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01 22nd, 2012| 
Dancemania Sparkle Classics – Best of 80s Disco Pop
Release Date: 1/18/12 ⇨ 1/25/12
Price: 2381 yen
It’s the same repeats you know and love and are sick of by now. Mixed by Mitsugu Matsumoto and DJ Mocchi.
Jan
22
Nov
23
Disco no Tetsujin
Release Date: 11/23/11
Price: 2095 yen
Sequel to last year’s Disco no Tatsujin (Tatsujin = Master, Tetsujin = Iron Man). Somehow Boys Town Gang’s version of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” makes another appearance despite already being on the first release, but the rest of the track list is different. I believe this CD contains full-length versions, so nonstop mix fans should stay away.
Nov
14
Dancemania Sparkle Classics – Best of 80s Disco Pop
Release Date: 1/18/12 ⇨ 1/25/12
Price: 2381 yen
Update (12/27/11): Final track list has been revealed. There are seven “new” tracks, meaning that they’ve never appeared on Dancemania before. The bonus track is Wink’s Japanese cover of “Turn It into Love.”
Now get to work on Dancemania Speed Sparkle, EMI.
Nov
7
Let’s Dance -Super 80s Disco Hits-
Release Date: 12/7/11 ⇨ 12/21/11
Price: 2857 yen
2-disc compilation from EMI celebrating Roppongi disco hits.
Nov
19
Disco no Tatsujin
Release Date: 11/24/10
Price: 2000 yen
Disco hits from 1970-2000. If I’m not mistaken, the songs are actually arranged in chronological order.
Oct
25
Disco no Tatsujin
Release Date: 11/24/10
Price: 2000 yen
The title translates to “Disco Master.” Basically, it’s another excuse for Victor to repackage their usual 70s and 80s repeats.
Jan
19
Disco Around 50 Let’s Groove ~ Surfer
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2400 yen
Sony’s entry in the Disco Around 50 series will focus on Surfer Disco, whatever that is.
Jan
18
Disco Around 50 Hello Mr. Monkey ~ Step
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2400 yen
Victor’s entry in the Disco Around 50 series will focus on Step music.
Jan
17
Disco Around 50 Super Freak ~ Soul & Funky
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2400 yen
No surprises here; the final list is exactly the same as the early one. EMI have set up a special website for the cross-label series: http://www.emimusic.jp/st/series/ar50/
Jan
15
Around 40 Eurobeat 2
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2381 yen
Not much has changed between the early list and the final one. I wonder how much longer this series can last, because they’ve used up most of the bigger hits by now.
Dec
28
Disco Around 50 Let’s Groove ~ Surfer
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2400 yen
Sony’s entry in the Disco Around 50 series will focus on, umm, surfer music? The track list is very similar to Sony’s aborted Shibuya Disco Hits release.
Dec
27
Disco Around 50 Hello Mr. Monkey ~ Step
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2400 yen
Victor’s entry in the Disco Around 50 series will focus on Step music. I’m not really sure what that means, but apparently Arabesque’s “Hello Mr. Monkey” exemplifies it. The track list is very similar to Victor’s aborted Shinjuku Disco Hits release.
Nov
20
Disco Around 50 Super Freak ~ Soul & Funk
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2400 yen
Whoa, total déjà vu. The track list is very similar to EMI’s aborted Roppongi Disco Hits compilation, which was supposed to come out this past September. It appears that EMI, Sony, and Victor will be giving the series another try, rebranding it “Disco Around 50″ instead of “Gotouchi Disco.” Sony and Victor haven’t announced their releases yet, but you can bet they’ll be out on the same day. Unless, of course, they cancel the series again.
Nov
19
Around 40 Eurobeat 2
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2381 yen
January is certainly becoming the month of surprise sequels. Around 40 Eurobeat did reasonably well in sales, but it wasn’t exactly a huge hit. Disco R35 before it sold much, much better yet it never got a sequel. In any case, “eurobeat” seems to be a fashionable word again in Japan, so I guess EMI will milk it as much as possible.
Most of the announced tracks thus far should be familiar to fans of Dancemania Super Classics. The problem with 80s eurodance compilations is that by definition they have to be 100% repeats. 
Included as a bonus track is Youni Oginome’s Japanese cover of “Dancing Hero,” better known to most fans as “Eat You Up.”
Sep
25
Disco 80′s presents Around 40
Release Date: 9/2/09
Price: 2427 yen
Mostly repeats on this latest attempt to cash in on the Around 40 fad.
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