my friend from japan just sent me like 14 cds from japan. i now have started my collection of jpop cds. i was wondering if anyone else had a collection.

here's the ones she sent:

chemistry - second to none
ayu - & (single)
crystal kay loves mflo - i like it (single)
crystal kay - hard to say (single)
boa - shine we are (single)
boa - listen to my heart
boa - valenti
ayu - a best
ayu - a ballads
yano maki - sobanokasu
hikki - colors (single)
hikki - first love
hikki - distance
hikki - deep river

Woot?!? no Every Little Thing!? shame on you. That's one big hole in your jpop collection.
I had Hikki - Distance and Ayu - A Best cds Anyways, got all of em in mp3s

me too.. got lots of stuff in mp3s because to me i might only like some songs in a certain album.. and i really think singles are a waste of money..

as for my cds..
- of course all arashi albums..
- smap 014.. the only smap cd i have because of lion heart
- suite chic
... not really a lot eh.. oh a chage and aska one.. my mom used to love them..

not a lot, no money to spare...

Hikki- First Love
Hikki- Distance
Hikki- Deep River
Chemistry- Second to None
Hikki- Colors single

as for those in mp3 format, I have lots of Bird's songs, Matsu Takako, Dreams Come True, Every Little Thing. A little bit of this and that.

v_ice

Hmm...

As for me...

Albums
Luna Sea - Shine
Utada Hikaru - Deep River
SMAP - SMAP Vest
SMAP - SMAP MIJ
SMAP - Drink! SMAP
Nakashima Mika - LOVE
Love Psychedelico - Love Psychedelico III

Yomigaeri OST
Long Vacation OST
Sorakara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi OST
Sleeping Forest OST
Good Luck OST
Pride OST

Singles
Dreams Come True - Asaga Mata Kuru
SMAP - Dynamite
Luna Sea - Gravity
Sophia - Rock Star
&G (Inagaki Goro) - Wonderful Life

Just like minna, I have a lot of songs in mp3 format too... Most mp3s I have belongs to ppl like Hikki, Ayu, SMAP, Namie and Naohito.

3Peace...
Orenji

err...here is what i have.

Takashi Kashiwabara - Face of the city
Every Little Thing - Every Best Single+3
Every Little Thing - Every Ballad Song
Every Little Thing - Every Best Single 2
SMAP - Drink Smap!
SMAP - MIJ
SMAP - Smap Vest
SMAP - SMAP 010 "Ten"
OST - Good Luck

The rest are all mp3 files download from irc

my list:

album
ayu - a best, i am, rainbow
hikki - distance, deep river
elt - every best single
dai - do the best, true song
onitsuka chihiro - this armor
chemistry - all three of their album
glay - drive
speed - moment, carry on my way
misia - kiss in the sky

single
ayu - dearest, H

don't have mp3s at all, cos my computer's sound card isn't working...... , only use for online.
got to buy it......currently collecting money to buy new pc.

i bought a few jpn version CDs..jrock + jpop

hyde
horizon
hello
shallow sleep
evergreen

L'Arc~en~Ciel
real
clicked singles best 13

smap
freebird
smac

overseas version

larcenciel - the best of larcenciel c/w
smap - 10th anniversary
ayumi hamasaki - i am
misia - kiss in the sky
shiina ringo - Utaite Myori - Sonoichi

hikaru utada :
colors
deep river
distance
first love

arashinokoto wrote:

me too.. got lots of stuff in mp3s because to me i might only like some songs in a certain album.. and i really think singles are a waste of money..

But sometimes, the singles contain music versions that are different from regular album versions, so it's frustrating sometimes when they record different versions in the albums. For instance, Hyde's first 3 singles when he went solo. Those coffin like jewel cases are to die for I think! Plus, the music arrangment is different too. And I just have to have that velvet-cover full length album of his too! And there goes my money.

Just spent like hundreds again for J-pop albums this month, Naohito Fujiki's concert DVD alone is close to US$100, sigh... Collecting CDs is my hobby so I have only myself to blame. But I only buy those that I like, not buying every single that they churn out. Bought a load of Mika Nakashima's stuff this month too plus her music scores, she's my current flavor of the month. Good thing Taiwan online stores offer cheaper versions (official licensed copies), a little saving here and there helps.

leesun.. you're the kind of consumer that every record company loves.. not me definitely..

Yeah, i think I'm a sucker too, But so long as the music is good, I normally don't mind buying them. The nice packaging is a bonus.

leesun wrote:

Yeah, i think I'm a sucker too, But so long as the music is good, I normally don't mind buying them. The nice packaging is a bonus.

true.. i really like nice packaging a lot too.. but definitely not singles for me.. only albums have nice bonuses..

It's really hard to justify spending $20+ for an album, $10+ for a single, and $30+ for a DVD. But sometimes you can't help it. That being said, I've imported a couple...

- Bonnie Pink: I own all her albums, singles (they're worth getting considering that the C/W songs don't appear on her albums), DVDs, some LPs, and other CDs she was featured in.

- Anime OSTs: Soundtracks from Rurouni Kenshin, Haibane Renmei, TEXHNOLYZE, and Serial Experiments Lain.

- Spitz: "Hana Tori Kaze Tsuki" because it was heavily slashed in price at YesAsia.

- Yaida Hitomi: "The First Reflection" DVD.

- Hamasaki Ayumi: Some of her older albums and singles. My sister is a big fan of hers and I've ended up giving her some.

- Shibata Jun: "Anata to no Hibi" (Limited Edition) because of the included DVD and postcard.

There are a whole mess more albums and DVDs I'd like to buy of the above artists and other artists I have mp3s of (especially of Syrup16g...I recently got hooked to their stuff), but I need to save up some more money first.

My collection (excluding singles, OSTs and albums that are by Japanese artistes but not exactly pop or rock):

Aiko - Sakura no ki no shita
Aiko - Natsufuku
Arashi -Ichigou
Arashi - Here we go!
Bird - Mind travel
Chemistry - The way we are
Chemistry - Second to none
Chemistry - Between the lines
Doumoto Tsuyoshi - Rosso e azzurro
Fukuyama Masaharu - Dear~Magnum collection 1999~
Fukuyama Masaharu - f
Glay - Speed pop
Glay - Beat out!
Glay - Review
Glay - Heavy gauge
Glay - Drive
Glay - One love
Hirai Ken - The changing same
Hirai Ken - Gaining through losing
Hirai Ken - Life is...
Hyde - Roentgen
Hysteric Blue - bleu-bleu-bleu
Kinki Kids - A album
Kinki Kids - B album
Kinki Kids - C album
Kinki Kids - D album
Kinki Kids - E album
Kinki Kids - F album
Kinki Kids - Kinki single selection
Kubota Toshinobu - Greatest hits
Kubota Toshinobu - As one
L'arc-en-Ciel - Tierra
L'arc-en-Ciel - Heavenly
L'arc-en-Ciel - True
L'arc-en-Ciel - Heart
L'arc-en-Ciel - Ray
L'arc-en-Ciel - Ark
L'arc-en-Ciel - Real
L'arc-en-Ciel - Clicked singles best 13
L'arc-en-Ciel - Best of L'arc-en-Ciel c/w
Lucifer - Limit control
Lucifer - Beatrip
M-flo - Expo expo
Matsu Takako - Itsuka, sakura no ame ni
Matsu Takako - A piece of life
Matsu Takako - Homegrown
Misia - Love is the message
Misia - Marvellous
Mr. Children - Atomic heart
Mr. Children - Bolero
Mr. Children - Q
Mr. Children - It's a wonderful world
Nowhere - Bawl out
Porno Graffitti - foo?
Shiina Ringo - Muzai moratorium
Shiina Ringo - Shoso strip
Shiina Ringo - Utaite myouri
Shiina Ringo - Karuki zamen kuri no hana
Skoop on Somebody - Nice'n slow jam
Skoop on Somebody - Save our souls
Smap - Vest
Smap - 014
Smap - pamS
Southern All Stars - Sakura
Yuzu - Yuzuen

Not much.....it's hard for me to spend $30 on a CD.....

BoA- No.1
The Brilliant Green – LosAngeles (Was this really their first album with all-Jpn lyrics?�cHow is that possible�c.this was like their third or fourth album�c.maybe I should grab the other albums�c.)
Gackt- Moon
Gackt – Rebirth
Hyde – ROENTGEN�c..if anyone has the English language version of this album�c.please let me know!!!
Kinki Kids – Albums A, B, C, D, F,G (pre-ordered)�cno E though
Luna Sea – Period (Their best of collection)
Luna Sea – (Another Side of) Singles II
Namie Amuro – 181920
Namie Amuro – Style (pre-order)
Sakatomo Eri (aka. Tomosaka Rie�fs alter-ego) – Sakasama
S.E.S – Single Collection
SMAP- SMAP Vest
SMAP- Drink SMAP
SMAP – pamS
SPEED – Starting Over
Tomosaka Rie – Un
Utada Hikaru – First Love
Utada Hikaru – Distance
Utada Hikaru – Deep River �c�cis it me or does everyone have these three albums?

Speaking of which...does Tackey and Tsubasa have an album out or are they just releasing singles?

heres my album collections (not in order)

Ayumi Hamasaki - A Song For XX
Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayu-ro-Mix
Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayu-ro-Mix 2
Ayumi Hamasaki - ayu-mi-x 4 Acoustic
Ayumi Hamasaki - ayu-mi-x 4 cd1 + cd2
Ayumi Hamasaki - Duty
Ayumi Hamasaki - A best
Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayu Trance (remix album)
Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki - Cyber TRANCE Presents Ayu Trance
Ayumi Hamasaki - Cyber Trance presents ayu trance 2
ayumi hamasaki RMX WORKS from SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix 3
ayumi hamasaki RMX WORKS from Cyber TRANCE presents ayu TRANCE 3
ayumi hamasaki RMX WORKS from ayu-mi-x 5 non stop mega mix
Ayumi Hamasaki - I am
Ayumi Hamasaki - Rainbow
Ayumi Hamasaki - &
Ayumi Hamasaki - A Ballads
Ayumi Hamasaki - Forgiveness (single)
Chemistry - The way we are
Chemistry - Second to none
Chemistry - Between the lines
Every Little Thing - Cyber TRANCE presents ELT
BoA - Listen to my heart
BoA - ID peace b (korean)
BoA - Valenti
BoA - Atlantis princess (korean)
Lisa - Juicy music
Suitei Shojyo - 16 sixteen
Crystal Kay - C.L.L.
Crystal Kay - 637 Always and forever
Crystal Kay - Almost seventeen
Crystal Kay loves M-flo - I like it (single)
Crystal Kay - Candy (single)
Do As Infinity - true song
Heartsdales - Sugar Shine
Shiina Ringo - Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana
Every Little Thing - Many pieces
Michico - I DO
Suite Chic - when pop hits the fan
Suite chic - when pop hits the lab (remix album)
M-flo - Intergalactic collection
M-flo - Turns it out!
M-flo - expo expo tour 2001
M-flo - the replacement percussionists (remix album)
Maaya Sakamoto - Nikopachi
Maaya Sakamoto - easy listening
Maaya Sakamoto - Lucy
Maaya Sakamoto - Dive
Palm Drive - Block Holiday
double - vision
Utada Hikaru - Deep River
Utada Hikaru - Distance
Utada Hikaru - First Love
Utada Hikaru - Hikari (single)
Utada Hikaru - Movin' on without you (single)
Utada Hikaru - Piano Sings Utada
Hi-D - girlfriends (single)
Cyber Trance presents J-TRANCE - mixed by dj dragon
Globe - global trance best (remix album)
Soulhead - oh my sister
Odani Misako
tokyo ska paradise
Hiro - Naked and true
Ken Hirai - Life is...
Rie Tanaka - Chara de Rie (EP album)
Ketsume - Ketsunopolice 3
Zebra - Tokyo's finest
Dragon Ash/MACH 25/Source - Mob Squad
Rip slyme - Time to go


thats all i have so far.. thats y im always broke every payday i rush to buy some j-cds i have some more but theyre mostly mp3s.. i hardly buy singles now cuz its a waste, i recommend to dl them instead, the reasons y i buy them cuz i support these artists.. hehe no matter how expensive they are..

as for animes, i have a grip of collection too but i dont wanna start
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same here
i only support those artistes who i really like

ju-chan, hows the shiina ringo cd u got? is it good?
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Hmm...

I've only heard of Shiina Ringo's "Stem" and it's pretty good.

Poks, you have so many KinKi Kids' album... I suppose you're intending to get the G album as well? Just noticed that D.Tsuyoshi is going to have a solo song called "Orange" in G album "24/7"

3Peace...
Orenji

so far i only have one album of shiina ringo, im trying to get everything thats good of course
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