Well, well, we have all been waiting for this a long, long time. The requests have been made by B’z fans all over the world and the results are finally out. Also, B’z The Best “ULTRA Treasure” contains a new song called “Glory Days”. But to get you started, here’s the cover of B’z The Best “ULTRA Treasure”:
I’m sorry, but you’ll have to read on in order to find out more!
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Sorry for the inconveniences caused.
Arthuro
OFF THE LOCK Webmaster
Yep, this is it, guys. Be With! Vol. 78 is now getting shipped to B’z PARTY members across Japan. If you also wanna get a copy of this issue, you might wanna try Yahoo! Auctions Japan. There are plenty of those.
This issue contains an interview with Tak and Koshi, where they comment on each song that came with B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure”. B’z Net Party member Mameshibaken was so kind to translate it for everybody, so please check it out here: http://xmameshibakenx.web.fc2.com/interview.html
The contents are as follows:
1.B’z INTERVIEW B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure” & B’z The Best “ULTRA Treasure” Special
2.RETURN TO Pleasure
3.B’z LIVE-GYM 2008 “ACTION” BACKSTAGE REPORT
4.FLASH BACK B’z
5.20TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL GOODS
6.20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL PROJECTS
7.Q & A CORNER
8.F.C. CORNER
9.PRESENT & QUESTION
10.HOROSCOPE
11.DISCOGRAPHY
12.RANDOM INFORMATION
13.PARTY’S INFORMATION
14.NEXT BE WITH
Perhaps you all remember the “B’z Ultra Chronicle” book released by Sony Magazines. Well, the Official B’z Website today announced the release of 2 new books getting released by Sony Magazines.
The first one is called “B’z Ultra Chronicle 1988~2003″ and contains various interviews with Koshi and Tak. Also, they included their 15th anniversary interview, and, of course, live-reports and everything is included as well. All these reports, interviews, live reports and “B’z history pages” add up 560 pages total. It’s going to be in A5 format. So quite handy for us all. The book is gonna cost you 2,300 Yen($20/14€) and it will be released on August 20th. However, the pre-order phase is already underway. So if you really want one, you should pre-order your copy. You may do that HERE.
As for the second one, it is called “B’z Miracle Chronicle 1988~2008″ and it will be released in September. There is not a lot of information available on this one right now, but the website says that further details will be available in the August 12th issue of “What’s In?”.
If anybody wants to check out the link for themselves, you can do it here:
http://www.sonymagazines.jp/new/ultra_chronicle/
I checked the Oricon website just now, and found out that B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure” is ranked #1 in the monthly charts with a total amount of 560,857 copies sold.
Now, we all expected that, didn’t we?
B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure” is ranked 5th on the weekly chart at the moment.
Previous rankings on the weekly chart are:
| Week | Ranking | Total Sales | |
| 1 | 1st | 560,857 copies sold | 560,857 copies sold |
| 2 | 4th | 153,212 copies sold | 714,069 copies sold |
| 3 | 5th | 68,064 copies sold | 782,133 copies sold |
Source: Oricon Ranking
As you’ve probably noticed, OFF THE LOCK has not been updated for about 3 weeks. This is because I was on vacation. I now intend to line up all the updates in this post.
June 26th, 2008
B’z LIVE-GYM Official Website Update
[Asty Tokushima Tour Report has been added!]
July 1st, 2008
B’z LIVE-GYM Official Website Update
[Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Kiyatell Tour Report has been added!]
July 9th, 2008
B’z LIVE-GYM Official Website Update
[Nihon Gaishi Hall Tour Report has been added!]
As always, you can check out those tour reports HERE.
Well, it’s not surprising that the latest release by B’z has entered the charts on #1 again. The sales data for June 17th has been posted on Oricon. Yes, the 17th, one day before the release. People who pre-ordered it could buy it in stores one day before the actual release.
B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure” has sold 116,582 copies so far.
Source: Oricon daily album ranking
The B’z 20th anniversary special website has been updated to have new wallpaper downloads ready for you.
Please check them out HERE.
B’z has finally decided on their tour title for their Pleasure 2008 tour: B’z LIVE-GYM Pleasure 2008 -GLORY DAYS-
Also, the tour schedule has been updated and now includes the dates on which the ticket public sales start for each concert. I added the tour info for you.
Ticket Price: 8,500 Yen(~$77/~53€)
Date: 9/6 & 9/7
Venue: Kobe Univer Kinen Kyougijou(神戸ユニバー記念競技場)
Place for: 45,000 fans
Public sale starts: July 26
Date: 9/13 & 9/14
Venue: Toyota Stadium(豊田スタジアム)
Place for: 45,000 fans
Public sale starts: July 26
Date: 9/20 & 9/21
Venue: Nissan Stadium(日産スタジアム)
Place for: 72,327 fans
Public sale starts: July 27
With the release of B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure” just being one day away, new messages from Tak and Koshi have been uploaded so that fans will be able to read their thoughts on the new best-of album release. Of course, we here at OFF THE LOCK have already got it translated for you!
Please check it out below.