She performed after the Tsunami on Music Station and had a booked appearance months after it too but bailed out.

I have the same feeling with "End roll" on "A BEST". I opened a thread some time ago asking if anyone else noticed that it was different from the single and different from the LOVEppears version for it was not marked as such :yes

I doubt Ayu is banned from TV or else she wouldn't be on Kouhaku or the FNS special......

What I meant is, after the tsunami, she wanted to appear on the Music Station, but she had to ask for it, as they didn't invite her. And on that same TA Diary entry, she said that she hadn't been invited very much to TV in a long time

Looking back at her TA diary (on 03/19/11), it seems more like she said that because she hadn't really released anything in that period.

Her appearances on shows have been rather nonexistent during release periods anyway... especially recently. I remember NEXT LEVEL was promoted with like one performance of Rule? I think it's just gotten to the point where she likely just isn't as interested in performing on TV unless there's something pushing her to do so. (like the quake, or being invited which may have been what happened for FNS)

Her appearances on MS since 2010:
04/02 MUSIC STATION SP
04/16 MUSIC STATION
09/10 MUSIC STATION SP
12/24 MUSIC STATION SP

03/25 MUSIC STATION <-- the earthquake episode
09/02 MUSIC STATION
09/16 MUSIC STATION SP <- the one she missed due to being stuck in the US

So it's nearly been about a year since then with one album inbetween that got mostly radio promotion. We'll see when her next release comes out and hopefully the Tales of Xillia 2 song gets promoted more like Love song than You & Me.

Anyway, I highly doubt she was actually banned and she's just been slowly pulling back on TV performances in the last few years to the point where they rarely ever happen at all.

Yep, End roll is different too! :D

Speaking with Deli again, she says the version of Boys & Girls on A BEST is significantly different; in her words, "the mixing on the instruments between the chorus and verses is all... whooshy sounding." XD

So yeah, no way it's the version on ASB.

You know, if it was that easy to get A SUMMER BEST (i.e. walk into any store a la Shibuya), I would actually buy it.

^^Same here! Shipping charges are a *****!

I paid no shipping at YA - but that's because it was over $39 >_< $40 bucks for a CD is just insane. And before anyone points out that I got the 2CD+DVD, my copies of I am and RAINBOW were $32 :P

^^Yeah, I just bought the 2 photobooks + ayu deji deji nikki mini + asia tour 2007 DVD from yesasia, and there was no shipping. Phew!

^ We should see about going to Chinatown and see if they sell Ayu stuff there. We might be able to get some stuff cheaper.

That reminds me, there is a place where I live that sells JPop. Problem is, its all HK press (with the obscure JP press). I saw Uncontrolled (JP) there, however.
Maybe I'll brave the heat and go check in the next few days.

I've searched numerous times, and nothing. They DO have a store that carries issues of ViVi, which is where I always get mine when I find one with ayu on the cover. I managed to get the naked talk one, and I was so happy!

thats gooood when did you buy them?

****ing exchange rate kills me :tired

Let's see... I think December 2007 maybe? I remember it was around Christmas because I ordered them and was so sad they didn't get here in time - or so I thought. My mom surprised me and I cried T__T

But I meant $32 dollars EACH :P

^Aww that's cute haha. I don't mind paying $35-40 if that includes shipping.

Same. My mom doesn't either; every time I get an Ayu CD, she goes on about how lovely it is compared to American ones, with the obi, etc. And she knows how much I appreciate it and love Ayu so :)

Btw, my copy of A BEST SUMMER shipped yesterday, Pieces, so we should be able to watch in a few days, depending on if you got yours from YA too. We should open our copies together and spazz over the booklet :luv2

And then possibly scan it, because I haven't seen any booklet scans posted yet.

^^I got mine from amazon.co.jp on Thursday ;-)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...XX/ayuCD-1.jpg

Well then... WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN, MISTER? LOL

(Sidenote: YA is slow as a snail, especially when you preorder. JFC -__-; )

^^I know, I just ordered the super ayu live photo books, ayu deji deji nikki mini, and asia tour 2007 DVD, and it just shipped with the free shipping method, and there's no tracking info available at all, and I don't even know which carrier is transporting my package. Lol I guess that's "free" for you.

PS I'm free mostly on weekends. Work a 9-5 on week days.

It comes regular mail, which has a lot to do with it. I remember Deli sent me some stuff and it took a month and a half :P

^^WOW, I've never had to wait that long for something, unless it was coming from like, Hong Kong and I ordered it on ebay. haha

^ Yeah, we were flipping **** because we thought it got lost. I think she just sent it the cheapest way possible, though.

P.S. Check your FB messages ;)

http://soundcloud.com/ayu_19980408

you can hear the acapella version of you&me and a version with just "whoa whoa whoa"

^Listening to it now. Ayu's vocals are flawless :luv2

She just uploaded the vocal track of You & Me!!! Seems like they're looking for remix?
http://soundcloud.com/ayu_19980408

Too bad that "Ayu" part is not there, I'd love to use it as text tone.

Ayu part? you mean ayu's vocal track? It's there ^^

Wow! A vocal track! Awesome.

I think they were referring to the opening where some people have speculated that it is allegedly saying "Ayu" or "Ayumi" with those choppy vocal bits. Really, I do not hear it...

wow.. her vocals are FLAWLESS in the vocal track.....

Lol of course, it is a studio recording and don't think they didn't do a lot of polishing on them...

i love her vocals in teh song. It was great with instrumental but without it even better. someone needs to rip that audio before its gone lol

i wish she would release all her vocals... it would make remixing so much easier.

Yeah but sometimes she can still sound bad in the studio recordings..
I love when they're flawless like this :P

erm.. you can download it from soundcloud directly. There's a download button there ^^ (.wav file)

wow :bshake

Can't believe my copy didn't arrive at Tenso/they didn't send an e-mail it arrived yet >_< it never took that long (it's in the same city of mu-mo lol!) and mu-mo shipped it 6 days ago!.

oh really? that's strange... my disc already in Moscow %)
write to tenso and ask what's wrong.

That's correct. I don't hear AYUMI, but I DO hear AYU. Sucks it's not there.

:thud lol i thought u need to be a member to be able to dowload things...:tipsy

thanks, I contacted Tenso. I noticed that mu-mo mistook and didn't add the TS number so it might be the problem. I hope that Tenso could locate my purchase since it was expensive...

Does anyone have the first photo they used for a summer best with ayu lying on the beach? Was suppose to be the poster/postcard?

It's supposed to be a poster but was later changed to a postcard instead.
here's the pic posted by tasking http://i.imgur.com/zLLgj.jpg
Can be found on the 1st post too ^^
smaller version
http://i46.tinypic.com/30kd9jr.jpg

I was wondering why nobody posted this.
http://www.spaceshowertvplus.com/pro...t/1208ayu.html
Just saw a download of the program on Jpopsuki by ici_jp

I don't think you know much about mastering... Everyone expects some kind of magic there, but when something is bad even auto-tune, neither other effects can save it much.

Just found this on a random cheesy page on FB, lol it would be cute if it's Ayu's A. You & Me is everywhere :thud

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...22021919_n.jpg

Did somebody downloaded the making of and the a-nation performance? I tried but it does not work. ._.

To me it just sounds like "A" and like a bunch of random vocal chops.

Have people seen these yet?

http://www.noppin.com/portal_ya_deta...n%2Fh167355889

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...summerbest.jpg

OMGGG I WANT THEM :thud

post cards?
awesomeness!
me want some!

OH MAH GAWD DO WANT:thud

:thud

Those...........are fantastic.......
so much better than the covers..

Yep, postcards, and they've got something to do with TA, but I'm not sure what. Team Ayu members might get them as a gift or you might receive them when you sign up for TA at a-nation.

From Misa's blog

Ahhh I wish it was easier for us to get them too! :thud

You & Me on Youtube has over 1M views already!! Woo!

i loved them postcards and im so happy with the 1m of views!

oh wow!!! i didn't realize that...
and in total her account has been viewed for 60M

i got my 2cd+dvd copy today, there's a serial number to watch the you&me making clip, but i dont know where to go to watch it. somebody help me please? im really a newbie

I think you can found it on her official facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/ayu.officia...08195102528120

:yes

thank you very much, watched it :love

・You & Me (SHINICHI OSAWA remix)
・You & Me (SHINICHI OSAWA remix Instrumental)
・You & Me (Remo-con rmx - Extended)
・You & Me (Remo-con rmx - Instrumental)
¥250 each

from 9/12 on iTunes
from 9/22 on Beatport (worldwide)

^ Oh coolness!!

Thanks! I haven't been at beat port in a while! I might get the songs there.