People tends to not releasing unfinished pieces of work ;)
Considering this video was never officially released, they most likelly didn't find it good enough...

I'm pretty sure it's the same vocal track

Yeah but Ayu's producers tend to layer her vocals endless times, which IMO makes it worse usually. Especially crossroad chorus, I LOOOVe that song but I HATE what they did to her vocals in the studio version.

this is going to sound weird...but.. I'm like Sweet season's biggest hater! I think it's the worst song ayu ever released... yet, with this mix, and after seeing it live in AT10; there's something to it with this track :)

Wow great find!! I really liked this version. I think maybe even more than the DVD version!! The scene on the couch was really nice!!

Nice find!

I love how the dog is playing with the sprinkler XD

I hate ayus ''mom outfit'' in this vid...it looks like something a ''mom'' would ear in an old movie when she is an unfit parent and know the social workers are coming to take her children so she uses a ''mom outfit'' to impress them...Doesnt seem like somthing normal i-love-my-kids mom would wear. If ayu had worn a different outfit the vid would have been better to me....as for the kids in the sofa...the boy actually looks like he is having fun singing the song. The girl is the one that looks extremly awkard. Like she cant wait for the whole shooting to be done with. XD

OMG! I don't know which version I prefer. Sweet Season's PV is always soo cute! :heart I know, may some kids could look awkward while they're singing.. but I still find it so lovely and cute :yes.
But the arrangements sound different to me o_o it's more countryish I guess.
Nice find though! I never expected there was a different version of Sweet Season PV D:

I really like this arrangement.

Interesting to see but the problems are present in both versions of the pv. Ayu needed to say hi back to the children to make it more natural and the children used either needed to be fluent in Japanese (unlikely!) or to not do the singing bit. Maybe even use Japanese children. If the children and set were styled more retro then Ayu's outfit would have worked more or she needed to be in a modern boho mum maxi dress or jeans or something more relaxed along those lines...

I don't know why everyone finds the couch scene THIS awkward O_o
I find it touching, and tender. I totally can imagine Ayu with children ^_^

To be honest the sweet season video has always weirded me out. It's like, all of sudden Ayu has all these awkward caucasian children running around acting like she's their mom. Never understood it. XD

thanks for posting :) I think this version is a bit less boring than the original. it's interesting that this pv has another version to it. it will be so awesome if we can have alternate versions for other pvs as well xD

uhh.. those children all speak japanese actually ;p watch the making off video ;)

I didn't think of it like that but it works lol :P

I think I prefer this version lol and even the song sounds better!

thanks!! :D

remember this is all about a dream so its natural to appear awkward in a dream

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/...images/50s.jpg
It's the common representation of the perfect family....

I realize the idea. It's just, why not have Asian kids doing it or something? XD It's just... so... fake.

Because her PVs of that era had an american theme and were mostly shot in the US? If she had done it with asian kids she would have had to use a completely different setting, different outfits, different sets to make it appear right.