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[~K+]

Originally Posted by lotusoka

I've bought from titan-giant before... great seller. They aren't bootlegs, they are just HK editions. There was a thread about this.

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...t=China+Record

To avoid further confusion, they are Mainland China versions, not HK versions.

The Overseas versions you'll find on Yesasia, are HK versions.

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend buying Mainland China versions, stick to Avex Hong Kong or Avex Taiwan's pressings.

[lotusoka]

Originally Posted by ~K+

To avoid further confusion, they are Mainland China versions, not HK versions.

The Overseas versions you'll find on Yesasia, are HK versions.

Anyway, I wouldn't recommend buying Mainland China versions, stick to Avex Hong Kong or Avex Taiwan's pressings.

Sorry if I caused any confusion.

[bondingo]

I bought 'RAINBOW' and 'I am' at this store in Boston called Tokyo Kid and later found out why it said Alion International instead of avex. I went on http://www.eneabba.net/ayu and saw that the official 'I am' CD had a white dove while the 'I am' that I bought just had the cover of the CD printed as a CD label. Same thing with 'RAINBOW' but it had a different label.

Also, I bought 'My Story' from 'animefurusato' (the guy who is selling the first Ayu CD bundle) and found out that that one was fake, but instead of saying Alion on the back, it said Miya Records, which is also a bootlegging company. So just make sure that you look out for those.

Now I only buy J-Pop CDs off of yesasia.com and everything they sell is legit ^_^

[ShadowMehMeh]

Originally Posted by bondingo

I bought 'RAINBOW' and 'I am' at this store in Boston called Tokyo Kid and later found out why it said Albion International instead of avex. I went on http://www.eneabba.net/ayu and saw that the official 'I am' CD had a white dove while the 'I am' that I bought just had the cover of the CD printed as a CD label. Same thing with 'RAINBOW' but it had a different label.

Also, I bought 'My Story' from 'animefurusato' (the guy who is selling the first Ayu CD bundle) and found out that that one was fake, but instead of saying Albion on the back, it said Miya Records, which is also a bootlegging company. So just make sure that you look out for those.

Now I only buy J-Pop CDs off of yesasia.com and everything they sell is legit ^_^

You mean Alion right? 'Cause I also have "RAINBOW" and "I am..." and I have the same issue with the CD labels that you do. =\

[bondingo]

Originally Posted by ShadowMehMeh

You mean Alion right? 'Cause I also have "RAINBOW" and "I am..." and I have the same issue with the CD labels that you do. =\

Oh, yeah. It's Alion, sorry about that ^_^