Show-Ya 20th Anniversary The Best | ||||
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Released | 30 September 2005 | |||
Genre | Rock, hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 66:39 | |||
Language | Japanese | |||
Label | EMI Japan | |||
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Show-Ya 20th Anniversary The Best is a CD and DVD collection of songs and videos of the Japanese hard rock band Show-Ya. The Anniversary collection was released in 2005 in Japan, just after the band's reunion. [1]
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