Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs. Unlike the main series mostly consisting of Eurodance, this series largely consists of hardcore techno crews from the UK, the home of happy hardcore, and Eurobeat Artists from Italy
History The first issue, titled Dancemania Speed, was released on 23 September 1998 with Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" as its beginning track along with 24 other tracksAmazon.co.jp, Dancemania Speed including Bellini's "Samba de Janeiro", Captain Jack's "Together & Forever", Me & My's "Dub-I-Dub", and E-Rotic's "Willy Use A Billy...Boy".Toshiba EMI, Dancemania Speed The second issue, Dancemania Speed 2, was released on 3 March 1999Amazon.com, Dancemania Speed 2 with tracks including "My Heart Will Go On", "Jump", "Butterfly", "Captain Jack", "Turn Me On" and "Techno Wonderland".Discogs, Dancemania Speed 2 The albums have appeared on the Oricon charts of best-selling albums since the first was released. Speed 1 reached number 8 in the weekly album chart in October 1998,Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1998.10.19 Speed 2 reached number 7 in the same chart in March 1999Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1999.3.15 and ranked number 72 in the yearly Top 100 best-selling album chart in 1999 with 322,860 copies sold.Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1999 Top 100 Speed 3 reached number 5 in the weekly album chart in September 1999.Oricon Database, Oricon Album 1999.9.20 Several tracks from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 were later included on the 2000 greatest hits compilation Best 2001 Hyper Nonstop Megamix.HMV, Dancemania Speed Best 2001
Releases
Main series TitleDateTracksRefDancemania Speed23 September 1998
Accurate title is "Time#Vinylgroover."Discogs, Dancemania SpeedElectronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed (cover info)Dancemania Speed 23 March 1999 Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 2 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 38 September 1999
#Discogs, Dancemania Speed 3Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 3 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 48 March 2000 Discogs, Dancemania Speed 4Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 4 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 520 September 2000Techpara.jp, Dancemania Speed Toshiba EMI, Dancemania SPEED 5 Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 5 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 616 March 2001 Discogs, Dancemania Speed 6Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 6 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 727 September 2001
#Discogs, Dancemania Speed 7Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 7 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 86 March 2002 Discogs, Dancemania Speed 8Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 8 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 926 September 2002 Discogs, Dancemania Speed 9Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 9 (cover info)Dancemania Speed 1018 December 2002 Discogs, Dancemania Speed 10Electronic Emotion, Dancemania Data > Dancemania Speed 10 (cover info)
G series TitleDateRefDancemania Speed G21 May 2003Discogs, Dancemania Speed Super Best: Speed G Dancemania Speed G 227 November 2003Discogs, Dancemania Speed Evolution: Speed G2 Dancemania Speed G 323 June 2004Discogs, Dancemania Speed Evolution: Speed G3Dancemania Speed G 430 March 2005Discogs, Dancemania Speed Evolution: Speed G4Dancemania Speed G 530 September 2005Discogs, Dancemania Speed Evolution: Speed G5
Others TitleDateRefDancemania Speed Best 2001 Hyper Nonstop Megamix29 November 2000Discogs, Dancemania Speed Best 2001Dancemania Speed Presents Happy Ravers31 January 2001Discogs, Dancemania Speed Presents Happy RaversDancemania Speed Presents Trance Ravers19 December 2001Discogs, Dancemania Speed Presents Trance RaversClassical Speed 11 December 2002Discogs, Classical SpeedDancemania Speed: Best of Hardcore3 March 2003Discogs, Dancemania Speed: Best of HardcoreSpeed SFX18 September 2003Discogs, Speed SFXChristmas Speed29 October 2003Discogs, Christmas SpeedDancemania Speed TV28 April 2004Amazon.co.jp, Dancemania Speed TV Classical Speed 218 August 2004Discogs, Classical Speed 2Speed Deka25 November 2004Discogs, Speed DekaAnime Speed 25 May 2005Discogs, Anime SpeedSpeedrive31 March 2006Discogs, SpeedriveAnime Speed Newtype edition19 July 2006Discogs, Anime Speed Newtype EditionHappy Speed Best of Dancemania Speed Giga18 April 2007Amazon.co.jp, Happy Speed Best of Dancemania Speed Giga
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