Video & DVD

 

PRECIOUS CLIP
      COLLECTION 1995-2002 - DVD

PRECIOUS CLIP COLLECTION 1995-2002
AVVD-91102 & AVDD-91103
Release date: 20 March 2002

01. Koisuru VELFARRE DANCE ~Saturday Night~
02. Kiss me Kiss me, Baby
03. TORA TORA TORA
04. Seventies
05. GET MY LOVE!
06. Give me a shake
07. Love is Dreaming
08. Shinin' on-Shinin' love
09. Hikari no VEIL ()
10. Ride on time
11. Grace of my heart
12. Love impact
13. Ano Natsueto ()
14. Ginga no Chikai ()
15. Isshoni... ()
16. Never gonna stop it
17. MAGIC
18. Barairo no Hibi ()
19. always love
20. Perfect love
21. moonlight
22. Feel so right
23. Spring Rain

 

MAX's third video clips collection, a complete collection of Promotion Video (PV) of MAX which includes tracks from their first single, Koisuru Velfarre Dance ~Saturday Night~ to their latest single (at that time) Spring Rain.

MAX LIVE CONTACT 2001

MAX LIVE CONTACT 2001 ~Bitter 4 Sweet~
AVDD-90118 (Video)
AVBD-91063 (DVD)
Release date: 24th October 2001


01. Just wanna lovin' you
02. Lovin' All Night
03. Barairo no Hibi ()
04. whispers
05. Never gonna stop it
06. Love is Dreaming ~ Shinin' on - Shinin' love
07. Wired
08. Bible X X
09. Give me a Shake
10. Ride on time
11. always love
12. Crazy in my love
13. Perfect Love
14. So tight ~ Isshoni... () ~ So tight
ENCORE
15. mum
16. moonlight
17. But My Love / M&I
18. SO REAL
19. Natsu yo Saite ()

MAX's live capture from their last 2001 concert on 2nd September in Tokyo International Forum. The songs they sang in this concert basically covers on their album, EMOTIONAL HISTORY, and what's surprising is there is no Eurobeat song at all. A new try, and liked it a lot. The opening of the video shows some scenes before MAX began their concert. This video consists of 21 songs. A nice opening song, Just wanna lovin' you, where most Japan newspaper media headlines on MAX's SM costume. There are quite some "add-ons" for this costume, as you can see MAX adding/removing new jackets, hats, etc. until they change the next costume when singing Love is Dreaming. And yes, the some songs that MAX sang in this concert are re-mixed. Old favourites, such as Love is Dreaming, Shinin' on - Shinin' love, Give me a shake, Ride on time are re-mixed, and so are MAX's dance steps from some of this old favourites.

They performed the same Barairo no Hibi as the 2000 Kouhaku, covered R&B coupling songs such as Just wanna lovin' you, Wired and Bible X X. I love their costume where there are a kind of food representing each of them, a hamburger for Mina, a corned ice-cream for Reina, a cake for Nana and an ice-cream (or a jelly? It's a japanese food, and I don't know it's name in Japanese) for Lina. If you notice closely, Nana corn-rowed her side hairs and Reina tends to share her mike with male dancers. Oh yeah, the dancing crew for this concert are all male, and the personal dancing for each members get real short this time. I really love the way MAX danced with the crowd in So tight!

Finally, after a long wait, I finally heard MAX sang mum!! MAX brought in their un-released song for the first time in the concert (at that time, moonlight is still un-released), moonlight. Apart from moonlight making its first appearance in the concert, But My Love a duet with Issa (lead singer from Da Pump) makes its debut too, as Issa came on the stage singing the BUT MY LOVE with MAX. SO REAL supposed be the last song for the concert, but the "ENCORE" (in Japan, it's pronounced as EN-KO-RE) from fans made MAX to sing another final song, Natsu yo Saite. A nice song to end a concert, and a nice performance from MAX. As always, MAX's concert are the best! The DVD also supports multi angle view in Lovin' All Night and Perfect Love. 

 

MAX LIVE CONTACT 2000

MAX LIVE CONTACT 2000 ~No boundly~
AVDD-90081 (Video)
AVBD-91022 (DVD)
Release date: 27th September 2000


01. Easy Easy
02. MAGIC
03. Love is Dreaming
04. Give me a Shake
05. Shinin' on - Shinin' love
06. So special love
07. Isshoni... ()
08. POWDER SHADOW
09. GET MY LOVE!
10. Love impact
11. Seventies
12. Ginga no Chikai ()
13. Only one
14. Get ready?
15. Never gonna stop it
ENCORE
16. I will
17. Hikari no VEIL ()
18. Ano Natsueto ()
19. Ride on time

The capture of MAX LIVE CONTACT 2000 ~No boundly~ on 11th June 2000 in Osaka (), featuring 19 songs that MAX performed in this concert (excluding the Never gonna stop it rap part in the beginning of the show). This video also include the backstage part in the end when the concert ended. Regarding their concert theme, ~No boundly~ carries the meaning of no boundaries of music. Comparing to the previous concert, they only sang 19 songs which became the only complain of this concert because it was shorter than "Sunny Holiday". However, there are lots of changes to their ~No boundly~ concert so that it'll not be identical like their previous concerts.

First of all, Nana and Lina had more chance to sing solely comparing to previous concerts. They changed their singing routine so that each member of MAX has the opportunity to song. Apart from that, they also changed some of their dance steps of their old hits, such as Give me a Shake and Shinin' on - Shinin' love. When MAX performed POWDER SHADOW, artificial snow falling were added to increase the uniqueness of this concert. The non-stop euro-medley made their way back again in this concert, (as for those who watched MAX LIVE CONTACT 1998 will know about the medley session too) again. Although it is short, the special effects and the screen at the back of the stage showing MAX's animation made this medley more interesting. Of course, the dance session of the concert was also very eye catching, with each member of MAX with their dancers showing their dancing skills. (Mina's flying kiss when the others introduced her, and Nana's superb spin on the ground)

Overall, a very nice concert to watch, although shorter than the previous concert, but with new stuffs in this concert makes ~No boundly~ the most unique concert ever. A thing to note, the DVD supports multi-angle view for 2 songs, MAGIC  and Never gonna stop it.

 

MAXIMUM CLIPS II

MAXIMUM CLIPS II
AVVD-90070
Release date: 29th March 2000

01. Hikari no VEIL ()
02. Ride on time
03. Grace of my heart
04. Love impact
05. Ano Natsueto ()
06. Ginga no Chikai
07. Isshoni... ()
08. Never gonna stop it

MAX's second video clips collection, which includes their MTVs (or PV) from their 9th single Hikari no VEIL to their newest single (at that time) Never gonna stop it. Comparing to the 1st video clips collection, this video contains 8 MTVs to the previous 6 (MAXIMUM CLIPS). What makes this video clips collection special is it includes some of the making of some of the MTVs. The MTVs that are included with making captures are Grace of my heart, Ano Natsueto (), Ginga no Chikai () and Isshoni... ( ).

 

MAX LIVE CONTACT 1999

MAX LIVE CONTACT 1999 "Sunny Holiday"
AVVD-90061 (Video)
AVBD-91028 (DVD)
Release date: 10th November 1999 (Video)
Release date: 27th September 2000 (DVD)

01. Sunny Holiday
02. Only one
03. Love impact
04. Really love me
05. Love is Dreaming
06. Private crime
07. I'm in love
08. Grace of my heart
09. Not Alone
10. Reborn
11. GETTING OVER
12. Shinin' on - Shinin' love
13. Give me a Shake
14. Ginga no Chikai ()
15. SO REAL
16. Ride on time
17. Person I need
ENCORE
18. TORA TORA TORA
19. Seventies
20. GET MY LOVE!
21. DON'T YOU LOVE ME
22. Natsu yo Saite ()
23. Ano Natsueto  () ENDING THEME

The largest ever concert tour by MAX, a total of 53 performances in 44 places in Japan, starting from 6th March to 19th August 1999. This video is the capture of MAX LIVE CONTACT 1999 "Sunny Holiday" last performance in Tokyo (). A full 2 hours performance by MAX, including the ending theme of Ano Natsueto. This is a concert based on their third album, MAXIMUM GROOVE, where most of the songs from this album are performed in the concert. The concert theme, "Sunny Holiday" was taken from a song name in MAXIMUM GROOVE, which is the first song they perform in the concert.

Of course, apart from the songs from MAXIMUM GROOVE, they also sang songs from their singles, and they changes the routines of song quite often in the whole tour. I think they even sang Koisuru Velfarre Dance ()  in one of the concert if I remember correctly. Ano Natsueto () was added into the list during the middle of "Sunny Holiday" tour, and Ginga no Chikai () was added only in the last stop in Tokyo.

The response from the crowd are great, especially in encore. All of MAX are touched by the response from the crowd (identically like MAX LIVE CONTACT 1998), and Nana and co. started shedding hears when singing Person I need. Even in the MC part during the encore session, they couldn't stop shedding tears. Due to the tremendous encore response from the crowd, they sang Natsu yo Saite as the last song to end the concert (supposing, the MC should be the last event of the concert). A very touching concert, especially in the ending section. 

 

MAXIMUM CLIPS

MAXIMUM CLIPS
AVVD-90038 (Video)
AVBD-91027 (DVD)
Release date: 25th February 1998 (Video)
Release date: 27th September 2000 (DVD)

01. TORA TORA TORA
02. Seventies
03. GET MY LOVE!
04. Give me a Shake
05. Love is Dreaming
06. Shinin' on - Shinin' love

The first video clips collection of MAX, MAXIMUM CLIPS, which included PVs from their third single, TORA TORA TORA to their lastest single (at that time), Shinin' on - Shinin' love (8th single). Of course, this video clips collection featured MAX's all time hit songs. Only featuring six songs in this clips and it did not feature MAX's previous two PVs of Koisuru Velfarre Dance () and Kiss me Kiss me, Baby. 

 

J-POP GIG TOUR 1997

J-POP GIG TOUR 1997
AVVD-90061 (Video)
AVBD-91026 (DVD)
Release date: 8th October 1997 (Video)
Release date: 27th September 2000 (DVD)

01. GET MY LOVE!
02. REALITY
03. STRANGER IN THE NIGHT
04. SUMMER TIME
05. BECAUSE I NEED YOU
06. EXTASY
07. SO MUCH IN LOVE
08. BROKEN HEART
09. Love is Dreaming
10. Wonderland
11. TORA TORA TORA
12. KISS TO KISS
13. Give me a Shake
ENCORE
14. Seventies
15. LOVE LOVE FIRE

The first live video of MAX, J-Pop Gig Tour 1997, sponsored by Fresh Light. This is the first major concert of MAX, 12 performances in 10 location in Japan. This video capture of J-Pop Gig Tour 1997 on 25th August 1997 in Tokyo (). All the songs performed are from their first hit album, MAXIMUM and of course, their singles. Most of the songs are in a faster pace, while there are only 2 songs which are only a little slower in beat, SO MUCH IN LOVE and BROKEN HEART.

A very good performance by MAX, nice songs and superb dance movement. Their outfit was superb, especially the blue dress with a big cross on the back of the dress (kind of glow in the dark), and of course, their famous tiger stripe outfit. A short encore performance only, maybe due to their limited number of songs at that time. Mina was the first to cry in this concert, and the others too during their MC after they sang Seventies (Got touched by the response from fans, during Nana make her speech in the MC). Fans really throw quite a number of stuffs on stage during their encore performance (tennis ball??) and Lina picked up a Mickey and a Pluto soft toy thrown by their fans to the stage.

Ever wonder why is the concert so short compare? The portion after EXTASY were cut off from this video clips, where MAX performed "The Supreme Medley", which consists of 5 English songs. The first song is "Stop in the name of love", the second song is a single from Lina, "My old piano". MAX changed their outfit from the blue dress to the red dress (you can notice it from the DVD/VCD booklet, where you can see all of them in red including Reina carrying a guitar) after their first supreme medley song. Next, is a Nana solo, singing "Baby Love" while Mina and Reina behind now act as background vocals. Then is Mina's turn, singing a powerful song, "You are everything", while it's Nana's turn to perform a short saxophone ending for Mina's song. The last solo is from Reina, where she sang "You can't hurry love" while playing the guitar.

 

NOTE: All the Video and DVD codes are the imported version's code (Original Japanese version, Avex Asia released VCDs in Asia which are not sold in Japan)