YMO-USA [EU Import]

KEY FEATURES

• 2xLP pressed on 180g Audiophile Black Vinyl
• Housed in a Gatefold Jacket
• Includes a 4-Page Booklet
• Disc 1: The USA version, mixed by Al Schmitt in 1978 'for a more USA-friendly sound'
• Disc 2: Original Japanese version
  

RELEASE DESCRIPTION

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 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. 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

1. Computer Game "Theme From The Circus"
2. Firecracker
3. Simoon
4. Cosmic Surfin'
5. Computer Game "Theme From The Invader"
6. Yellow Magic Tong Poo
7. La Femme Chinoise
8. Bridge Over Troubled Music
9. 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

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