{"id":1717,"date":"2026-04-08T18:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tommykeene.com\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:03:14","slug":"sftf-the-reflection-sessions-record-store-day-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommykeene.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/sftf-the-reflection-sessions-record-store-day-26\/","title":{"rendered":"SFTF The Reflection Sessions Record Store Day ’26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Unreleased Tommy Keene Album Songs From The Film<\/em> (Original Version) to Make Historic Debut on Record Store Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A long-lost chapter in American power-pop finally comes to light<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Bethesda, MD] \u2014 [April 15, 2026]<\/strong> \u2014 In one of the most anticipated archival releases in recent memory, the original, long-shelved version of Tommy Keene\u2019s Songs From The Film<\/em> will finally see the light of day as an exclusive Record Store Day release. Often spoken of in fan circles but never officially heard, this is the album Keene recorded in 1984 with producers Don Dixon and T-Bone Burnett\u2014an entire full-length LP completed, titled, sequenced, and then abruptly abandoned in the wake of a major label deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What followed became a defining \u201clost moment\u201d in Keene\u2019s storied career. Now, more than forty years later, listeners will hear the record exactly as it was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Full-Length Album Lost to Industry Pressures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the momentum of The Dolphin EP<\/em> and Places That Are Gone<\/em>, Keene entered Reflection Sound Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina with Don Dixon\u2014fresh off his acclaimed work with R.E.M. and Guadalcanal Diary\u2014to craft what was intended to be his breakthrough LP. Dolphin Records, aiming to elevate the project even further, brought T-Bone Burnett on board after early conversations with Marshall Crenshaw\u2019s management fell through.-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keene, Dixon, and Burnett spent a month shaping Songs From The Film<\/em>: a vivid, fully realized album that represented the natural progression from Keene\u2019s college-radio rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just as the record was completed, Geffen Records stepped in with a major-label offer\u2014on the condition that the album never be released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt was mid-1984, and I had been chasing this holy grail major label deal since 1978,\u201d Keene later recalled. \u201cWhen you\u2019re that young you think, \u2018This might never happen again. I better do what they say.\u2019\u201d Dolphin Records protested, and ultimately a compromise was reached\u2014but the album was shelved, momentum stalled, and a two-year release gap followed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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A Crucial Missing Piece of the Tommy Keene Story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The now-legendary \u201clost\u201d Songs From The Film<\/em> became a turning point\u2014creatively, professionally, and emotionally. Fans have long speculated about how this original version differed from the later re-recorded 1986 Geffen release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Record Store Day edition presents, for the first time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n