麗しき仮面の招待状 (Uruwashiki kamen no shoutaijou) – Single

MALICE MIZER is a legendary Japanese visual-kei rock band that existed from August 1992 to December 2001.
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Information

MALICE MIZER’s first single, and also first release with Gackt on vocals, containing two main songs, plus instrumental versions of both songs, and one hidden remix version of the second song.

One day before the release of the single, on a live on 1995.12.09 at 高田馬場AREA (Takadanobaba), signed copies were available for sale, where the entire band signed the back of the single.

The cover image is an edit of a photograph of “Belvédère du Petit Trianon” from the Versailles palace in France.

“Après-midi” means “Afternoon” in French.

All Versions

Title: 麗しき仮面の招待状
Romanised: Uruwashiki kamen no shoutaijou
Type: Single
Release Date: 1995/10/12
Catalog Number: M:N-002
Label: Midi:Nette

1st press from 1995 without bar code. Was sold in lives and at music stores. Never originally contained an OBI. Came in a cardboard digipack.

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Title: 麗しき仮面の招待状
Romanised: Uruwashiki kamen no shoutaijou
Type: Single
Release Date: 199x/xx/xx
Catalog Number: M:N-002
Label: Midi:Nette

2nd press released later on, with barcode but without extra tax. Never originally contained an OBI. Came in a cardboard digipack.

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Title: 麗しき仮面の招待状
Romanised: Uruwashiki kamen no shoutaijou
Type: Single
Release Date: xxxx/xx/xx
Catalog Number: M:N-002
Label: Midi:Nette

3rd press released even later, with barcode and with 75JPY extra tax. Never originally contained an OBI. Came in a cardboard digipack.

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Title: 麗しき仮面の招待状
Romanised: Uruwashiki kamen no shoutaijou
Type: Single
Release Date: 1995/xx/xx
Catalog Number: M:N-002
Label: Midi:Nette

Somewhere around the time of the 1st press, this SAMPLE version got pressed alongside it. The only difference with the 1st press is that on the CD itself, the word “SAMPLE” is written.

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Tracklist

Tracklist of 麗しき仮面の招待状