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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 :) -- Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix mailto:cognition@techno.ca http://techno.ca/cognition 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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> 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 :)

As far as the albums go, I'd recommend the first two, Yellow Magic Orchestra (1978) and Solid State Survivor (1979). I like Naughty Boys (1983) as well, but it's a bit closer to pop than proto-techno... I've got reviews up on most of their LP's at http://www.allmusic.com. Enjoy! .John. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Andrew Duke wrote:

quoted 8 lines for the YMO fans out there:

> 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

I'd also say their first two LP's. Besides that, I highly recommend Ryuichi Sakamoto's "B-2 Unit" from (1980). Quite experimental and way ahead of its time. It also features the fantastic electro dub track "riot in lagos". (Check Ken Ishii Mix -Up CD). it's worth to look for it!!! --- Andrew Duke <cognition@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

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> 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 :) > > -- > Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix > mailto:cognition@techno.ca > http://techno.ca/cognition > 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 > > >

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>From: cognition@ns.sympatico.ca (Andrew Duke)

quoted 8 lines for the YMO fans out there:

>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 :)

Hey, I'm not interested in any more YMO CD's either, and I'd like any YMO vinyl I could get my hands on (of course I have NO money right now either) But anyway, essential? Well, so many of their songs were unique. Hmm, Service and BGM are so-so, only %60 good stuff each I guess. (BGM is really out their, pretty experimental for YMO) But, uh, Solid State Survivor is a total classic, lots of essential tracks on that one. Do you have a source for some of this vinyl? If I could come across the single for Rydeen that would be awesome, that song must have blown people away back then. The ending when the drums stop but the chords keep going still makes the hairs on my neck stand every now and then = ) Devon ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org