If you decide to get ahold of some of the japanese releases, Empress might be a good place to start just because of the Premium Best disc. It'll help you catch up on the series and sort of give you a sampling of all the past styles. Very good bang for your buck assuming it doesn't have any retarded timing issues (if the last 2 games are any indication it should be fine)
At the same time I might recommend playing the pre-9th games before that, just because a lot of players that start out on the newer interface end up having problems playing on the older one. I just hate seeing people miss out on all the great older songs.
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