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Yellow Magic Orchestra

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Audio CD, Import, October 5, 2010

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2010 limited edition Japanese pressing Blu-spec CD papersleeve remaster. Sony.

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  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.35 x 4.88 x 0.16 inches; 3.33 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sony
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 5, 2012
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sony
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003X03D94
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2004
    In 1978 I moved to Austin,TX from Connecticut to attend the University of Texas.Austin is known as the music capitol of the world, and for good reason, more live music venues than anywhere.
    While checking out one of the local record stores I chanced upon a really cool looking album,buying because of album cover art is
    a fetish with me.Anyway, it was love at first byte!It was a funky
    yellow colored disk and the music put the Fun in Funky!Now, here
    it is again and it is love all over again.Now if only I can find
    Osamu Kitajima's "Benzaiten", I'd be a happy man.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2022
    the original cover was iconic.
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2003
    When originally recorded in 1978, video games were still in the domain of the arcades and the idea of augmenting the electronic beeps, boops and bangs with a sonic signature -- a video game soundtrack, was cutting edge. Against this backdrop, Japanese synth artists YELLOW MAGIC Orchestra (primarily Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Harouomi Hosono, with programming from Hideki Matsutake, additional vocals by Shunichi Hashimoto and Tomoko Nunoi, and axe work by Masayoshi Takanaka) attempted to meld the decidedly electronic-sounding computer games with disco-era percussion, Eastern tonal qualities and Western lounge music. The result is a mixed bag...Techo fans will consider it a retro anomaly and music historians will recall the days when synthesizer work was more than sampling, but patching together banks of wave-form generators and programming sequencers. Occasionally quite listenable, you'll might then get jarred by a three-second long piece called "Firecraker" (just the detonation of same), or the rudimentary boops and beeps of the computer game selections. The fact that it got re-issued on CD at all--some 23 years later, is as much a testament to this recording as anything I could write.
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  • 中島 悟
    5.0 out of 5 stars とても良かったです。
    Reviewed in Japan on July 31, 2024
    素晴らしかったです。
  • Amazon カスタマー
    5.0 out of 5 stars 国内版との聴き比べが楽しい
    Reviewed in Japan on April 28, 2024
    中学生の頃、ミュージックカセットテープで購入して聞いていたときには何も思いませんでした。今回このUS版を買ったことで改めて聴き直しました。少し驚きました。US版の方がとても音色がきらびやか、といゆか、ある意味別物。以前は東風に女性のボーカルが入っている位しか思ってませんでしたが、、、。だから、あえてUS版はCDで買い直してなかったのですが。今回は、良い買い物でした。
  • アウディ万歳
    4.0 out of 5 stars 新鮮な音源
    Reviewed in Japan on May 18, 2014
    子供のころ、このアルバムのレコードを持っていました。

    US版のカセットを持っていて、もっぱらUS版を聞いていたのですが、年を取ったのもあり、両方の差が気になり、今聞き比べています。

    この日本版は音が手さぐり的な音づくりで、最初はコンピュータ的というよりも人間的になんですかね。
    US版を聞きなれていると、あれ?と思うところがありますが、これが本当の原点なんでしょうね。
    US版には収録されてないacrobatも聞いてみると面白いです。
  • nico
    5.0 out of 5 stars やっぱりこっち、ですよね…
    Reviewed in Japan on April 20, 2024
    細野さんの『はらいそ』ユキヒロの『サラヴァ!』と地続きな感じが好きです。

    あと最後の曲で何故か寂しいキモチになってしまうところも(哀)
  • 太陽仮面🔯
    5.0 out of 5 stars リマスターリング
    Reviewed in Japan on October 10, 2023
    小学校高学年の頃、欲しかったですが小遣いが少なく(笑)
    購入出来なかったので、今頃購入…丁度、教授が亡くなった頃ですね。
    ゲーム音が聴きたくて当時、欲しかったのを思い出します。
    ちなみに、新日本プロレス時代のリッキースティームボートのテーマ曲「東風」が収録されてます。