So, hopefully some old school, hardcore H!P fans can help me out here. I recently discovered THE GARAGE...
I started a thread on Garage but it was a long time ago and the thread seems to be gone. Luckily I saved the info to a txt file so I'll paste what I have...
Garage ran from April 1999 - early April 2000 on TV Tokyo late on Friday nights (after midnight so technically Saturday)
It included appearances by various Hello! Project members and also Ichiro Fukuda, an important and highly respected guy in the Japanese music business. When he died in Oct'2003 an 18nin MM performed Love Machine at his funeral.
Each month the show featured a different song as it's theme song (that's where the videos came from so there should be videos of all 12 songs but only a few seem to have surfaced). The songs featured various Hello! Project members.
Morning Musume members also featured on the show in front of a green background. People may have seen some of these clips without knowing what show they were from.
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http://www.asaoto.com/disc/garage1.htmlhttp://www.asaoto.com/disc/garage2.htmlhttp://www.asaoto.com/disc/garage3.htmlGarage Opening Song Collection Vol.1
Zetima, EPCE-5024, 1999.7.23.
1. Ban Ban Ban
2. Seaside Bound
3. Kamisama Onegai
4. Ban Ban Ban (Instrumental)
5. Seaside Bound (Instrumental)
6. Kamisama Onegai (Instrumental)
personnel
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Ban Ban Ban
vocal: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids)
vocal/chorus: JULIA
chorus: Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Makoto(Sharan Q) / Taisei(Sharan Q)
Seaside Bound
vocal: Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kenji(7HOUSE)
vocal/chorus: JULIA
chorus: Nakazawa Yuuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Makoto / Taisei
Kamisama Onegai
vocal: Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia)
chorus: Ishiguro Aya, Yaguchi Mari / JULIA / Inaba Atsuko, Shinoda Miho(Taiyou to Ciscomoon)
shaker: Makoto
Tambourine: Taisei
[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from April-June 1999]
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Garage Opening Song Collection Vol.2
Zetima, EPCE-5037, 1999.10.27.
1. Suki sa Suki sa Suki sa
2. Omoide no Nagisa
3. Giniro no GURASU
4. Suki sa Suki sa Suki sa (Instrumental)
5. Omoide no Nagisa (Instrumental)
6. Giniro no GURASU (Instrumental)
personnel
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Suki sa Suki sa Suki sa
vocal: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids)
chorus: THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Nakazawa Yuuko / Taiyou to Ciscomoon
drums: Ogu(7HOUSE)
Omoide no Nagisa
vocal: THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Ichii Sayaka, Yasuda Kei / Taiyou to Ciscomoon
chorus: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Makoto / Taisei
Giniro no GURASU
vocal: Kaoru(L'luvia) / Kenji(7HOUSE) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Makoto / Taisei
chorus: THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Abe Natsumi, Goto Maki / Taiyou to Ciscomoon
[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from July-September 1999]
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Garage Opening Song Collection Vol.3
Zetima, EPCE-5046, 2000.1.26.
1. Dancing Seventeen
2. Asama de Matenai
3. Amairo no Kami no Otome
4. Dancing Seventeen (Instrumental)
5. Asama de Matenai (Instrumental)
6. Amairo no Kami no Otome (Instrumental)
personnel
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Dancing Seventeen
vocal: Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Kenji(7HOUSE)
chorus: THE ME / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Ichii Sayaka, Yasuda Kei / Makoto / Taisei
Asama de Matenai
vocal/chorus: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kaoru(L'luvia)
guitar: Yasunori(7HOUSE)
bass: KU-TAN(BEAT KIDS)
drums: NAO(L'luvia)
Amairo no Kami no Otome
vocal/chorus: Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Ishiguro Aya, Nakazawa Yuuko, Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki / THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Inaba Atsuko, Shinoda Miho, RuRu (Taiyou to Ciscomoon)
[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from October-December 1999]
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Garage Opening Song Collection Vol.4
Zetima, EPCE-5055, 2000.4.19
1. Kimi ni Aitai
2. Tunnel Tengoku
3. Blue Chateau
4. Kimi ni Aitai (Instrumental)
5. Tunnel Tengoku (Instrumental)
6. Blue Chateau (Instrumental)
personnel
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No information.
[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from January-early April 2000]