It's got the tracklist on it. On most of the singles anyway, and selected albums.

indeed the obis are important cos of the tracklist!
seriously i think the reason why daybreak failed so badly is that the obi doesnt have the tracklist on it, so people dont know what is in the disc

wouldnt the tracklisting be inside the cover? Thats how all of my cds are...

Daybreak didn't fail badly...it was a 300,000 copies initial press only single. It did have a nice translucent OBI with an Ayu-pan on it afterall.

Well, you'd have to pull out the cover, then open it to read the tracklist for the singles, which is fairly troublesome. And the sides of the jewel case just looks tacky blank when you store the CDs in a CD Tower, you wouldn't known which CD is which.

Obi is part of the album, just like the cover booklet if you put it that way, with colour printing and fancy fonts. Because usually you don't have a place for them once you opened the wrap, you might think it's unnecessary and throw it away, but if you are a collector of ayu stuff, you probably want to keep them. It's also easier to identify if your cd is OS or Japanese version by looking at the Obi. Haha, watch those eBay's auction, they always mention obi if they have them coz people are more willing to pay.

My collection has expanded quite a bit since the last time I posted...

Here is what I have...
http://www.geocities.com/gogirlanime...collection.jpg

Here is what is comming in the mail soon (including "My Story CD+DVD)...
http://www.geocities.com/gogirlanime...collection.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/gogirlanime...romo_items.jpg

Here is my other Jpop stuff...
http://www.geocities.com/gogirlanime...collection.jpg

Here is what's comming in the mail... a globe college
http://www.geocities.com/gogirlanime3/globe_items.jpg

Here is my newest stuff. I think I´ll make photos of my hole collection soon.


http://angel-ayu.de/forum/a_gold.jpg
Ayumi Hamasaki - A (Gold Version 2)(Japan Version)(1 Million sales press)



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CD Data August 2004
CD Data August 2001 (with Ayu-Poster)



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namie Amuro - I have never seen(Japan Version)3" Single



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Ayumi Hamasaki - Arena Tour 2002 Glitter Sticker
Ayumi Hamasaki - Arena Tour 2002 Keychains x3
Ayumi Hamasaki - Stadium Tour 2002 Keychain
Ayumi Hamasaki - Arena Tour 2002 Good??



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Ayumi Hamasaki - Hi-Chew Ayupans x6

The last time I posted CD pics was at the start of the year, so this is what I've gotten this year in terms of J-pop.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...os/04J-pop.jpg

And I'll take an opportunity to show off my updated Sammi Collection. :P
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...Collection.jpg

Yep that obi is beautiful. It's the only ayu single I own :(:(:( (gift from one of my AHS best friends)
It's annoying how you have to take the CD case out of the plastic bag to see the tracklist on Daybreak though.

God I will post more after Christmas. I have a few cds as presents to m y self. soo

it did fail badly.

daybreak translucent obi was a 300,000 limited version, but there was supposed to be another version with a paper obi to come out after the initial 300k was sold out. and since daybreak didnt even make 200,000 in sales, the paper obi version never same. hence it did fail badly.

and i think i read it from hamasaki republic, if i am not mistaken.

And you expect an album-cut single to sell how many copies to be considered not a failure? Hamasaki Republic's sales figures are very dated by the way and as you can see they've stopped updating the units sold since Daybreak, it doesn't look like the finalised figure to me.

Even if 194,610 was it's final sales, if that's a failure, a very large percentage of Japanese singles are also failures.

And if you check Oricon, you'll see that Hamasaki Republic's stats are incomplete. I am... was on the charts for 27 weeks and it was only listed as 18 on HR, Daybreak for 9 and listed for 8 on HR, et cetera.

Oh, you are all soo lucky :) I can't buy any j-pop cd here. People in Czech republic knows what it is, but if I say "Ayumi Hamasaki?" they answer "Eh?" Only our czech Final Fantasy community knows her. :) And my family too, lol. Whatever from e-bay is also impossible, because our bank wants lot of money per transfer. :(

Poor Lumix. But couldn't you import them or something?

I'll post a photo of my collection later, let me get my CDs out first. ^^;;

.... wow! gogirlanime , I would love to have your collection! :P
~angel*ayumi~ Those ayupans are so cute!!!
I guess i will post pics next time... anyway , i will say ,my collection first :

Singles
A
Vogue
Audience
UNITE!
Evolution
No Way to Say
Forgiveness
Moments
Inspire

Albums
Loveppears
DUTY
I AM
Rainbow
A Ballads
Memorial Address

Concerts
Concert tour 2000 A
Concert tour 2000 B
Dome tour 2001
Arena tour 2002
Stadium tour 2002
A Museum
Arena tour 2003-2004

Others
Ayumi Complete Clip Box
Ayumi Sinking Moon VCD
4 Ayupans
3 Ayupans Badges

Heheh, Not very much , and sorry for taking up space :ttongue

I'll spam this thread with images now. To dial-up users, I am most apologetic.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00711.jpg

My entire collection. 84 CDs, including my 4 Chinese CDs. Yeah, so I cheated a little there. Although some things there I want to sell off.
And if you see that little kid with a butterfly on his finger, that's me when I was 4. Evidently I've evolved into some devil since then.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00722.jpg

Because I arranged them according to the Hiragana system, everything else that starts with 'H' gets thrown together with Ayu. So yeah.

Hamasaki Ayumi,
- "SEASONS"
- "Dearest"
- "H"
- "&"
- "forgiveness"
- "No way to say"
- "Moments"
- "Duty"
- "I am..."
- "A BALLADS"
- "Memorial Address"

Hayashi Asuka,
- "saku"

Hitoto You,
- "tsukitenshin"

The rest of the images I'll just insert the links, since not everyone here wants to view the other bits of the collections.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00712.jpg

aiko,
- "akatsuki no LOVE LETTER"

Utada Hikaru,
- "ADDICTED TO YOU"
- "For You/TIME LIMIT"
- "FINAL DISTANCE"
- "traveling"
- "hikari"
- "SAKURA DROPS"
- "COLORS"
- "dareka no negai ga kanau koro"
- "DEEP RIVER"
- "Single Collection Vol. 1"

(The other two Hikki albums, the 12cm "Automatic" single and the "UTADA" album are owned by my sister.)

Every Little Thing,
- "KIWOKU"
- "Many Pieces"
- "Every Best Single 2" (CD+VCD)
- "commonplace" (CD+DVD)

Onitsuka Chihiro,
- "This Armor"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00715.jpg

Kuraki Mai,
- "kaze no lalala"

Kouda Kumi,
- "love across the ocean"
- "real Emotion/1000 no kotoba"
- "COME WITH ME"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00717.jpg

Sasagawa Miwa,
- "taiyou" (Indies, CD+DVD)
- "kinmokusei/warai"
- "tomenaide/utsukushii kage"
- "jijitsu"

Shiina Ringo/Tokyo Jihen,
- "utaite myouri"
- "karuki zaamen kuri no hana"
- "kyouiku"

SPEED/related solo careers,
- "Be My Love"
- "Coco d'Or" (hiro)

ZONE,
- "secret base ~kimi ga kureta mono~"
- "shiroi hana"
- "boku no tegami"
- "sotsugyou"
- "taiyou no Kiss"
- "glory colors ~kaze no TOBIRA~"
- "Z"
- "O"
- "N"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00718.jpg

Do As Infinity,
- "DEEP FOREST"
- "GATES OF HEAVEN"

day after tomorrow,
- "My faith"
- "DAY STAR"
- "moon gate"

the brilliant green,
- "the brilliant green"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00721.jpg

Nakashima Mika,
- "yuki no hana"
- "LEGEND"
- "LOVE"
- "oborozukiyo ~inori" (Japan edition)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00723.jpg

Yaida Hitomi,
- "Candlize"
- "Air/Cook/Sky"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00725.jpg

.hack//Liminality,
- "kimi ga ita monogatari / Emerald Green"

Asagiri no miko,
- "koibumi"

Neon Genesis Evangelion,
- OST I
- OST II
- "The Birthday of Rei Ayanami"
- "The End of Evangelion" OST

Chobits,
- "NINGYO HIME"

Final Fantasy,
- IX theme song, "Melodies of Life"
- X theme song, "suteki da ne"
- X character single, "feel/Go dream"
- X-2 OST (comes with Rikku handphone strap!)
- X-2 rearranged, "kuon ~hikari to nami no kioku~ MUSIC FROM FINAL FANTASY X-2"
- X-2 Vocal Collections, "YUNA"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00730.jpg

3" singles,
- Takahashi Youko, "tamashii no REFRAIN/kokoro yo genshi ni modore"
- Iizuka Mayumi, "love letter"
- Miyamura Yuuko, "KANON"
- Hisakawa Aya, "tsuki to taiyou no meguri"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/DSC00728.jpg

C-pop,
- Stefanie Sun, "wei wan cheng" (CD+VCD)
- Stefanie Sun, "The Moment" (2CDs+VCD)
- Stefanie Sun, "Stefanie"
- Ocean, "ou de yang" (Not that I'd ever buy it, a friend gave it to me for my birthday)

That took forever. ^^;;

Oouu! Very nice luminaire, I like how it's all in one big low row. *Takes your Karuki Hana Zamen*

Is that a photo of you in the corner?

gogirlanime, I want your schwarz stein cd XD

nice collections everyone ^^

i love looking at collections with pictures lol

Thanks a lot, Kev. =)
I happen to have this little alcove built beside my bed, so I thought I might as well use it.

Yeah, that was me 10 years ago. Taken on 21st December 1994, at some butterfly garden. I was there with my parents, and then some butterfly just flew in from the outdoor garden and landed on my finger. For some reason literally EVERYONE there was taking pictures of me or something. >_<

I guess something went wrong during my growth, since I've now developed into some devil. ^^;;

M 12/00 1,579,970
evolution 01/01 1,087,690
NEVER EVER 03/01 802,580
Endless sorrow 05/01 826,010
UNITE! 07/01 656,030
Dearest 09/01 859,270
Daybreak 03/02 194,610

Free & Easy 04/02 541,130

when you compare the singles from i am album, m and evolution sold over 1 million each. dearest, the single before daybreak, sold over 800000. then a few months later, daybreak comes along and sold less than 200000. then the single after, free & easym sold over halk a million. so how can daybreak not be classified a failure?