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The Ghostbusters theme song is getting a pricey, marshmallow-scented vinyl reissue

by Tyler Munro

This year is turning out to be a big year for Ghostbusters, and not just because the beloved franchise is celebrating its 30th birthday. First, we learned last month that the long awaited third movie is moving forward not as a sequel, but as reboot of the franchise starring an all female cast, and then this week word got out that Ray Parker Jr.’s eponymous “Ghostbusters” would be getting an… interesting reissue.

While Jurassic Park memorable score recently got a frill-filled, picturesque record pressing, Legacy Records are upping the stakes with a deluxe Stay Puft-themed Ghostbusters package that, among other things, features a marshamallow-scented jacket.

Marshmallows, of course, don’t really smell like anything, unless you light them on fire—and please don’t light yours on fire—but the novelty is a cute one nonetheless. It rounds out a pretty mammoth package that packs two lenticular pictures alongside the one-sided 12-inch single into a gatefold jacket with the puffiness, texture and aforementioned stink of a marshmallow.

Adding value to the package is the anacrhonistic inclusion of Run DMC’s rendition of the theme, which was featured five years later in the vastly inferior Ghostbusters II.

If you’ve got $70 to spend, you can pre-order the package here. [h/t Stereogum]