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Well, the only CDL performance I enjoyed was the ayumi hamasaki countdown live 2000-2001. That was the kick ass one. However, I do agree that for this particular live, Avex is still very cheap with every thing that they are doing.
With regards to Ayu's voice, I know that her CDL performances do then to be a little weaker because of the tight schedules. She first has to rush with the Kouhaku Competition then rush to the CDL performance. I guess for CDL 2000 to 2001, she probably had more rest then she had now, so she sounded better.
This CDL was still great vocal wise, except for some of her older songs in by which she just couldn't sustain that voice she had in the past with them. Her costume changes didn't really interest me, but they were still visually ok.
Overall, I think that the CDL is quite good, BUT Avex seriously needs to invest MORE and I mean MUCH MORE to promote the CDL and improve on the background and everything, because it just seems a much cheaper production to me. (Avex is always like making the wrong moves ... for Ayumi, don't they know that "cheap" productions DON'T SELL? Although you're running on a "tight" budget (at least I suppose that), you should still always deliver top notch quality to your consumers!)
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