About Love songs CD and DVD art

[Ayumi_lover]

^^ really weird. I have japanese version of Love Songs bought from HMV and you know actually your notice about mistypes makes me think you've got very good bootleg. What about your jewel case? Does it have avex "A" logo inside?

[ownsarai]

^It was already stated there was no A symbol on the inside jewel case...so yep, seems to be a bootleg.

[kinix]

Originally Posted by ownsarai

^It was already stated there was no A symbol on the inside jewel case...so yep, seems to be a bootleg.

Ayu's A logo and avex A logo is different ^^"

Anyway alot of strange thing about this CD+DVD.
If it's a bootleg, it's kinda strange that they even took the effort to make it a region 2 DVD. (unless Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~ only took it as region 2 DVD by looking @ the booklet and not trying it out on any players.)
I think IFPI coding on the disc is also kinda rare for an bootleg nowadays (Not sure though cause I dun buy bootlegs nowadays. But I remember the olders bootlegs do have the IFPI coding as there's still no infringement agreement in Taiwan that time) And most bootlegs wouldnt put avex's icon anywhere on the CD instead, they will put their own company info only.

But then again, if it's an import, everything should be untouched and in original *** version released condition. By editing the sticker and not original jewel casing, seems abit off... and the price would definately be higher and not lower.

If they've come to an agreement for a local release, it wouldnt be Japan press. It would be an OS press (ie. Hongkong, Taiwan, China, Korea and Singapore) And any writings on the disc should be in local languages and not japan writings execept maybe the booklet should be around the same. DVD region should be 3 also (indonesia region is 3).

Interesting finding on this release ^^

[sanzo2011]

Sr ! it may be off-topic ! i just want to ask u guys a question abt Rock'n'roll circus ! Is the OBI for this album red or brown ?

[kinix]

Black and red wordings for CD+DVD.
Red and black wordings for CD only
And I think brown and white wordings is for the boxset. I've seal up my copy but I remember it's different from the CD+DVD.

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

Originally Posted by kinix

Ayu's A logo and avex A logo is different ^^"

Anyway alot of strange thing about this CD+DVD.
If it's a bootleg, it's kinda strange that they even took the effort to make it a region 2 DVD. (unless Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~ only took it as region 2 DVD by looking @ the booklet and not trying it out on any players.)
I think IFPI coding on the disc is also kinda rare for an bootleg nowadays (Not sure though cause I dun buy bootlegs nowadays. But I remember the olders bootlegs do have the IFPI coding as there's still no infringement agreement in Taiwan that time) And most bootlegs wouldnt put avex's icon anywhere on the CD instead, they will put their own company info only.

But then again, if it's an import, everything should be untouched and in original *** version released condition. By editing the sticker and not original jewel casing, seems abit off... and the price would definately be higher and not lower.

If they've come to an agreement for a local release, it wouldnt be Japan press. It would be an OS press (ie. Hongkong, Taiwan, China, Korea and Singapore) And any writings on the disc should be in local languages and not japan writings execept maybe the booklet should be around the same. DVD region should be 3 also (indonesia region is 3).

Interesting finding on this release ^^

Sorry, but I have no DVD player so I tried to play it on my computer, and tried to check it using Nero and it said that the DVD region is ALL (it means that it can be played in any player)

and about the Avex's logo, the CD and the DVD all have the Avex's logo imprinted on the disc, and there's also JASRAC's logo? Is that normal for Japanese albums? Because my Kana Nishino's to LOVE also has that logo beside the Sony's one.

So, maybe it's the failed copy of Love songs like you mentioned before??

at least the audio quality of the CD is still the same.

Using Nero WaveEditor, the spectogram shows that it even has higher peak than the files converted from the 48 khZ wav files of the USB version (thanks to zelda-maker)

[Ayumi_lover]

^^ region ALL almost definitely means it's a bootleg. Your pc wouldn't let you play the dvd in player like mpc without special proram like AnyDVD or your dvd-rom switched to region 2 mode. Anyway you would mention if that happens. Also I can't find any JASRAC's logo on my copy of Love songs. Can you take pic of it?

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover

^^ region ALL almost definitely means it's a bootleg. Your pc wouldn't let you play the dvd in player like mpc without special proram like AnyDVD or your dvd-rom switched to region 2 mode. Anyway you would mention if that happens. Also I can't find any JASRAC's logo on my copy of Love songs. Can you take pic of it?

the DVD is just fine, I could play it with my Windows Media Player without changing any setting...
here you go...


and I have just had a sudden hypothesis:
maybe if it's actually a second-hand album, the original owner maybe kept the REAL original CD and DVD for him/herself, and then he/she made his/her own copy from the original discs, then replaced the jewel case (because the booklet, front+back cover and the slipcase look just fine), and put his/her own copy there, and finally sold it at an online store/auction??

the seller from the local record store must have acknowledged it.

oh, if that is really so, cursed him/her!!

[ownsarai]

^the DVD should be pink. The CD looks legit. Same color as mine. Maybe the previous owner did copy it and go through all that trouble to resale it? Or maybe it is a goof on avex's part. I'm stumped on how you got a red DVD lol

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

^ well, maybe it its... LOL

[Ayumi_lover]

^ but there is also mistypes in label which is really weird. Label is the same on all first pressed cd+dvds and there is almost no chances some copies would get screwed up label. hm...

And, 1 more important thing. I didn't ask about the avex logo on cd and dvd itself. I've asked about avex logo inside your jewel case. you should have 4 avex logos inside of your jewel case(2 near the cd and 2 near the dvd). Do you have them?

Even if jewelcase was replaced mistypes at label makes me think something not good about it. Can you make more clear photo of barcode printed on slipcase?

[nanakopy87]

lol.this is interesting!
XD

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover

^ but there is also mistypes in label which is really weird. Label is the same on all first pressed cd+dvds and there is almost no chances some copies would get screwed up label. hm...

And, 1 more important thing. I didn't ask about the avex logo on cd and dvd itself. I've asked about avex logo inside your jewel case. you should have 4 avex logos inside of your jewel case(2 near the cd and 2 near the dvd). Do you have them?

Even if jewelcase was replaced mistypes at label makes me think something not good about it. Can you make more clear photo of barcode printed on slipcase?

no, there's no avex's logos on the jewel case

here's the pic:

[Ayumi_lover]

the barcode seems to be the right one but It's most likely to be a bootleg because of dvd, jewelcase and mistakes on label. You know it's really easy to make a copy of the slipcase and it's easy to download and rip ayu's songs in flac or smth, so the quality would be the same. Anyway your dvd seems to be not legit and jewelcase as well and I doubt someone would make such a good looking fake dvd and to give out on auction whole album except dvd and blank jewel case without any booklets nor cover left for himself/herself

By the way, did you had another small label on the back, right above the bar code. There should be qr-code, some japanese text and link to http://q.mu-mo.net/ayu_101222/ ???

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

^ nope, there are some japanese texts and a link to avex.jp... o.Oa



and here's the one scanned and posted by japaneseprincess.wordpress.com



I think there's no QR code. o.Oa

[AyuRox]

^ those two barcodes are different... O_o And the barcodes are in 2 different locations relative to the rosebush in the background.

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

^ OMG you're right, I've just noticed that!! o.O

oh crap, now I'm starting to be sure that it's a BOOTLEG...

failed copy of Love songs is okay, but bootleg, oh.. cursed those who made it!!
I've spent $12.5 for nothing... T_T

If someone could just upload one song of his/her own CD RIP (in 256 kbps VBR iTunes AAC / iTunes Plus), so I could compare the quality...

If the CD has the same quality, it will be just fine for me...

[pommy48]

Lol wow...at least you got a good bootleg~

[Ayumi_lover]

^ow yeah, I've just checked the numbers on the bar code itself and forgot to check it with my barcode reader. You've got the code for CDL09-10 dvd on your Love Songs ^_^ so even slipcase is a bootleg =(

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

^ wow, you have a bar-code scanner?? is it a program on your PC?? where can I get it? can you please show me the result that says the barcode in the slipcase is from CDL 2009-2010?? thanks...

oh, now I'm relieved and upset at once...