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BRIEF HISTORY
 
- Moonshake starts with good intentions, Mega Man 2 record produced, receives a lot of attention, more profit potential. Small project for music that at the time we never thought we would see on vinyl. Generally a dick to people on the internet, huge ego.
 
- Gains a lot of attention, creates a big Zelda run, no intention of giving any composers money, people begin questioning him. Outlines his upcoming releases, continues to act like a dick.
 
- Receives a lot of negative attention, Ship to Shore realizes he's using a licensed Mother track on the upcoming NES release, they ask for him to remove it, Moonshake doesn't comply. Goes ahead and plays the victim card, changes his tone, suddenly all his profit now goes to the original artist/charity so he isn't the bad guy.
 
- Gains even more attention, goes forward with Castlevania and NES Greatest Hits releases, outlines his next Pokemon release, rants on his mailing list, empty promises of licensing releases and handing his profit to the composers. Continues to play the victim card, claims people are treating him unfairly and rants about how other companies don't give a penny to the composers.
 
- Releases Pokemon, receives even more attention, continues to play the victim card, no word on money to composers, no luck in getting licenses, claims there is a troll man-hunt, continues his inflated 'I'm a miracle' attitude.
 
I had no problem with Sean's project at the beginning but he's inflated this whole thing with his ego even though none of what he is doing is his own work, he has mislead his fans and has only shaped his intentions when he was put on the spot. The work I've seen every other company who releasing game music takes a lot more effort and practically does a lot more hard work than he has ever done. DataDiscs releases are tributes to the game with official art, everything represented perfectly, yet Moonshake's releases are generally just a tribute to himself.

About the Pokemon record: 'The most annoying being that they list the record is $50, which I did not authorize them to do whatsoever'
Just like GAME FREAK (who have legal digital music here) didn't authorize you to sell in the first place, right.
 
'I do not and have NEVER done this for money whatsoever'
Sure thing, I'm sure it was all going to the Mega Man and Zelda composers from the very start, right.
 
'not shitty vinyl “collectors” that buy records only as trophies to show off to other collectors.'
Half your audience mate.
 
'If all I cared about was ripping off nerds, I could just infinitely repress the mega man 2 or Zelda albums.'
Or you could bootleg a load of other releases.
 
'But Im not trying to be a business.'
Good luck with that Snatcher license.
 
'you can see how many labels have quickly popped up after me'
Ignoring the hundreds of game records released before him.
 
'uninspired soundtrack album design that’s generic as hell' 
Reference to his own bad album art.
 
'though for the record there are still labels like Iam8bit and datadiscs do awesome quality work and everyone should support them'
I'm sure they totally respect what all the hard work Moonshake does too.
 
Ninja Gaiden is coming out? I don't think Keiji Yamagishi/Brave Wave would be very happy about that (who they work closely with) at least they work directly with the original artists, do people actually believe he's sending all that profit from the Pokemon records to Junichi Masuda? Why such the big deal, it's half-ass work made out to be some glorious bootleg revolution. You can't make up excuses until you at least try attempt going legit, and asking your mailing list for lawyer help doesn't make it any easier.

Hey guys, I'm teaming up with the Video Game Grooves podcast to try and find out what was people's favorite VGM vinyl releases this year. The titles with most votes will be announced in a special podcast. The vote is up now and is open until December 7: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCBx2eu6vOG2ugsqSM_6cPaF_F7vER1dpiOtXxV5FxhFVUBw/viewform

Shamelessly gonna post my own tweet. Mass Effect vinyl sets are on sale right now: 
 

Shamelessly gonna post my own tweet. Mass Effect vinyl sets are on sale right now: 
 

Nothing concrete, but iam8bit did do a lot of tweets about the game for a while. That was some time ago, though, so maybe there wasn't anything to it or it's just taking longer. Hopefully we'll see it released at some point.

The Before The Storm 2LP was also listed on the US RSD site, so it should be available in the US as well.
 
Also, I didn't come across it here, but STS have announced a ton of titles (other than Celeste which was posted a little while back). They're doing Duck Game and Kingsway, and a bunch of Konami titles - Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa,  Esper Dream 1&2, Gradius 1-3, The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja (Goemon), Salamander and Wai Wai World 1&2.
 
Laced Records have opened preorders for Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-deluxe-double-vinyl-game
 
Spacelab9 have opened orders for a Namco Arcade compilation via ThinkGeek: www.thinkgeek.com/product/jorq/
 
The Human: Fall Flat OST can be preordered from Super Rare Games: https://superraregames.com/collections/products/products/vinyl-ost-human-fall-flat
 
Also, it's been confirmed that the second Flyrule album "A Terrible Fate" (with Majora's Mask samples) will also get a vinyl release, but no ETA yet.
 
And finally some bad news to those buying from iam8bit's UK store. They recently added a new tax at checkout, meaning you'll pay your regional VAT % + the normal product price. It makes releases sginificantly more expensive.

The Before The Storm 2LP was also listed on the US RSD site, so it should be available in the US as well.
 
Also, I didn't come across it here, but STS have announced a ton of titles (other than Celeste which was posted a little while back). They're doing Duck Game and Kingsway, and a bunch of Konami titles - Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa,  Esper Dream 1&2, Gradius 1-3, The Legend Of The Mystical Ninja (Goemon), Salamander and Wai Wai World 1&2.
 
Laced Records have opened preorders for Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: https://www.lacedrecords.co/products/where-the-water-tastes-like-wine-deluxe-double-vinyl-game
 
Spacelab9 have opened orders for a Namco Arcade compilation via ThinkGeek: www.thinkgeek.com/product/jorq/
 
The Human: Fall Flat OST can be preordered from Super Rare Games: https://superraregames.com/collections/products/products/vinyl-ost-human-fall-flat
 
Also, it's been confirmed that the second Flyrule album "A Terrible Fate" (with Majora's Mask samples) will also get a vinyl release, but no ETA yet.
 
And finally some bad news to those buying from iam8bit's UK store. They recently added a new tax at checkout, meaning you'll pay your regional VAT % + the normal product price. It makes releases sginificantly more expensive.

So now that there is a bootleg thread this is an ok subject again?

Done. Also, I know we can put it under "other", but Horizon: Zero Dawn really should be on there as well

Done! 

Hey, you lovely people! Me and the guys from the Video Game Grooves podcast are taking a look back at VGM vinyl in 2017 and it would be a great help if you could tell us your top 3 favorite titles from 2017 in this form: http://tinyurl.com/VGMvinyl2017
 
Cheers

Shameless plug of an interview with Laced Records' blog where I, the guys from the Video Game Grooves podcast, and the Games On Wax Twitter talk about video game music on vinyl, showcase a few of our own records, talk about what we'd like to see on vinyl and more: https://www.lacedrecords.co/blogs/news/why-we-game-music-scratching-the-vinyl-itch

Some rumors going saying that Mondo just announced Katamari Damacy OST vinyl release for 2018 at MondoCon. Fingers crossed for this!
 
EDIT: Rumors now include Silent Hill 2 & 3 as well.

You've never been about soundtracks though--I think you just gotta accept that people may be into different things than you. I listen to all of the [game, movie, TV show] soundtracks that I buy and enjoy doing so because it's music that I genuinely enjoy. I just spun my Castlevania IV record earlier, and had fun doing so. I just went and saw Hans Zimmer perform nearly 3 hours of movie music with a stage full of 60+ musicians. It was one of the best musical experiences I've ever had in my life.
Spacelab has done some really dumb shit, but personally I'm still gonna buy their releases if it's music that I like. My wife won a copy of their 'Outlander' S1 soundtrack release in a giveaway and there isn't anything wrong with it. Not my cup of tea, but a fine release.
And at the end of the day, I can't get too caught up in what other people do or don't do with their records because it just doesn't affect me. One day the bubble is gonna burst and all this shit is gonna be worthless anyway. 

Data Discs will have it up on their store next week. Should be good to save a little on shipping and potential import fees that way.

The vinyl OST for Kholat can be ordered now: http://shop.gamemusic.pl/product/vinyl/

Fuck, they got my nuts in a salad shooter with this one. 

Hello! Just posted a little tease for the next Gamer's Edition record on Instagram. I have a feeling you're not going to have much trouble guessing what it is.
 

Data Discs releasing Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade (on one release) on Saturday: http://data-discs.com/products/galaxyforce-thunderblade?mc_cid=ab91d01ca2&mc_eid=31ea25ffa9
 

I received the tri-color Snatcher variant today from vinyl-digital. Great packaging including beautiful inlays, poly-lined inner sleeves and the records sound very good so far!

And HLD has been pushed to early March. Nailed it!

Another Thumper release incoming: http://thrilljockey.com/products/thumper-thrill-435
$16, red translucent vinyl, ltd. to 1000 copies, and releases April 22.