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The Space Jam sound­track is being reis­sued on vinyl

23 Mar 2017

Two men, one a cartoon rabbit and the other a basketball player, speaking to one another.
Two men, one a cartoon rabbit and the other a basketball player, speaking to one another.
This Record Store Day fea­tures the ulti­mate 90s nos­tal­gia trip.

The organ­is­ers of Record Store Day have just announced the full list of lim­it­ed edi­tion vinyl being released for this year’s event. Among the high­lights are reis­sues of music by The Smiths, David Bowie, Prince, Fleet­wood Mac, Grate­ful Dead and Lou Reed. But the reis­sue we’re most excit­ed about is the orig­i­nal sound­track to Space Jam.

If you grew up in the 1990s, chances are you’ll have fond mem­o­ries of this ultra-zany bas­ket­ball-themed toon caper, yet despite those warm and fuzzy nos­tal­gia feel­ings it is not a film that holds up par­tic­u­lar­ly well some 20 years on (suf­fice to say it didn’t trou­ble our recent rank­ing of the decade’s 100 best movies).

The sound­track is the real deal though. Fea­tur­ing artists like R Kel­ly, D’Angelo, Quad City DJs and Seal, the ini­tial vinyl release was crammed with R&B and hip hop ear­worms, and has since become some­thing of a collector’s item. It arrived at a time when movie tie-in sin­gles were all the rage, with R Kelly’s chart-top­ping I Believe I Can Fly’ one of the defin­ing songs of this dis­tinct­ly 90s trend.

We’ll be first in the queue at our local record store come 22 April when this unex­pect­ed reis­sue lands cour­tesy of Atlantic records.

Check out the offi­cial tracklist:

01. Fly Like An Eagle’ – Seal
02. The Win­ner’ – Coo­lio
03. Space Jam’ – Quad City DJs
04. I Believe I Can Fly’ – R Kel­ly
05. Hit Em High (The Mon­sters Anthem)’ – B‑Real, Bus­ta Rhymes, Coo­lio, LL Cool J, Method Man
06. I Found My Smile Again’ – D’Angelo
07. For You I Will’ – Mon­i­ca
08. Upside Down (Round-N-Round)’ – Salt N Pepa
09. Givin’ U All That I Got’ – Robin S
10. Bas­ket­ball Jones’ – Bar­ry White & Chris Rock
11I Turn To You’ – All-4-One
12. All Of My Days’ – R Kel­ly
13. That’s The Way (I Like It)’ – Spin Doc­tors
14. Bug­gin’’ – Bugs Bunny

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