Japanese CD's

I am also very fond of cd's from Japan, as some titles have sounded better than the US Sacd titles! In my experience, there a winners in both the mini-lp, & jewel case variety. Both generally are accompanied with an OBI if new. However the OBI, & Mini-lp are just packaging, & the cd is what you should be concerned with. Have Fun!

The way I've understood this:
The mini-LP's are "collector's" and the "regular" imports have bonus tracks. They have to fit one or the other to be sold in the US if the original title is still available here. Japanese CD's are excellent, and the mini-LP packaging is very, well, cool.

KP

I've had mixed results with Japanese CDs...the Mobile Fidelity version of Barnstorm by Joe Walsh sounds much better than the Japanese version...I did like the Wildweeds/Best and Rare...they used the original masters from the Wallingford, CT studios...none of the CDs I consider to sound the best are Japanese...jury's still out, but I'm not a big fan (with a limited sample to date)