For anyone who may be interested, here's a list of some of the more expensive CDs I'd like to get. These are primarily Japanese imports and for some reason their CDs just naturally cost a bit more than our US domestic CDs, usually around $30 for an album instead of about $20. *shrug* I listen to lots of different types of music and would probably enjoy and like to have a ton of CDs by tons of artists. But since these are more expensive and generally not as easy to find, I thought I'd make a wish list for them. If you're feeling generous or just want to see a little more about one side of my musical interests, here you go. Expect more to be added over time. :) BTW, depending on where you look, you may find Japanese artists with the names I have here, last name first in the Japanese order, or with the names reversed in the first name first western order. If you search somewhere and find nothing, try reversing the names. Own: Exodus by Utada (Utada Hikaru's first album released in the US) Single Collection Vol. 1 by Utada Hikaru Want: Cowboy Bebop Original Soundtrack No Disc (Cowboy Bebop OST 2) Blue (Cowboy Bebop OST 3) Vitaminless Ask DNA Future Blues Music for Freelance Cowboy Bebop CD Boxed Set The box set is probably out of print and hard to find, but a good alternative. Hyper Groove 1 by Folder 5 Five Girls by Folder 5 Best! Morning Musume 1 by Morning Musume Best! Morning Musume 2 by Morning Musume Do the Best by Do As Infinity A Best by Hamasaki Ayumi A Ballads by Hamasaki Ayumi Wish You the Best by Kuraki Mai (mainly a single collection) Single Collection by Aiuchi Rina The Memorial Best 1335 days Dear Friends 1 and 2 by SPEED Moment, The Best Album by SPEED K-POP Selection by BoA Best of Soul by BoA Dancemania Speed Best 2001 by Various Artists (DDR/Bemani music) Other artists I'd consider buying CDs of include: Akina (Folder5's lead singer) Amuro Namie Folder5 also has Folder+Folder 5 (single collection) and Hyper Groove Party HalCali Heartsdales Hiro hitomi (h, SELF PORTRAIT (2cds), HTM~TIARTROP FLES) Morning Musume subgroups (there are a bunch) SES Soul'd Out SPEED (Save the Children Live, album Bridge) Utada Hikaru albums (First Love, Distance, Deep River) For samplers: JPOP CD (a US release) Best of JPOP 2003, 2004 the Japan Gold Disc Award 2004 GIZA Masterpiece releases (2 CD sets released every year) And in the Bemani/DDR style music: Captain Jack (eg, Best Hits and New Songs) smile.dk Soundtracks (DDR Extreme, DDR Max, DDRmax2, DDR Solo 2000, DDR Party Collection, DDR 2nd Mix, DDR 3rd Mix, DDR 4th Mix, ...) Some additional suggestions I got from others: m-flo - m-flo turns it out -SOTOSHIGO- Matsu Takako - Five years~singles (best from 2001) Fukuyama Masaharu - Dear (2cds), SLOW...hmm, hes got too many to list MISIA - Hoshizora no raibu (live under the stars), remix albums... a+nation series, Vol. 1,2,3 Neo Soul (another US release) Soul Tree Kokoro no Tomo Every Little Thing - Every Best Single 2; Every Best Single+3 (first best) Hitomi Yaida - Single Collection/YAIKO's selection (Out in July) L'arc~en~Ciel - The Best of L'arc~en~Ciel 1998-2000 GLAY - Review and Drive~GLAY complete best (2 CDs) The Casshern OST, "Our Last Day" Japan for Sale series of compilations (japanforsale.net), Vol. 1,2,3 SPITZ Recycled Suggested web sites for ordering: http://www.yesasia.com/ (US based) http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/ (Japan based; site is in English) P.S. -- Look for overseas versions at YesAsia.com; they're typically a bit cheaper than the direct imports and supposedly have translated inserts. I don't think the CDs themselves are any different though so if you can only find one or the other version, it shouldn't matter.
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