Matsumoto Takahiro's message:

“ULTRA Treasure”
The second part of the rerecorded series!!
The new song“Glory Days” in addition to “BLOWIN'”.
Also, please enjoy the live video in Zepp Tokyo!!!
And please listen to the other new song “Itsuka Mata Koko De” as well!!!

Tak

Inaba Koshi's message:

The good old songs, of course,
the new recording of BLOWIN' and the new song "Glory Days", etc.
present a great variety .
It is a little different from ULTRA Pleasure and also covers the traces of our past 20 years.
Please enjoy it!!

ARIGATO ☆ Inaba Koshi

http://sound.being.co.jp/sound/bmcv-8024/d2-t15.asx (Windows Media)
http://sound.being.co.jp/sound/bmcv-8024/d2-t15.ram (Real Media)

Looks like my thesis has been proven wrong, and Glory Days is not the Ending SE for the arena part of the ACTION tour.  Guess we will have to stay tuned for more information.

Also,  if you visit the bz20th.com's front page, you will see one of their TV commercials, which now seems to include Glory Days as background music. Furthermore, Glory Days can now be downloaded by people in Japan for use as ringtone(i.e. Chaku Uta).

You can listen to the samples on the B'z 20th anniversary website here:

http://bz20th.com/treasure/index.html

Update(08/16/2008):

BLOWIN' -ULTRA Treasure Style- is now available for download as a Chaku Uta(ringtone for mobile phones) on i-mode, EZweb and Yahoo! Keitai.

Furthermore, radio stations in Japan will start broadcasting BLOWIN' -ULTRA Treasure Style- on August 18th.

The final tracklisting will be as follows:

[DISC 1]

01. BLOWIN -ULTRA Treasure Style-
02. Wonderful Opportunity
03. Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta
04. TIME
05. Koi-Gokoro
06. RUN
07. Sayonara Nanka ha Iwasenai
08. Gekkou
09. Koi Ja Naku Naru Hi
10. Don't Leave Me
11. LOVE IS DEAD
12. Haru
13. MOTEL
14. YOU & I
15. Yumemi ga Oka
16. Kienai Niji

[DISC 2]

01. Brotherhood
02. Swimmer Yo!!
03. Happiness
04. ONE
05. F-E-A-R -2008 Mix-
06. Nagai Ai
07. ROCK man
08. DEVIL
09. New Message
10. Arakure
11. Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu
12. Pierrot
13. BURN -Fumetsu no Face-
14. Home (E. Style)
15. Glory Days

I'm sorry, but you'll have to read on in order to find out more!

Alright, the thing you're worried about the most, are the results of the requests, so here they are(ranked from 1 to 30):

01) Brotherhood
02) Koi-Gokoro
03) ONE
04) Wonderful Opportunity
05) BURN -Fumetsu no Face-
06) Yumemi ga Oka
07) New Message
08) Sayonara Nanka ha Iwasenai
09) TIME
10) Koi Ja Naku Naru Hi
11) BLOWIN'
12) RUN
13) Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta
14) DEVIL
15) Swimmer Yo!!
16) YOU & I
17) Home (E. Style)
18) Pierrot
19) Gekkou
20) Arakure
21) Nagai Ai
22) MOTEL
23) ROCK man
24) LOVE IS DEAD
25) Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu
26) F-E-A-R
27) Don't Leave Me
28) Kienai Niji
29) Haru
30) Happiness

Now you know which songs will be on there. These 30 songs will form the tracklisting of B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure". However, B'z has re-recorded and remixed two songs. These are BLOWIN' -ULTRA Treasure Style- and F-E-A-R -2008 Mix-. But this is not everything! B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure" also comes with a new song called "Glory Days"(Pleasure Tour, anyone?).

These 31 songs serve as the base for two editions. There will be a 2CD+DVD version and a 3CD(2CDs+1 bonus CD) version.

So the complete tracklisting for these 2 CDs will be(in no particular order):

- Wonderful Opportunity
- Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta
- BLOWIN' -ULTRA Treasure Style-
- TIME
- Koi-Gokoro
- RUN
- Sayonara Nanka ha Iwasenai
- Gekkou
- Koi Ja Naku Naru Hi
- Don't Leave Me
- LOVE IS DEAD
- Haru
- MOTEL
- YOU & I
- Yumemi ga Oka
- Kienai Niji
- Swimmer Yo!!
- Happiness
- ONE
- F-E-A-R -2008 Mix-
- Brotherhood
- Nagai Ai
- ROCK man
- DEVIL
- New Message
- Arakure
- Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu
- Pierrot
- BURN -Fumetsu no Face
- Home(E. Style)
- Glory Days

The 2CD+DVD version contains the complete B'z Showcase 2007 -19- at Zepp Tokyo on DVD! Yep, this is true! If you've watched the DVD that came with SUPER LOVE SONG, you know what I'm talking about.

The tracklisting for the DVD is as follows:

01) SUPER LOVE SONG
02) FRICTION
03) HOT FASHION
04) Ai no Bakudan
05) ultra soul
06) Lonely Stars
07) Naite Naite Nakiyandara
08) Eien no Tsubasa
09) Taiyou no Komachi Angel
10) Gin no Tsubasa de Tobe
11) Haru
12) Nagai Ai
13) F-E-A-R
14) Arakure
15) BANZAI
16) ALL-OUT ATTACK
17) Out of Control
~ENCORE~
01) ARIGATO
02) Odekakeshimasho

As for the 3CD version, it contains a new song called "Itsuka mata koko de"(Someday here again) on its 3rd disc. In other words, you get 1 song on the "regular" edition and 1 bonus song on the 3rd disc.

B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure" is to be released on September 17th. The price for the 2CD+DVD version is 4,200 Yen($38/27€) and the price for the 3CD version is 3,200 Yen($29/20€).

You're probably wondering if your requested songs made it onto one of the 2 discs, but fear not! Song requests can be made until June 30, so this is definitely not the final result! Without any further ado, here are the TOP 40. The songs, which are likely to hit the cds.

If you can read the japanese song titles, you can check out the list on the B'z 20th anniversary special website HERE. If you want to see a transcribed version of the songs, please read on.

B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure" Requests: Intermediate Results

1. Brotherhood
2. ONE
3. Koi-Gokoro (KOI-GOKORO)
4. Wonderful Opportunity
5. BURN -Fumetsu no Face-
6. New Message
7. Yumemi ga Oka
8. Sayonara Nanka ha Iwasenai
9. Ai ja Naku Naru Hi
10. Pierrot

11. DEVIL
12. Swimmer yo!!
13. Home (U.S. iTunes Version)
14. Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta
15. RUN
16. BLOWIN'
17. YOU & I
18. Gekkou
19. Arakure
20. Nagai Ai

21. TIME
22. ROCK man
23. OH! GIRL
24. LOVE IS DEAD
25. Yuruginai Mono Hitotsu
26. Kienai Niji
27. Haru
28. MOTEL
29. Happiness
30. Don't Leave Me

31. ALL-OUT ATTACK
32. F-E-A-R
33. Taiyou no Komachi Angel
34. Magnolia
35. Liar! Liar!
36. Real Thing Shakes
37. GIMME YOUR LOVE -Fukunetsu no LOVE DRIVER-
38. Dakara Sono Te wo Hanashite
39. NATIVE DANCE
40. MOVE

Read on for the full awesomeness of the two new releases.

Now, let me formally introduce: B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure"! It's the first 20th anniversary ultra best-of album and will be released... June 18th! It will be a two CD set, featuring twenty years of amazing B'z music. There's also a CD+DVD bundle launching as well and you can check out both of them below.

B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure" Track Listing

The first pressing limited edition will include with a DVD that features 10 songs played live at various LIVE-GYM concerts.

B'z The Best "ULTRA Pleasure" First Pressing Limited Edition DVD

Again, you can own either package on June 18th!
The first press limited edition will carry a 4,200 Yen price tag (~$42/~27€) and the normal edition will carry a 3,200 Yen price tag (~$32/~20€).

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B'z The Best Ultra Treasure

This release is not even the tip of the iceberg. Let me introduce the second B'z best-of compilation for the celebration of their 20th anniversary... B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure"! It will be released just days before the 20th anniversary, on September 17th.

What's so special about this wonderful release is that the fans, themselves, are the ones who get the pick their favorites for it. The songs with the most votes will find their way into the release. Scroll down ON THIS SITE to see all of the B'z releases and pick the ones you would like to see most on the release. While choosing, note down the number of the song in RED and enter it into one of the three boxes.

Here is a translation of the request form, from top to bottom:
Nickname:
Prefecture: (just pick a random one, as there's unfortunately no overseas option)
Age:
Sex: (left is Male and right is Female)
Request Song 1: (First song number you chose)
Request Song 2: (Second song number you chose)
Request Song 3: (Third song number you chose)

After you have filled everything in, click the SEND button and you're done. The deadline for requests is midnight on June 30th! After requesting, all that's left to do is hope your songs end up on the final release!