paid for by a small generous group of fans. So nobody should feel guilty about owning it.

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944659)
Posted by BumbleDouche on March 8th, 2018 @ 1:44am CST

Rated X wrote:All 4 seasons have already been released online last year. It was some kind of kickstarter project. They were all remastered with the sounds and voices removed by some type of music production software. They sound great. No record required. I highly recommend.

And just to satisfy all the ethics hawks on here, I believe the kickstarter funds went to the production costs. No profit. Just a free download for all fans paid for by a small generous group of fans. So nobody should feel guilty about owning it.

That makes me wonder, cos the YouTube-guy I provided the link for seems to have random selections of only the first three G1 series and some dubious Transformers-related video game tracks. If you have another source with a more complete selection, I'd love to hear more about it!

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1944729)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 8th, 2018 @ 12:49pm CST

Rated X wrote:All 4 seasons have already been released online last year. It was some kind of kickstarter project. They were all remastered with the sounds and voices removed by some type of music production software. They sound great. No record required. I highly recommend.

And just to satisfy all the ethics hawks on here, I believe the kickstarter funds went to the production costs. No profit. Just a free download for all fans paid for by a small generous group of fans. So nobody should feel guilty about owning it.

So then where do you find these songs to download then?

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1945002)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 9th, 2018 @ 11:05am CST

The pricing info was BS, they were 24.95 on enjoy the ride and 29.95 on think geek

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1945011)
Posted by Alpha Dominus on March 9th, 2018 @ 11:24am CST

Well that was quick! Sold out in 10 minutes! Only availabe at ThinkGeek with the Bumblebee colored edition.

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Posted by Va'al on March 9th, 2018 @ 12:22pm CST

As announced earlier in the week, the official soundtrack for the original Transformers animated series from the 1980s was released today via Enjoy the Ride Records, and the official social media for the brand has been spotlighting some of its features!

At the time of writing, only the ThinkGeek Bumblebee edition is available, for $29.99, while the Optimus Prime/Megatron variant on the main Enjoy the Ride site is sold out.

Side A

1. Opening Theme Song
2. Life
3. Cybertron Sorrow
4. The Bridge to Iacon
5. Unwelcoming Committee
6. Prepare
7. Attack! Attack!
8. Decepticon Drama
9. Explore! Repair!
10. Facing Disaster
11. Ominous Discovery
12. Elements of Danger
13. Something’s Wrong
14. Overcoming the Unstoppable
15. No More Worries
16. Unyielding
17. Heavy Mettle
18. Man and Machine
19. Matters and Antimatters
20. Battle Fearlessly
21. Ancient Legends
22. The March of War

Side B

1. Roll For Home
2. The Glimmer of Hop
3. Earth to Cybertron
4. Into the Jaws of Death
5. Doomed Together
6. The Wrong Readings Mean the Right Doom
7. Transformers Medley
8. Mad Planet
9. Conflict on Cassette
10. Pastoral Tranquility
11. From the Secret Files of Teletraan II
12. Separation Anxiety
13. Synthesized Magic
14. Sinister
15. Uneasy Advances
16. Epic Struggles
17. Mysterious Airs
18. Waking Nightmare

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1945059)
Posted by shajaki on March 9th, 2018 @ 12:39pm CST

**** you EnjoytherideRecords >:oP

EDIT: You too eBay. That is one of the most hideous markups I've ever seen :shock:

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Posted by dragons on March 9th, 2018 @ 1:01pm CST

I'm still confused sometime this year bestbuy will be not selling cds digital music is cause of it but records are still making comeback over digital music only way I buy record player if I have something to make record digital to have on MP3 player

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1945071)
Posted by TheFlameCrow on March 9th, 2018 @ 1:16pm CST

shajaki wrote:**** you EnjoytherideRecords

EDIT: You too eBay. That is one of the most hideous markups I've ever seen

Really? I was there at 12EST and grabbed a copy. It wasn't hard to get if you were there on time.

The ThinkGeek ones are still available.

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1945107)
Posted by Rated X on March 9th, 2018 @ 2:59pm CST

Wow im shocked....

After all 4 seasons were digitally remastered by fans these things actually sold out? I wonder how many of these will just be framed and hung on a wall?

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Posted by Ryrynz on March 12th, 2018 @ 2:13am CDT

Crap, I find out about this now? Ugh..
Are they gonna offer some digital downloads of this or what?
I've tweeted and emailed people about releasing this! It finally happens and I miss it..
Talk about a lack of publicity... how many of these did they make? 500... C'mon! *They made 1000.. should've done 10x this amount and limited multiple purchases more.

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Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 12th, 2018 @ 7:23am CDT

Rated X wrote:Wow im shocked....

After all 4 seasons were digitally remastered by fans these things actually sold out? I wonder how many of these will just be framed and hung on a wall?

I would guessing most of them will be hung on walls.

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Posted by ScottyP on March 12th, 2018 @ 9:54am CDT

steve2275 wrote:
Emerje wrote:But it isn't even Record Store Day.

Emerje

but it is rusev day

I hope Aiden English provided a b-side track for these

Re: Transformers Original Television Series Score On Sale Friday March, 9th. (1945839)
Posted by Qwan on March 13th, 2018 @ 3:00am CDT

For those who missed out on the vinyl release of the Transformers Generation 1 soundtrack that went up for sale on March 9th (it sure sold out quick!), we have some great news to share! Enjoy the Ride Records has announced, via their Facebook and Twitter pages, that they have received permission to run a repress of the LP, to be released around "summer (or before)".

Check out a couple of our previous articles on the soundtrack here and here for more specific details on the previous release (including the track-list if you were curious!), and look below for the announcement by Enjoy the Ride! Did you miss out last time and is this repress exactly what you were hoping for? Does the concept of the G1 soundtrack released on vinyl appeal to you? Let us know what you think below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more news as it comes!

For those who missed out on the first pressing of our #Transformers TV soundtrack release, we are very sorry about the frustration & that we underestimated demand BUT we are happy to announce that we just got the go ahead on a REPRESS! Hopefully In hand by the summer (or before) but of course will keep the fans updated as things progress. We sincerely thank everyone for your interest & support!

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Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 13th, 2018 @ 7:49am CDT

Just wondering if there will be something to differentiate this second pressing from the first?

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Posted by Supreme Convoy on March 13th, 2018 @ 9:29am CDT

Whoa! I have no idea how I missed this news. I’ll be on the look out for the repress.

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Posted by Alpha Dominus on March 13th, 2018 @ 10:36am CDT

This is great news! Was really looking forward to that Megatron grey/purple splatter wax. Sold out in less than 7 minutes! Even the Bumblebee variant is gone. Love that Transformers inspired Enjoy The Ride logo!

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Posted by Qwan on March 13th, 2018 @ 4:51pm CDT

Rodimus Knight wrote:Just wondering if there will be something to differentiate this second pressing from the first?

No word so far on that, just the announcement itself as posted above. If we hear anything more in the future though, you can be sure we'll let everyone know!

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Posted by shajaki on March 14th, 2018 @ 8:20am CDT

Alpha Dominus wrote:This is great news! Was really looking forward to that Megatron grey/purple splatter wax. Sold out in less than 7 minutes! Even the Bumblebee variant is gone. Love that Transformers inspired Enjoy The Ride logo!

Except I have yet to see a repress done in the same colors or variation. It will likely be a new variant, or straight black. Leaving those who want all versions, still screwed.

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Posted by Va'al on July 7th, 2018 @ 2:15am CDT

You'll remembe the story we reported on a while back on the original G1 Transformers animated series soundtrack receiving a vinyl reissue with collector attention to the packaging and aesthetic, from company Enjoy the Toons.

This Friday, they have put on sale the repressed versions of that record with additional colour variants, adding to the Megatron Split, Optimus Prime Split and Starscream Split vinyls offered via their Enjoy The Records Website, with the new ones offered via ThinkGeek, lightintheattic.com and FYE.

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Posted by Ryrynz on July 7th, 2018 @ 2:33am CDT

Thanks for this, I would've missed this if not for your post.. Also they didn't notify me they were releasing even though I ticked that box on their site? I never received an email! You're a life saver.

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Posted by Amelie on July 7th, 2018 @ 6:09am CDT

I went to order this, but $25 USD postage to the UK doubles the price of the record. Which, frankly, is outrageous - so I'm out. I would have loved this, but I can't justify $50 on vinyl I could be spending on putting towards Masterpiece Optimus V3...

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Posted by shajaki on July 7th, 2018 @ 11:04am CDT

In spite of FYE only shipping within the States, I got all my variants in the bag. Now I just gotta get the original Megs and Prime variants since I only got Bee from the first pressing #-o

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Posted by bodrock on July 8th, 2018 @ 1:01pm CDT

SOLD

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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 11th, 2018 @ 9:18pm CDT

And still no digital release

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Posted by shajaki on July 27th, 2018 @ 4:37pm CDT

So I now have every variant in hand (besides FYE, but it's on the way) and y'know, I really kind of hate the "collection". Unless you open them up, it's almost impossible to tell them apart. There's nothing different about the printed covers (fine print, bar codes, ect) and only the Enjoy The Toons variants have stickers (and pretty lame ones at that). The only decent one is the FYE, which has a special sticker clearly stating what variant it is. But I will include pics of the differences I can.

So, I've come up with a solution for myself, and am posting it for anyone else out there who might be as obsessive compulsive as myself. I've put together some images (labels), for each variant, that I plan to print out on sticker paper. I don't actually want to put the stickers on the sealed plastic, so I plan to buy some vinyl sleeves (like comics sleeves), stick it on that, and include a pic of the colored vinyl. This plan makes my collector brain really happy :lol: