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Here's a hot shopping tip: $10 off AbeBooks orders of $100 or more with this promo code ::cred::
AGC5XEVIALIBRI

I used it on a first edition of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" :)
 

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You mean like these?
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/j648801547
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r403441998
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/q368291055

Well let's just have a look around and see what else this seller--
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/p765698687
What's this? Dozens of X-Japan demo tapes? My nonsense meter is sky-high right now. The guy does at least put a "I don't know if these are real" (i.e. These Are Not Real) disclaimer on those, which he doesn't on the Malice Mizer-related ones.

Let's take that Girl'e tape as an example. The tape itself is a Denon RS-20, which seems like kind of an obscure make, but you can just buy new blanks right off of Yahoo:
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u64608923
If you look at picture 2, there seems to be a label on the back side (because you can't see through to the art)
But then when they take it out of the case and photograph both sides (check the screws to verify) there's no label. That kind of makes me suspect that this guy has a real original and a fake that he made from it - my guess is that he bought the Flower Records copy which was also white. That copy was $600, so someone selling it starting at $50 also raises suspicion.
EDIT: actually, maybe that "label" is just the lyrics sheet stuffed behind the tape.

Of the two copies of that tape I have, one is similar to this one, unlabelled on a Denon tape with a pink cover. The other, which seems more authentic, is on an LX tape, is labelled "GIRL'E" on the tape, and has a red cover. Neither had the lyrics sheet.
However: the "faker" one in this case actually had better audio! Maybe it was copied from an original that had been played less? Or maybe both are fakes of different quality?

At any rate, I don't particularly trust this. I'd only buy from a seller like this if you're trying to get your hands on an unripped song or want to gamble on getting better-quality audio of a song that's already out there with lacking quality.

The other two Malice Mizer tapes, the type of tape they're on at least matches my copies. But there's no proof that mine are real either.
 
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Has anyone ever shopped at Azumaya? I haven't, but here are a few finds.

Both of Klaha's "Nostal Lab" pamphlets, 1490Y each
http://aduma8.shop-pro.jp/?pid=72236683
http://aduma8.shop-pro.jp/?pid=72236663

"CHALICE 2" VHS (contains a Hisui clip), 2980Y
http://aduma8.shop-pro.jp/?pid=69057830

There are a lot of genuine rarities and curiosities that pop up in search results as well, but they're invariably out of stock.
I got CHALICE from there a while ago! The owner of this store is my shopping service from Japan.
I sent him a message asking for the pamphlets hahaha. I hope they're still in stock since often he forgets to update the availability of something in his store.
 

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Here's a piece of true art we all missed out on:
https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m56360038564

Just look at the sheer poetry of the lyrics ::meev::

m56360038564_2.jpg
 

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After a hard day's work...and almost being driven mad by despair
Despair drove him
      MAD
 

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Did anyone here snag this one? 3 demo tapes by "Previous", which is supposedly Kazuno of Moi dix Mois' previous band.
https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m57288699560

Not that I expect anything great from it, judging by his later career.
 

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Are you sure it's fake? Seems pretty convincing to me.
Who's to say? They didn't even include a picture of the tape itself. That photo looks pretty suspicious though.
 

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I remember that some here were pissed off they missed the David AL pamphlet.
https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m16371115937
Here it is again! But it's from that suspicious seller that sometime sells reals and sometimes sells fakes.
This is probably legit (at least the booklet itself) because it seems unlikely that anyone would bother faking the different colors of paper bound together in one booklet, and the fold-out pages. 9500Y is ludicrous though.
 

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If you guys are really desperate for something on Mercari I do have an account.
 
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