Welcome, dear readers, to the first installment of my Physical Media Roundup series! These posts will be gathering the month’s upcoming physical media releases from around the web and rolling them up into one big catalogue for you to browse through. Vinyl, cassette, VHS, MiniDisc, Gameboy Advance cartridges… everything has a place in the roundup and possibly on your shelf! This special first post will cover the months of both March and April, as well as some selections from the past that are still for sale, as there is just SO much to choose from lately. There is no particular order to this list nor any particular genre, anything goes, as long as I think it’s cool. Let’s kick off this post with arguably the most ambitious vinyl release I’ve seen in the past few years: a vinyl record filled with sand! You heard me… SAND!
Vinyl
Title: 新世界の弟子たち
Artist: desert sand feels warm at night
Variant: Sand-Filled 12” Vinyl LP
Ship Date: March 30, 2022
Price: $175
Description:
- Gatefold jacket
- SAND-FILLED vinyl with 4 different colors of sand
- Download card
Additional Variants: Lava Smoke 12” Vinyl, Fan Club Edition “Gold Nugget” 12” Vinyl, Bronze Cassette
Link: https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/--2
Title: OST(1).rar
Artist: R23X
Variant: Special Edition 12” LP
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $25
Description: Yetee Records "Caerulean Starburst" pressing of OST(1).rar
Additional Variants: Neon Magenta 12” Vinyl, CD Longbox
Link: https://r23x.bandcamp.com/album/ost-1-rar-2
Title: Neo-Xelajú
Artist: LIFE2979光
Variant: Amethyst Blush Limited Edition 12" Vinyl LP
Ship Date: April 15, 2022
Price: $25.99
Stock: 200
Description:
- Limited edition LP run of 200 on Amethyst Blush coloured vinyl
- full colour jackets
- shrink wrapped
Link: https://tigerbloodtapes.bandcamp.com/album/neo-xelaj
Title: Tone Collection
Artist: 氷河
Variants: Cumulonimbus 7” Vinyl (left), Forecourt Lawn 7” Vinyl (right)
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $12 each
Stock: 125 of each
Description:
- Tone Collection finally on vinyl
- Edition of 125, numbered
- Includes sticker and download code
Link: https://aquablanca.bandcamp.com/album/tone-collection
Cassette
Title: clust.r
Artist: clust.r
Variant: rr034 - Limited Edition Cassette
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $10
Stock: 25 (4 remaining)
Description:
- Limited to 25 worldwide
- Hand-dubbed in real time on c32 split-color black/red cassette
Link: https://retracrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/clust-r
Title: 位相零
Artist: Phase Zero
Variant: Limited Night Edition Cassette [NM36R]
Ship Date: March 27, 2022
Price: $14
Link: https://neomotel.bandcamp.com/album/-
Title: SAILORWAVE III
Artist: MACROSS 82-99
Ship Date: April 2022
Price: $14
Description:
- Full-color, foil embossed j-card
- Holographic sticker
- Pre-order, ships mid April
Listen: https://macross82-99.bandcamp.com/album/sailorwave-iii
Purchase: macross-82-99-sailorwave-iii-cassette-tape
MiniDisc, Floppy Disc, & CD
Title: Koala Korp II
Artist: TUPPERWAVE
Variant: MiniDisc
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $20.39
Description: My Pet Flamingo and Tupperwave are proud to present: Koala Korp II on MiniDisc for the very first time.
- Professionally Duplicated with Pearlescent J Card Inlay
- On Body Disk Print
- In Stock & Shipping Immediately
Stock: 50 (5 remaining)
Additional Variants: CD, Electric Blue 12” Vinyl, Sky Blue with Green Splatter 12” Vinyl
Link: https://mypetflamingo.bandcamp.com/album/koala-korp-ii
Title: Prom Night: A Tribute to Saint Pepsi
Artist: Various Artists
Variant: MiniDisc
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $22
Description:
- MiniDisc With On-Body Printing
- After pre-order period, minidiscs will be $22.00 and limited to stock on hand
Stock: 50 (1 remaining)
Additional Variants: Cassette, Artist Edition Box Set
Link: https://coraspect.bandcamp.com/album/prom-night-a-tribute-to-saint-pepsi
Title: Dream City Vol.3
Artist: VAV-31
Variant: MiniDisc
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $20.10
Description:
- Professionally recorded
- On-Body Printing different on both sides, back full print
- 2-sided j-card
- Clear case
- we confirm that with the last volume we will have a kind of big obi to hold the 6 volumes
- Sticker
- In stock, buy it now, shipped next day
Stock: 6 remaining
Additional Variants: Cassette
Link: https://underwater-computing.bandcamp.com/album/dream-city-vol-3
Title: Generate
Artist: Mick Rudry
Variant: 3.5” Floppy Disc
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $7.77
Description:
- Includes tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Every single floppy disk label is unique! Each is a different section of the album art
Stock: 13 (9 remaining)
Link: https://exactamundodiscs.bandcamp.com/album/generate
Title: Still On The Lime
Artist: Wichita LimeWire
Variant: CD
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $12.23
Description: 'Downloading music fo free is awesome!' Wichita LimeWire + My Pet Flamingo are proud to present the CD edition of Still On The Lime!
- Professionally duplicated
- Jewel case
- Limited edition 50 copies available
- In stock and shipping immediately!
Stock: 50 (5 remaining)
Additional Variants: Ivory 12” Vinyl
Link: https://mypetflamingo.bandcamp.com/album/still-on-the-lime
Title: f o r e s t r y
Artist: a n d r o m e d a
Variant: CD
Ship Date: Now shipping
Price: $5
Description: CD's are still in testing phase. Manufacturing, Production, and Distribution by ©GULFSPARecords2021.
- Compact Disc (CD-R) in a standard transparent jewel case
- Limited Edition Compact Disc
- Home-brewed and burned by us personally
Stock: 25
Additional Variants: Cassette
Link: https://gulfsparecords.bandcamp.com/album/f-o-r-e-s-t-r-y
That's all for this installment of Physical Media Roundup! Hopefully these items piqued your interest. If you are an artist or label and would like to send in submissions for this list, my email is jostomorrow@gmail.com. In particular, I would love to feature some more obscure formats for music like VHS, Gameboy cartridges, reel-to-reel tape, and so on.
-- Stay tuned here at the Jo's Tomorrow blog for more Physical Media Roundups and obscure format coverage; Happy Reading!--
