YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

YMO USA & YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

2LP
GF
4P

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

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  • 180 gram audiophile vinyl
  • Gatefold sleeve / 4 page booklet
  • PVC protective sleeve
Catalog # : MOVLP1466 Format : 2 LP, 180 gram Releasedate : November 23 2015
Barcode : 8718469539536 Sleeve : Gatefold Original Release : 1978 

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.

Side A

1. Computer Game "Theme From The Circus" (Instrumental)
2. Firecracker (Instrumental)
3. Simoon (Album Version)
4. Cosmic Surfin' (Instrumental)
5. Computer Game "Theme From The Invader" (Instrumental)

Side B

1. Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) (Instrumental)
2. La Femme Chinoise (Album Version)
3. Bridge Over Troubled Music (Instrumental)
4. Mad Pierrot (Instrumental)

Side C

1. Computer Game "Theme From The Circus" (Instrumental)
2. Firecracker (Instrumental)
3. Simoon (Instrumental)
4. Cosmic Surfin' (Album Version)
5. Computer Game "Theme From The Invader" (Instrumental)

Side D

1. Tong Poo (Instrumental)
2. La Femme Chinoise (Album Version)
3. Bridge Over Troubled Music (Instrumental)
4. Mad Pierrot (Instrumental)
5. Acrobat (Instrumental)