Hotwax, Japanese Movies, Rock & Pops Options

[JMaruyama]

Thanks for all this great information Muldoon and Logboy. I've been curious about these HotWax books and have wanted to pick up some of the issues but was wary that the books weren't that good. It looks like the biggest draw for these books are the enclosed "extras" (CD, poster). Are the books mainly in B&W or are there also color photos. Do the books include background information on the stars as well as production notes?

[logboy]

there chocka with information. making a definitive good / bad statement's too hard. lots of picks, lots of text, some are small, some are big. i don't read japanese. also recommended : that 'pinky violence' book that's out there.

on the subject of hotwax, since amazon.co.jp don't do a cheap shipping option anymore, and since hmv.co.jp want 1500 yen per order (and two CDs is over the £18 duty limit in the UK) can anyone suggest japanese sites stocking these CDs which offer reasonable postage? cdjapan don't have most of them - two that i want, 'sukeban guerilla' and 'world of nikkatsu roman porno' can't be sourced by yesasia either, but they do have one or two others from the same range (!)...

[JMaruyama]

there chocka with information. making a definitive good / bad statement's too hard. lots of picks, lots of text, some are small, some are big. i don't read japanese. also recommended : that 'pinky violence' book that's out there.

on the subject of hotwax, since amazon.co.jp don't do a cheap shipping option anymore, and since hmv.co.jp want 1500 yen per order (and two CDs is over the £18 duty limit in the UK) can anyone suggest japanese sites stocking these CDs which offer reasonable postage? cdjapan don't have most of them - two that i want, 'sukeban guerilla' and 'world of nikkatsu roman porno' can't be sourced by yesasia either, but they do have one or two others from the same range (!)...

Thanks for the info. Logboy! I have that "Toei Pinky Violence 'Roman' Album" by J-Taro Sugisaku and Uechi Takeshi and it has been indispensable as a reference. Possibly the best book on the topic of its kind! Surprisingly YesAsia still has it in stock:

http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/...pid-1003972999/

I'm not sure if you're in the UK but there is this store that I've come across that does seem to have stocked the CDs at one time. They may be able to either special order or get those CDs back in stock:

http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/romanporn...rackshotwax.htm

[Marshall Crist]

Tried to order the Pinky Violence book, but the site won't actually add it to my cart. Nice.

[logboy]

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I'm not sure if you're in the UK but there is this store that I've come across that does seem to have stocked the CDs at one time. They may be able to either special order or get those CDs back in stock:

http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/romanporn...rackshotwax.htm

i'min the UK. moviegrooves is a good shop, but far too expensive. i need a japanese source that ships outside japan and hopefully had english language options, but that last part's not essential. i have the 'jingi naki tatakai' cd on the way, as well as the 'roman porno sound collage' cd from some years back.

[muldoon]

Hotwax recently released two new CDs in its Hotwax Trax series:

Reiko Ike - Girl Boss Blues: Queen Bee's Challenge

http://ultra-vybe.syncl.jp/?p=diary&di=231789
CDSOL-1316
30 tracks total (17 previously unreleased*)

The CD contains the score and theme songs for 8 Reiko Ike films.

*The previously unreleased tracks are 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27.


Miki Sugimoto - Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

http://ultra-vybe.syncl.jp/?p=diary&di=231778
CDSOL-1317
32 tracks total (19 previously unreleased*)

The CD contains the contains score and theme songs for 8 Miki Sugimoto films.

*The previously unreleased tracks are 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. Hotwax claims on the packaging that there are 20 unreleased tracks but there are only 19 by my count. A blogger agrees with me and says only 19 tracks are previously unreleased so it is most likely an error on Hotwax's part.

Each CD comes with a foldout booklet containing an essay, lyrics, and a list of Hotwax CDs.

Although half the tracks on each CD are available on other Hotwax CDs, there's plenty of previously unreleased material contained on these new CDs. For example, have you been wanting more tracks from Sex And Fury? This new Reiko Ike CD has 4 previously unreleased tracks from Sex And Fury.

The CDs can be purchased from your favorite Japanese music retailer.