Rock'n'Roll Circus - 4/14 new album information [IV]
 

Thanks to hachiroku for being so helpful and organizing everything! Kudos to hachiroku and Misa-chan! They're angels! Please try to maintain this post if you are the first person to post the thread when the other reaches 500!

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GUARANTEE THEMSELVES A LUCKY DRAW PRIZE SHOULD BUY A CD+DVD COPY FROM HMV.CO.JP -
First Purchasers Novelty

(1 novelty will be randomly enclosed when the product is shipped)
※『ROCK'N'ROLL CIRCUS』 ALBUM + DVD (Jacket A) is the subject of the novelty
※We will not be able to accept any requests, or exchanges.
※The novelty at among HMV ONLINE and physical HMV STORES will differ. Please contact the closest store.

『Novelty Setail』
S Prize: Original Spangle Bag
A Prize: Original Cushion
B Prize: Original Pendant
C Prize: Original Amenity Pouch
D Prize: Original Mini Tote Bag
E Prize: Original Mobile Phone Cleaner
F Prize: Original Key Chain
G Prize: Original Memo Pad
H Prize: Original Ball Point Pen
I Prize: Original IC Sticker
J Prize: Original B2 Size Poster or Original Sticker Set ※The poster will be folded for shippment

※Please note that the detail of novelty may change without prior notice
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Both the album and concert DVD have different posters as additional first press goods. I believe the CD only has the type A poster along with CD+DVD, and type B is for the concert DVD.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...eeen/fp-01.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...eeen/fp-02.jpg
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From angel-ayu:
COVERS!

CD+DVD
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9392/avcd38102b.jpg

CD only
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8218/avcd38103.jpg



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The album has finished recording as of March 11th. PVs and songs are all done and ready to be mastered or whatever! She has yet to do more promotional work according to a new TeamAyu message though.

From nanakopy87:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...n_rrc02_ta.jpg
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3...n_rrc01_ta.jpg

the phone stand and the pencil case

(Very nice design imo.)
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NEXT LEVEL's release pattern:
If Rock'n'Roll Circus' patterns are to mirror NEXT LEVEL, it should go something like this.
From Misa-chan:
OFFICIAL TA NEWS!! :)

(Images)

Arena Tour 2009 ~NEXT LEVEL~ DVD will be released on the same day too! :yes

April 14th (Wed) NEW ALBUM [Rock'n'Roll Circus] Release!

Release date confirmed for 11th official album!
Including big hit double-A-side singles [Sunrise/Sunset~LOVE is ALL~] [You were.../BALLAD], and recordings done in London for the first time, the new album features 10 new tracks (planned).
The DVD will feature more than half the number of songs in the album, with 8 music clips! Moreover, all making-of clips will be included. Digests for the DVD [ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~], which will be released on the same day, will be included as a bonus as well!

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[ALBUM+LIVE DVD SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET]

★Limited Edition
Together with first press [CD+DVD] listed below, a box set which includes the LIVE DVD [ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~]. A special limited box set including a mug cup + bags of black tea!
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8...a90f767f1f.jpg
How the layout of the box will probably look..

CD contains 14 tracks. DVD contains 17 tracks.
★First press includes a full colour photobook shot in London.

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April 14th (Wed) LIVE DVD [ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 ～NEXT LEVEL～] Release!

Spanning about 7 months in 2009, from April to October, with 35 shows in 12 cities around the country, produced by 300,000 staff, the much anticipated DVD for the Arena Tour Live is here! The entire show done on the very last day at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo has been recorded!
With songs from the [NEXT LEVEL] album, mixed with popular songs from the past and present, and 10 costume changes, an entertaining and colourful show never before seen.
All emcee sessions, bigscreen movies, and videos of special moments will be included (planned)!!

Source: http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/100305.html

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A lottery will also be held at stores and online at stores like CDJapan, HMV, and YesAsia for the following items. S = best prize you can get.

S賞オリジナル・Sequin/spangle bag
A賞オリジナル・Cushion
B賞オリジナル・Pendant
C賞オリジナル・Amenity pouch
D賞オリジナル・Mini tote bag
E賞オリジナル・Keitai / cell phone cleaner
F賞オリジナル・Passkey holder
G賞オリジナル・Memo pad
H賞オリジナル・3 color ball pen
I賞オリジナル・IC sticker
J賞オリジナル・B2 poster、and original sticker set

※ 『what benefits are subject to change, Please note that when.

Spangle bag that will probably have an Ayu logo on it:

Some other facts to point out:
- photobook comes with the CD+DVD version's first press
- photobook is 36 pages
- photobook will ALSO come with the CD+DVD version in the limited box
- 10 new tracks and 14 total tracks are subject to change
- CD only has no first press at the moment, but we have yet to find out more.
- The amount of interludes is not known yet, but people still seem to be saying that there will be 4 with no reasoning other than what has been done for NEXT LEVEL and GUILTY... at the moment though, no one knows anything.
- Sexy little things will be on the album, it just has not been listed in the tracklist since the songs that have currently airing CMs (Microphone, Don't look back) are the only tracks that Japan knows of right now. We know of it from ViVi, but that's about it... there's no reason for it to be listed in the tracklist at the moment.
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Links to other threads:
New Album 14 April! [Rock'n'Roll Circus]
by Misa-chan
"Rock'n'Roll Circus" 4/14 new album information [II]
by truehappiness
ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ live DVD out April 14th, 2010!
by truehappiness
Rock 'n' Roll Circus 4/14 new album information [III]
by hachiroku

(thanks for help truehappiness and everyone for good feedback. Please check these older threads too.)
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from Misa-Chan:
"Basically the news here says:

TeamAyu members can now order all the above releases at the special ayu online shop.
If they buy NEW ALBUM 『Rock'n'Roll Circus』, they'll get an original handphone stand. If they buy the LIVE DVD『ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2009 A ～NEXT LEVEL～』, they'll get an original pencase. If they buy the 『Rock'n'Roll Circus SPECIAL LIMITED BOX SET, they get both. There are no extra mu-mo only goodies."

More from Misa-chan :)


Please notify me if there is anything that needs to be added to the first post!

I forgive you, haha. Not many people know that, I think. She will most likely not postpone the album after taking so long to finish it, and already releasing it the week that the tour starts.

Also, if AKB were not releasing their album I am sure that Rock'n'Roll Circus would've been released on the 7th.

haha.thanks for the info,th.
anyway,
does this means that the first press item might have photobook and another stuff?

^^;;

Yes. It might actually be "Photobook + poster" or something. But no one really knows anything, haha.

Perhaps. Haha. We have no idea what the song titles will look like, but we definitely know what the London covers might look like... you know?

i'm more interested to know tracklist LOL
they usually will announce the cover first or the tracklist first?
or maybe th,you can put the estimation date for the whole 'process'? lol

I put it in the last thread.

NEXT LEVEL's release pattern:
If Rock'n'Roll Circus' patterns are to mirror NEXT LEVEL, it should go something like this.
It'd mean two weeks until covers are revealed but hey... -shrug-

Yeah... ^^; I want to know the tracklist too. :D;; (Maybe I'm being too impatient... :()

I dun usually really care about the tracklist because I dunno anything from the song titles. They are just simply names to me until I listen to them. On the other hand, cd covers usually give me ideas of what the theme of the albums will sound like. So I'm more nervous about the cd cover than the tracklist :P.

thanks th.you are my walking ayu-dictionary :syeah

i really really hope that the tracklist will be longer than 14 tracks... she worked so much, she finished the recording just today (next step is mixing)...
but on another hand, i prefer that there are 14 good tracks, rather than 17 or 18 meh tracks, or tracks-to-fill-the-blanks.

And concerning the lucky drawing, i might have 2 extra-chances to win something, since i pre-ordered the Album and the live-DVD :D (but please no "spangle bag" -__- , come on! i'm not a girl XD).

That's how most people feel about albums, but IMO Ayu always has pretty good tracks. For the most part, all Ayu albums don't really have filler from what I've heard, haha.

"Curtain call" is such song for me
I have a feeling that this song was done in the last moment

I completely doubt that A WORLD is ONE inspired her to make the album longer... that's just being weird, haha.

and yeah, we must not forget that she said that they had re-recorded and re-arranged old songs... maybe for bonus tracks, for the concert, who knows ^^

That is misleading.

Ayu did not say that. Enrique said it because they were learning new songs and rearranging old ones for the concert, as they are her band.

well, I hope the full tracklist will soon out in 14th March! :D

oh, well i'm sorry then... ^^'

but if they re-arrange old songs for concert, we can expect good re-arranging, like "evolution" at Asia Tour 2007 maybe ^^

I can't remember, for NEXT LEVEL, when CDJ had the lucky draw, did YesAsia do a lucky draw as well?

I'm excited to see what all the bonuses are too, if there's more than the photobook!

Yes. For A BEST 2, NEXT LEVEL, GUILTY, and A COMPLETE, HMV/YesAsia/CDJapan participated.