Billet~幼き夏の便箋~ (Osanaki natsu no binsen) – Single

LAREINE is a Japanese visual-kei rock band that existed from November 1994 to February 17, 2007.
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General Information:

LAREINE’s second major-label single, containing two songs; The title track “Billet~幼き夏の便箋~”, and the masterpiece that is “émeraude~海に魅せられて~” as its B-Side or C/W.

It sold very well, but not as good as “fiançailles“. It reached a top position of 30 on the Oricon Style Weekly Singles Chart.

It released during the height of LAREINE’s popularity, during the “Le vent express” tour.

“Billet~幼き夏の便箋~” got a PV (Music Video), but it is currently unavailable on YouTube since it gets blocked by SME Records.

 

3 Versions:

 

 

Title: Billet~幼き夏の便箋~
Title (Romanised): Billet~osanaki natsu no binsen~
Type: Promotional CD
Release Date: Summer 1999
Catalog Number:
Label: SME Records

Rare promotional 8cm CD in small square cardboard case. Came with only one track: “Billet~幼き夏の便箋~”, but an earlier version of the song. It contains more synthesizers and less guitar. I think this released one to two or three months prior to the single.

 

 

 

Title: Billet~幼き夏の便箋~
Title (Romanised): Billet~osanaki natsu no binsen~
Type: Promotional CD
Release Date: Summer 1999
Catalog Number:
Label: SME Records

Second, and much, much rarer promotional 8cm CD. Comes in a clear jewel case with a sticker on it as cover, and a lyrics card inside. On the CD, the final version of “Billet~幼き夏の便箋~” is included, and also “émeraude~海に魅せられて~”, which means it released very close to, or at the same time of the actual single.

 

 

 

Title: Billet~幼き夏の便箋~
Title (Romanised): Billet~osanaki natsu no binsen~
Type: Single
Release Date: 25/08/1999
Catalog Number: SRCL-4638
Label: SME Records

Regular edition. Each copy came with a trading card from the second part of the trading card set “Aishu to romance”. The card you got was randomly selected from five kinds.

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Tracklist (Regular Edition):

Track:Title:Romanised:Duration:Music by:Lyrics by:
01Billet~幼き夏の便箋~Billet~osanaki natsu no binsen~4:22KAMIJOKAMIJO
02émeraude~海に魅せられて~émeraude~umi no miserarete~4:50KAMIJOKAMIJO