イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ*Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ

Label:

Alfa – ALR-6012

Series:

Catch Up! Fusion

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

A1 Computer Game "Theme From The Circus"
A2 Firecracker
Written-ByMartin Denny
A3 Simoon
VocalsShunichi Hashimoto
Written-ByHaruomi Hosono
A4 Cosmic Surfin'
Electric GuitarMasayoshi Takanaka
Written-ByHaruomi Hosono
A5 Computer Game "Theme From The Invader"
B1 Tong Poo
Written-ByRyuichi Sakamoto
B2 La Femme Chinoise
Electric GuitarMasayoshi Takanaka
VoiceTomoko Nunoi
Written-ByYukihiro Takahashi
B3 Bridge Over Troubled Music
B4 Mad Pierrot
Written-ByHaruomi Hosono
B5 Acrobat

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByVictor Musical Industries, Inc.
  • Record CompanyAlfa Records, Inc
  • Recorded AtALFA Studio A
  • Mixed AtALFA Studio A

Credits

  • Arranged By, PerformerYellow Magic Orchestra
  • Coordinator [Recording Coordinator]Shinsuke Miyazumi
  • Design, Art DirectionAijiro Wakita
  • Drums, Percussion, Electronics, VocalsYukihiro Takahashi
  • Executive-ProducerKunihiko Murai
  • IllustrationKazuo Hakamada
  • Keyboards, Electronics, Percussion, Orchestrated ByRyuichi Sakamoto
  • ManagementMasako Hikasa
  • Mixed By, Recorded ByNorio Yoshizawa
  • Producer, Mixed By, Bass, Electronics, KeyboardsHarry Hosono*
  • Programmed ByHideki Matsutake
  • Recorded ByAtsushi Saito

Notes

This release has red Alfa labels and the original Alfa logo. Single-sided credits insert included.

This release spells the "Produced by" credit for Harry Hosono on the back cover correctly. For misspelled "Rroduced by" version, see here: Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ.

Large text on the obi strip says "Hosono Haroumi" and smaller to the side "Yellow Magic Orchestra", because initially this was marketed as a Hosono project. The manufacturer is noted on the obi strip in Japanese and on the label rim in English.

Writing credits are not shown on this pressing for the two "Computer Game" tracks, "Bridge Over Troubled Music" or "Acrobat."

Yukihiko Takahashi appears courtesy of Victor/Invitation.

Made in Japan
¥2,500

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): 〄Ⓑ ALR 6012AⓈ 111 + 1/
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): ALR 6012B 111 +

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ (Cassette, Album) Alfa ALC-1511 Japan 1978
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Yellow Magic Orchestra = イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ (LP, Album, Misprint) Alfa ALR-6012 Japan 1978
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Yellow Magic Orchestra (LP, Album) A&M Records AMLH 68506, SP-736 Europe 1979
Yellow Magic Orchestra (LP, Album, Pitman Pressing) Horizon (3) SP-736 US 1979
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Yellow Magic Orchestra (LP, Album, Misprint) A&M Records SP-736 1979

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Reviews

  • matiasmatiasmatias1's avatar
    Techno inventors? or what? I need to dig more old Japan stuff
    • kiss3000's avatar
      kiss3000
      The melody of "Firecracker" comes from Martin Denny's "Firecracker", on the album Quiet Village.
      • levague's avatar
        levague
        Edited 12 years ago
        This 'cigarettes & arcade-radio' cover is the very first and rare japanese pressing with the original mix of the album, that differ from the later US 'electric wire geisha' version. The original mix is true to the japanicity of the concept in a way that it does not try to tame the quirkiness and the intended annoying quality of this electronic overload of sounds.
        This is the version Hosono mixed and sent to the pressing plant so if you're faithful to the producer's view, it is important to hear that version first.
        Concerning the music: bliss from A to the Z.
        A milestone, no need to explain.

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