My physical collection has expanded a lot since my first post here.
I have every physical album from Super Eurobeat Vol. 141 until Super Eurobeat Vol. 205, except for:
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 143 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 146 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 150 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 160 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 169
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 170 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 180 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 197 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 198 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 199 (Non-Stop)
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 200 (Non-Stop)
You can probably tell what I did not enjoy listening to on the regular Super Eurobeat series.
My philosophy was always that the place for non-stop mixes should be outside of the main series so I avoided buying non-stop mixes that were part of the regular series for the most part. I preferred The Best of Super Eurobeat, Euromach, etc. for that reason. I do own Vol. 165 and Vol. 190 though since I caught them at a great price.
I'd say about 70% of my albums were purchased off people or sites outside of the Japanese retailers, such as eBay, due to cost saving. The other 30% were purchased from CDJapan at the time of the release. Vol. 169 was the only normal album that I was unable to get my hands on outside of CDJapan at a reasonable price. It was always sold for an exorbitant price on eBay when I kept checking for $50 - $60 (shipping inclusive) and I refused to pay anywhere near that amount unless it was a new release. Oh well. A shame since I enjoy a lot of the songs on Vol. 169.
I also own:
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 43
- Super Eurobeat Vol. 83
- The Best of Super Eurobeat 2001
- The Best of Super Eurobeat 2004
- The Best of Super Eurobeat 2005
- The Best of Super Eurobeat 2006
- Super Eurobeat Presents SEF Gold
- Super Eurobeat Presents Euromach 1
- Super Eurobeat Presents Euromach 3
- Super Eurobeat Presents Euromach 8
- Gazen ParaPara!! Presents Galpara
- Beat Tunes! -Energy-
I am not sure what to do with my collection since I do not collect or listen to eurobeat much anymore. I will probably sell it off at some stage but at the same time I do not mind keeping it.