passpo performance at babyraids emotional idorock festival last week 07.10.2016
(tracklist: mudai, pretty lie, then change to Band passpo - wanted, candy room and shoujo hikou)
Pretty lie is a song I never thought much of until recently. After seeing it a few times along with the crowd interaction, it is now one of my favorite live songs from them.
I just noticed that JeJeJeJet!! is now listed as out of print on CD Japan. Should I be worried? (I never got around to buying any of the albums before Tracks)
I don't see Any of Passpo's albums ever getting near the 200$ range but my advice would be to not wait too long if you want their earlier albums.
TAKE☆OFF 2010 is 6900y new. If you're not picky about the condition and just want to have it in your collection, you can get it used for around 2000y.
While we're on the subject of rare merchandise, I came across something on my last trip I didn't know existed. I met this guy at the Kashiwa Palooza gig on sept. 18. He was from France and it turns out he's an even bigger Passpo fan than I am. He told me he discovered them in 2011 when they went to Paris' Japan expo, which was news to me. I was under the impression they had never left Japan. Anyway, after the concert he showed me this used merchandise store in Akihabara called Mulan. Awesome place. Probably my go to place from now on for idol related music goods. He told me in Passpo's earlier days, many of their singles came out in 10 different editions. One per member. There were also sold in some sort of package that included all the different versions. These boxes are somewhat rare nowadays. He told me he was in the process of tracking down every edition of every single for his collection and that he was, IIRC, 75% of the way through.
He also told me he was collecting signed stuff. I don't think I would do this personally. I'm fine with having their albums and their latest singles.
While in Mulan, I came across this thing. I don't know if I would call this rare but I've never seen it anywhere online. It's basically some kind of box set for their first three DVD releases. It was around 7500y. This was what I would personally consider to be pricy, but, it was cheaper than buying all three DVDs separately and it included a special box, along with a small photo book. I couldn't really pass this up.