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Wa Euro presents Tokumori Anime
Release Date: 12/8/10
Price: 1500 yen

A special, limited release featuring the best of Wa Euro anime covers. In other words, yet another excuse to reuse the same old repeats. “Tokumori” is used in Japanese restaurants to refer to and “extra large” portion of food, so think of this as an extra helping of Wa Euro. I suppose 1500 yen for a CD release isn’t too bad, but after Premier Euro I don’t see a need for yet another best-of compilation.

As I said, the CD saw extremely limited release, so you won’t be able to find it on most online retailers. It looks like it won’t be available digitally, either. What? If EMI can reuse the same old tracks, I can reuse the same old descriptions. 😛

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Wa Euro presents Tokumori J-Pop
Release Date: 12/8/10
Price: 1500 yen

A special, limited release featuring the best of Wa Euro J-Pop covers. In other words, yet another excuse to reuse the same old repeats. “Tokumori” is used in Japanese restaurants to refer to and “extra large” portion of food, so think of this as an extra helping of Wa Euro. I suppose 1500 yen for a CD release isn’t too bad, but after Premier Euro I don’t see a need for yet another best-of compilation.

As I said, the CD saw extremely limited release, so you won’t be able to find it on most online retailers. It looks like it won’t be available digitally, either.

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Utatte Mita! Uta Gassen ~Minna de Tanoshiku Utacchai Mashita~
Release Date: 12/1/10
Price: 2405 yen

Spiritual successor to last December’s hit release, Nikonikouhaku ~Minna de Tanoshiku Asonjaimashita~. Once again produced by Akiba Koubou.

DJ Command fans will be happy to know that he’s responsible for 4 of the tracks here, though only two are new, with the other two being re-sings. In fact, there are a lot of old productions with new vocals on this. There are also guest producers like Sumijun, Asahi, and DJ Katsu.

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J-Pop Extra Beat Densetsu
Release Date: 11/3/10
Price: 2284 yen

There’s a surprising amount of 2bad on this. He has a total of 6 songs on the album, the same as valle blanco (though he may actually have 7; I forget who did “Ai ga Tomaranai”). Rayto has 4 tracks, though most of them are repeats or resings from other albums. And although there are two DJ Command songs, only one of them is new.

I got my copy of this the other day and it’s a pretty enjoyable listen and almost makes up for the repeat-fest known as Anime Euro Best ~Robot Edition~. While this also contains a fair number of repeats, the new songs are worth it. Standouts include “Linda Linda,” “Return to Myself,” and “Sekai de Ichiban Atsui Natsu.”

The digital version available at iTunes includes full-length tracks. Unfortunately, it’s 1800 yen and isn’t even iTunes Plus.

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Toho Eurobeat Vol. 2
Release Date: 12/30/10
Price: 1400 yen

Doujin release featuring eurobeat covers of popular touhou songs. It’ll first be available during C79 at a special price of 1,000 yen. After that, it’ll be available in Japanese shops for 1,400 yen. It’s unlikely that major online retailers will carry it, though.

DJ Command from Akiba Koubou returns, as does Travis Stebbins, better known to SEB fans as Ken Blast.

The official website will have a cross-fade demo that you can listen to on December 23: http://www.a1-label.com/c79_teb02.html

For fans outside of Japan, White Canvas is willing to ship overseas, and they’ll be carrying TEB 2: http://www.w-canvas.com/shopping/detail.php?item_id=44553 For more information on their service, go to their info page: http://www.w-canvas.com/html/information.html#info. In addition to the price of the CD and overseas shipping, there’s also a 1,000 yen commission per order, so it might be a good idea to pick up both TEB 1 and 2 at the same time. Note that I haven’t used White Canvas, but I’ve read online that speak decent English, so it might be your best shot at acquiring these CDs.

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Toho Euro Flash presents Toho Euromach ~TEF01 Non-Stop Mix
Release Date: 9/19/10
Price: 300 yen

There seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding this release. It’s just a non-stop mix of the songs that were featured on Toho Euro Flash. Hence the subtitle, TEF01 Non-Stop Mix. It’s simply a CD-R that was sold for 300 yen during the Reitaisei SP event back in September. The non-stop mix is 23 minutes long, and there are plenty of copies to be found on Yahoo Auctions. Unfortunately, no proper sequel to TEF01 has been announced just yet, though Comiket 79 is just around the corner.

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Mother Ocean Remix EP
Release Date: 12/14/10
Price: 4.45 USD

The Mother Ocean Remix EP is now available for download at multiple download services, including iTunes and Beatport. Amazon has it for only $4.45, so I’d recommend buying it from there.

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Sazae Trance
Artist: Lilly
Release Date: 12/15/10
Price: 1524 yen

Trance remixes of Sazae-san themes. Produced by The Clouds Entertainment, the makers of the Sweets House series. The album is now available for download at iTunes Japan for only 900 yen.

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Vocarock collection 2 feat. Hatsune Miku
Release Date: 12/15/10
Price: 1995 yen

Quake’s success with their Vocalo- series has not been lost upon other labels. FARM takes another stab at the genre with a collection of rock-tinged vocaloid songs. Samples and a preview movie can be found at the special Vocarock collection 2 website.

The album is now also available at iTunes Japan.

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R&B Boutique -in the house- 2nd Collection EP
Release Date: 12/8/10
Price: 600 yen

4 tracks from the second release in the R&B Boutique series.

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Psychedelic Lover presents Slangy mixed By DJ-Ichiro & Vit
Release Date: 12/1/10
Price: 1200 yen

Slangy (pronounced with a soft “g”) is a brand of men’s clothing in Japan, and they’ve teamed up with FARM Records to release a psychedelic trance compilation. The album is split into two parts, with the first 8 tracks mixed by Vit, a DJ unit comprising Slangy members. The remaining 9 tracks are mixed by DJ Ichiro, a Slangy model. The compilation is available for download now on iTunes Japan.

A very limited amount of CDs were also pressed, containing DJ Ichiro’s mix only. The first 100 customers who order The Best of Psychedelic Lover from the Accel Spunky shop will get the Slangy CD for FREE.

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J-Pop Cover Densetsu II no Ichibu
Release Date: 12/1/10
Price: 1200 yen

A limited selection of songs from J-Pop Cover Densetsu II.

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R&B Boutique -in the house- 2nd Collection mixed by DJ Kenkaida
Release Date: 12/8/10
Price: 1900 yen

Sequel to last year’s R&B Boutique. Once again, it compiles house covers of R&B and pop songs.

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The Best of Psychedelic Lover
Release Date: 12/8/10
Price: 2381 yen

The Best of Psychedelic lover features 25 of the greatest psychedelic trance hits spread across two discs. The first disc is pure psychedelic, while the second disc focuses more on electro. Neither of the discs is non-stop mixed, so you’ll be getting full versions here.

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Anison Joshibu
Release Date: 1/19/11
Price: 2000 yen

From the makers of the Anime Nitro series comes this new compilation with covers of girl anime themes.

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