MilSpex Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I`m flicking through yahoo auctions doing some music shopping and this CD always demands a lot of cash. Does anyone have the CD? What are its contents? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I don't have it, but I know what it is...it's a Macross Christmas album, with instrumental music and a few original songs. The only ones I've heard are the two that are on Macross The Complete: "White Christmas Memories," sung by Misa, and "The Jingle Bells are Lost," sung by Kim, Shammy, and Vanessa. Neither of the songs are very good, IMHO, and those are the only songs on the album to be sung by Macross cast members. It also features a short story about Christmas on board the Macross, before they get back to earth. Now THAT I'd love to get my hands on...so if you buy the CD, please scan it and put it up here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool8or Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I have the CD and the LP.... and yes, the content is like Gubaba tell us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Any chance you could upload a scan of the story...? I would love to translate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool8or Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Any chance you could upload a scan of the story...? I would love to translate it. Do you speak japanese?? Great! I would love to see the story translated. Give me a couple of days to scan it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 (edited) Do you speak japanese?? Great! I would love to see the story translated. Give me a couple of days to scan it. Thanks! And give me a while to translate it...I'm not fluent, so I have to work slowly, looking up kanji as I go... But yeah! Thanks! EDIT: Oh, and the bigger the scan is, the better. I'm going to need to count the strokes on a lot of the kanji... Edited April 30, 2008 by Gubaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSpex Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 I don't have it, but I know what it is...it's a Macross Christmas album, with instrumental music and a few original songs. The only ones I've heard are the two that are on Macross The Complete: "White Christmas Memories," sung by Misa, and "The Jingle Bells are Lost," sung by Kim, Shammy, and Vanessa. Neither of the songs are very good, IMHO, and those are the only songs on the album to be sung by Macross cast members. It also features a short story about Christmas on board the Macross, before they get back to earth. Now THAT I'd love to get my hands on...so if you buy the CD, please scan it and put it up here! Thanks for your reply. I don`t have the funds right now (one copy was going for 20,000yen, and another for 5000) But one day.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoneWolf Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 And give me a while to translate it...I'm not fluent, so I have to work slowly, looking up kanji as I go... But yeah! Thanks! EDIT: Oh, and the bigger the scan is, the better. I'm going to need to count the strokes on a lot of the kanji... Gubaba, you and cool8or rock! Please post the translation when you guys are done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Gubaba, you and cool8or rock! Please post the translation when you guys are done. But of course! Don't, uh...hold your breath or anything, though. Even a few pages will take me a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skullsixx Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Gubaba...where'd ya get that avatar? That RULES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Gubaba...where'd ya get that avatar? That RULES!!! Thank you! If you want, I'll PM you the artist's site...I would post a link, but a lot of it is *ahem* not safe for work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool8or Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Okay there are: I hope the size is good, let me know. I'll be waiting the translation!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 That's PERFECT! I'll start on it today! Just give me a week or two...or three... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill C. Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Genuinely curious: apart from the two songs that popped up on Macross: The Complete, how's the rest of the music? Typical 80s incidental stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I'm very close to the halfway point now... And, um...Global's a Bing Crosby fan. Who knew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Almost done translating the story. If I give it a big push, I might finish it tonight. On the other hand, I just spent the last hour figuring out a paragraph that was incomprehensible at first. Finally got it, but I feel like putting the story away for the evening. By the way...once I'm done, is there any way I can put it up in the translations section of the website? Or should I just send it to boinger to get it up on iMacross? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegis Focker Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Great !! i Wait To READ ALL AEgis FoCke r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 OKAY! I just finished...well...I finished a first draft of the translation. It reads pretty well, though. It's not a great story that answers every question you've ever had about Macross, but it's cute, and you gt to find out what happened on Christmas Eve of 2009, before the Macross returned to earth. There are still a few bits I'm unsure aout, so if Renato or Shun or Shouta or somebody feels like going over it, please...be my guest. Now...Azrael? Graham? Where can I post it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSpex Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thankyou! Looking forward to this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I PM'd Graham about it, but it appears I just missed him... Oh well, it'll give me time to do Noburo Ishiguro's introductory essay...maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinger Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I plan to snag a copy where ever it crops up and read this asap. Thanks Gubaba! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSpex Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) Just downloaded and listened to the rip on imacross.org (thanks Gubaba) and its terrible in parts and really beautiful in others. I`ll buy it eventually because its CD or nothing for me these days. Edited May 19, 2008 by MilSpex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I plan to snag a copy where ever it crops up and read this asap. Thanks Gubaba! I decided to translate Ishiguro's introduction to it as well (Man, that guy writes long sentences!). Should be done later tonight, and then I'll send it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanpang Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I bought that CD when I was studying in Perth, Australia. Did not realised it is worth that much. I am glad someone is translating it now the Radio Drama in the CD. Thanks guys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I bought that CD when I was studying in Perth, Australia. Did not realised it is worth that much. I am glad someone is translating it now the Radio Drama in the CD. Thanks guys ! I translated the short story in the liner notes...if you want the Bridge bunny chatter, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a bit longer...sorry. Anyway, I sent the document file off to boinger, so if should be showing up on iMacross soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinger Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Macross Christmas.doc by Gubaba is now on iMacross4 under Macross Music ( and audio drama ) folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubaba Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thank you! And finally...the long-held secret of what happened on the Macross on Christmas Eve 2009 is revealved... Don't know what Ishiguro means he says there was no Macross Christmas episode, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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