Yellow Magic Orchestra – Yellow Magic Orchestra USA & Yellow Magic Orchestra (2 x 180g Vinyl)

180 gram audiophile vinyl. Gatefold sleeve / 4 page booklet. PVC protective sleeve. Features the original mix and the US mix.

This first YMO album was released in 1978 in Japan ('79 in Europe) and set a precedent in the music industry like never before. By releasing this daring album, YMO shook the world with their Synthpop at the time a revelation as well as a revolution.

YMO created their own sound, far ahead of its time. The band was amongst the first to use a "computer music composer", which was a programmed Roland MC-8 Microcomposer developed by Hideki Matsutake (composer, arranger and computer programmer). The trio mainly used electronic equipment on this album. The only acoustic instruments used were a piano and marimba percussion set. This type of production was never heard of before and set about a new movement within the music business.

Featuring the hit "Firecracker", an infectious and exotic Martin Denny cover, which became a staple in the early Hip Hop scene in New York.

Tracklist

US Mix

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. La femme chinoise

8. Bridge over Troubled Music

9. Mad Pierrot

Original Mix

1. Computer Game 'Theme from The Circus' (コンピューター・ゲーム —サーカスのテーマ—)

2. Firecracker (ファイアークラッカー)

3. Simoon (シムーン)

4. Cosmic Surfin' (コズミック・サーフィン)

5. Computer Game 'Theme from The Invader' (コンピューター・ゲーム —インベーダーのテーマ—)

6. Tong Poo (東風, tonpū, "east wind")

7. La femme chinoise (中国女, Chūgoku-onna)

8. Bridge over Troubled Music (ブリッジ・オーバー・トラブルド・ミュージック)

9. Mad Pierrot (マッド・ピエロ)

10. Acrobat (アクロバット)

Cat no: MOVLP1466