Ayreon Announces Two Albums Getting Vinyl Re-Releases

Earlier this year Mascot Label Group announced the signing of Ayreon, the highly acclaimed project from singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist / record producer Arjen Lucassen, to its sub label Music Theories Recordings.

After re-releasing the Ayreon catalogue on various digital platforms in April, debut album "The Final Experiment" and follow-up "Actual Fantasy: Revisited" will see their first-ever vinyl release on August 26th, 2016. You can see Arjen talking about the releases in the YouTube clip below.

The Ayreon back-catalogue has been re-released before, but contrary to the rest of Ayreon’s seven studio albums, "The Final Experiment" and "Actual Fantasy: Revisited" have never been released on vinyl.

Lucassen comments: “That makes it perfect for me. I couldn’t have wished for a better start with Mascot Label Group and Music Theories Recordings. The people at Mascot flooded me with ideas and plans for the re-releases. Which is a luxury, really! Take the artwork, for example. They offered to rework it, but wanted to show the original artwork as well. Their ideas were all really good. I’m sure the fans will appreciate this, which is one of my main goals when working on a re-release or a vinyl release. The worst thing to do is forget about quality and details, because people will turn away from you in no time.”