You may have read about this on IGN a few days ago when we launched the Kickstarter campaign, but only in the last 24 hours has The Ship To Shore PhonoCo record label raised enough money, $42,000, to officially license, manufacture, and release the Mother, also known as "Earthbound Zero," OST (actually, the original arranged soundtrack) on vinyl. What's also exciting is that Fangamer and EarthBound Central, have endorsed us and been fantastic promotional partners for the campaign.


Some more details from Aaron Hamel, Ship to Shore Co-Founder:

[The Mother OST] was no ordinary video game soundtrack. Composers Hirozaku "Hip" Tanaka (Super Mario Bros., Metroid) and Keiichi Suzuki (Tokyo Godfathers, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman), with help from the likes of avant-garde composer David Bedford and film composer Michael Nyman, recorded several tracks from the MOTHER soundtrack with full orchestration and, in several cases, English vocals from various European musicians, including Louis Philippe, Jeb Million, The St. Paul's Cathedral Choir and a young unknown named Catherine Warwick.


In addition to standard black, the limited edition red variant sold out within hours on our launch day and we have since introduced a white edition (voted on by contributors - in a nod to the final boss) for those that missed out. Our other incentives, Mother pins, stickers, getting your name in the digital liner notes, and original fan art - which are quite beautiful - have also been selling like hot cakes!


Though we've hit our goal, some really exciting stretch goals are in the works. If we hit $60k (we're currently at $46k as of noon on 3/14), the packaging of the records themselves will get a major overhaul. This will include a nostalgic OBI strip on the record jacket, as well as quality embossing of the lettering, and the addition of a physical accompanying booklet that will include liners notes featuring the names of contributors. We hope to do more stretch goals as well...

We apologize in advance for the shameless self-promotion, but at the same time, we understand how hard it is to come by official Mother merchandise these days, and our first priority has to been to make something we, as true fans, would sincerely love to have ourselves. In short, if you're a Mother fan, we thought you might be interested in this. And we hope to to release more Mother and game soundtracks in the future, and on different formats well.


Visit our Kickstarter page for all the details. If you have any questions, comments, or want to stay updated on the campaign, please email us at motherost@gmail.com

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ABOUT SHIP TO SHORE— Started by avid record collectors Justin A. Martell and Aaron Hamel, the Ship to Shore Phonograph Co. is a boutique record label dedicated to finding and releasing hard-to-find, previously unreleased, and new to format music on vinyl and other physical format. The company's first release, labeled "one of the strangest releases of the century" by Shindig Magazine, was an Edison Wax Cylinder release of the unreleased Tiny Tim track "(Nobody Can Love Me Like) My Old Tomato Can". Our second release, the soundtrack to Troma Entertainment's 1986 cult classic film The Class of Nuke 'Em High, was released in December 2014.