[Tight-Pants Jack]

There's a Zia Records in Mesa, AZ that got their hands on a Real Ghostbusters cassette tape, but I've never seen one of these before. Does anyone know anything about this?

[Kingpin]

That my friend, is gold dust.

During season one of The Real Ghostbusters, music duo Tahiti contributed 10 commissioned songs for the show's soundtrack, which was given a somewhat limited release on audio cassette... These soundtrack cassettes were planned to be sold in toy stores, but as it stands only a few of these tapes have been seen in the internet era.

More details can be found on Spook Central's page: LINK, including a digital copy of the tracks from one of these tapes.

[edspengler]

Thats a great find, thanks for sharing!

[Tight-Pants Jack]

For the record, I didn't buy it (they hadn't put it out for sale yet when I was in there). But it's there for anyone who wants it.

[Kingpin]

I'd love to add that tape to my collection, but dread how much the price tag would be given it's rarity.

Either way, it's an incredible find.

[Bison256]

The end credits of the real Ghostbusters claim this was also available on CD. But it seems that version never happened.

[Kingpin]

The end credits of the real Ghostbusters claim this was also available on CD. But it seems that version never happened.

I do wonder if the scarcity of these cassettes is down to them not selling well back in 1986... Or, if they might be tied into the reason why Tahiti and commercial music weren't featured in the show after season one.

[Dr.D]

Now...if only we could find the original recording of the "John Smith" theme.

[zeta otaku]

Now...if only we could find the original recording of the "John Smith" theme.

I would KILL for a clean copy of that.

[SeikoVoiceNote29]

Yes! I had this tape when I was little! We bought it in Toys’ R Us! I listened to it constantly on my red Little Tikes Tape player! A Classic!

[Kingpin]

An update thanks to Jeff Lewis of the Arizona Ghostbusters: he inquired about the cassette a couple of weeks ago, and at the time the staff at Zia were unsure what to price the soundtrack at, but were considering $1,000.

He's now heard back from them, and they've settled on $500.

[mrmichaelt]

<reads Kingpin's post -- silently cancels airline ticket to Arizona>

[Bison256]

An update thanks to Jeff Lewis of the Arizona Ghostbusters: he inquired about the cassette a couple of weeks ago, and at the time the staff at Zia were unsure what to price the soundtrack at, but were considering $1,000.

He's now heard back from them, and they've settled on $500.

I as someone who also dabbles in retro video game collecting, prices for anything "retro" are becoming insane. I'm glad spook Central got the music off of one of these cassettes and posted it years ago.