Just to add in from Sanspo:
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100...0508008-n1.htm

Odds are 1 in 33333 to get the lyrics... aie ya!

I am aware of that, which is why I have them there just so people will be able to understand until someone actually does translate it....

Could you imagine being one of the lucky few to receive those autograph lyrics!? I think my heart would sink into my stomach and I'd fall over dead! Lol.

yeah, it's called -how to sell as many copies of your album as possible in today's age of music-pirating- :D

but i wonder how many people who receive the lyrics will actually treasure it or just flog it on yahoo auctions etc :-/

Wow awesome I WISH I'll GET IT xD

I dunno about that... NEXT LEVEL was relatively quiet. She probably really wants this album to succeed, haha.

this is not information, it is gibberish, likeable to spam, better not put anything at all

So Ayu's gonna include handwritten lyrics for a not yet released song and whoever gets it also gets the untitled new song from chaku-uta? :confused

What is your problem with online translators?! Jeez. People use them when they don't know Japanese/whatever other language... can you translate the article then? I swear you're making a big deal out of NOTHING. Anyone who has a brain should be able to piece together what the translator says even if it isn't grammatically accurate.

No, Ayu will be including handwritten lyrics for each of the 12 new songs on the Rock'n'Roll Circus album and the new song is coming with CD+DVD/CD only copies of the album for TeamAyu members.

^Not CD only, and for what I read in that article the "lyrics sheet" is for everyone who can buy one of the 400K first press... the chaku-uta thing yes, is only for TA

Waaa, I didn't get what you meant by "A ROCK"!! I was just, what is he saying now? another album? XD LOL like A BALLADS... hmm it would be pretty interesting... because I love her rock songs the most!!

and call me crazy... but I bought a CD+DVD version in TA... I know I won't get anything, and I will sell this copy (with photobook, poster and mobile stand on ebay after I get it) But I just want to have the change to get the lyrics sheet.... I mean, at least there is the posibility, and with YA/CDJ we don't have the chance... So at least I tried XD

WOW, all lyrics handwritten? that's amazing!
whoever gets them has got to be incredibly lucky!

Wow, she's going all out for this album, huh? She must really love it.

Why shouldn´t we have a chance with YA/CDJ?
There is nothing written that the possibilty to get a sheet is only with TA orders, the only thing that is TA limited is the access to the chaku-uta page.

Wait so only TA members have a chance to get the lyric sheet? I thought the new song was only for TA members and the 12 lyrics things were inserted randomly to 12 of the 400,000 first press?

That´s what my friend told me when I gave him the text to translate (he is fluent in japansese^^)

Time to flood CD Japan and YesAsia with emails! :cool

~angel*ayumi~, could you please share your friend's proper translation for the news? I'm so confused :(

No, TeamAyu members get the new song.

12 lyric things are a free for all between the 400,000 first press out there spread across stores in Japan, online stores, stores in America... etc.

What are you confused about exactly?

walking.proud, I think you confused Anna Willow when you mentioned the "not having a chance" thing about the first press...

CD only gets the chaku-uta thing, which is what I was talking about.

EVERYONE who gets first press whether it's from CDJapan, or Kinokuniya... has a chance to get the lyrics.

i have not translated japanese since i was uni almost 5 years ago, so apologies that it's quite a crude translation... anyway...

Pop-star ayumi hamasaki (31) has announced that 12 self-penned lyric-cards have been enclosed within 12 out of approximately 400,000 initial pressing copies of her new album [Rock’n’Roll Circus] (released on 14 April).
She has stated that this is a surprise from herself to the buyer. She got the idea of distributing presents, and she enclosed the lyric-cards in order to directly convey the world of music.
She used her favourite pen in order to write on A4 size paper.
With regard to the 12/400,000 probability of obtaining one of these rare items, hamasaki has said, “I put a lot of emotion into writing these, so I hope they will be treasured by whomever receives them.”
Moreover a new song not included on the album, unconfirmed as to whether or not it will be released, will be a free chaku-uta present to fan club members who purchase the album.

ok I think I get it now, thanks everyone :D

This is like Ayu Wonka and the Record Factory...

AND GOLDEN TICKETS = LYRIC SHEETS, haha.

Thanks for the translation, put it in the first post.

I honestly hope no one throws their lyric sheet away.... imagine if someone who hates the album/Ayu gets it?! UGH.