Whats the difference between an Import and a Domestic CD / Will this CD play in my machine?
A. Import CD’s come directly from Japan, and have their insert cards printed in Japanese. They will play in any standard CD player. On the downside, they are significantly more expensive than the titles in your local music store. They also tend to go out of print quickly (in most cases) and do so without ANY prior warning. Domestic CD’s have been licensed for distribution in the US, and are available at a lower price. In some rare cases, however, they do NOT include all the tracks that are on their Import cousins (for example, the domestic Memories CD does not include the tracks that were on the CD-Single included in the Japanese release). Understand, though, that if a Japanese pressing of a particular CD has a song with Japanese lyrics, the US pressing of that same CD will ALSO be sung in Japanese. Q.
