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Yellow Magic Orchestra
YMO LP Box

Single JP 1994 on Alfa label
Electronic and Pop (Synth-pop, Experimental)

LPs include all original inserts and obi strips, although these are blank on the back (the originals usually promoted other releases). The first X∞ Multiplies (ALJA 5) is pressed here on 12" not the usual 10", and the sleeve looks like the UK pressing of that album. It also includes a fold-out insert. The second X∞ Multiplies (ALJA 6) includes a 24" x 24" double-sided poster. Service has a red obi not the usual black obi. The red obi was used for one of the mini LP CD pressings! The bonus EP features an interview with Hosono, "Computer Game" and "Firecracker" play in the background. The live version of "Rydeen" included here was performed live on the TV show "Yoru No Hit Studio" and only otherwise appears on the video/laserdisc release "TV-YMO". A red YMO handkerchief is also included. 1st LP: ©1978 by Alfa Records, Inc. ℗1978 Recorded & mixed at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo from July 10 to September 5, 1978. Yukihiro Takahashi appears courtesy of Victor/Invitation. © 1978 Alfa Records, Ltd. © Exotica Publishing Co. (A2) 2nd LP: Recorded at Studio 'A', Shibaura, Tokyo: July 10 to September 5, 1978. Mixed at Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood: February 12 to February 16, 1979. Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Hollywood. Yukihiro Takahashi appears courtesy of Victor/Invitation. ©1979 by A&M Records, Inc. ℗1979 by Alfa Records, Inc. © 1978 by Alfa Music Ltd. © Exotica Publishing Co. (A2) 3rd LP: ©1979 Alfa Records, Inc. ℗1979 Recorded at "A" Studio, Shibaura, Tokio (sic). All tunes ©1979 by Alfa Music Ltd. except F2 ©1965 for the world by Northern Songs Ltd., London, England. Rights for Japan controlled by Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd, Tokyo. 4th LP: ©1980 by Alfa Records, Inc. Tokyo, Japan. ℗1980 G1, G2; H3: ©1979 by Alfa Music Ltd. G3, H1, H4: ©1978 by Alfa Music Ltd. G4: ©1978 by Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. H2: ©1965 for the world by Northern Songs Ltd., London, England. Rights for Japan controlled by Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd, Tokyo. The mention of 'Also Thanks to Mr Kylyn' on the back cover could indicate that guitarist Kazumi Watanabe performed on one or more tracks but his part was cut out during mixing. The Japanese small print at the bottom of the insert states that 'the guitar channel had to be cut as Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. didn't give their permission'. G1 to G4: Recorded live at The Venue in London using the Rolling Stone's Mobile H1: Recorded live at The Greek Theatre in L.A. using the Record Plant Remote H2 to H4: Recorded live at The Bottom Line in N.Y. using the Wally Heider Recording Remote. 5th LP: ©1980 Alfa Music Ltd. ©1980 Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1980 Recorded at Studio "A" & the Studio Doo Wap 6th LP: Recorded at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, Japan. ©1980 by Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1980 7th LP: All songs published by Yano Music Publ. Co., Ltd. and 1980 Music Inc. Recorded at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokio 1981. Mastered at JVC Cutting Center, Aoyama. ©1981 by Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1981 8th LP: Recorded at Studio A Tokyo, August-October. Mastered at JVC Cutting Center, Aoyama. ©1981 by Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1981 O1 to O4, P1, P3: ©1981 by 1980 Music Inc. and Sano Music Publ. Co., Ltd. P2: by © 1981 by 1980 Music Inc. 9th LP: Bill Nelson courtesy of Phonogram And Cocteau Records. Recorded at Alfa Studio "A" and Onkio Haus Tokyo Oct. 1982-Mar. 1983 This album was recorded using a 3M D.M.S. digital recording system. ©1983 by Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1983 Q1, Q3, R1, R5: ©1983 by 1980 Music Inc. Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. Q2, Q4, Q5, R3, R4: ©1983 by Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. R2: ©1983 by 1980 Music Inc. 10th LP: Bill Nelson courtesy of Phonogram And Cocteau Records. Photography by Tenmei kanoh Courtesy of Parco S1, S3, T5: ©1983 by 1980 Music Inc. and Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. S2, S4, S5, T3, T4: ©1983 by Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. T2: ©1983 by 1980 Music Inc. T1: ©1983 by Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. and Nippon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai. This album was recorded using a 3M D.M.S. digital recording system. ©1983 by Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1983 11th LP: Recorded at Alfa Studio "A" sep.-Oct. 1983. Mastered at CBS Sony Shinanomachi Studio ©1983 by Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1983 U1, U5, V2: ©1983 by 1980 Music Inc. Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. & Hints Music Publishing Co., Ltd. U3, V4: ©1983 by 1980 Music Inc. & Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. U6: ©1983 by Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. 1980 Music Inc. & Japan Broadcast Publishing Co., Ltd. V6: ©1983 by Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd. 12th & 13th LPs: Recorded at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan. 12-13 Dec. 1983 using Tamco. Mixed at Alfa Studio "A". Mastered at CBS Sony Shinanomachi Studio. Inside photo by the courtesy of Yoroshita Music) ©1984 by Alfa Records, Inc., Tokyo, Japan ℗1984

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	Yellow Magic Orchestra , *1977 JP arranged by, performer, composed by, arranged by, performer, design concept, cover conception by, directed by, mixed by, mixed by, mixed by, remixed by, mixed by, remixed by, performer, producer, producer, tour manager, planning, written by, performer, arranged by, album by, words by, music by, music by, arranged by, performer
	Kazusuke Obi , a&r, a&r, yen
	Heiquiti Harata , *1947 JP art direction, artwork, wxy, inc.
	Tsuguya Inoue , *1947 JP art direction, art direction, for beans, design, for beans, painting
	Plan Net-Werk artwork, creative service
	Toshinao Tsukui artwork, creative service
	Lou Beach , artwork, front cover art, typography, logo type
	Haruomi Hosono b, *1947 JP band, bass, bass, electronics, keyboards, arranged by, bass, keyboards, voice, instruments, all except guitar, instruments, all, mixed by, musician, producer, producer, producer, producer, written by, composed by, music by, words by, music by, lyrics by, lyrics by, composed by
	Ryuichi Sakamoto key, p, *1952 JP band, instruments, all except guitar, instruments, all, keyboards, keyboards, electronics, percussion, orchestrated by, keyboards, voice, musician, written by, composed by, music by, words by, lyrics by, composed by, words by, music by
	Yukihiro Takahashi dr, voc, band, design, costume, design, dummies ' costume, design, dummies ' costume, drums, percussion, electronics, vocals, drums, vocals, instruments, all except guitar, instruments, all, musician, written by, composed by, music by, words by, music by, lyrics by, composed by
	Don Nagata coordinator, equipment
	Takeshi Fujii , *1957 JP coordinator, equipment, crew, equipment, technician, technical assistance
	Tomoki Miyadera coordinator, equipment
	Akihiko Yamazoe crew, equipment, technician, technical assistance
	Bricks design, clothes
	Sakashita design, for beans
	Mikio Honda design, hair / clip, design, hair and make-up for "bijin"
	Kappa Senoh design, stage
	Fumiko Iwura design, stylist
	Mayo Tsutsumi design, stylist
	Takehime design, stylist
	Kenji Omura g, eg, 1949-1998 JP electric guitar
	Mitsuo Koike , engineer, engineer, engineer, engineered by, engineer, recording engineered by, mixed by, remixed by, mixed by, with
	Yoshifumi Iio dr, engineer, assistant, engineer, with
	Hiroshi Okura executive-producer, yoroshita music, management, management, b-2 unit co., ltd.
	David Palmer dr, perc, *1961 GB guest
	Akiko Yano p, *1955 JP guest, keyboards, backing vocals
	Bill Nelson voc, *1948 GB guitar
	Masakazu Kitanaka liner notes, insert
	Tommy LiPuma , *1936 US liner notes, insert, supervised by
	Chris Mosdell voc, GB lyrics by, voice, written by, words by
	Peter Barakan , *1951 JP lyrics by, additional, lyrics by, lyrics anglicised by, words by
	Yoichi Ito management, office intenzio co., ltd., management, yoroshita music inc.
	Riu Sakamoto other, professed by
	三宅裕司 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	三谷悦代 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	今村明美 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	八木橋修 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	小倉久寛 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	山崎大輔 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	永田耕一 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	石井桂子 , performer, s.e.t. (super eccentric theater)
	Makoto Sato producer, tour manager, planning
	Hideki Matsutake syn, programmed by, programmed by, computer, programmed by, micro composer programming, technician, technical assistance, written by
	Moichi Kuwahara , script by
	Studio Doo Wap script by
	Arnold Dunn technician, with
	David Hewitt , technician, with
	Kooster McAllister , technician, with
	Mick McKenna , GB technician, with
	Pete Stevens technician, with
	Phil Gitomer , US technician, with
	Neil Warnock , tour manager, bron agency, ltd. / european tour
	Kiki Miyake tour manager, u.s. tour
	Mamoru Sakisaka voice
	Momonai Hatakeyama voice
	Snakeman Show , voice
	Shunichi Hashimoto , vocals
	Masayoshi Takanaka g, voc, JP electric guitar
	Tomoko Nunoi voc, FR voice, sexy
	Sandii voc, bvoc, JP voice, vocals, spoken
	Makoto Ayukawa g, voc, JP electric guitar
	Lennon-McCartney , words by, music by
	Takashi Matsumoto dr, perc, lyrics by, words by

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