Demon Music Group have unveiled a stunning brand-new vinyl edition of BBC Radio Four‘s adaptation of Good Omens, available later this year.
Amazon Prime‘s recent (and highly successful) adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett‘s 1990 novel Good Omens is not the only time this well-loved work has been adapted into another form of media. Back in 2014, Good Omens was adapted and co-produced for broadcast on BBC Radio Four by Dirk Maggs. This radio adaptation starred Peter Serafinowicz as Crowley and Mark Heap as Aziraphale. Much like the television series, it proved to be an incredibly faithful and enjoyable rendering of the novel.
Having been released on CD and digital download back in 2015, Good Omens: The BBC Radio Four Adaptation is now set to be released on vinyl for the first time. This stunning box-set will be comprised of four 180g heavyweight vinyls, which will feature ‘heaven-and-hell’ style black and white colouring. Each disc will be presented in beautifully-illustrated wallets, inside a sixteen-page coffee table book, featuring original illustrations and exclusive sleeve notes from Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs. The box-set will also come with a set of tarot-style cards depicting each of the characters.
As well as this, Amazon are offering an exclusive signed edition of this vinyl box-set. This edition will include a print signed by Neil Gaiman himself, and will be limited to a run of just 500 copies.
Good Omens: The Radio Four Adaptation is due for release on 2nd August 2019, priced at £99. The signed and unsigned editions are available to pre-order now from Amazon.
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“He is Nigh.”
“He is? Already? How??”
When Aziraphale (Angel and part-time rare book dealer) and Crowley (an Angel who didn’t so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards) learn that the Antichrist has been born on present day Earth, they agree to work together to prevent the End of Days. Eleven years later, all bets are off when innocent Adam Young discovers he has the power to bring about Armageddon. As the stage is set for a showdown between the forces of Good and Evil, the prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch may yet come true…
For the first time ever on vinyl, Good Omens is adapted and co-directed for BBC Radio 4 by the award-winning Dirk Maggs (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Neverwhere; Stardust; Anansi Boys; The X-Files; Alien; Batman; Superman). It is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, now the basis for a major Amazon Prime TV series premiering in Summer 2019.
Starring Mark Heap as Aziraphale and Peter Serafinowicz as Crowley, with Josie Lawrence as Agnes Nutter, Colin Morgan as Newton Pulsifier and Charlotte Richie as Anathema Device, the cast also includes Phil Davis, Harry Lloyd, Paterson Joseph, Rachael Stirling, Jim Norton, Nicholas Briggs, Neil Maskell, Steve Toussaint, Simon Jones, Julia Deakin, Mitch Benn, Louise Brealey, Mark Benton and many more including cameo appearances by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
The unique four 180g heavyweight heaven and hell split black and white vinyl — includes a laser-etched Side B — are presented in illustrated wallets inside a rigid, bound 16 page book, with exclusive sleeve notes written by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs. Includes a signed frameable print signed by Neil Gaiman.
