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News

Last week, as we know, Koshi Inaba LIVE 2010 -enII- was released.
With not-so-much-surprise, it reached #1 on Oricon on dvd and blu ray charts, with 27.000 and 21.000 copies sold respectively.
Oricon also notes he’s the first male solo artist to reach #1 on both charts, just like B’z were the first group to achieve this last August.

Due to the Grammy effect, Take your pick re-entered the Oricon chart, reaching #18. The album even made it up to #4 on the daily album chart for a short period of time. Last week this album was off the top 300, so it’s definitely a good result for them.

Source: Oricon

Tak Matsumoto News

I don’t know why they didn’t release it before… I mean it has been out in Japan since October 27th, 2010, but oh well…
On Larry Carlton’s official website, they announced that because of winning the Grammy and all the excitement, they decided to set the release date of the DVD to tomorrow(February 18th)!
What’s funny, however, is that they say “See the GRAMMY WINNING album “Take Your Pick” performed live in Tokyo with a 12-camera high definition shoot!”. What is this all about?
I bought the DVD and it’s only in standard definition. Why did they not release a Blu-ray version although they shot it in high definition? A budget problem?

Well… I guess they want to jump on the bandwagon and expect great sales since Take Your Pick jumped to #1 in the iTunes charts in Japan after word got out that Carlton and Matsumoto had won the Grammy.
But that’s not all:
“According to the Shibuya store of Japan’s largest music and video rental chain store operation Tsutaya, all copies of Mr. Matsumoto’s newest album were sold or rented out by Tuesday morning. “Take Your Pick” also soared to fourth place on Amazon Japan’s best selling CD ranking, just behind – inevitably –all-conquering girl group AKB48’s latest album.”
(Taken from: http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/02/15/after-gdp-blow-japan-still-rocksat-grammys/)

Anyway… if you haven’t bought the DVD yet… here’s your chance! And it’s cheaper, too. It’s only $25.99 opposed to 5250 Yen (roughly $50) in Japan.
You can order it via Larry Carlton’s web store: http://www.larrycarlton.com/store.html

Koshi Inaba News

The heart-warming en II tour is out on DVD now.
When I watch this, I am reminded of the great days with my wonderful friends…
Please enjoy it while drinking tea.
Inaba Koshi

Koshi Inaba News

What a great Christmas present for Koshi Inaba fans! On B’z Official Website, the video release of Koshi Inaba’s ~en II~ was announced, and it is going to be out on February 16th, 2011. The release will come in two flavors: DVD and Blu-ray. I think it’s about time they started releasing live videos in HD…

Anyway, the DVD version will be 2 disks and the Blu-ray version will be just one disk. There are no extras included, just the live performance itself. I find that a little disappointing, but I guess that every true Koshi fan will buy it anyway! Both releases will be priced at 6300 Yen, which is pretty pricey. The total runtime is 129 minutes, so you’ve got over 2 hours to watch. If you’re wondering what performance was recorded… it is the one at Nippon Budokan. If you would like to catch a glimpse at the live performance, you can visit B’z Official Website as they have updated their intro video.

Setlist:
・ Tamayura
・ My Mirai
・ The Morning Call
・ Okay
・ Eden
・ AKATSUKI
・ Nami
・ LOVE LETTER
・ Toumei Ningen
・ Akai Ito
・ Lone Pine
・ Kono Te wo Totte Hashiridashite
・ LOST～Wonderland
・ Tooku Made
・ ～jam～
・ CAGE FIGHT
・ Koyoi Kimi to
・ Zettai (teki)
・ Shoumen Shoutotsu
・ Hazumu Sekai
・ Itaike na Taiyou

Source(s): B’z Official Website

News

B’z today announced that they will release remastered versions of B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS-, LIVE-GYM 2006 MONSTER’S GARAGE as well as  “B’z LIVE in Nanba” coupled with B’z SHOWCASE 2007 -19- on Blu-ray.

Each of these three releases will cost you a whopping 6300 Yen. Interestingly enough, only the performance itself has been remastered. For example, the documentary DVD that ships with MONSTER’S GARAGE is only available on DVD, not Blu-ray. All 3 sets will be released on December 22nd.

If you don’t own the live video already or are an HD freak, I’d recommend getting it. As for myself, I’m going to sit this one out as I do not support this kind of move. I want them to release unreleased performances instead.

Does that now mean we won’t get a new B’z single this year? Perhaps. But we’ve seen crazy things happen before, so I am still getting my hopes up. Stay tuned!

Source: B’z Official Website

Tak Matsumoto News

As of today, the details about Larry Carlton’s and Tak Matsumoto’s DVD release of their “TAKE YOUR PICK” tour in Blue Note Tokyo have been released. The DVD contains all the songs performed live, so if you have the setlist memorized, you’re going to know what’s coming at you. Just to be sure, here’s the setlist again:

*Update* Cover for the DVD release has been released.

01. Nite Crawler 2010
02. Islands of Japan
03. THE WAY WE WERE
04. Tokyo Night
05. East West Stroll
06. Easy Mystery
07. hotalu
08. ao
09. Take Your Pick
10. Neon Blue
11. A girl from China
12. JAZZY BULLETS
13. Room 335
14. #1090

Total runtime of the DVD is about 86 minutes, and it will be priced at 5250 Yen (1050 Yen less compared to B’z “Ain’t no Magic” release). Unfortunately there will be no extras such as backstage videos, interviews, etc. on the disc. So all you get is the raw performance, which is amazing as it is.

On an other related note, in addition to the live performance in Taipei on October 17th, another live performance has been scheduled. But this time, it’s in Hong Kong. Larry and Tak are going to perform in the Hong Kong Cultural Center on October 19th. If you’re in Hong Kong and want to check out the show, you can get more information here: http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/000001f5.html