i know there are YMO fans here. gotta be.
i found this on...alt.music.synthpop? crazy. anyways, sounds way cool.
too bad i live in america. :P
In alt.music.synthpop, electronic@magic.fr (Ersatz) wrote:
quoted 43 lines YMO fans, rejoice, now is really a time to say "Hurrah" (pun intended)
>YMO fans, rejoice, now is really a time to say "Hurrah" (pun intended)
>
>I had the luck of getting my hands on the two YMO DVDs released so far
>in Japan. Well, in short, they're nothing less than astonishing.
>
>The first one is called Giga Clips. It runs 150 minutes, and is an
>RSDL disk. It contains a brief history clip of YMO, from their
>beginnings to the split of the band. We're then treated with NEW
>interviews of the three members, which are interesting and giving
>insight as to why and how they made the band. Then follows a HUGE
>section of clips, live appearances and TV shows.
>The fantastic thing about this DVD is that EVERYTHING is bilingual.
>For the history clip, you have the choice between Japanese AND English
>commentary, and all the interviews can be English subbed!!!!! :-))
>That's quite a treat, folks, believe me (Yukihiro is so funny!)
>Qualities from the clips varies a lot, but that's to be expected, as
>some of the material is now 20 years old.
>
>The second one is Giga Live. It contains roughly 30 titles (I didn't
>count, sorry), and the disc runs 185 minutes. It, too, is RSDL.
>Now, here are the good thing: Five titles have been remastered in 5.1
>sound (yeah!...) and three of them have multi-angles (4)
>capabilities!!! Wow... As always, YMO-related material has been
>innovative, to say the least. The live period covered spams from their
>beginning to the final Propaganda concert in 1983.
>
>Both discs have a stereo PCM track of 16 bits and 48 KHz audio, except
>for the tracks in 5.1 sound. ALL the titles sound like never before
>IMO. The animated menus are simply fantastic and very easy to work
>with, as they are in English.
>Both discs come in a nice, big, black package. One is lead to believe
>there will be a third disc, because on the first disc, the number 1 is
>superimposed over the Y, which is also of a different color from the
>otther two letters; while on the second one, 2 is superimposed in the
>M... Well, we'll see, but that would be definitely nice to see a disc
>detailing the solo career of each member...
>
>In all, this is THE definitive must-have for every YMO fan out there,
>it's what we've been waiting for. The ONLY downside is that they are
>coded for region 2. So you Americans will have a hard time playing
>them... :-/
>
>Enjoy!