Japanese Heavy Rock Hits
Japanese Heavy Rock Hits is a collection of singles by the Japanese experimental band Boris. Volume 1 was released on September 14, 2009 through the label Southern Lord Records; the successive volumes followed one per month afterward. Artwork for each single is in a glam rock cliché and features a single band member whose style is prominent on the songs on the accompanying release; the fourth single, a cover song, has a transparent PVC sleeve, and was bundled with preorders of the series along with a T-shirt. The only physical release was on separate 7  vinyl records, though digital versions (save vol. 4) in MP3 and FLAC were available from online retailers. Initial track list information included 8" as track 2 on "Heavy Rocks" and "16:47:52..." as track 6 on "Attention Please", but the official preorder revealed they were replaced by "Leak -Truth,yesnoyesnoyes-" and "You" respectively. Two alternate mixes of "Black Original" were used for the Japanese release of "New Album", and a live version of "8" is featured as a download bonus for "Noise".