Dancemania EX × Trance Paradise

Super Euro Smash Vol. 5
Release Date: 12/30/13
Price: 952 yen

The fifth release in the Super Euro Smash series was released during Comiket 85 late last year. For some reason it’s not even listed on A-One Record’s website.

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Don’t Stop the Party mixed by DJ Ryu
Release Date: 1/15/14
Price: 900 yen

Yup, another digital compilation from Star Music, once again featuring the same old repeats. Yes, I copied and pasted that from a previous post, but by typing this I’ve already shown more effort than Star Music have on this release.

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The Best Hot Shots!! -2013 2nd Half Hits- mixed by DJ Roc the Masaki
Release Date: 12/24/13
Price: 1500 yen

Fourth in the series of Tsutaya-exclusive compilations produced by Manhattan Records. All of the tracks are licensed from Power Music. You can listen to samples on Manhattan Records’ web store.

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2013 Best 50 mixed by DJ Getfunky
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 1886 yen

Compilation from Manhattan Records featuring house covers of 2013 hits. All tracks produced by Power Music. Mixed by DJ Getfunky.

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Love’s Party -Smash Megamix- mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! & DJ Yu-ki
Release Date: 12/13/13
Price: 1900 yen

Tsutaya-exclusive compilation mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! and DJ Yu-ki. Features a surprise appearance by Bellini, once again showing that no Japanese dance compilation is complete without some form of “Samba de Janeiro.”

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Speed Star
Release Date: Spring 2014
Price: ???

A new album from RTTF Records that’s set for release this spring. DJ Hyuji is currently running a contest looking for people who want to contribute tracks. The main criteria is that songs are 170BPM or more, which harkens back to the days of Dancemania Speed. Interestingly, it seems that in addition to a pressed CD, the album will also be available for purchase as a digital download.

The CD will be available at the upcoming M3-2014 event in Japan, which is currently scheduled for April 27. Foreign buyers can buy it by contacting DJ Hyuji: http://rttf.eternalbreeze.net/contact.html.

Best Hits 56 Megamix mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! & DJ Yu-ki
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 1905 yen

Two-disc set featuring 56 popular songs mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! and DJ Yu-ki, featuring Fatman Scoop. Tracks are licensed from Aqua Project and Power Music. Unfortunately, it’s exclusive to Tsutaya Records.

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DJ Tsuru Best Select selected by DJ Tsuru
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 900 yen

Yup, another digital compilation from Star Music, once again featuring the same old repeats. Would it really kill them to commission new remixes or at least license new tracks from Power Music? Despite the title, this is a mixed release.

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Wonder B Mix selected by Wonder B
Release Date: 11/6/13
Price: 900 yen

Yet another digital collection from Star Music Entertainment. They’ve released many of these tracks numerous times now, yet they still can’t be arsed to release full versions from Meganimation. Anyway, despite the title this isn’t a mixed album, so I guess 25 tracks for 900 yen isn’t too bad.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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21st Greatest Hits mixed by DJ Kazma
Release Date: 10/23/13
Price: 900 yen

Another digital collection from Star Music Entertainment, this time mixed by DJ Kazma (presumably no relation to Akiba Koubou’s DJ Kazma). I really wish they’d remix some new tracks. They’ve been relying on the same ones for a few months now.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Shingeki no Cover Anison Kamikyoku Max
Release Date: 12/11/13
Price: 1714 yen

Oh, I didn’t expect this to be an Akiba Koubou album. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, that the album is almost all repeats. The only new track is the lead song, “Guren no Yumiya.”

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Party Hits R&B -Hands Up!!!-
Release Date: 10/16/13
Price: 600 yen

Full versions from the Party Hits R&B series. Includes an exclusive DJ Hiroki remix, but it’s only available if you purchase the entire album.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Party Hits R&B House ~Best Megamix~
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 1800 yen

Another Party Hits compilation mixed by DJ Hiroki. 50 tracks in all.

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Party Hits R&B Girls Style ~2012-2013 Best~ mixed by DJ Rina
Release Date: 10/23/13
Price: 1800 yen

A best-of Party Hits compilation mixed by DJ Rina. Features 50 tracks from the last two years.

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Dance! Dance!! Dance!!! mixed by DJ Satoshi
Release Date: 9/4/13 (7/13/13 Tsutaya)
Price: 4950 yen

I’ve been begging for full versions from this album to be made available, mostly for Delaction’s new arrangement of “Butterfly” as well as Threemason’s covers of other Dancemania classics. The other day, Doc-S mentioned a site (http://www.japan-codes.com/) that sells prepaid cards in the comments. I was surprised to see that they also sold Recochoku prepaid cards, so I went to Recochoku to see if they had anything worth purchasing and was even more surprised to find that they had full versions from this album! The edit of “Butterfly” is 4:40, about 2 minutes longer than the edits that it’s been given on nonstop mixes.

The only downsides (or possibly upsides) are that you can only purchase the tracks individually, and the digital edition only has 33 out of 35 songs from the CD. If you buy all 33 tracks at 150 yen, it’s 4950 for the whole album. However, if you’re only interested in the new Delaction and Threemason productions, it’s 1950 yen for the 13 tracks.

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