A new mini album to be released in Japan?

dani · Post by **dani** » 14 years ago

So we cant download it anywhere in the u.k?

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 14 years ago

No, to purchase from the Itunes Japan site you need to purchase it on a credit card with a billing address in Japan. Doesn't look like Amazon Japan has the MP3 download available - just the CD. You can buy from Amazon Japan with a foreign card but the postage is usually more than the cost of the CD's

dani · Post by **dani** » 14 years ago

Yorkie wrote:No, to purchase from the Itunes Japan site you need to purchase it on a credit card with a billing address in Japan. Doesn't look like Amazon Japan has the MP3 download available - just the CD. You can buy from Amazon Japan with a foreign card but the postage is usually more than the cost of the CD's

Oh well i will wait for a kind soul to upload it on youtube and rip it that way. Its Libera lose by not releasing it outside of Japan.

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 14 years ago

It may get released elsewhere, but it's going out in Japan first - how did it work for Far Away and You Were There?

dani · Post by **dani** » 14 years ago

Yorkie wrote:It may get released elsewhere, but it's going out in Japan first - how did it work for Far Away and You Were There?

Far Away was before my time and as far as i remember you could download You was there no problem.

dearmadine · Post by **dearmadine** » 14 years ago

Grunthex wrote:
dearmadine wrote:Here's a 1:40-long preview clip of Song of Life uploaded by koma1380. Absolutely delightful I must say Can't wait for the full version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LM6RbnB87I
Sadly, the user seems to have removed the video, not sure why!

You can still watch/listen on my blog.
http://dearmadine.blogspot.com/2011/04/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... eview.html

Grunthex · Post by **Grunthex** » 14 years ago

dearmadine wrote:
You can still watch/listen on my blog.
http://dearmadine.blogspot.com/2011/04/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... eview.html

Thank you thank you!

TullyBascombe · Post by **TullyBascombe** » 14 years ago

Yorkie wrote:It may get released elsewhere, but it's going out in Japan first - how did it work for Far Away and You Were There?

Both were followed fairly shortly by videos. By fairly shortly I mean within months. Far Away eventually was put into 3 videos, not counting the Japanese TV show appearences,

alicealc · Post by **alicealc** » 14 years ago

dearmadine wrote:
Grunthex wrote:
dearmadine wrote:Here's a 1:40-long preview clip of Song of Life uploaded by koma1380. Absolutely delightful I must say Can't wait for the full version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LM6RbnB87I
Sadly, the user seems to have removed the video, not sure why!
You can still watch/listen on my blog.
http://dearmadine.blogspot.com/2011/04/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... eview.html

thank you for the preview!
this song is beautiful and Ralph did a great job!

JimmyRiddle · Post by **JimmyRiddle** » 14 years ago

We're getting there... longest intro yet plays on the TV Series website http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/madonna/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just stops short of the middle harmonies, and of course the 2nd verse. Still won't be long now before we'll have the full monte.

sweetangel16 · Post by **sweetangel16** » 14 years ago

Thanks Jimmy, for the link

Charmaine

Murkskis · Post by **Murkskis** » 14 years ago

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSS !!!!!!!!

Guess what ... I just bought the song Miracle of Life (Life Kino Kise) Full version on http://listen.jp/store/album_5099902770451.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; with my credit card!

So cool !!!

It took me more than half an hour, but that's OK for die hard fans

It was worth it !

Thanks to Google translator- it's impossible without this tool !

Would you like to get some instructions?

Lexi · Post by **Lexi** » 14 years ago

Sure! Yes, yes!

Murkskis · Post by **Murkskis** » 14 years ago

NB!

I'm not familiar with these Japanese sites, but I think that this one is safe (I made a small research- the company seems OK; Rakuten, Inc. (æ¥½å¤©æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾, Rakuten Kabushiki-gaisha?) (JASDAQ: 4755) is the biggest online shopping mall operator in Japan[1] with over 50 million registered users ....)

The starting point:
1. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... V5PuBp_wJw
2. Find on the upper right corner the button /red one, with letter 'R' and a key on it/ - it leads to ''Rakuten''

3. Choose - 'Create a new Rakuten account'

4. Fill in the registration form:

- E-mail address- (twice)

user ID- i chose 'my email address as user ID'
password- I put a very strong one (includes special signs, letters and numbers)

- user information- no problems so far
- contact information- this is a tricky point-
1) tick- home
2) postal code- ( googled 'postal codes in Japan' and choosed random

')
3) Prefecture- 'Other'
4) City, Ward- I placed both my country and my city there
5) Street adreess- put my real as it is
6) Mobile phone number- it has to contain 11 digits (random digits is NOT OK here, at least the first part) and has to start with a ''Japanese prefix''-
so it is 090-1234-5678 (I put my real Nr istead of the part 1234-5678)
7) Credit card company (I thought that FDL tried VISA our EC/MC, so I tried my Amex. This is important detail "If the credit card number consists of three sets of digits, leave the fourth field blank
8)Exp.date
9) Cardholders name
10) Nickname (I used my nickname as it's here)

5. Then push "I agree to the following terms" (BTW- I read more than a half of it- I couldn't find a point that excludes clients from other countries

)

6. If smth is put wrongly, the site will notice above the form (on the top, text in red)

7. Next- find the song to buy
this is the song:
http://dl.rakuten.co.jp/prod/800879382.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And the cost is 150 YEN (it's less than 1 GBP!)

8. Next window- push the orange button
(here you will be asked for the password to confirm the purchase)

(if you buy 1 copy, you will see just 1 button

)
9. Then the site switches to ordinary download window (that is- Open, Save, Cancel )

10. And the you can finally save it!

11.The last step- when I tried to open the file my WMP (Windows Media Player) asked for an update from Microsoft - it took just a minute.

12. Enjoy the song !

P.s. And do NOT upload it on YT !!! (at least not too soon...)
P.s.s. I think that my post is not breaking any expectations! Just in case- if I receive a certain message I will delete this 'instruction' right away!

Murkskis · Post by **Murkskis** » 14 years ago

So- I bought already 3 legal copies so far ...