Subtropic Records have announced that they will be releasing the Switched On SNES analog synth arrangement of Secret Of Mana on vinyl.
The release will be a single 180g LP available in two color variants – a green and white colored variant and a regular black vinyl variant. It will also come with a poster. The release is limited to 500 copies and there is also 50 signed copies available.
Fangamer have just announced that they are releasing the soundtrack to Spelunky on vinyl.
The release will be a single LP on black & gold hand-poured vinyl (giving it a starburst-ish effect). It comes in a regular LP jacket with printed inner sleeves featuring new artwork by Brian Carmody.
It is priced at $23 and is available to ship now (although they note that they are busy due to the holiday sale, so it might be a week or so before they can ship out orders). It can be ordered from Fangamer here.
It was announced alongside the original Shovel Knight soundtrack quite a while ago, but now we finally have details on the vinyl release for the Specter Of Torment DLC.
The release will be a 2LP housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by Hitoshi Ariga and Ayano Koshiro. It will be available in two color variants – a standard with one disc on red and the other on black vinyl, and a limited edition with one record on gold and the other on silver vinyl. The limited edition is limited to 125 copies in the EU and an unannounced allocation for the US.
As usual it will also come with a booklet with liner notes by people involved with the game and the vinyl release, as well as a download code for a digital copy of the soundtrack.
Ship To Shore PhonoCo. have prepared a massive line-up of new releases and repressings for Black Friday and here you’ll have a breakdown of all six (!) titles. New releases first.
Continuing their Konami partnership they will have preorders for both Gradius II and III available.
Gradius II is a single LP that will feature the Famicom soundtrack on one side and the MSX soundtrack on the other. It will be available in multiple color variants – red vinyl with black splatter and clear vinyl from Ship To Shore, a clear and blue split with blue splatter from The Yetee, and a red-in-clear from Black Screen Records.
Gradius III is a 2LP that will feature the SNES soundtrack on one disc and the arcade soundtrack on the other. It will be available in multiple color variants – black vinyl with green splatter and clear vinyl from Ship To Shore, a clear and yellow split with yellow splatter from The Yetee, and a green-in-clear from Black Screen Records.
Both Gradius titles feature new artwork by Ian Wilding. Gradius II will come in a single pocket jacket while Gradius III will be gatefold. The artwork for all three Gradius titles line up in one long piece if lined up next to each other.
Cosmic Star Heroine was initially teased more than 2 years ago, but is now finally here. It will feature a selection of 15 tracks from the game picked by the composers.
It will be a single LP housed in a regular jacket with artwork by Drew Wise. It will be available on blue & black vinyl with red splatter from Ship To Shore, and on silver vinyl (limited to 400 copies) from Limited Run Games.
And now repress news! There will be new pressings for MOTHER, MOTHER 2 and Celeste available in new color variants.
MOTHER will be available on blue/yellow split from Ship To Shore, “Magicant and Flying Man” color from The Yetee, and an unannounced color from Fangamer.
MOTHER 2 will be available on “Tessie” purple from Ship To Shore, on “Fourside and Moonside” color from The Yetee, and an unannounced color from Fangamer.
Celeste will be available on clear vinyl from Ship To Shore.
All titles are scheduled to release in December or Q1 2019 (depending on title and store) and are available to preorder today (although exact times they go live vary from store to store). Here are the links available so far:
Earlier today Fangamer opened a listing for a vinyl release of the soundtrack to Stardew Valley. This version differs from the previous Stardew Valley release from Gamer’s Edition in that it’s the complete 77-track soundtrack.
The release will be a 4LP box set. Each record has a different marbled color – one is “Spring” pink, one is “Summer” peach, one is “Fall” orange, and the last is “Winter” white. The box is a slipcase containing each record in a cardboard sleeve. The entire release features new artwork from Kari Fry.
A few days ago Enjoy The Ride Records announced that they will be releasing the arcade soundtracks to the games Mortal Kombat 1 & 2 on vinyl.
The release will be a single LP housed in gatefold jacket with an iconic “Fatality” scene from the games. It will be available in three different variants from Enjoy The Ride – a “Reptile” green limited to 200 copies, a “Sub-Zero” blue limited to 400 copies, and a “Scorpion” yellow limited to 400 copies. Additionally, ThinkGeek will have an exclusive picture disc variant that is limited to 1000 copies.
Early last year developer Pxlplz launched a Kickstarter for their game Robo Puzzle Smash that included vinyl reward tiers. The campaign was unfortunately not succesful, but this did not appear to stop them as the game released yesterday – alongside a vinyl soundtrack!
The release is a single LP on random colored vinyl. It comes in a single pocket jacket with the same cover art used for the digital soundtrack release. It is limited to 200 copies.
Fangamer have just announced that they will be releasing Ben Prunty’s soundtrack to Into The Breach on vinyl. It is part of their Black Friday sale (which runs until November 27) and is made available alongside other merch from the game.
The release will be a 2LP on “smoky green” translucent vinyl. It will come in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by spudonkey.
The lofi hip hop arrangement album “Zelda & Chill” by Mikel & GameChops is getting a vinyl release from Materia Collective.
The release will be a single LP on black vinyl. It will come in a regular LP jacket featuring the artwork that was also used for the original digital release by Mikel, Chris Davidson and Cindy LaBreacht. The release will be limited to 500 copies.
A few days ago Rozen teased a new mystery album with no name or artwork. Now it has been revealed to be an album with arrangements of music from The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask called Children Of Termina. The release will be handled by Materia Collective, who have also handled the vinyl releases of Rozen’s previous albums.
The album will be a 2LP, but specifics of the packaging still haven’t been announced. There will be two different vinyl versions – a standard 2LP limited to 1000 copies and a deluxe 2LP limited to 200 copies, which will also include the album on CD, alternate artwork, foil numbering, sheet music, and more.
