Space Is The Place 40th Anniversary Edition

 

A lot has happened since I last posted - New Re-Leases, Re-Releases, and Re-Issues.  Among the most exciting is the Space Is The Place Reissue Project currently underway at Pledgemusic.com.  Though pledging has ended, there is still about a week left to pre-order a package and have it arrive for the holidays.  Currently, the film and soundtrack can only be ordered through the website though it should hit stores in early 2015.  

Check out their site - it includes several never before seen pictures from the movie and of the filming and even a couple of streaming audio snippets found while putting together the soundtrack.

We're Living in the Space Age

2014 is the 40th anniversary of the release of the film SPACE IS THE PLACE.  To celebrate it, David Katznelson's record label is releasing a book/DVD/CD around the film.  The book will be a coffee-table sized hardcover book featuring dozens and dozens of never before seen photographs taken by outerspaceways member and the film's producer Jim Newman.  Also included will be essays by Director John Coney, Assistant Director Tom Bullock, Cinematographer Seth Hill, with an intro by Wayne Coyne (of the Flaming Lips) not to mention a great interview with the Cosmic Overseer himself, Ray Johnson.  

The DVD will feature BOTH  versions of the film that have already been released.  The original VHS "edited" version (a recently found the original transfers so the quality will be the best ever available) as well as the uncut version with a bonus commentary by Jim Newman.

The CD (and LP!) will be a newly mastered version of the soundtrack.

It will all be contained within the hardcovers of the book and limited to a pressing of 3000.

To see and hear more about it:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/sitp