Ymo USA & Yellow Magic Orchestra [LP]
Limited 180 gram audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket including four page booklet. Housed in a PVC sleeve. This first YMO album was released in 1978 in Japan 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 it's 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:
- Computer Game 'Theme from the Circus'
- Firecracker
- Simoon
- Cosmic Surfin'
- Computer Game 'Theme from the Invader'
- Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)
- La Femme Chinoise
- Bridge Over Troubled Music
- Mad Pierrot 1
- Computer Game 'Theme from the Circus' 1
- Firecracker 1
- Simoon 1
- Cosmic Surfin' 1
- Computer Game 'Theme from the Invader' 1
- Tong Poo 1
- La Femme Chinoise 1
- Bridge Over Troubled Music 1
- Mad Pierrot 1
- Acrobat
UPC: 8718469539536
Label: Imports
Release Date: 12.4.15
Format: Vinyl

