Anyone here buy any? They've created a good selection.
Anyone here buy any? They've created a good selection.
Another waste of Earth's precious resources.
-GoTaS
I hadn't heard of these, but tickle me KIND OF intrigued?
Is this what we're talking about here? https://store.iam8bit.com/collection...FQ5XDQod3DQC0g
I have a sizeable collection of game soundtracks (probably 200+ at this point, though probably around half are from preorders or limited editions, not standalone retail OSTs), but every single one is on CD. I can't say I'm at all a fan of this new hipster fad of vinyl game soundtracks. I won't begrudge anybody buying whatever they want for whatever reason they want, as long as it doesn't harm anybody, but when most of the people buying vinyl OSTs are doing so just to have them as collectibles, mostly for the cover art, with no intention of ever listening to the actual music, that's pretty dumb to me. It's worse yet when the publishers can't even license the actual game art, so they commission some no-name artist to essentially create a piece of fanart for the cover. Worst of all is when a game's soundtrack ONLY gets a vinyl, instead of making the music available on a physical medium that most people still have the means to play so they can, you know, actually listen to it and rip it for listening on their computers/mp3 players/phones/whatever. That's just an insult to both the composer and people who still value having a tangible product that they can put to practical use, not just as a collectible to gather dust. That's not to say there are no vinyl OST collectors who have record players and will actually listen to their vinyls, but they are definitely in the minority.
These here. https://data-discs.com/collections/all
I bought the Streets of Rage one, but it was a gift for a friend who is into vinyl. I don't own a turntable, but have still been tempted by a few of these (namely Panzer Dragoon, but the slip cover isn't to my liking.. I really wished they would have used the Japanese version's cover art).
DATA001: Streets of Rage
£19.99 Sold out
DATA002: Shenmue
£19.99 Sold out
DATA003: Shinobi III
£19.99 Sold out
DATA004: Super Hang-On
£19.99 Sold out
DATA005: Streets of Rage 2
From £22.99 Sold out
DATA006: OutRun
£19.99 Sold out
DATA007: Golden Axe I & II
£19.99
DATA008: Panzer Dragoon
£22.99
DATA009: The Revenge of Shinobi
£19.99
DATA010: Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade
£19.99
DATA011: Gunstar Heroes
£24.99
DATA012: Coming Soon
£0.00
SONIC MANIA (Coming Soon)
£19.99
I don't know if it is this company, but at least one of them sells a combo of digital redemption coupons for downloadable tracks plus vinyl records, so it is your choice whether you use the record or not. Either way, you can listen to the digital tracks.
Also, from the company's Twitter account:
Jun 22
"A repress of our second release, SHENMUE, will be available to order from next week. On translucent light blue vinyl."
An unused collectible + digital tracks is a pretty poor alternative to me to a physical item that can act as both a collectible and a practical item. To me vinyl + digital isn't much different than games that are released in physical cases but only have a download voucher inside, or when people buy a game to keep sealed and then buy it again digitally. It's all silly and pointless to me. I buy games and soundtracks and what have you to actually use the physical product, not just to show something off on my shelves. But different strokes for different folks. Like I said before, I'm just mad when publishers think the ONLY people who want physical OSTs want them as collectibles and don't release a CD version as well. If there's both a CD and vinyl, I can simply buy what I want and ignore the vinyl.
I've long been a big fan of vinyl records as a format. I own several hundred at this point, along with numerous turntables to play 'em on. The title of the thread made me think of the short-lived fad of actually including data files in audio format on certain vinyl records. It basically sounded like hash to human ears, but if the audio was fed into a computer in the right way, it would produce something the computer could read. One example is the "Floppy ROM" included with some computer magazines back in the '80s; another is Information Society including a hidden message in the form of a text file (item #1) contained in a 'hidden' groove (separated by a lock-groove) on one of their albums. I don't have anything along the lines of the OP, but I do have a 12" single called 8-Bit Operators which contains covers of Kraftwerk music done in chiptune form.
-Adam
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