Yellow Magic Orchestra

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. This two LP set covers the Japanese and World release of this classic album. The Japanese version includes an extra track.

• 01 Computer Game (theme from The Circus)
• 02 Firecracker
• 03 Simoon
• 04 Cosmic Surfin
• 05 Computer Game (theme from The Invader)
• 06 Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)
• 07 La Femme Chinoise
• 08 Bridge Over Troubled Music
• 09 Mad Pierrot
• 10 Computer Game (theme from The Circus)
• 11 Firecracker
• 12 Simoon
• 13 Cosmic Surfin
• 14 Computer Game (theme from The Invader)
• 15 Tong Poo
• 16 La Femme Chinoise
• 17 Bridge Over Troubled Music
• 18 Mad Pierrot
• 19 Acrobat