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Release Date (JPN): January 14, 1990 [1990/01/14] Release Date (USA): April 1990 [1990/04] Developer: Live Planning [ライブプランニング]
(KAZe Co., Ltd. [株式会社カゼ])Publisher: Meldac [メルダック] Licensor: Hyperware Co., Ltd.
[株式会社ハイパーウェア]
Music: Norio Nakagata [中潟憲雄]
Side A Side B A1. Heiankyo's Day Break B1. "Message from the Alien" A2. Theme Song of Knight Kebiishi A3. Interval A4. Tears of Eva A5. Kagome Kagome A6. Rock n’ Roll in Kyoto A7. Theme Song of Knight Kebiishi (Arranged Version)
This is Kid MarsCat's digital restoration of the artwork for the cassette. It's not perfect but it's the closest to a proper scan she could do with limited resources and assets.
The article also features the entire tape recording, available for listening and for download (MP3, 320kbps).
In the Chris Bieniek article about the Heiankyo Alien promotional cassette, it's mentioned that there was also an official t-shirt made for the game:
The real surprise is the last track, “Message From the Alien,” the lone cut on Side B of the cassette. It’s a professionally narrated and voice-acted recording that was apparently made for some type of Heiankyo Alien telephone hotline. “As a special reward to those who dare to battle with the evil from beyond,” it says, “we’ll give away a free Meldac original designer T-shirt to the first 80 warriors who buy Heiankyo Alien. These are one-of-a-kind T-shirts featuring the Heiankyo Alien in all his gruesome glory.”
I found an auction for a Heiankyo Alien t-shirt on the yahoo.co.jp auctions site (the original link is here, but it might not be there for long), which might be the t-shirt they were referring to on the tape.
