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Dancemania Sparkle – Best of 90s Dance Pop
Release Date: 8/3/11 ? 8/24/11
Price: 2381 yen

Update (9/23/11): Relatively slow week for CD sales in general, so Sparkle finished at #14 its fourth week out with roughly 4,800 copies sold.

For those that missed EMI’s Twitter contest, they’re doing another round with another 3 winners winning a 5,000 yen gift card. Just tweet about your favorite Dancemania memory and include the hashtag “#?????? http://emij.jp/idance/” Deadline is September 25, but again, it’s only open to Japanese residents.

In other Dancemania news, Japanese radio station 81.3 FM, J-WAVE will be doing a special broadcast commemorating the 15th anniversary of Dancemania. The broadcast will be on Thursday, September 27 at 22:00 local Japan time. You may or may not be able to view the broadcast live or archived on J-WAVE’s Ustream. It looks like they’ll also spend some time on DDR, so make sure to tune in.

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Age mix ~All Genre Best~
Release Date: 9/21/11
Price: 1905 yen

A new compilation featuring songs from all genres. Well, everything except trance it seems… Anyway, there are tons of repeats from past FARM releases. Expect J-Pop, K-Pop, House, Eurobeat, and even classic 70s Disco.

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The Best of K-Pop Densetsu ~Master Covers~
Release Date: 9/21/11
Price: 1905 yen

Hmm, another K-Pop cover compi. This one features some songs from FARM’s K-Pop Party Mix series.

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Francfranc’s Best Beautiful Covers -Fly High Megamix-
Release Date: 9/7/11
Price: 2381 yen

The latest CD in Francfranc’s Best series. Francfranc is an interior design company in Japan, and apparently they release music CDs for some reason. Mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! and also features two new songs from him.

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Forever Songs -Brand New Remixes-
Artist: Rina Aiuchi
Release Date: 9/28/11
Price: 2381 yen

New remixes of songs by the recently retired Rina Aiuchi. Akiba Koubou producers are heavily featured, but there are also Vocaloid producers and other top acts such as Remo-Con and Ram Rider. I’m surprised they didn’t use the existing AKBK version of “Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense” and just overlay the original vocals on top.

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Dancemania Sparkle – Best of 90s Dance Pop
Release Date: 8/3/11 ? 8/24/11
Price: 2381 yen

Track list has been updated. Same tracks as before, but rearranged positions. Kinda funny how most of the non-Dancemania tracks ended up grouped together.

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Club Camelot -International Camelot Mix-
Release Date: 7/27/11
Price: 2171 yen

New club compilation from EMI featuring big-name acts like Katy Perry, David Guetta, Coldplay, and Kylie Minogue. It’s kind of a strange mix populated by a lot of older tracks.

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K-Pop Party Mix II ~Best of K-Pop Cover Selection~
Release Date: 7/20/11
Price: 1886 yen

Continuing series from FARM featuring covers of K-Pop klassiks. The album is available on iTunes Japan, but like the CD version it’s a non-stop mix.

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Nyoro Denpa ww ~nyoROBOtics ga Mega Denpa o Utatte Mita~
Release Date: 7/7/11
Price: 1905 yen (CD) or 1500 yen (iTunes)

It’s been exactly one year since the release of Mega Denpa 8, which was supposed to be the eighty release in a series of ten albums. Presumably the main series has been canceled, but Mobilla Knights have released a spin-off CD with songs from previous releases remade here with the robot idol group, nyoROBOtics, providing the vocals. The CD is available in Japanese stores and will also be sold at Comiket 80.

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Y.M.C.A. (Single)
Artist: Jumping Dog feat. Jason Champion
Release Date: 6/22/11
Price: 300 yen

Single released in conjunction with Go! Go! Trax.

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Go! Go! Trax! mixed by DJ Murakamigo
Release Date: 6/22/11
Price: 2171 yen

An eclectic selection of tracks mixed by DJ Murakamigo. Includes a new cover of the classic disco hit, “Y.M.C.A.”

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Kira Kira Ghibli -Returns-
Release Date: 6/22/11
Price: 1800 yen

Third release in the Kira Kira Ghibli series, which features dance remixes of Ghibli themes. The album is also available on iTunes Japan for 1200 yen. For more info and samples, check out the official website.

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Good Morning Violin Dance played by NAOrchestra
Artist: NAOrchestra
Release Date: 9/22/11
Price: 1886 yen

Classical songs infused with a light dance beat. Violin performed by Naoko Ishibashi. Songs arranged by DJ Dragon and DJ Uraken.

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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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Club Camelot International Mix
Release Date: 7/27/11
Price: 2171 yen

New club compilation from EMI. It’s pretty much a hodgepodge of tracks collected from various genres. Featured artists include Katy Perry, KT Tunstall, Spice Girls, Karl Wolf and David Guetta. Years ago they would’ve made this part of the Dancemania series. :/

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