A SUMMER BEST in Singapore
 

CD-Rama

-- 2 CDs only (Taiwan press) - S$20.95
-- 2 CDs + DVD (Hong Kong press) - S$29.95

Gramophone

-- 2 CDs + DVD (Hong Kong press) - S$25.95

HMV

-- 2 CDs only (Taiwan press) - S$20.90
-- 2 CDs + DVD (Hong Kong press) - S$25.90

I bought it on Tuesday!! :D
havent watch it yet though.. >.<
It's was weird to see chinese words on the CD only

and i went to the Marina Squ wan..and the Ayu section has shrunk to just being Party Queen and A SUMMER BEST

next time , just stick with HMV Somerset since HMV Marina Square is the smaller outlet unlike the main HMV outlet

anyway I was at HMV Somerset this afternoon & there were a lot of copies of A SUMMER BEST on the CD racks & surprisingly quite a lot of copies with regards to the 2 CDs edition too

Oh, wow... is that in dollars... or local currency?? It seems cheap either way to me...

I wonder if it sold well or not in the first couple of days?

It's not in US$ but rather it's in Sing $ which's my country's currency

Those prices that the local HMV listed will never ever apply to Japan press in any single way . If so , the price that they will tag to a Japan press will be at most x3 on what you see in that photo I uploaded in the 1st post

Cool, and I'mspotting YUI's newest single next to Ayu's CD. Yes I'm jealous!!!!

you know.. i didn't really japanese music was so big in Singapore

i read somewhere ayu i am sold more than 10k in Singapore

I'm surprised that for her recent works Singapore imports both versions of the albums..

Is there a Singapore version?

JPop was massive during the 80s - 90s in my country but back then , I was still a kid & still was listening to English music

Yes that's true

I know o_o , that never happened before . This started 2 years ago from Love songs onwards

The record label here already stopped making S'pore versions of her stuff from Love songs onwards & since then , they have been importing HK / Taiwan press of her albums to be sold here

Might as well , since Warner Music S'pore did such a poor job in marketing ayumi & that goes for the other avex artistes too :o

Cd Rama is selling the cd+DVD for $29.95.

hmms, do u mean during year 2000-2004....? she was quite popular back then.. but not now i think.... all they cared is KPOP...

edit: opps, sorry i read wrongly.... haha.... (now i realised u wrote I AM album...)

Avex releases are now distributed by Universal Music Singapore. Does the album comes with the poster?

mmm I'm not sure , I didn't asked the HMV staff when I was there last Sat

but somehow I doubt it . They haven't give posters of ayumi since GUILTY . I don't count NEXT LEVEL because you have to pay $ in order to get hold of the poster which's so terrible

Now im a little regret buying the Japanese version which cost abt SGD$50 more =/

:dead2

I think the amount you spent on the Japan press = 3 copies of the Hong Kong press / 2CDs + DVD that HMV is currently selling locally here X_X

this's why I don't believe in buying Japan press as it's downright ridiculously expensive . I only buy Japan press if the artiste I listen/support doesn't have any OS press

Don't think ill buy the japanese press again ><" Its kinda (T.T) since its for the same thing..

But its cool buying from the concert booth thou, makes you feel more like an ayu fan paying that $50 more HAHAHA =x

Same here... quite disappointed cos there isnt much publicity :( Im not even aware tt it was launched in sg -.-"

yeah everything is the same , it's just that why pay so much more for a Japan press where you can get the exact same thing that's made in Hong Kong and/or Taiwan at almost 3/4 of the price you pay in Japan ?

That's something I still don't get even up to now . Pureists will say oh Japan press is the best , it has the best quality & all but at the end of the day , what's more important , the music or the externalities ?

maybe because from day 1 since I became ayumi's fan , everything that I have/bought from her are all OS press which caused me to behave somewhat quite nit pick if not stingy but bear in mind that she's not the only artiste I listen/support so I have to take that into consideration -_-

Also , hopefully Universal Music S'pore will now do a much better job in managing ayumi locally . Warner Music S'pore was just so blah & they did everything so 1 sided , no wonder avex now let UMS handle matters which didn't really surprise me ~_~

I bought my Japan press second hand, it's only 2500yen, but in perfect condidition from Book Off last month when I went Tokyo for AKB48 Tokyo Dome Oncert.