YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

- DISCOGRAPHY FOR JAPAN -


25 Nov 1978 LP (+CD) YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

  1. Computer Game "Theme from the Circus" 1.47 (Y.M.O.)
  2. Firecracker 4.50 (Martin Denny)
  3. Simoon 6.26 (music: Haruomi Hosono / words: Chris Mosdell)
  4. Cosmic Surfin' 4.51 (Haruomi Hosono)
  5. Computer Game "Theme from the Invader" 0.42 (Y.M.O.)

  6. Tong Poo 6.15 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  7. La Femme Chinoise 5.53 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Chris Mosdell)
  8. Bridge over Troubled Music 1.16 (Y.M.O.)
  9. Mad Pierrot 4.20 (Haruomi Hosono)
  10. Acrobat 1.12 (Haruomi Hosono)

    (LP: ALFA ALR-6020; CD: ALCA-286; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24233; reissue CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-203)

Recorded 10 July - 5 Sep 1978.

1978 promo DJ 12" Tong Poo

    Tong Poo (special DJ mix) 6.07/Firecracker (special DJ mix) 4.51 (ALFA-1001)
25 July 1979 LP (+CD) YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA [US mix]
  1. Computer Game "Theme from the Circus" 1.47 (Y.M.O.)
  2. Firecracker 4.51 (Martin Denny)
  3. Simoon 6.29 (music: Haruomi Hosono / words: Chris Mosdell)
  4. Cosmic Surfin' 4.28 (Haruomi Hosono)
  5. Computer Game (Theme from the Invader) 1.01 (Y.M.O.)

  6. Tong Poo 6.18 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  7. La Femme Chinoise 5.58 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Chris Mosdell)
  8. Bridge over Troubled Music 1.18 (Y.M.O.)
  9. Mad Pierrot 4.05 (Haruomi Hosono) (remastered CD 24 April 2000: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24246; reissue CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-204)
Features the (better!) cover with a Japanese woman. Mixed 12-16 Feb 1979 by Al Schmitt. Sounds slightly different from the original LP, which was mixed by YMO themselves.


25 Sep 1979 LP (+CD) SOLID STATE SURVIVOR

  1. Technopolis 4.14 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  2. Absolute Ego Dance 4.37 (Haruomi Hosono)
  3. Rydeen 4.25 (Yukihiro Takahashi)
  4. Castalia 3.30 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)

  5. Behind the Mask 3.35 (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto / words: Chris Mosdell)
  6. Day Tripper 2.39 (Lennon/McCartney)
  7. Insomnia 4.56 (music: Haruomi Hosono / words: Chris Mosdell)
  8. Solid State Survivor 3.57 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Chris Mosdell)

    (LP: ALFA ALR-6022; CD: ALCA-288; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24234; reissue CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-205)

25 Oct 1979 7" Technopolis
    Technopolis 3.50 [single remix]/Solid State Survivor 3.57 (ALR-1016)


25 Oct 1979 LP (+CD) SHEENA & THE ROCKETS: SHINKU PACK


5 June 1980 mini 10" LP (+CD) X00 MULTIPLIES

  1. Jingle "Y.M.O" 0.20 (Y.M.O.)
  2. Nice Age 3.46 [full length with abrupt ending] (music: Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto / words: Chris Mosdell)
  3. Snakeman Show 1.56
  4. Tighten up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand up Please!) 3.42 [fades into next track] (music: Archie Bell / words: Billy Buttier)
  5. Snakeman Show 2.05
  6. Here We Go Again - Tighten up 1.08

  7. Snakeman Show 1.26
  8. Citizens of Science 4.28 [Snakeman Show interrupts beginning and end] (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto / words: Chris Mosdell)
  9. Snakeman Show 2.08
  10. Multiplies 2.56 (Elmer Bernstein & Y.M.O.)
  11. Snakeman Show 3.45
  12. The End of Asia 1.32 [Snakeman Show interrupts beginning] (Ryuichi Sakamoto)

    (mini 10" LP: ALFA YMO-1; CD 25 Feb 1990: ALCA-12; CD 27 July 1994: ALCA-9041; CD 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5218; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24236; CD 22 Jan 2003: MHCL 207)

21 June 1980 7" Rydeen
    Rydeen 4.25/Cosmic Surfin' 3.51 [live version from Y.M.O. 'Public Pressure' live-LP] (ALR-701)

5 Sep 1980 coll-LP (+CD) X00 MULTIPLIES [ZOOSHOKU]

  1. Nice Age 3.45 [soft fade-out]
  2. Behind the Mask 3.35
  3. Rydeen 4.25
  4. Day Tripper 2.39

  5. Technopolis 4.14
  6. Multiplies 2.56
  7. Citizens of Science 4.33 ['clean' version without Snakeman Show interrupting beginning and end]
  8. Solid State Survivor 3.55

    (CD 10 Oct 1988: 32XA-225; CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-290; CD 27 July 1994: ALCA-9042; CD 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5219; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24237)

20 Dec 1980 7" Tighten up
    Tighten up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand up Please!) 3.40/Nice Age 3.38 (ALR-725)


21 Feb 1981 various artists LP (+CD) SNAKEMAN SHOW: SNAKEMAN

Credits for 'Jiseiki-hirake kokoro' are: words: Haruomi Hosono. Composed [=music written by] Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi. Arranged: Y.M.O. + Kenji Omura. Haruomi Hosono: keyboards. Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboards. Yukihiro Takahashi: drums. Kenji Omura: guitar. Hideki Matsutake: computer programmer. Credits for 'Ougon no Crap Heads' are: Composed & arranged: The Crap Heads [Hosono, Takahashi and the three main 'Plastics' members]. Haruomi Hosono: bass. Yukihiro Takahashi: drums. Hajime Sato: guitar. Toshio Tachibana: harmonica. Katsuya Kobayashi: vocal. Toshio Tachibana, Chica, Hajime Nakanishi: back chorus. Hideki Matsutake: computer programmer.


21 March 1981 LP (+CD) BGM

  1. Ballet 4.32 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Yukihiro Takahashi & Peter Barakan)
  2. Music Plans 4.31 (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto / words: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Peter Barakan)
  3. Rap Phenomena 4.31 (music: Haruomi Hosono / words: Haruomi Hosono & Peter Barakan)
  4. Happy End 4.31 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  5. 1000 Knives 5.21 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)

  6. Cue 4.31 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi & Haruomi Hosono / words: Takahashi, Hosono & Barakan)
  7. U.T 4.31 (Y.M.O.)
  8. Camouflage 4.32 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Yukihiro Takahashi & Peter Barakan)
  9. Mass 4.30 (music: Haruomi Hosono / words: Haruomi Hosono & Peter Barakan)
  10. Loom 5.18 (Y.M.O. & Hideki Matsutake)
    (LP: ALFA ALR-28015; CD: ALCA-291; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24238; reissue CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-208)
Recorded early 1981. 'BGM' is an ironical abbreviation for 'Background Music'.

21 April 1981 7" Cue

    Cue 4.31/U.T 4.31 (ALR-731)
5 Sep 1981 7" Mass
    Mass 4.30/Camouflage 4.32 (ALR-742)


21 Nov 1981 LP (+CD) TECHNODELIC

  1. Pure Jam 4.30 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Yukihiro Takahashi & Peter Barakan)
  2. Neue Tanz 4.59 (Y.M.O.)
  3. Stairs 4.15 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Yukihiro Takahashi & Peter Barakan)
  4. Seoul Music 4.45 (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Peter Barakan)
  5. Light in Darkness 3.38 (Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto)

  6. Taiso 4.21 (Y.M.O.)
  7. Gradated Grey 5.33 (music: Haruomi Hosono / words: Haruomi Hosono & Peter Barakan)
  8. Key 4.32 (music: Haruomi Hosono & Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Haruomi Hosono & Peter Barakan)
  9. Prologue 2.32 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  10. Epilogue 4.21 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)

    (LP: ALFA ALR-28030; CD: ALCA-292; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24239; reissue CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-209)

Recorded Aug-Oct 1981.

21 Feb 1982 7" Taiso

    Taiso 4.20/Key 4.30 (ALR-751)


16 Dec 1982 LP (+CD in Yen Box 1) OTOBAN BIKKURI HOUSE: ULTRA PSYCHE BIKKURI PARTY

It sounds like it's taken straight from Technodelic. A really nice but rare track.


25 March 1983 7" Kimi ni munekyun

    Kimi ni munekyun 4.06/Chaos Panic 4.11 (YLR-704)
24 May 1983 LP (+CD) NAUGHTY BOYS [UWAKI NA BOKURA]
  1. Kimi ni munekyun 4.06 (music: Y.M.O. / words: Takashi Matsumoto)
  2. Expected Way 4.33 (Yukihiro Takahashi)
  3. Focus 3.41 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi & Haruomi Hosono / words: Haruomi Hosono & Peter Barakan)
  4. Ongaku 3.25 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  5. Opened My Eyes 3.39 (Yukihiro Takahashi)

  6. You've Got To Help Yourself 0.30 (Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  7. Lotus Love 4.05 (Haruomi Hosono)
  8. Kai-koh 4.26 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  9. Expecting Rivers 4.36 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto / words: Yukihiro Takahashi)
  10. Wild Ambitions 5.10 (music: Haruomi Hosono & Ryuichi Sakamoto / words: Haruomi Hosono)

    (LP: ALFA YLR-28008; CD: ALCA-293; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24240;
    reissue 2-CD (with instrumental) 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-207)

Recorded Oct 1982 - March 1983.

27 July 1983 LP (+CD) NAUGHTY BOYS INSTRUMENTAL

  1. Chaos Panic 4.11 (Haruomi Hosono)
  2. Expected Way 4.32 (Yukihiro Takahashi)
  3. Focus 3.42 (Yukihiro Takahashi & Haruomi Hosono)
  4. Kai-koh 4.26 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  5. Expecting Rivers 4.36 (Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto)

  6. You've Got To Help Yourself 4.18 (Yukihiro Takahashi & Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  7. Lotus Love 4.04 (Haruomi Hosono)
  8. Ongaku 3.24 (Ryuichi Sakamoto)
  9. Opened My Eyes 3.42 (Yukihiro Takahashi)
  10. Wild Ambitions 5.10 (Haruomi Hosono & Ryuichi Sakamoto)

    (CD: ALCA-13; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24241; reissue 2-CD (with Naughty Boys) 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-207)

These are not merely the same versions witout the vocals, they also sound slightly different - synth melodies take the vocals' place.

27 July 1983 non-LP 7" Kageki na shyukujo

    Kageki na shyukujo 4.10/See-Through 3.37 (YLR-707)
28 Sep 1983 7" You've Got To Help Yourself
    You've Got To Help Yourself 4.36 [vocal]/Expecting Rivers 4.37 [vocal] (YLR-709)


Yen Box give-away 3" CDS

Free within a limited time if you bought both Yen Boxes (released in 1997) and sent in the vouchers. A rather unremarkable tune, nothing to get too excited about.

28 Sep 1983 7" Tamao Koeike: Kagami no naka no jugatsu

    Kagami no naka no jugatsu/Automne dans un miroir 3.55 ['minimalistic' version of A-side]


14 Dec 1983 LP (+CD) SERVICE

  1. Limbo 3.31 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi & Haruomi Hosono / words: Takahashi, Hosono & Barakan)
  2. S.E.T. 4.21
  3. The Madmen 4.40 (music: Haruomi Hosono / words: Haruomi Hosono & Peter Barakan)
  4. S.E.T. 1.23
  5. Chinese Whispers 4.27 (music: Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Takahashi & Barakan)
  6. S.E.T. 4.16
  7. You've Got to Help Yourself 4.42 [vocal] (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Hosono & Barakan)

  8. S.E.T. + Y.M.O. 5.53
  9. Shadows on the Ground 4.20 (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi / words: Sakamoto, Takahashi & Barakan)
  10. S.E.T. 3.25
  11. See-Through 3.36 [same version as on single] (music: Y.M.O. / words: Peter Barakan)
  12. S.E.T. 4.09
  13. Perspective 5.12 (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto / words: Sakamoto & Barakan)
  14. S.E.T. 0.46

    (LP: ALFA ALR-28012; CD: ALCA-294; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24242; reissue CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-212)

Recorded Sep - Oct 1983.


early 1984 documentary film (+ DVD) Propaganda

    (Japanese DVD 18 July 2001: PCBA-50052)
This film included a new track 'M16' (4.10) which was used as end theme. It sounds like a solo composition by Sakamoto and my guess is that neither Hosono nor Takahashi had anything to do with it. M16 was issued in 1993 on a 3" CD-single that came with a promotional book called 'PERIOD' (Period-1).


21 Dec 1984 coll-4LP/2CD SEALED

    Haruomi Hosono:
  1. Simoon
  2. Absolute Ego Dance
  3. Insomnia
  4. Mass
  5. Gradated Grey
  6. Chaos Panic
  7. Lotus Love
  8. The Madmen
    Yukihiro Takahashi:
  1. La Femme Chinoise
  2. Rydeen
  3. Solid State Survivor
  4. Ballet
  5. Pure Jam
  6. Camouflage
  7. Expected Way
  8. Chinese Whispers
    Ryuichi Sakamoto:
  1. Tong Poo
  2. Technopolis
  3. Behind the Mask
  4. Citizens of Science
  5. Music Plans
  6. Prologue
  7. Epilogue
  8. Ongaku
  9. Kai-koh
  10. Perspective
    YMO:
  1. Nice Age
  2. Multiplies
  3. Cue
  4. Taiso
  5. Key
  6. Kimi ni munekyun
  7. Focus
  8. Kageki na shukujo
  9. Shadows on the Ground
  10. You've Got to Help Yourself (CD: 50XA-221-222)
28 Nov 1987 coll-2CD Y.M.O. HISTORY
  1. Tong Poo
  2. La Femme Chinoise
  3. Technopolis
  4. Rydeen
  5. Nice Age
  6. Multiplies
  7. Tighten up
  8. Cue
  9. Mass
  10. Ballet
  1. Taiso
  2. Pure Jam
  3. Neue Tanz
  4. Kimi ni munekyun
  5. Chaos Panic
  6. Kageki na shyukujo
  7. Chinese Whispers
  8. You’ve Got to Help Yourself
  9. Firecracker (remix version)
  10. Behind the Mask (remix version) (CD: ALCA 198-199)
21 July 1992 coll-CD KYORETSU NA RHYTHM
  1. Lotus Love
  2. Chaos Panic
  3. Key
  4. Cue
  5. Computer Games
  6. Pure Jam
  7. Jingle "YMO"
  8. Nice Age
  9. Snakeman Show
  10. Tighten up
  11. Snakeman Show
  12. Rydeen
  13. Megamix YMO in the 90s
  14. Nice Age (The TF Production remix) (ALCA 331)
21 Aug 1992 coll-5CD TECHNO BIBLE
    Disc 1 (The Early):
  1. Rydeen
  2. Absolute Ego Dance
  3. Mad Pierrot
  4. Tong Poo
  5. Behind the Mask
  6. Nice Age
  7. Citizens of Science
  8. Technopolis
  9. Tighten up
  10. La Femme Chinoise
  11. Insomnia
  12. Simoon
  13. Firecracker [without 'computer game' noises]
    Disc 2 (The Middle):
  1. Jiseki-hirake kokoro
  2. Cue
  3. Key
  4. Neue Tanz
  5. Seoul Music
  6. Camouflage
  7. Rap Phenomena
  8. Taiso
  9. U.T.
  10. Light in Darkness
  11. Music Plans
  12. Mass
  13. 1000 Knives
  14. Pure Jam
    Disc 3 (The Later):
  1. Wild Ambitions
  2. Lotus Love
  3. Ongaku
  4. The Madmen
  5. Kimi ni munekyun
  6. See-Through
  7. Kai-koh
  8. Limbo
  9. Shadows on the Ground
  10. Chaos Panic
  11. Kageki na shyukujo
  12. Perspective
  13. You’ve Got to Help Yourself
    Disc 4 (The Live):
  1. Propaganda
  2. Tong Poo
  3. Solid State Survivor
  4. Ballet
  5. Cosmic Surfin’
  6. Rocket Factory
  7. Day Tripper
  8. Radio Junk
  9. Zai kung tong shonen
  10. Behind the Mask
  11. Technopolis
  12. 1000 Knives
  13. End of Asia
  14. Firecracker
    Disc 5 (Remixes/Rare Tracks/After Service Live Out-takes):
  1. Tong Poo (the Orb remix)
  2. Computer Games (Mark Gamble micro-mix IV)
  3. Multiplies (the Altern 8 remix 12 inch version)
  4. Pure Jam (the sidewalks remix)
  5. Rydeen (the Graham Massey remix long version)
  6. Neue Tanz (the something wonderful remix)
  7. Light in Darkness (the 808 States remix ambient reprise)
  8. Tong Poo (special D.J copy 1978)
  9. Firecracker (special D.J copy 1978)
  10. Technopolis (single mix version 1979)
  11. Tighten up A&M mix 1980 (the Jeff Ayeroff and John Beverly Jones remix)
  12. The Madmen [After Service live out-take]
  13. Chinese Whispers [After Service live out-take]
  14. Shadows on the Ground [After Service live out-take]
  15. Perspective [After Service live out-take] (ALCA 371-374)


28 April 1993 CDM Pocketful of Rainbows

  1. Pocketful of Rainbows 4.22 (Japanese version)
  2. Hi-Tech Hippies 4.23
  3. Pocketful of Rainbows 4.36 (English version) (TODT 3040)
26 May 1993 CD TECHNODON
  1. Be a Superman 5.19 (Sakamoto/Takahashi)
  2. Nanga def? 5.09 (music: Y.M.O. / lyrics: Sakamoto)
  3. Floating Away 6.44 (music: Takahashi/Hosono / lyrics: William Gibson)
  4. Dolphinicity 5.11 (Hosono)
  5. High-Tech Hippies 4.23 (Y.M.O.)
  6. I tre merli 6.04 (Y.M.O.)
  7. Nostalgia 4.48 (Sakamoto)
  8. Silence of Time 5.39 (music: Sakamoto/Takahashi / lyrics: Sakamoto)
  9. Waterford 5.37 (Sakamoto/Takahashi)
  10. O.K. 4.28 (music: Hosono/Takahashi / lyrics: Hosono)
  11. Chance 4.56 (Sakamoto)
  12. Pocketful of Rainbows 4.59 (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman; Japanese lyrics by Reiko Yukawa)
Recorded Nov 1992 - March 1993. Also as Japanese reissue CD 22 Sep 1999 (Toshiba EMI TOCT-24245).


21 Sep 1993 10xCD-single-box CUBIC

YMO's nine first singles, plus unique single See-Through remixed by Brian Eno. (ALDA-91-100)
13 Dec 1995 coll-2CD OVER SEAS COLLECTION

  1. Computer Game - Firecracker (from UK 7")
  2. Yellow Magic (from UK 7")
  3. Cosmic Surfin’ (from UK 7")
  4. Mad Pierrot (from UK 7")
  5. La Femme Chinoise (from UK 7")
  6. Technopolis (from UK 7")
  7. Behind the Mask (from Italian 7")
  8. Day Tripper (from Argentina 7")
  9. Jingle - Nice Age (from Dutch 7")
  10. Multiplies (from Portugese 7")
  11. Tighten up (from US 12")
  12. Citizens of Science (from US 7")
  13. Cue (from US promo 12")
  14. 1000 Knives (from US promo 12")
  1. Rydeen (from UK 7")
  2. Absolute Ego Dance (from UK 7")
  3. Pure Jam (from Spanish 7")
  4. Light in Darkness (from Spanish 7")
  5. Taiso (from Australian 7")
  6. Epilogoe (from Australian 7")
  7. The Madmen (from German 7")
  8. You’ve Got to Help Yourself (from German 7")
  9. Firecracker (from US 7")
  10. Cosmic Surfin’ (from US 7")
  11. Tighten up (US monaural 7" version)
  12. Tong poo (US 7" version) (ALCA-5056-5057)
24 July 1996 CD (in 17-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 1') BONUS DISC
18 Dec 1996 'out-takes' CD (in 18-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 2') YEN YEARS
  1. Propaganda (Original Studio Version) 5.33
  2. Kimi ni mune kyun (Original Karaoke Version) 4.07 [actually as much vocals as on LP!]
  3. Chaos Panic 4.11 (Instrumental) [same as on Naughty Boys Instrumental??]
  4. YMO spot - YMO comment (promotional 7") 0.15
  5. Kageki na shuykujo (Original Karaoke Version) 4.07
  6. See-Through (remixed by Brian Eno) 3.36
  7. You've Got to Help Yourself (Original Karaoke Version) 4.08
  8. Expecting Rivers (Instrumental) 4.34 [same as on Naughty Boys Instrumental??]
  9. Limbo (Original Karaoke Version) 3.29
  10. The Madmen (Original Karaoke Version) 4.55
  11. Chinese Whispers (Original Karaoke Version) 4.27
  12. Shadows on the Ground (Original Karaoke Version) 4.20
  13. Perspective (Instrumental) 5.12
  14. Focus (live) 3.49
  15. Kai-koh (live) 3.59
  16. See-Through (live) 3.40 (ALCA-5123)
18 Dec 1996 CD (in 18-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 2') BONUS DISC MALE
All four tracks are edited together.

18 Dec 1996 CD (in 18-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 2') BONUS DISC FEMALE

1 July 1998 2-CD-ROM SELF-SERVICE

You will find detailed information at http://www.ask-digital.co.jp/ymo/index.html, (unfortunately the information is in Japanese only).
25 Aug 1998 DVD YMO GIGA CLIP (YELLOW  MAGIC ORCHESTRA HISTORY)

141 min, 6,800 yen.

21 Sep 1999 coll 2-CD Y.M.O. GO HOME!

  1. Jingle "Y.M.O."
  2. Rydeen
  3. Behind the Mask
  4. Insomnia
  5. Cue
  6. U.T.
  7. Nice Age
  8. Taiso
  9. Cosmic Surfin' (live)
  10. You've Got to Help Yourself (vocal SERVICE version)
  11. Pocketful of Rainbows
  12. Tong Poo (special DJ mix)
  13. La Femme Chinoise (acoustic version) [previously unreleased]
  14. Firecracker
  1. Xoo Multiplies
  2. Tighten up
  3. Simoon
  4. Citizens of Science
  5. Camouflage
  6. Gradated Grey
  7. Pure Jam
  8. Lotus Love
  9. Kimi ni munekyun
  10. Shadows on the Ground
  11. Be a Superman
  12. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (acoustic version) [previously unreleased]
  13. Technopolis
  14. The End of Asia (Toshiba EMI TOCT-24231/2. 3,200 yen)
The two previously unreleased acoustic songs were recorded with a mandolin and two acoustic guitars in the studio for a show at SHAGAKU-SAI in May 1980. All Y.M.O. albums are re-released to coincide with this collection CD, carefully remastered by Hosono himself. See individual albums for catalogue numbers.

26 April 2000 DVD/VHS CLIPS - HISTORY OF YMO

    Contains 10 tracks with various clips (DVD: TOBF-5026; VHS: TOVF-1329)
6 Aug 2003 coll 2-CD UC [ULTIMATE COLLECTION] YMO
  1. Computer Game (Theme from the circus) 1.47
  2. Firecracker 4.51
  3. Tong Poo 6.14
  4. La Femme Chinoise 5.51
  5. Technopolis 3.51 [single remix]
  6. Insomnia 4.57
  7. Rydeen 4.24
  8. Behind the Mask 3.36
  9. Solid State Survivor 3.59
  10. Radio Junk 4.17 [live at the Bottom Line, New York, 6 Nov 1979]
  11. Jingle "Y.M.O." 0.19
  12. Nice Age 3.46 [version with abrupt ending]
  13. Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand up Please!) 3.41
  14. The End of Asia 1.32
  15. Citizens of Science 4.33
  16. Hirake Kokoro-Jiseiki 3.25 [stereo version]
  1. Cue 4.31
  2. Ballet 4.33
  3. U.T. 4.31
  4. Gradated Grey 5.32
  5. Taiso 4.20
  6. Lover Come Back To Me 1.03 [prev. unreleased; sung by Mari Nakamoto; from a TV performance in "Music Fair" programme 15 April 1982]
  7. Kimi ni Mune Kyun 4.06
  8. Chaos Panic 4.12 [vocal B-side version]
  9. Ongaku 3.26
  10. Lotus Love 4.04
  11. Kai-kou 4.26
  12. Kageki na Shukujyo 4.10
  13. The Madmen 4.40
  14. You've Got To Help Yourself 4.43
  15. Perspective 5.14
  16. M-16 4.11 [from 'Propaganda' video]
  17. Pocketful of Rainbows 4.59 [Japanese vocals/full length album version]
  18. Behind the Mask (SEIKO QUARTS commercial 1978 version) 2.15 (Sony Music MHCL 295-6)
Info at http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/ymo/. Also available as Super Audio CDs (MHGL-1 / 3,495 yen) and as a limited edition set (MHCL-291~292 / 20,000 yen) with: YMO Stage Shirt and Bandana The World Tour 1980 'From Tokio to Tokyo' (designed by Yukihiro Takahshi); photo album with previously unreleased photos; greeting card from Yukihiro Takahashi; see-through Box; super picture CD only for this limited edition CD-set.

27 Aug 2003 Japanese various artists CD-Extra AUDIO SPONGE (I)

'Human Audio Sponge' are Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi.

22 Aug 2007 CDS HASYMO: Rescue

  1. Rescue 3.35
  2. Rydeen 79/07 (5.21)(CD-single: RZCM-45642)
"New single release from Hasymo, the new band formed by Harumi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi"

17 Oct 2007 various artists soundtrack CD+DVD / 2-CD+DVD EX MACHINA

    Regular CD+DVD edition
    CD:
    03. HASYMO: Rescue 3.35
    10. HASYMO: Method 1.35
    11. HASYMO: Weather 3.35
    Special limited 2-CD+DVD edition
    2-CD:
    03. HASYMO: Rescue 3.35
    10. HASYMO: Method 1.35
    11. HASYMO: Weather 3.35
Only HASYMO's contributions are listed here. The 'Complete Edition' 2CD + DVD includes the original music score (by TETSUYA TAKAHASHI) of the animated movie on a separate CD.

6 Aug 2008 soundtrack CD + DVD TOKYO

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976060/

6 Aug 2008 CDS HASYMO: The City of Light

  1. The City of Light [TBS "News 23" Theme Song]
  2. Tokyo Town Pages


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