Yellow Magic Orchestra [Import]

Yellow Magic Orchestra [Import]

Track Listings

1. Computer Game "Theme From The Circus"

2. Firecracker

3. Simoon

4. Cosmic Surfin'

5. Computer Game "Theme From The Invader"

6. Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)

7. Femme Chinoise

8. Bridge Over Troubled Music

9. Mad Pierrot

10. Computer Game "Theme From The Circus"

11. Firecracker

12. Simoon

13. Computer Game "Theme From The Invader"

14. Tong Poo

15. Femme Chinoise

16. Bridge Over Troubled Music

17. Mad Pierrot

18. Acrobat

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Original Classic by Yukahiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Tracks:

Computer Game "Theme from the Circus"
Firecracker
Tong Poo
Femme Chinoise
Technopolis
Insomnia
Rydeen
Behind the Mask
Solid State Survivor
Radio Junk [Live at Bottomline in N.Y.]
Jingle "Y.M.O."
Nice Age
Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!)
End of Asia
Citizens of Science
Hirake Kokoro-Jiseiki

Tracks:

Cue
Ballet
U.T
Gradated Gray
Taiso
Lover, Come Back to Me
Kimi Ni Mune Kyun
Chaos Panic
Ongaku
Lotus Love
Kai-Kou
Kagekina Shukujyo
Madmen
Ishin Denshin (You've Got to Help Yourself)
Perspective
M-16
Pocketful of Rainbows
Behind the Mask [Seiko Quartz CM Ver.][*]

Album Description

Japanese two-disc set. The tracks were selected & edited by Ryuichi Sakamoto, & remastered by Ted Jensen. Contains two previously unpublished tracks ('Lover, Come Back To Me' with jazz singer Mari Nakamoto, & a bonus alternate version of 'Behind the Mask' written by Ryuichi Sakamoto - Seiko Quartz CM Version), 'M-16' (the outro theme to the movie 'Propaganda'), a stereo version of 'Hirake Kokoro', five non-album tracks, & singles from 'Technodon'. Packaged in a limited edition, deluxe double jewel case w/slipcase. Sony. 2003.

Album Details

34 tracks collected upon 2 CDS. Includes many rare b-sides & singles tracks.

Customer Reviews:

'Ultimate Collection' - AMAZING sound!.......2007-06-24

To mark its 25th anniversary since the emergence of YMO, this new best album was released with two discs. Although there have already been a number of 'YMO Bests' and 'YMO Remixes', one of the main differences between 'UC YMO' and previously published best albums is that Ryuichi SAKAMOTO (The Last Emperor; Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) himself is supervising the album and in charge of the selection of the tracks. Although it is all in Japanese, Sakamoto also gives intriguing commentary on each piece. The re-mastered and improved sound quality is another element that makes this best album worth having, and this also includes very rare material (TV commercial version, 7-inch single version etc.) which has never been published before. This is a Japanese import, and therefore slightly costly, but (1) Sakamoto's supervision, (2) his commentary on every track, (3) the much improved sound quality and (4) the rare material would, I believe, be reasons enough for any YMO fan to consider getting hold of this 'Ultimate Collection'!!

Average customer rating:

Love at first byte
Techno meets (video game) elevator music

Yellow Magic Orchestra: Us Edition
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Manufacturer: Japanese Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007KKZ2
Release Date: 2003-02-03

Tracks:

Computer Game "Theme From Circus"
Firecracker
Simoon
Cosic Surfin'
Computer Game "Them From The Invader"
Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)
Femme Chinoise
Bridge Over Troubled Music
Mad Pierrot

Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1978 album. Sony. 2003.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

Love at first byte.......2004-02-03

In 1978 I moved to Austin,TX from Connecticut to attend the University of Texas.Austin is known as the music capitol of the world, and for good reason, more live music venues than anywhere.
While checking out one of the local record stores I chanced upon a really cool looking album,buying because of album cover art is
a fetish with me.Anyway, it was love at first byte!It was a funky
yellow colored disk and the music put the Fun in Funky!Now, here
it is again and it is love all over again.Now if only I can find
Osamu Kitajima's "Benzaiten", I'd be a happy man.

Techno meets (video game) elevator music.......2003-05-12

When originally recorded in 1978, video games were still in the domain of the arcades and the idea of augmenting the electronic beeps, boops and bangs with a sonic signature -- a video game soundtrack, was cutting edge. Against this backdrop, Japanese synth artists YELLOW MAGIC Orchestra (primarily Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Harouomi Hosono, with programming from Hideki Matsutake, additional vocals by Shunichi Hashimoto and Tomoko Nunoi, and axe work by Masayoshi Takanaka) attempted to meld the decidedly electronic-sounding computer games with disco-era percussion, Eastern tonal qualities and Western lounge music. The result is a mixed bag...Techo fans will consider it a retro anomaly and music historians will recall the days when synthesizer work was more than sampling, but patching together banks of wave-form generators and programming sequencers. Occasionally quite listenable, you'll might then get jarred by a three-second long piece called "Firecraker" (just the detonation of same), or the rudimentary boops and beeps of the computer game selections. The fact that it got re-issued on CD at all--some 23 years later, is as much a testament to this recording as anything I could write.

Average customer rating:

Solid State Survivor
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

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General | Rock | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000EZIOE
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Technopolis
Absolute Ego Dance
Rydeen
Catsalia
Behind the Mask
Day Tripper
Insomnia
Solid State Survivor

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Original Classic by Yukahiro Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Average customer rating:

Xoo Multiplies Return
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance Pop | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000I5OJ
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Jingle Ymo/Nice Age
Anr
Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please)
Here We Go Again/Tighten Up
Multiplies
1-900 Blow/Shadows on the Ground (Water Bed)
Mix: Behind the Mask/Computer Game/Firecracker/Tong Poo/Simoon/Tighten
Fire Cracker "Adventure of Garuda" [Radio Edit]
End of Asia
Tong Poo
Rydeen
Mass

Album Details

Japanese Exclusive Release.

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