…you can now buy the one and only album ever cut by former Ultima Online lead designer Raph Koster again.

Actually, there’s a bit of a relevant story behind it:

Back in 1999, the audio guys at Origin had spare time, and they put together this cool little program whereby people who worked there at Origin could get recording studio time.

In my case, that resulted in my only CD, AFTER THE FLOOD, which features Matt Mitchell on bass, Todd McKimmey on bass and electric guitar, and Stretch Williams on slide guitar.

I put it up on mp3.com back when there was such a thing, and some of the songs did fairly well — the opening track hit #9 on the folk-rock chart, for example. But then mp3.com went away.

Then I put it on CafePress just so it wouldn’t vanish altogether. And then CafePress did away with CDs.

So basically, it’s been out of print for years and years.

I decided, hey, if I am going to write hundreds of songs in a spare bedroom, I should actually let someone hear them. So the CD is back! (Well, as mp3 downloads anyway).

If you’re interested in hearing Mr. Koster’s lyrical and musical stylings, you can find the album available for sale at CDBaby.