[official] upcoming releases in 2005!!!
 

http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/news/050120.html

2005/03/02:
-ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2004-2005 A (DVD)

2005/03/24:
-MY STORY CLASSICAL (sth similar to AOV)
-MY STORY (DVD audio)
-MY STORY (SACD)

2005 mid-April
-35th single

edit: "sth similar to AOV" means similar in terms of using a symphony orchestra.
Sorry if this misled u to think it's exactly equal to an AOV.

wow~~~thanks for the cool piece of news!

MY STORY classical? Sounds interesting :yes thanks for the news :D

hmm, can't wait for her next single. all her songs rock!

MY STORY CLASSICAL looks promising.

Thank you for the info.

MY STORY CLASSICAL oh my ._O I can't wait!!!! about you and honey as acoustic orchestra-typish!! ^^

yay! i'm like one of the only people who hasn't seen anything from countdown 04-05 so i'll be getting that.^^

i wanna know what the classical album will be like...i hope it is not just another AOV, but something more inspiring!

MY STORY CLASSICAL is not AOV, it is sth like "ayumi hamasaki meet the classic"(sth like that, can't remember), there are no AYU's voice, just music

This years releases sounds extremly promising! I can't wait to hear MY STORY classical..

thank you very much!
I can't wait until her next single will appear

wahhhh I have to wait until mid-april for the next single?!?!! :( :( nooo.. (I have 0 patience <3)

thanks so much for the news! The MY STORY Classical ver sounds interesting :D

New single~!!!
hoshiine!!!!

wow! i will be looking forward for her 35th single!

it probably isnt 'ayu meets classic', cos these non-vocal albums didnt even make it to the official website. now it is listed in the official site, i think it should feature ayu's vocals.

so i think her 35th single wont be a rereleased from the album huh??

Hm...I might get MY STORY CLASSICAL, but I probably won't, since I want to save my money...

Good good news. Truly exciting. It will be nice to get Countdown Live on DVD, and MY STORY Classical? I am interested...

According to the article following the name of the album, the tracks will be recorded by the Paris Lamoureux Orchestra, a well known French Orchestra. Or at least directed by Yutaka Sado, who is the Chief Conductor of this orchestra

And it seems the vocals will be included (cf 勿論本人ヴォーカル入り ).

I like the idea of being able to hear HAPPY ENDING in classical instruments a lot. Hope the cover is nicer than the actual MY STORY cover is though x_o

If the vocals are included it would be good :yes I might get this :D

My Story Classical? That sounds really interesting, especially if Ayu's vocals really are included! And 35th single, I can't wait!!

MY STORY (DVD audio) yay a-capellas and isntrumentals *-* -drools-

NO REMIX ALBUM.. OMG.. o.o

anyway thanks for the informations!

why do you think that cd has vocal tracks and instrumentals? they usually don't..

Does "MY STORY classical" become ayu next remix album? hmmm

It doesn't sound like it will be a remix album, probably just an orchestrated thing done without her vocals again - which is fine with me, even though I've been waiting for another remix album for a while. The 35th single will probably come from the album, right? Still cool with me. :)

maaaaaaaaaaaaan I'm really disappointed, I was hoping for a new remix album! But AOV... that's O.K. and the single is comming sooooooooo late this year O__O wow... but oh well, as long as she keeps making music I'll be happy! Thanks for the info!

gosh read! It is already stated that it WILL contain vocals, and the single is very unlickely to be an albumcut

OMG! O_O Orchestrated MY STORY. *Drools*

whats SACD

I'm definitely getting the CLASSICAL and of course, the new single!

YAY! I've been wanting another AOV album (or one like it) for a while. This makes me really happy. ^^

Thanks for the news

Yay! I want the concert DVD :)

The next single...only on april!? :(

Whee~ Another single! In april too!! -^__^- my b-day!

I'm looking forward to the classical album. It won't be remixes but at least there'll be some new versions of the songs.

And an April single? That's such a long time away.

My Story classical? Huh? :confused
35th single in March already?! :eek
Ayu is working so hard for us :yes

No idea.. I'd like to know tho..

SACD stands for Super Audio CD. It's a higher qlt reproduction than normal CDs which can and normally do offer 5.1+ surround sound capability.

I'm looking forward to the MY STORY Classical album when it is released. I don't understand why Avex hasn't released any classical albums after Ayu-Mi-X IV.

Thank you for the news!

Thanks for the info! The classical CD sounds interesting... and the new single's in April! I don't think I can wait that long!

April! I could not also wait a long time. In touts the cases I hope for that it will be in the model of liar with full de(re)mixs, that made one moment that one did not have.

cool... I wonder what her 35th single will be like

I can't wait for the 35th single. And MY STORY CLASSICAL too. :)

SWEET. I love AOV-ish versions of Ayu songs. And a new single in April? Awesome, but that seems like such a long time away. ;-;

Maybe some orchestrated versions can help some fans like some of her newer songs more...you never know, and I personally can't wait! :yes

I can smell the new single fakes coming SOON. :laugh

wow thats pretty awesome!
hopefully there will be vocals in the My Story classical album

Classic -- the remix/re-compliation so many have been waiting for??

new single.... whoooh let the sparks of the many coming rumors fly.. a good time is gonna be certain

Thanks for the reporting.

yes! they're releasing COUNTDOWN LIVE 2004-2005.
i'm getting that.

My story classical? Hm... sounds interesting.

thanks for the news!
can't wait for the new single!

can't wait for my story classical !!!

Because ayu-mi-x 4 AOV sold horribly (NSMM did as well). They tried doing the remix series one more time with RMXWORKS but those sold horribly as well. I doubt there will be anymore ayu-mi-x. I'm surprised they'd even try to sell this CLASSIC version. I doubt it will do well. And them releasing the SACD and DVD-AUDIO is going to end up as being a waste as well, because they will make very little if any profit from it.

I, however, am very excited about the new CDL DVD and the CLASSIC album. I was very surprised to see that they were releasing CDL considering they didn't release 2003-2004. (I guess because it was very similar to ARENA TOUR 2004). But anyway, I'm happy :) Hopefully CDJapan will have them up for pre-order in a day or two.

I'm really excited about the CLASSIC album. It sounds really wonderful. The only thing is I wonder which tracks will be on it -- surely not all of them. I look forward to hearing "About You," "GAME," and "Moments," but "Humming 7/4" makes me wonder...

i wonder how the classical version would be like...interested to hear it tho since i have taken classical music courses.

YAY!= )) thanks for the news.. im getting the concert DVD & the classical...cant wait for the new single. GO AYU :D

thankyou so much for the info - im gunna buy MY STORY classical :D hopefully it has all the tracks

omg.. i wanna hear it LOL!!
cant wait~~
and her new single = in april.. that's so FAR AWAY!!! =(

> ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2004-2005 A (DVD)
> MY STORY CLASSICAL

I'm definitely getting those!
And the single when it comes out! I'm guessing words of it would surface soon?
No more remixes? :msad

Ahhh so much stuff at once! This is awesome!! I'm really excited now, 2005 will hopefully prove to be an amazing year. At least all those 'Ayu is quitting rumors' can stop for now. I'm glad she is taking her time with this single, and hopefully she composed it too!

I'll be getting the CDL DVD of course and MY STORY Classical. Gawd I loved AOV so this will probably be even better, can't wait to hear all the ballads. Lastly of course I'll be getting her 35th single!! I can wait ^_^

*ish fascinating* COOLIO!!! thanks for sharing :D *ish considering getting the MY STORY classical*

i think i will get CDL for sure,and i may also get the my story classical

i would prefer new ayu mix ayu trance ayuro !!!

COUNTDOWN 2004-2005 A DVD???? MY STORY CLASSICAL?
 

I will buy both of these after lunar new year..i'll got lots of money...if i able...together w/ 35th single

thx for the information

I'm looking forward for the MY STORY CLASSICAL :D
that sounds really promising and the single..mid MARCH-APRIL...far away T.T
but thanks for the news though

She sucks with all her accoustic stuffs !!! The remixes seem to be released only abroad now through Drizzly records (and there are not a lot... :( It would really have been better to get a Ayumix 6 non-stop megamix and a Ayu Trance 4 !! (but with good remixers that time...^_^)

Ooh! Looking forward to MY STORY CLASSICAL and her new single!

Hope next single will be really really good !! the Ayu sales are very bad at the moment...she really needs a good hit booster !! ^_^

looking forward to the classical MY STORY album and the new single!!! :D thanks a lot for the info ;)

I think ayu's new single has a theme;it's like "Moments" ....Spring theme

hahah "ooo" the anticipation of whether it will ahve vocals or not.



so i guess this means there will be no remix albums for my story?

^I doubt there will be any more. I think the era of the remix album is over. :'(

I'm personally glad it's over ^^;; I never liked her remixes, they kind of just dragged on. But I did love AOV though and am looking extremely forward to MY STORY Classical.

I'm really curious as to what she is going to do for this new single.

It's because if you have a dvd audio album and a dvd reader, you can EXTRACT and separate the audio into channels (usually 5 wav files), and one of those wavs has Ayu's voice only... pretty cool, huh?? :D

I found a tutorial once in google, but i can't remember where is it... :headache

Back to the topic... i can't wait for her new classical album!!! I haven't heard MY STORY yet, but i know this album will be really nice... ^^!!

and, let's hope for a new RMXWORKS... :yes

I'm kind of stuck on whether or not to get MY STORY Classical. I really liked Ayu-mi-x IV AOV but I don't know. I'll probably end out liking mellow, symphony tracks over the album versions, so I might get it. I hope Moments is similar to the acoustic one she did recently...*Imagines CAROLS and GAME Classical style* :luv2

I completly agree with you ^^'

And I wonder what the next single will be like too...

Good news.Thank you for the info (: I can't wait her next single!

really? that sounds really cool.. But there's also a DVDA of Rainbow, so why aren't there made any instrumentals/vocals of that?

dvd-a of a ballads is also available, but i have never seen it

Wow!!! Now I want to buy all the DVDA releases. Have you been able to do this?

How good will the instrumentals / vocals be? 'cos then we need to get you the dvda-files ;)

i really like "CDL 2004-2005"
some songs are very toughing
e.g. immature, CAROLS, walking proud, TO BE, Key, winding road

"CDL 2004-2005"
"MY STORY Classical"
they are must buy

Maybe because nobody has done that yet... but i know it's possible to do it~ :lech

Nope, i don't have a dvd reader... =(
Once in the Bjork Remix Web (r.i.p. :() there was a tutorial somebody left in the guestbook... The only thing i remember, is that you need to have 5 gb of free disk space... cuz the ripped wavs are HUGE files, but the bad thing is that i don't remember which software to use... :/

hmm well we should find out how to make them exactly and then get the files.. Now I have a good reason to buy the rainbow dvda and my story dvda:)

im waiting for the classical album to go up for preorder on cdjapan.

FYI: The DVD Audio and SACD Versions are NOT for the classical album.

They are DVD AUdio and SACD versions of the original My Story album.

It says on the official site that there will be 3 versions of the My Story abum out in March. A DVD Audio version, a SACD Version, and a classical version.

so the dvd audio and sacd are of the original my story album that was released in december.

and the CDL. it wil look strange not having 03-04 with it as well but im still getting it :)

My boyfriend said at the beginning of it (as I have it dl'ed) that her costume at theb egging looks like a german war outfit and instead of hearing WOW WOW WOW he hears WAR WAR WAR

LOL Sorry I just thought it was funny and then I told him what she actually sings. :P

^
It's actually more Soviet to me. In reality, the first thing that pop up in my mind..... Michael Jackson!

The same thing happened when I was watching it with my boyfriend! I was like "my God! Hitler's back!" and laughed and then we sang "war war war" :D

It was really cool! I love that performance!

it is released

wonder what's the title for her 35th single?

*excited for the MY STORY classical*

I can finally get something as soon as it comes out XD

huh?? No, they're not.

..i want a single letter-titled triple A-side like the old days..heh...odd how she didnt do that for My Story

After the single I must say I'm expecting the DVDA the most for some reason. o.O;; don't care much for classical mixes anymore. CDL aren't that good either...

wow!! thanx for the infor!! more releases!!! great!! ^^

I just noticed CDJapan now has the new releases listed, and under MY STORY Classical it says:

'Bonus Tracks expected'

Curiouser and curiouser.

Sounds interesting :yes I definitely want to buy it :D

When my cousin saw it, he said, "Whoa, M. Bison!"

I couldn't stop laughing. He's refering to her now, when he sees her in the outfit, as Ayu Bison. LOL