Re: (313) Yellow Magic Orchestra

From Minto Chempotical George
Sent Sat, Mar 4th 2000, 01:25

On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Andrew Duke wrote:

> for the YMO fans out there:
> which releases from this band
> (vinyl LPs and 12"s, not interested in cds)
> are considered essential; looking to beef
> up my YMO collection here,
> but money's tight so would
> like some opinions before i buy
> more. thanks. andrew duke :)

Essential YMO albums...man, there are too many to list...and all those
solo projects by Ryuichi Sakamoto... My favorite was Thousand Knives of
Ryuichi Sakamoto...what other ones were good? Anyone got a collection of
his or Haruomi Hosono's stuff? 

here are the ones I think are must haves, sorry for the waste of
bandwidth, but we all know how andrew loves his tracklistings... ;)


Yellow Magic Orchestra 1978 Japanese release

Side A
1.Computer Games -Theme from the Circus- 
2.Firecracker 
3.Simoon 
4.Cosmic Surfin' -Theme from the Invader- 

Side B
1.Tong Poo 
2.La Femme Chinoise 
3.Bridge Over Troubled Music 
4.Mad Pierrot 
5.Acrobat 

Yellow Magic Orchestra world-wide release 1979 

Side A
1.Computer Games -Theme from the Circus- 
2.Firecracker 
3.Simoon 
4.Cosmic Surfin' 
5.Computer Games -Theme from the Invader- 

Side B
1.Yellow Magic -Theme from the Circus- 
2.La Femme Chinoise 
3.Bridge Over Troubled Music 
4.Mad Pierrot 

Solid State Survivor 1979 

Side A
1.Technopolis 
2.Absolute Ego Dance 
3.Rydeen 
4.Castalia 

Side B
1.Behind The Mask 
2.Day Tripper 
3.Insomnia 
4.Solid State Survivor 

Public Pressure 1980 

Side A
1.Rydeen 
2.Solid State Survivor 
3.Tong Poo 
4.The End Of Asia 

Side B
1.Cosmic Surfin' 
2.Day Tripper 
3.Radio Junk 
4.La Femme Chinoise 
5.Back In Tokio 

X Zousyoku(Multiplies) 1980 Japanese release

Side A
1.Jingle"YMO" 
2.Nice Age 
3.Snakeman Show 
4.Tighten Up 
5.Snakeman Show 
6.Here We Go Again -Tighten Up- 

Side A
1.Snakeman Show 
2.Citizens of Science 
3.Snakeman Show 
4.Multiples 
5.Snakeman Show 
6.The End of Asia 

X Multiplies 1980 

Side A
1.Nice Age 
2.Behind The Mask 
3.Rydeen 
4.Day Tripper 

Side B
1.Technopolis 
2.Multiples 
3.Citizens of Science 
4.Solid State Survivor 

BGM 1981 

Side A
1.Ballet 
2.Music Plans 
3.Rap Phenomena 
4.Happy End 
5.1000 Knives 

Side B
1.Cue 
2.U.T. 
3.Camoflage 
4.Mass 
5.Loom 

Technodelic 1981 

Side A
1.Pure Jam 
2.Neue Tanz 
3.Stairs 
4.Seoul Music 
5.Light In Darkness 

Side B
1.Taiso 
2.Gradated Grey 
3.Key 
4.Prologue 
5.Epilogue 

Naughty Boys 1983 

Side A
1.Kimi ni mune kyun -Uwaki na Vacances- 
2.Expected Way 
3.Focus 
4.Ongaku 
5.Opened My Eyes 

Side B
1.You've Got To Help Yourself -Preview- 
2.Lotus Love 
3.Kai-Koh 
4.Expecting Rivers 
5.Wild Ambitions 

Naughty Boys(Instrumental) 1983 

Side A
1.Chaos Panic 
2.Expected Way 
3.Focus 
4.Kai-Koh 
5.Expecting Rivers 

Side B
1.You've Got To Help Yourself 
2.Lotus Love 
3.Ongaku 
4.Opened My Eyes 
5.Wild Ambitions 

Service 1983 

Side A

   1.Limbo 
   2.S.E.T. 
   3.The Madmen 
   4.S.E.T. 
   5.Chinese Whispers 
   6.S.E.T. 
   7.You've Got To Help Yourself 

Side B

   1.S.E.T.+YMO 
   2.Shadows On The Ground 
   3.S.E.T. 
   4.See Through 
   5.S.E.T. 
   6.Perspective 
   7.S.E.T. 

After Service 1984 

Side A

   1.Propaganda 
   2.Tong Poo 
   3.Behind The Mask 
   4.Solid State Survivor 
   5.La Femme Chinoise 

Side B

   1.Ongaku 
   2.Focus 
   3.Ballet 
   4.Wild Ambitions 
   5.Kai-Koh 

Side C

   1.Expecting Rivers 
   2.See-Through 
   3.Key 
   4.Technopolis 
   5.Rydeen 

Side D

   1.You've Got To Help Yourself 
   2.Kageki Na Syukujo 
   3.Kimi Ni MuneKyun -Uwaki na Vacances- 
   4.Firecracker 

Technodon CD 1993 

1.Be A Superman 
2.Nanga Def? 
3.Floating Away 
4.Dolphinicity 
5.Hi-Tech Hippies 
6.I Tre Merli 
7.Nostalgia 
8.Silence Of Time 
9.Waterford 
10.Chance 
11.Pocketful Of Rainbows(Japanese Version)