{"id":3409,"date":"2016-07-05T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T10:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T11:00:57","slug":"actual-fantasy-and-final-experiment-on-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/actual-fantasy-and-final-experiment-on-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Actual Fantasy and Final Experiment now on vinyl"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ayreon<\/a>
\nEarlier this year we announced that Ayreon had been signed by Mascot Label Group and its label Music Theories Recordings. After re-releasing the Ayreon catalogue on various digital platforms in April, Arjen’s first two Ayreon albums, The Final Experime<\/em>nt and Actual Fantasy: Revisited<\/em> will see their first-ever vinyl release on August 26, 2016.
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Of course, there will be regular double black vinyls of The Final Experiment<\/em> and Actual Fantasy: Revisited<\/em>, but that’s just the beginning. Mascot is also releasing a full-on, deluxe boxset extravanganza!<\/p>\n

Both albums will be released in an exclusive, limited hardcover box set, on marble colored vinyl. A postcard (signed by Arjen) and newly created posters will be added to every pre-order as well. <\/p>\n

And did we mention that the bonus content will only be available on vinyl in these limited edition boxes? This is your only chance to get the semi-acoustic tracks from The Final Experiment<\/em> and the original Actual Fantasy<\/em> on vinyl!<\/p>\n

We also made a special, limited edition t-shirt that’s bundled with the Deluxe box sets. Of course you can order it with the regular vinyls too.<\/p>\n

Now, to quote the movie “Seven”… What’s in the box????<\/p>\n

The Final Experiment 3 LP Deluxe Edition:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Hardcover boxset
\n\u00b7 2 LP Gatefold on Blue Marble vinyl
\n\u00b7 Bonus Semi-Acoustic LP on Blue Marble vinyl
\n\u00b7 Download card for a complimentary MP3 download of all 3 records
\n\u00b7 A2 sized poster
\n\u00b7 Postcard with hilarious record company rejection letters, individually signed by Arjen
\n\u00b7 Limited to 1000 numbered copies worldwide<\/p>\n

Actual Fantasy Original 4 LP Deluxe Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Hardcover boxset
\n\u00b7 Actual Fantasy Revisited 2 LP Gatefold on Red Marble vinyl
\n\u00b7 Actual Fantasy Original 1996 Recordings 2 LP Gatefold on Red Marble vinyl, with ‘reverse’ artwork
\n\u00b7 Download card for a complimentary MP3 download of all 4 records
\n\u00b7 A2 sized poster with ‘reverse’ artwork
\n\u00b7 Postcard with ‘reverse’ artwork, individually signed by Arjen
\n\u00b7 Limited to 1000 numbered copies worldwide<\/p>\n

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Preorder your copy now<\/h2>\n

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Great news for vinyl collectors…the first two Ayreon albums (The Final Experiment and Actual Fantasy) were never before released on vinyl, but are coming your way in August 2016. And there are deluxe, limited edition boxed sets on beautiful colored vinyl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"blackboxtitle","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3425,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions\/3425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenlucassen.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}