For collectors, the obi is the crown jewel. The obi for features a distinctive watercolor painting of a late-night convenience store and a solitary taxi. The text is a warm yellow gradient reading: "Toshi no Owari ni / Kore kara no Hajimari" (End of the city / Beginning of now). It is arguably the most beautiful obi in the entire 50-volume series.
Released in November 2012, is documented in various digital archives. Today, fans continue to stream the tracks as nostalgic hits on platforms like Audiomack and YouTube. Town CD Vol 31 by jingjoks.blogspot.com - Audiomack
A deep, wet, circular sound. Then a whisper: “Lena, throw down the rope.”
Note: Tracks 3, 5, and 7 are contested. Some forum users claim these artists did not appear on the actual CD, but rather alternate session pseudonyms.
She hadn’t answered yet. But as the dead air crackled from the speakers, she realized the CD was waiting. And so was the town.
Unlike earlier volumes that saw pressings of 5,000 to 10,000 units, evidence suggests that had a pressing run of fewer than 1,000 copies . Furthermore, most of these copies were "rental stock." When Japanese rental shops liquidated their CD collections in the early 2000s, many Vol. 31 discs were thrown away due to scratches or simply lost.