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allegiant

allegiant

Evenly Distributed
Japanese CDs are generally quite expensive to purchase and imports tend to be much cheaper than the domestic equivalent, so they add bonus material to the Japanese version to encourage sales of the local item.
 
Leo

Leo

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allegiant said:
Japanese CDs are generally quite expensive to purchase and imports tend to be much cheaper than the domestic equivalent, so they add bonus material to the Japanese version to encourage sales of the local item.
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interesting, and quite unusual. why are domestic cds more expensive than imports in japan?
 
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Pandiculate

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everything here is expensive, massive middle class and the fact that it's not at all unusual for young people to live with their parents until they get married means that there are a lot of people with a lot of disposable income.
 
Leo

Leo

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i guess my question is more about domestic versus import prices. normally, an imported product is more expensive due to the cost of having it shipped from elsewhere, whereas domestic products are (usually) cheaper because they don't have that additional overhead. why is it the opposite in japan?
 
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Trillhouse

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Leo said:
why do japanese cds always include an obi-strip? the information on the strip is usually also on the cd cover, unless the cd has some artsy image-only graphic design.
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They were originally used to give translated versions of the cd, lp or book cover/jacket text.

fun fact - The term obi 帯 designates the sash around a kimono, 着物の帯 (Kimono no obi).
 
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paolo

Mechanical phantoms
I think it means 'Neu Deutsche Welle' (New German Wave). Bands like Can, Faust, Neu and I think Kraftwerk would fit in there. There's a decent Soul Jazz compilation called Deutsche Elecktronische Musik (sp?) that's a good introduction to that sort of thing
 
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e/y

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New German Wave / Neue Deutsche Welle. here is a list of NDW stuff someone recommended to me a few years ago...

- Abwarts - Amok Koma / Der Westen ist einsam
- Fehlfarben - Monarchie & Alltag
- Palais Schaumburg - Palais Schaumburg
- Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) - Die Kleinen und die Bosen / Alles ist gut
- Ideal - Ideal / Der Ernst des lebens
- Der Plan - Geri Reig / Normalette Surprise
- Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle - Ca C'est Le Blues

I especially like Ideal, DAF and Abwarts.


paolo said:
There's a decent Soul Jazz compilation called Deutsche Elecktronische Musik (sp?) that's a good introduction to that sort of thing
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that's an excellent comp, but I think the music there predates NDW a little bit and has a more experimental / electronic bent to it.
 
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SecondLine

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yeah as I understand it NDW is a very specific and very politicised thing, slightly post-kosmiche.

Fun Trivia: Palais Schaumburg had Moritz Von Oswald in it for a while
 
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Dunninger

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Later on (early 80s) NDW was used for a lot of german mainstream pop. If you ask a random person to name a typical NDW artist, the answer would probably be Nena, Hubert Kah or Peter Schilling.
 
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muser

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thanks people, that makes sense, new dissensus would provide! looking forward to checking out those suggestions
 
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SecondLine

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Depends on what media player you use tho, a far few of them (by which I mean iTunes) don't play FLACs so you end up having to convert to WAV anyway, a laborious process
 
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SecondLine

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yeah but it syncs up with all my other Apple products meaning I can spend less time worrying about that and more time being 'creative'
 
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