Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japan Mix)
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Yellow Magic Orchestra | ||
Studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra | ||
Released | 1978 November 25 | |
Genre | Techno | |
Label | Alfa Record (Original Releases) Toshiba-EMI (rereleases 1991-2003) |
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Producer(s) | Haruomi Hosono | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology | ||
Yellow Magic Orchestra (1979) |
Yellow Magic Orchestra USA (1979) |
Simply entitled Yellow Magic Orchestra, this was the Japanese release of their first album (1978).
[edit] Track listing
- "Computer Game" "Theme From The Circus" – 1:48
- "Firecracker" – 4:50
- "Simoon" – 6:27
- "Cosmic' Surfin'" – 4:51
- "Computer Game" "Theme From The Invader" – 0:43
- "Tong Poo" – 6:15
- "La Femme Chinoise" – 5:52
- "Bridge Over Troubled Music" – 1:17
- "Mad Pierrot" – 4:20
- "Acrobat" – 1:12
[edit] Credits
- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Keyboards, Electronics, Percussion, & Orchestration
- Yukihiro Takahashi: Drums, Percussion, Electronics, & Vocals
- Haruomi Hosono: Bass, Electronics, Keyboards, & Arrangements
- Hideki Matsutake: Micro Composer Programming
- Shunichi Hashimoto: Vocal on "Simoon"
- Masayoshi Takanaka: Electric Guitar on "La Femme Chinoise" & "Cosmic' Surfin'"
- Tomoko Nunoi: additional vocals - "La Femme Chinoise (credited as "Sexy Voice on 'La Femme Chinoise'")
- Produced by: Harry Hosono
- Exectutive Producer: Kunihiko Murai
- Supervised by: Tommy Li Puma
- Arranged and Performed by: Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Recorded at: Studio A, Shibaura Tokyo, July 10 to September 5, 1978
- Engineered by: Norio Yoshizawa & Atsushi Saito
- Mixed at: Capital Records Studios, Hollywood: February 12 to February 16, 1979 by Al Schmitt
- Mastered at: The Mastering Lab, Hollywood by Mike Reese
- Recording Coordinator: Sunsuke Miyazumi
- Exectutive Producer: Kunihiko Murai
- Supervised by: Tommy Li Puma
- Arranged and Performed by: Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Recorded at: Studio A, Shibaura Tokyo, July 10 to September 5, 1978
- Engineered by: Norio Yoshizawa & Atsushi Saito
- Mixed at: Capital Records Studios, Hollywood: February 12 to February 16, 1979 by Al Schmitt
- Mastered at: The Mastering Lab, Hollywood by Mike Reese
- Recording Coordinator: Sunsuke Miyazumi
[Re-issue]
- Supervised by: Yuji Tanaka
- Remastering and edited by: Mitsuo Koike at Ast studio, Tokyo, July 1999
- Art Direction & Design: Takayuki Innami
- Design: Kazuhiro
[edit] Instruments
- Moog III-C modular synthesizer
- Korg PS1300 Polyphonic synth
- Polymoog
- ARP Odyssey monosynth
- Oberheim Eight Voice polysynth w. Digital programmer
- Fender Rhodes electric piano
- Steinway grand piano
- Minimoog
- Korg VC-10 Vocoder
- Marimba
- Yamaha Drums
- Syn-Drums
- Fender Bass guitar (unknown if it's either the Precision or Jazz bass)
- Roland MC-8 Microcomposer sequencer