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| Yamaguchi Momoe Live at Hit Studio DVD Collection |
After an anxious two week wait, I received an awesome gift to myself: the Yamaguchi Momoe DVD collection called YAMAGUCHI MOMOE LIVE in YORU NO HIT STUDIO, and, as the title suggests, is a set featuring of all her TV appearances on said TV program through the years! MAN, those Japanese know how to PACKAGE their items- this Box Set is fricking GORGEOUS!!!! Though I paid a pretty hefty price for the discs (Two bills plus!!), this was money well spent because this collection is truly a Momoe Yamaguchi fan’s DREAM!
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| The Goods! |
Contents include 6 DVD Discs housed in a deluxe gatefold box with intricate hinged DVD holders and a beautiful 44 page retrospective booklet, and featuring all 54 performance she did on the Yoru No Hit Studio Television show, from her single Natsu Hiraku Seishun in June of 1975 all the way through to Sayonara no Muko Gawa in October of 1980, great live performances backed by sensational LIVE musicians, and including all the interviews and MC pre-song patter, and all in crystal clear clarity!
Thumbnails of the Chaptered Performances:
CRAP! Willya LOOK at alla those PERFORMANCES!!!
Also included are treats such as four hilarious SKITS (or rather, mini-dramas) Momoe participated in, and it’s thrilling to see her having fun with other artists like Megumi Asaoka, Yashida Aki, Amachi Mari and of course her two counterparts, Mori Masako and Sakurada Junko! Additionally, they included every introduction she did for the other guests as well, so you see her handing off the microphone to artists like Four Leaves, Mori Shinichi, Minami Saori, and all the other luminaries of the time…an incredible slice of the 70’s!
Another thing I really love about this set is that it's arranged in chronological order, so as you watch the performances, you see Momoe grow from a shy and wide-eyed beginner to savvy and genki act, and finally transform to her smoldering, sultry look as a seasoned pro towards the end of the 70’s! So damn pretty, I don’t have to tell you, I was falling so SO MUCH in LOVE with her, all OVER AGAIN!!!
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| Beautiful Momoe |
As anyone who’s spent any time watching her many, many musical performances uploaded onto Youtube and the like knows, Momoe is one helluva performer and there’s always something extra in every song she sings, so these TV appearances are soooo incredible to have! Such an awesome collection, and there’s even ANOTHER DVD Box Set for the Television Show THE TEN BEST that I’m hoping to get, however, that one will have to wait til I can afford it- TEN BEST DVD costs a crippling 3 BILLS!!! Ahh, but if it’s as good as this Yoru No Hit Studio set is, I MUST HAVE IT!!!
