thanks karen! :D

Valkyrie's nice but it's a bit weaker as compared to their previous B-sides

it's a grower for sure

I look forward to get the single in due time here *__*

meanwhile I hope it will do well this week as it's released officially today in Japan

J-A-P debuted at #3 on the 1st day - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

3 abingdon boys school - 12997

pretty good! :D

edit: omg the lady voice from HOWLING is in valkyrie! i'm listening to it now and it's great! reminds me of their old songs.

it's Lisa :D & they're at #2 today with 10,170 copies

x->3->2

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

total 2 day sales so far - 23,167

yes man , I was like EH when I 1st heard Valkyrie . I was going deja vu ?

I'm going to collect the single tomorrow *___*

I will scan the CD only & uploaded it over the weekend

EDIT - I just checked my copy of the guy's self titled debut album & the voice of the lady , she goes by the name of Lynne Hobday .

You can hear her voice in HOWLING & also DOWN TO YOU when I was reading the album sleeve credits earlier on cos I just finsihed writing up my opinions on Valkyrie via my music blog

cool! thanks for the info, karen! and good 2nd day sales!

First two day's sales are awesome :cool

Agreed. Been listening to Valkyrie off and on for a while.

by later on today (since it's already Fri morning at my end) , they will outsold BLADE CHORD's total (26,922)

I don't know if J-A-P can overtake STRENGTH. (36,252) & Nephilim (35,715) total sales but we'll see

took me forever to catch hold on how it sounds like initally

it's OK now but it still needs a bit more time at my end to remember it

3rd day updates :

x->3->2->3

3rd day sales - 4,046

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

total 3 day sales so far - 27,213

awesome :D , I have a feeling that J-A-P will do even better than STRENGTH. overall in terms of sales & postion wise

I have got hold of the CD only , you can download the scans of it via http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88927

pic of it :

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5972/img1266y.jpg

:D

thanks for the scans, karen! the CD looks cool. and today's sales are still great!

no problem Lisa & I forgot to add this but because of the choice of colours used for the single (ie. red & white) , it reminded me of something

S'pore's own national flag

-_-'''

4th day updates :

x->3->2->3->4

because of GLAY's I am xxx which debuted at #1 today (another great single of the guys) even though the single's actual release date's on Mon so I'm surprised to see it entered the chart so soon

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

Aww, too bad at it being #4 since we won't the sales. Well, it wasn't bad the day before so no need to worry.

there're still 2 more Oricon days left Melody

but it's already more or less another top 5 single for abs :D

5th day updates :

x->3->2->3->4->4

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

still fantastic :yes (& GLAY's still #1 before ARASHI comes in to kick their ass haha :laugh even though by right I adore both artiste's music :cool)

LOL arashi will totally kick their ass :cool

but anyway, J-A-P seems to be doing better than STRENGTH's first week, right?

haha I know -_-''' . I don't know how will GLAY be charted at cos it's unusual for a Japanese single to enter the chart over the weekend . Then again KinKi Kids's Tsuyoshi single did that so it's the 2nd time it happens

& yes J-A-P's doing better than STRENGTH. maybe because it has a strong tie in with the Sengoku Basara anime as well as the PSP game Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes unlike STRENGTH.

but STRENGTH had a pretty popular anime tie-in, so i find it funny, haha. but it's great to see that the single is successful and they aren't dropping or whatever. even after a 2 year hiatus, abs still gets awesome sales! :D

oops I totally forgot that STRENGTH. was used to promote Soul Eater :dead2 but yeah all the singles that they have put out since INNOCENT SORROW have either really good/strong anime or game tie in's which's good

that & also Takanori's already famous as T.M.Revolution before he joined forces with Toshiyuki , SUNAO & Shibasaki to form abs

I hope I don't have to wait for another 14 months + for another single LMAO which was the time frame for the wait between BLADE CHORD & STRENGTH. @_@

6th day updates :

x->3->2->3->4->4->7

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

quite a drop but it's another top10 hit for the guys :D