Do you care about the album press?
 

So, do you guys care out your album's press (Japan, Overseas, Korea etc.)?

I only like to buy Japan press. :yes but of course it's really easy for like singaporean people to go and buy a SP-press album from a normal cd store so...
but myself, i have to always order from CdJapan/YesAsia and i always pick the japan press...

Yes I do.

I only buy stuff to collect...so it needs to be Japanese First Press.

I voted sometimes but I actually wanted to say not really -_-

I only get Japan press if the artiste I support doesn't have any to begin with X___X like BREAKERZ who's unfortunately under an indie label who likes to suck my $ too & I thought the way avex trax does their marketing/promo is bad

if not , OS press for me . I can save 1/3 if not 1/2 of the cost that I pay as compared to a Japan press item

doesn't help that the Japanese yen is forever not working in my favour too T_T

I guess I'll vote sometimes. I don't have much money and while I do buy stuff to collect I buy things because I want to support the artist in someway as well.

I try and get Japan press whenever I can but if it is something that's out of print and easier to find in another press I get it that way. Or if it is something I really, really, really, really want a physical copy of when my money is low.

Yes I do. Not that much, but I do. I only buy Japanese presses.

Yes, because Japan press is not only more authentic but also of better quality :yes

It doesn't matter to me. A CD is a CD. I'll buy whatever press I find and whichever is cheaper ;DDD

No, I don't care what pressing the album is. I'm not a collector so it doesn't matter to me.
I don't have enough money to worry about superficial things such as that. XD

sometimes ! if the japan press's price 's affordable , i'll buy it .

I always buy japanese press.
But I always buy the press of the original release (japanese press for japanese singers, korean press for korean singers etc.) anyway. :laugh

Sometimes.
When i got my copy fomr A Complete All Singles I was a bit sad to see that it is an oversea version but when I got the MY STORY album I didn't care if it's another version then the japanese press

I always take the Japan press if it's a japanese artist. I think it's normal.

For me, yes it does.

I wanna get the Japan press whenever I can, especially if its a DVD (since my DVD player can only play Region 2 stuff). I only buy Korean, Hong Kong, Chinese press when the Japan version is sold out or I have no other option.

But I NEVER buy Overseas versions, ever!

Yes. I really only get Japan press because I usually pre-order everything, but if it's an older release and I'm flat broke, I'll get an OS press.

Of course!! I buy because I love music and collect CDs, but also, mainly, because I want to give my support. Why bother trying to support if your copy won't even count towards the charts, ya know? :\ Plus, the whole quality thing... So yeah. Japan press all the way, every single time, no matter who or what. :yes

Nope don't really care one bit... I'm a student and I don't always have the money to buy (highly expensive) Japan Press. Plus I have an awesome asian music store fairly close to me and I buy a lot of my CD's from there and they are always Hong Kong/ Taiwan versions.
Of course some artists don't have OS presses and therefore I shell out my money for the Japan press. I also try to buy new releases in Japan press but in the end it's not a big deal to me :D

Well...I only get Japan press if it's something important (such as when the NEXT LEVEL album came out and there was the drawing)...and for Japanese artists that dont release other versions (Perfume). Otherwise, the HK/Taiwan presses are usually just as good in quality and such though, the casing of the Japan press is superior especially for CD+DVD. It's not a difference I think is worth the extra $10-$20 though. What should be avoided are the China presses which are just crappy. The case is flimsy, cloudy (like dirty?)...and the chinese words are plastered all over the discs.

Sometimes I care, because the main difference is the price, which is a big factor to me, and I find Japan Press quite expensive and not very affordable.

edit - I meant to specify that I was referring to brand new copies of Japan presses. Second hand copies of Japan press are quite affordable, on the other hand.

No I usually don't care. As long as I get the CD I'll be fine and happy.

no... these far i have bought only the Indonesian-press of Ayu CD... (A COMPLETE & GUILYTY @ $10)...
yeah.. always looking the cheapest one... (i don't work, i'm still a student, i hardly have money~ ) :D

sometimes...
it really depends on the artist

Sometimes...

Hm, sometimes.

Sometimes

I usually buy TW press because it's cheaper, but I'll only buy JP press when there isn't a TW press or when the TW press doesn't include free stuff like with JP press

I Buy JP for support only :D And maybe if there's special stuff in

sometimes.i usually will buy TW press.but i'll buy JP press if there is any special stuff that only JP press has like A Song for XX.
otherwise,i'll buy TW press

NOPE. as long as it's official & not a bootleg, then i don't really care. :shrug

though, i tend to buy JP presses when i can't wait for the OS press. :laugh

naah i dont really care, japanese press is always so expensive so id rather buy a cheaper one :P

For me the press matters when it comes to a new release. I love to have first press things (especially when they come with a photobook or poster :laugh). I am a collector but I started buying CDs to support the artist.
So generally I buy Japan Press for Japanese Artists, Korean Press for Korean Artists and so on.
Most CDs I buy are Ayu's or Kumi's, so the very most things I own are Japan Press :)
To be honest I just like Japan Presses more, too.. don't know why>.< Just feel happier when I get a japanese one (when there are more version available! I also feel happy when I get a korean release by a korean artist even though there is a Japan one).

It depends on the artist, usually. Gackt's and Ayu's releases I prefer to get JPN press, but for artists I'm not religious about I don't mind getting the OS press, like Koda Kumi, Ai Otsuka, and so on.

of course i only buy japanese press because they are the best quality , they count toward oricon and they are the " original "

Sometimes,if they came along with some excelent goodies or whatever, or else normally normal edition will actually satisfied me.

Depends on the item, usually I don't care. But if the item comes with a poster or something, I usually like it to be Japanese press that way the text on it is in that language.

JP Press. (I dont buy much) Since I'm a late j-pop fan, I cant get first press >_>
even for American albums, i'll be tempted to get jp press cuz theres more tracks and stuff :dead

this. (but I'm a tad leanient)

I try to get japan press whenever possible, (korean press for kpop items) but if I can't, then I go for overseas, I'm not a fan of chinese/taiwanese etc. presses.

that is so true.

sometimes!


for ayu and alan (my 2 fav jpop singers) of course it does!

but i dont mind getting different presses for namie, kuu and even meisa kuroki xD (never getting China press though... their quality is terrible D: )

same here

you should be glad that AT LEAST a sizeable/decent amount of jpop material are made available to be sold here in HMV Somerset/Citylink , Genie

not every country's as lucky as us & have you seen the censorship board stickers for Malaysia & Indonesia ?

it's 100000x times worst than ours in that it's the size of a police badge

at least for the censorship board stickers , it's quite small & erm colourful

Recently I've been getting Japan press of singles/albums of artistes I REALLY LOVE. :)

actually i dont mind about the censorship sticker at all, at least it proves me for buying originall stuff.

for my case, i will always buy OS press because
-i cant get JP press locally
-even though there's a JP press, i cant afford to buy it

^ agree

it's just a sticker at the end of the day , your eyesight wouldn't get blinded by it anyway :o

if the sticker really annoys you , just pretend it never exists or just get something to remove it from the CD casing , period

what matters more's the content & as long as it's not a bootleg , it's good enough for me

Of course!
Only Japanese Version!

Yeah. I've bought overseas and Taiwan editions before, but I'm really OCD about having the original albums of my favorite artists in the way they were meant to be...

At first I didn't, but now I do, I only buy Japan Versions these days :D

Sometimes, I only buy the JPN press for CD+DVD versions (because I need the Region 2 dvd), but otherwise it's the OS press =)
I don't really mind which version it is tho ^-^

recently i try to get JP Press and i only order JP Press for future releases :D

Sometimes... If I really like the artist a lot, I want it to be JP press because I want it to count on the charts! That's all though. Otherwise, I don't care.

yes,i only buy the japan version because for me is the original

No, it doesn't matter to me at all.

My first preference is Japan press. However usually the HK press is JUST as good as the JP press and I barely notice a difference. Japan press is also pretty expensive so I only buy for artists like Ayu [boxset for example].

Not for me. The only reason I would by a Japan press is if I wanted to collect and sell later on when the artist drops dead and they become super rare and expensive. But, I know I would never want to part with it so...like, what's the point? Might as well get a good quality one that is WAY less expensive plus all the little extra things on the side :)

I'm surprised this isn't a 20 page discussion.

I dunno, I think it seems a bit stuck up, but I prefer the Japanese press... Like, a lot of people who bought the foreign press versions of AB2 White said that the cover turned yellow over time and that the paper and overall quality is low in general :dead2. And also I like for the whole thing to be in Japanese, like the back of the CD and the obi, etc. I feel stupid for saying it, but yeah, I only want Japan press. If I wasn't so retarded about it, I think I would own every release by every artist I like.

^ I'm the same way (^_^);;

(although OS press is cheaper so I tend to buy it more :laugh)

Sometimes~ it depends.

Sometimes, and it depends :yes
If it was something like NL USB then yeah I need JP press :laugh

I do, but not because I want to, but because my CD- and DVD-player only plays "Japanese Versions". -.-

I really hate this, because they're so expensive sometimes...but whatever...!

oh wait, this is based on overseas or japan press? i thought it was based on first press or standard press.

sometimes.... although japan press is more expensive, i always get it if it comes with the extras over seas doesn't come with. and japan press kind of seems "truer" to me than getting overseas press. for example. only utada's japan press cds come with that super high quality glossy paper the booklets are made out of lol. overseas is standard paper. the few times a year i do buy something from japan, i want it to be top notch, to get the real bang for my buck.

i do think though that it's ludicrous that some people living in singapore, and china, and korea and whatnot only want japan press, which they have to order online when they can just walk to their nearest cd store and buy the press their store caries. Whereas living in america, my only option is to buy online, I don't get the luxury of walking to the jpop music store (I do have kinokuniya's but it's 2 hours away and ****ing expensive). but like i said, the few times i do buy anything online i just say "eh..what the hell, why not?" and buy japan press.

:yes on what I highlight in bold

yeah you share the same thoughts as me . I cannot understand why people must die die get everything Japan press , it's ridiculous & if not overpriced >_>

for me , I only get Japan press if the artiste I support do not have any OS press of their material & it just so happened that BREAKERZ doesn't have any to begin with xD

if not , I wait for a while for the OS press to pop up . It doesn't hurt & will not die in waiting for something reasonably priced to get :o

I like getting OS press for older releases and then buy Japan press for newer things.
It actually makes me really mad when there are no OS press things in stock on yesasia XD What about the poor people!!! XD
Also clearly they make an OS press for people Overseas to buy, and that equals me lol even if I'm not in Asia...

I say no. As long as it's the real deal and everything is normal with it, then I don't care about the press.

Not really, Depends on how much money I have the time I want to buy something.

It does. If the artist is Japanese, I order the album directly from Japan.

Of course!
Not but Japan Press for me!

Well, since my first Ayu cd was japanese press, I'm buying my other ones to match and for some reason it's just become a huge deal for me. It's not really that important though, now that I think about it.

As much as I defend Overseas Versions because I think they're almost always the better option, I would prefer whatever the original press was in any situation if given the chance (and they were the same price). It all comes down to price in the end, but I'd prefer the Japanese press of a Japanese artist's album or the Korean press of a Korean's, etc.

Not really. Despite that, 95% the Japanese albums I have are JP press. But, I either purchased them second hand (with their obi's) or on sale for dirt cheap. I refuse to pay full price for a Japanese press CD. In my humble opinion, no music CD is worth more than $15 regardless of who the artist is. :yes

Now in regard to "First Press", yes of course. Free bonuses are always a plus in my book. ;)

For me, Japanese or nothing. When I heard that, with amazing speakers, the HK or Overseas press sounds like an iTunes rip, I was immediately turned off. I may never have quality speakers ever, but I won't pay for something that is lower quality.

sometimes

Yes! I only buy japanese press