I also wanted to get ahold of Shizuka’s many Concert performances and was grateful to get digital rips of them through a J-pop forum. Through the years I’ve watched and re-watched them all, but there was always a place in my heart that still wanted to get copies of the orginal concerts, and, if possible, in their original Laserdisc release formats!
Why Laserdiscs? As a fan of 90’s Pony Canyon Idol acts like Coco, Ribbon and Nishida Hikaru, I came to associate its Laserdisc packaging, striking artwork and bonus posters and inserts with my ‘golden age” of J-pop discovery, and, as a Pony Canyon artist herself, really wanted to get those to complete my collection!
Though I’d see a concert video of hers from time to time on ebay (mostly in the form of VHS tapes), it wasn’t until just this past month taht I hit the MOTHERLODE: ALL 8 of Shizuka’s laserdisc releases for one VERY modest price!! Holy Toledo, I wasted NO TIME SMASHING that “Buy it Now” Button, and in JUST a few weeks, got my package in the mail!
WOWOIWOW, Will You LOOK at that!!! So damn BEAUTIFUL, and, as with ALL Pony Canyon releases, placed with bonus items like inserts and postcards! Must have spent a good hour just poring lovingly over the discs…so beautiful!
