SEB Package to be released on iTunes in November

[Lebon14]

So Mr Newfield, what's your word on the pulling of the Eurobeat Masters albums(supposedly by order of Avex)?

You'll have to PM him to be sure to have an answer...

[pokecapn]

No, I'm not a leecher either. :S
I just don't know a way to buy songs online anymore, and buying the physical albums is getting too expensive for me. And no I'm not going to leech :S

Oh and I don't really listen to SEB that often because I only like it because of GGM, SCP and Dima's songs.

Arguing semantics is a really silly way of brushing around the issue. We're all relatively anonymous here, so it's okay to admit that you're breaking copyright law because you don't think it a just or fair law. I think just about everyone here wouldn't have gotten into a genre as bizarre as eurobeat if they didn't have a free taste.

[valiant]

Because I can steal it from SEPH

May 27th release

SUPER EUROBEAT presents GO GO GIRLS Special COLLECTION VOL.2

＜トラックリスト＞

1. DIRTY DANCE
2. ELECTRIC WOMAN
3. STUFF LIKE THAT
4. TARZAN
5. SUNNY SUNNY LADY
6. DO YOU WANNA DANCE
7. O SOLE MIO
8. GO GO DANCE
9. BANG BANG BANG
10. THE BEAT OF THE DANCE
11. SPEEDY SPEEDY
12. GO GO'S AND THE MONKEYS
13. YOUR PUSSYCAT

SUPER EUROBEAT presents VIRGINELLE Special COLLECTION

＜トラックリスト＞

1. MY NAME IS VIRGINELLE
2. WHY NOT
3. TANGO TANGO
4. DON'T YOU LOVE ME
5. UP AND DOWN
6. LET ME GO
7. LUCKY LUCKY
8. YOU'LL GET MY LOVE
9. SUMMER NIGHT
10. EVEN IF YOU SAY
11. LUCKY TANGO
12. LOVIN' LIKE A FIRE
13. TICO TICO

SUPER EUROBEAT presents NORMA SHEFFIELD Special COLLECTION

＜トラックリスト＞

1. SWEET HEAVEN < EXTENDED NRG MIX >
2. SWEET HEAVEN < EURO EXTENDED MIX >
3. MEMORIES
4. YOUR BODY LIES
5. YOUR LOVE IS A LIGHTNING
6. WAITING FOR YOU
7. BROKEN HEART
8. LITTLE CRAZY BABY
9. (IT'S)FOR YOUR EYES
10. MAYBE TONITE
11. WANNA FEEL YOU
12. SWEET LOVE
13. LOOK ME IN THE EYES

SUPER EUROBEAT presents GROOVE TWINS Special COLLECTION

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1. READY FOR YOU
2. I'M THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
3. ARE YOU READY TO DANCE
4. DANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT
5. POISON
6. GIRLS ON FILM
7. GONNA BE ALL RIGHT
8. DAY BY DAY
9. HAPPY WITH ME
10. DANCE DANCE MONSTERU
11. VIVA THE NIGHT
12. OH BABY CALL ME NOW
13. KICK AT MY HEART

SUPER EUROBEAT presents MR.GROOVE Special COLLECTION

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1. HIGHWAY STAR
2. LOVE IN CHINATOWN
3. OVER AND OVER
4. SPACE TRECKING
5. TAKE MY HEART
6. OUT OF SIGHT
7. GETTIN' ON DESIRE
8. NIGHT & DAY
9. LET'S TURN IT UP
10. RED MONEY
11. LIFE IS LIFE
12. I NEED YOU
13. BABY BABY

Once again...ho hum.

[DJ Mike TJG]

WTF... An entire Virginelle collection and they f***ing missed off Brother & Sister!!! There is no justice!!!

... sigh ...

Nonetheless, we get:

Go Go Girls
2. ELECTRIC WOMAN (Megamix only)
3. STUFF LIKE THAT (Megamix only)
6. DO YOU WANNA DANCE (Euromach)
10. THE BEAT OF THE DANCE (Euromach)

Norma Sheffield
6. WAITING FOR YOU (Euromach)
8. LITTLE CRAZY BABY (Euromach)
11. WANNA FEEL YOU (Euromach)

Groove Twins
2. I'M THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (Unreleased!)
4. DANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT (Euromach)

BUT, of course, it remains to be seen if these make it to outside Japan, given iTunes' Western 256kbps-non-DRM-only policy now.

[Tiger]

queen of the night / groove twins was on aerobeat

[#Infinity]

Potent artist choices, disappointing selections.

No Brother & Sister = EPIC FAIL.

At least the second GGG compilation has Do You Wanna Dance.

[Jay]

BUT, of course, it remains to be seen if these make it to outside Japan, given iTunes' Western 256kbps-non-DRM-only policy now.

Considering AVEX couldn't wait to just rip down those other artist albums one month ago or so from the iTunes Western Stores, I'm placing my bet and say they'll never make it outside of Japan. Not anytime soon, at least.

Doesn't bother me much seeing as there's only two songs that interest me from the whole lot.

[Tiger]

i love the norma sheffield collection, but I just wish they would put Little Love and My Friend on there D: Those are her best songs!!

[Nine]

Also, a radio edit of Electric Woman was available for purchase when @music was around

[wolftickets1969]

BUT, of course, it remains to be seen if these make it to outside Japan, given iTunes' Western 256kbps-non-DRM-only policy now.

Considering AVEX couldn't wait to just rip down those other artist albums one month ago or so from the iTunes Western Stores, I'm placing my bet and say they'll never make it outside of Japan. Not anytime soon, at least.

Doesn't bother me much seeing as there's only two songs that interest me from the whole lot.

If it was due to the DRM-free policy, that was Apple, not Avex who took them down. And those weren't the only albums that got pulled after the switch.
Well, Dave Rodgers' pop/rock album Blow Your Mind is back up now.

[DJ Mike TJG]

If it was due to the DRM-free policy, that was Apple, not Avex who took them down. And those weren't the only albums that got pulled after the switch.
Well, Dave Rodgers' pop/rock album Blow Your Mind is back up now.

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with this. I think Apple notified all music companies that they were switching to iTunes Plus-only after 1st April (which was in keeping with what they promised their users back in January). Any label that failed to re-upload their songs in 256kbps would be deleted. I saw quite a few songs I'd previously purchased get re-uploaded in higher quality during that time (including some Hi-NRG Attack stuff), but never the Avex stuff.

Obviously this policy was never applied to iTunes Japan, I guess because too many of the big labels (Avex included) hadn't yet agreed to go DRM-free as all the Western ones did. Therefore Avex decided to ignore the switch because their market is primarily Japan.

That doesn't prohibit them from re-uploading in DRM-free in the future, of course, just that right now, with their heavy anti-piracy stance, it seems unlikely.

I get a real sense of deja vu from Avex's actions over piracy. Haven't we been through all this paranoia with the Western labels before? And is Avex so naive that they just ignore that the rest of the world (including the 4 giant labels) saying that DRM simply doesn't work!

[Javy]

And is Avex so naive that they just ignore that the rest of the world

Pretty much, To quote what I've been told "Avex execs live on their own little planet and care only for that"

[wolftickets1969]

Ignore the switch? The thing is, those Special Collections were meant to be international. I still hold out hope they will return in DRM-free form, sometimes it takes time.

[Javy]

The good news is that I was told that they're going to be re-released sometime in the future DRM Free. (iTunes Plus format)

[DJ Mike TJG]

I can imagine eventually even the Japanes iTunes will go the Plus-only route (if Apple have anything to say about it), so finally maybe Avex will play ball!