In the News 2009-01

2009-01-17

A new compilation album

It appears that a compilation album titled Yesterday Once More: Tribute To Carpenters will be released on March 4:

I Need To Be In Love (Chihiro Onitsuka)
This Masquerade (akiko)
Rainy Days And Mondays (MONKEY MAJIK)
(They Long To Be) Close To You (Ayano Tsuji)
Solitaire (BEAT CRUSADERS)
Superstar (BENI)
Top Of The World (Chikuzen Sato)
We've Only Just Begun (Maika Shiratori)

http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitemap/CSfCardMain.jsp?GOODS_NO=1899409&GOODS_SORT_CD=101 and http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/3520300.

2009-01-16

SHM-CD

Chihiro's first three original albums—INSOMNIA, This Armor and Sugar High—will be re-released in Super High Material CD (SHM-CD) format. These special limited editions, priced at 3,200 yen, will be out on March 11.

Source: Tower Records Japan and HMV Japan.

I'm hearing both pros and cons of this new format from audiophiles.

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