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Two albums will be released, Love Koi Compi and Tears Namida Compi, both compilations of songs relating to those themes. 'Compi' apparently stands for 'compilation'. The albums will be released on June 2, 2010.

Love Koi Compi (Loveこいコンピ) http://www.helloproj...y/va/a_045.html
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01. Koi to Machine Gun -Young,Alive,in Love- / Flipper's Guitar
02. Romance no Kami-sama / Koumi Hirose
03. Hitomi ga Hohoemu Kara / Miki Imai
04. 100 Kai no KISS / Aya Matsuura
05. Futari wa Koibito / Chisato Moritaka
06. Hold On Me / Kahoru Kohiruimaki
07. Yume Densetsu / Stardust Revue
08. Chokotto LOVE / Pucchi Moni
09. Yuki ni Negai wo / TAKUI
10. Get along together-Ai wo Okuritai Kara- / Yasuhiru Yamane
11. ZUTTO / Mariko Nagai
12. Nande-yanen Shinpai Sendemo-ee / Tsunku♂
13. Feel me,See me,Hold me / GeNTLeBReeZe
14. The☆Piece! / Morning Musume
15. Heya to Y shirt to Watashi / Eri Hiramatsu
16. Ai wa Katsu / KAN

Tears Namida Compi (Tearsなみだコンピ) http://www.helloproj...y/va/a_046.html
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01 .TRUE LOVE / Fumiya Fujii
02. LOVE ~since 1999~ / Ayumi Hamasaki & Tsunku♂
03. LOVE Namida Iro / Aya Matsuura
04. ALONE / Mayo Okamato
05. M / Princess Princess
06. Single Bed / SharanQ
07. Mokuren no Namida / Stardust Revue
08. Honto wa ne. / Yoriko.
09. Ame (as right as rain mix) / Chisato Moritaka
10. Mayumi / KAN
11. Last Kiss / Tanpopo
12. Samishii Nettaigyo / Wink
13. Hidamari no Toki / Le Couplee
14. Sayonara Daisuki na Hito / Hana*Hana
15. I WISH / Morning Musume
16. Hohoemi / Yumi Tanimura

(What I thought was just a simple thought suddenly turned into the following rant.)

One thing you can't deny - Hello! Project is abundant in the DVD department. Whether it's Single Vs, Event Vs, solo DVDs, concert DVDs, DVD magazines and pamphlets, PV collection DVDs, TV show DVDs, limited edition DVDs, even fan club only DVDs, H!P has plenty of each. A Single V is basically the DVD version of a single, which has the PV, another version of, and the making videos. Every H!P single is expected to be followed up with this release, save for when a PV collection is released. Basically the same formula in the CD department.

Single Vs were first released in 2002, with "Souda! We're ALIVE" being the first proper one for Morning Musume. But even before that, VHS tapes were released for "LOVE Machine" and "Koi no Dance Site", which featured respective PVs. Singles were only released in one standard edition, and without official online streaming from Dohhh UP! and YouTube and the like, Single Vs were there for extra bonuses. If you liked the song so much, why not see the awesome music video that accompanied it? I guess Single Vs made good, rare incentives then.

But come 2003, releases were making a shift and started to become collectibles. You now had a limited and a regular edition. Single Vs now had another version of the PV. (Only one other version? This Single V must be a rare goody indeed.) It was around these times, 2003 to 2006, that limited editions of H!P singles only came with photo cards, booklets, and in special packaging. "Aruiteru" was the first Momusu single to finally deliver a promising incentive for a limited edition - a bonus DVD. A bonus DVD that contained nothing more than another version of the single's PV. But get this, the Single V still has a third version of the PV waiting for you to see.

So with the introduction of limited DVDs, the standard formula means that we expect at least three versions of a PV, the standard, the close-up, and the dance shot. You want to see them all, you buy them all. Eventually the photo card/booklets that came with limited editions started becoming obsolete (except for albums and maybe on one of four editions of a single) and were replaced with all limited editions coming with bonus DVDs containing variations of the PV. (And with Up-Front's reputation to have not-so amazing PVs lately, they win you back by giving you a cool "high budget" PV and basing the other versions off the awesome parts that you'd like the most. Liked the "Make-up" version? Get Limited B. Liked the "Stage" version? Get Limited C. Better get to a release event so you can get an Event V and see your favorite member smile at you and only you! Hey, for double A-sides, both DVDs have different cuts of only one PV on each. It builds suspense until the other version comes out on the Single V! Better get the PV collections since when they're released, a certain single's just not gonna have a Single V. Gotta collect 'em all!)

Single Vs have a different purpose now than before. Before, they made good keepsakes. Now they just add to the fire of having to buy every single CD and DVD being released. The Single V content could easily be included on a limited edition DVD and draw typical Single V sales (which aren't impressive) to the single's sales instead. Shouldn't the single's performance on Oricon be more important than ensuring fans are going to expand their collections some more? More editions does not exactly mean more sales. It means more money spent. Take "Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai". All three limited editions (with all come with bonus DVDs only four minutes long) total up to ¥5,040 (about $56). That's more than a typical concert DVD, which costs ¥3,990 (about $44) and is over an hour long. What a waste to have a DVD with only four minutes of footage. Compared to if the Single V content is on a limited DVD. Put all the other versions on it if you want. You've got nothing to buy but the CD. So you can hope for a sales number that isn't a tad bit lower than the previous single? Maybe.

So are Single Vs even necessary now? Their sales are only in the thousands. And there are singles just struggling to get past 30 and 40k. The only thing we'd be really losing are various covers for the various editions.

So Jun's on the computer, circles "wind", encounters a giant box, winds up a doll, and gets slapped by her. And within 15 minutes he has become her servant.

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