Sep 14

Digital Trax presents Vocalo*Trance Best
Release Date: 10/5/11
Price: 1905 yen

A seemingly final list has emerged, and while it doesn’t have Shohei Matsumoto or Delaction, it does have Overhead Champion, kors k, and DJ Kaya. Sumijun gets the most tracks, however, with a total of 4. And while I assumed they would use Vocaloid vocals, some of the songs will be sung by Utatte Mita artists.

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Aug 15

Digital Trax presents Vocalo*Trance Best
Release Date: 10/5/11
Price: 1905 yen

A new Vocaloid trance compilation from Avex. Promises to have new versions of classic Vocaloid songs done by top producers from the trance scene. I hope that means OHC, Delaction and Heavens Wire.

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Aug 7

Best Mix ~Summer Party~
Release Date: 8/3/11
Price: 1800 yen

All-genre compilation from Avex, mixed by Groovy Workshop. “That’s the Way” is confirmed to be the Scorccio remix.

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Jun 30

Best Mix ~Summer Party~
Release Date: 8/3/11
Price: 1800 yen

All-genre compilation from Avex, mixed by Groovy Workshop. It inexplicably has X-Treme’s “That’s the Way” on it. o_O

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Jun 25

R&B House Party ~Cheer Up Megamix~
Release Date: 7/6/11
Price: 2000 yen

Follow-up release to R&B House Party Club Hiys Megamix. Once again mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! Many of the songs were licensed from Power Music, who have been providing covers for lots of Japanese R&B House compilations lately.

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Jun 16

JapaNation Best J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/8/10
Price: 2286 yen

Third in the DJ Kaya-mixed series compiling danceable J-Pop songs.

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Jun 15
Fami Compi – Update
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Fami Compi
Release Date: 9/28/11
Price: 1714yen

House, techno, and electro covers of Famicom (NES) themes. Delayed from its original release date of June 22 and given a new catalogue number. The track list has also been updated.

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May 29

Super Vocalo Beat
Release Date: 6/1/11
Price: 2405 yen

Let’s Euro Beat! The long-delayed vocaloid eurobeat cover album finally sees the light of day. Your favorite utatte mita artists join forces with Akiba Koubou’s best producers to bring you and album of all-new material. I’m still shocked that they didn’t try to put “Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru [Shiteyanyo]” on this.

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May 3

R&B House Party ~Cheer Up Megamix~
Release Date: 7/6/11
Price: 2000 yen

Follow-up release to R&B House Party Club Hiys Megamix. Once again mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah!

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Apr 11

DJ Lily presents Super Vocaloid
Release Date: 4/27/11
Price: 2500 yen

Vocaloid compilation focusing on on Lily, who was released last year and was jointly developed by Yamaha and Avex. Regardless of the title, most of the tracks are still by Hatsune Miku, though others like Gakupoid and Yuki also make appearances.

First press copies come with a limited plastic trading card. You’ll get one of five different designs.

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Apr 10

ayu-mi-x 7 -Limited Complete Box Set-
Release Date: 4/20/11
Price: 10952 yen

This limited box set contains all 4 releases in the ayu-mi-x 7 series, plus a fifth bonus disc featuring a non-stop mix of songs selected from the other 4 CDs. In addition to a special case to hold the CDs, you’ll also receive LP-size posters featuring cover art from Ayumi’s previous albums.

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Apr 9

ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu-ro mix 4
Release Date: 4/20/11
Price: 2500 yen

Eurobeat remixes of Ayumi Hamasaki hits. Super Eurobeat producers are prominently featured, but Akiba Koubou are also responsible for some of the remixes. The iTunes release is identical to the CD.

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Apr 8

ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4
Release Date: 4/20/11
Price: 2500 yen

Trance remixes of Ayumi Hamasaki tracks. Lots of familiar European producers, but Remo-con, DJ Joker and Heavens Wire also make appearances. Where’s Overhead Champion, though?

As with the House version, the Trance edition also has two different digital releases. The first includes extended versions, which are longer than the CD edits. The second features instrumental versions.

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Apr 7

ayu-mi-x 7 -version Acoustic Orchestra–
Release Date: 4/20/11
Price: 2500 yen

Orchestral arrangements of Ayumi Hamasaki songs. The versions available on iTunes are the same as the CD edits.

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Apr 6

ayu-mi-x 7 -version House-
Release Date: 4/20/11
Price: 2500 yen

The seventh series of Ayumi Hamasaki remix albums, produced by the head of Avex himself, Max Matsuura. This CD focuses on house remixes by some well-known house producers from Japan and Europe. Avex are certainly milking this for all it’s worth, as there are two different iTunes releases available as well. In addition to extended versions, there are also instrumental versions available separately. So, to get all of the various versions you’d have to spend 2,500+2,400+2,400=7,300 yen O_O

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