YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

- DISCOGRAPHY FOR JAPAN -

25 Nov 1978 LP/MC (+ 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-6012; MC: ALC-1511)

    (CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-286; CD 29 June 1994: ALCA-9037; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5214; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24233; CD cardboard sleeve 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/MC (+ 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. Yellow Magic (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) (LP: ALR-6020; MC: ALC-1533)

    (CD 25 Aug 1984: 38XA-20; CD 25 March 1987: 32XA-138; CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-287; CD 29 June 1994: ALCA-9038; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5215; CD 26 April 2000: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24246; CD cardboard sleeve 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-204; CD 7 Feb 2006: Trio Record/Alfame ALME-2222)

Features a different cover with a Japanese woman. (Re)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/MC (+ 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; MC 5 Oct 1979: ALC-1519)

    (CD 25 April 1984: 38XA-2; CD 25 March 1987: 32XA-139; CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-288; CD 29 June 1994: ALCA-9039; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5216; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24234; CD cardboard sleeve 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-205)

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

5 June 1980 mini 10" LP/MC (+ CD) X00 MULTIPLIES [ZOOSHOKU]

  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) (LP: ALFA YMO-1; MC: ALC-22001)

    (CD 25 Feb 1990: ALCA-12; CD 27 July 1994: ALCA-9041; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5218; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24236; CD cardboard sleeve 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

  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 (LP: ALFA ALR-28004)

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

21 Nov 1980 coll-MC YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA BEST ONE
  1. Rydeen 4.25 [from SOLID STATE SURVIVOR]
  2. Solid State Survivor 3.56 [from SOLID STATE SURVIVOR]
  3. Behind the Mask 3.35 [from SOLID STATE SURVIVOR]
  4. Tong Poo (US Mix) 6.18 [from YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - US Mix Version]
  5. La Femme Chinoise (US Mix) 5.58 [from YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - US Mix Version]
  6. Mad Pierrot (US Mix) 4.05 [from YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - US Mix Version]
  7. Firecracker 4.51 (US Mix) [from YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - US Mix Version]
  8. Nice Age 3.46 [from X00 MULTIPLIES - ZOOSHOKU]
  1. Technopolis 4.14 [from SOLID STATE SURVIVOR]
  2. Day Tripper 2.39 [from SOLID STATE SURVIVOR]
  3. Castalia 3.30 [from SOLID STATE SURVIVOR]
  4. The End of Asia (live) 6.02 [from PUBLIC PRESSURE]
  5. Cosmic Surfin' (live) 3.49 [from PUBLIC PRESSURE]
  6. Radio Junk (live) 4.20 [from PUBLIC PRESSURE]
  7. Citizens of Science 4.33 ['clean' version or 'Snakeman' overdub version?]
  8. Multiplies 2.56 [from X00 MULTIPLIES] (cassette: ALC-32003)
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/MC (+ CD) SNAKEMAN: ISOIDE KUCHI DE SUE! [= 1st ALBUM]

(22 May 1996) 3-LP YMO WORLD TOUR 1980
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.

21 March 1981 LP/MC (+ 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; MC: ALC-28014)

    (CD 25 July 1984: 38XA-16; CD 25 March 1987: 32XA-141; CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-291; CD 27 July 1994: ALCA-9043; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5220; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24238; CD cardboard sleeve 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 Oct 1981 coll-MC BEST ONE '82 / YMO TAIZENSHÛ

  1. Behind the Mask 3.35
  2. Rydeen 4.25
  3. Jiseiki - hirake kokoro - (mono) 3.19
  4. Nice Age 3.45
  5. Solid State Survivor 3.56
  6. Cosmic Surfin' (US mix) 4.26
  7. Absolute Ego Dance 4.37
  8. Day Tripper 2.39
  9. Rap Phenomena 4.31
  10. Castalia 3.30
  11. Cue 4.31
  1. U.T 4.31
  2. Technopolis 4.14
  3. Citizens of Science 4.34
  4. Tong Poo 6.15
  5. Mass 4.30
  6. Tighten up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand up Please!) 3.42
  7. 1000 Knives 5.21
  8. La Femme Chinoise 5.58
  9. Firecracker 4.50 (cassette: ALC-38001)

21 Nov 1981 LP/MC (+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; cassette: ALC-28029)

    (CD 25 July 1984: 38XA-17; CD 25 March 1987: 32XA-142; CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-292; CD 27 July 1994: ALCA-9044; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5221; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24239; CD cardboard sleeve 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-209)

Recorded Aug-Oct 1981.

21 Feb 1982 7" Taiso

    Taiso 4.20/Key 4.30 (ALR-751)

21 Oct 1982 coll-MC KETTEIBAN / BEST SELECTION

  1. Rydeen
  2. Behind the Mask
  3. Cosmic Surfin'
  4. Tong Poo
  5. Technopolis
  6. 1000 Knives
  1. Taiso
  2. Nice Aga
  3. Key
  4. Day Tripper
  5. U.T
  6. Seoul Music
  7. Cue (cassette: ALC-30001; reissue cassette 21 Aug 1991: ALTA-173)
coll-CD Y.M.O. BEST SELECTION
  1. Rydeen
  2. Behind the Mask
  3. Cosmic Surfin'
  4. Tong Poo
  5. Technopolis
  6. 1000 Knives
  7. Taiso
  8. Nice Aga
  9. Key
  10. Day Tripper
  11. U.T
  12. Seoul Music
  13. Cue (CD 25 Feb 1986: 32XA-51; reissue CD 11 Sep 1990: ALCA-61)

25 March 1983 7" Kimi ni munekyun

    Kimi ni munekyun 4.06/Chaos Panic [vocal version] 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; cassette: YLC-28008)

    (CD 25 April 1984: 38XA-6; CD 25 March 1987: 32XA-143; CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-293; CD 31 Aug 1994: ALCA-9045; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5222; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24240; 2-CD cardboard sleeve NAUGHTY BOYS + NAUGHTY BOYS INSTRUMENTAL 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL 210~211)

Recorded Oct 1982 - March 1983.

June? 1983 limited flexi 7" The Spirit of Techno

    YMO Comment/YMO Spot/Kageki na shukujo (Karaoke) (cat #. YMO-2)
A black vinyl 7" flexi disc that was given to about 200 lucky winners who filled in a voucher/questionnaire that came with the first pressing of the LP NAUGHTY BOYS. This single was later included on the YEN YEARS CD (in the 18-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 2', 1996).

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)
    (LP: ALFA YLR-20002; cassette: YLC-20002)

    (CD 25 Feb 1990: ALCA-13; CD 31 Aug 1994: ALCA-9046; CD cardboard sleeve 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5223; CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24241; 2-CD cardboard sleeve NAUGHTY BOYS + NAUGHTY BOYS INSTRUMENTAL 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL 210~211)

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 shukujo

    Kageki na shukujo 4.10/See-Through 3.37 (YLR-707)
28 Sep 1983 7" You've Got To Help Yourself [vocal version]
    You've Got To Help Yourself 4.36/Expecting Rivers 4.37 [vocal] (YLR-709)
This single version of You've Got To Help Yourself fades out a few seconds earlier than the version on the SERVICE LP.

(early 1997) 3" CDS Sunshi Alfa Music

Written by YMO, recorded 6/83 as a demo for Tamao Koike. This CD-single was free of charge within a limited time if you bought both YEN Boxes (released in 1996) and sent in the vouchers.

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

    Kagami no naka no jugatsu 3.56/Automne dans un miroir 3.56 (YLR-708)
Music and arrangement by YMO. Side A words by Masao Urino, side B words by Masao Urino translated by Tomoko Ebe. Side B is a 'minimalistic' version of side A. Note that YMO are the backing band for both sides, so this is actually is a genuine YMO song, but with a female singer, that is why I include it here.

14 Dec 1983 LP/MC (+ 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/YEN YLR-28013; cassette: YLC-28011)

    (CD 25 May 1984: 38XA-13; CD 25 March 1987: 32XA-144; CD 21 March 1992: ALCA-294; CD 31 Aug 1994: ALCA-9047; CD 15 Jan 1998: ALCA-5224 (Cardboard Sleeve); CD cardboard sleeve 22 Sep 1999: TOCT-24242; CD cardboard sleeve 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-212)

Recorded Sep - Oct 1983.

25 April 1984 VHD/LD (+ DVD) A Y.M.O. FILM: PROPAGANDA

A rather strange "film" based around live footage from the concerts on 12 & 13 Dec 1983 at Nippon Budokan, with some newly shot "scenes" inserted in between the live footage (see same entry in my "YMO video" discography for more detailed info). The film features two newly recorded studio tracks (which is why I include it here in my "YMO studio" discography): "Propaganda, which is basically only some background music without melody or a real rhythm, used as an intro to the film, and the rather beautiful 'M16' which is used as end theme (it sounds to me like a solo performance by Sakamoto but it was composed by all three Y.M.O. members) (M16 was recorded on 10th February 1984). "Propaganda" was included on the CD "¥en Years" in the CD box "¥EN BOX VOL. 2" that came out 18 Dec 1996, while M16 was included on a CD-single that came with the book "PERIOD - the ultimate visual data of YMO 1978-1984" (see entry at 30 Nov 1993) and then on the "UC YMO" compilation 2-CD (see entry at 6 Aug 2003).

21 Dec 1984 coll-4LP SEALED

    LP 1 - Haruomi Hosono compositions:
  1. Simoon
  2. Absolute Ego Dance
  3. Insomnia
  4. Mass
  5. Gradated Grey
  6. Chaos Panic
  7. Lotus Love
  8. The Madmen
    LP 2 - Yukihiro Takahashi compositions:
  1. La Femme Chinoise
  2. Rydeen
  3. Solid State Survivor
  4. Ballet
  5. Pure Jam
  6. Camouflage
  7. Expected Way
  8. Chinese Whispers
    LP 3 - Ryuichi Sakamoto compositions:
  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
    LP 4 - YMO compositions:
  1. Nice Age (Takahashi/Sakamoto)
  2. Multiplies (Elmer Bernstein and/or YMO) [info varies]
  3. Cue (Takahashi/Hosono)
  4. Taiso (Sakamoto/YMO)
  5. Key (Hosono/Takahashi)
  6. Kimi ni munekyun (YMO)
  7. Focus (Takahashi/Hosono)
  8. Kageki na shukujo (YMO)
  9. Shadows on the Ground (Sakamoto/Takahashi)
  10. You've Got to Help Yourself (Takahashi/Sakamoto) (LP: ALFA/YEN YLR-80001~80004)
coll-2-CD SEALED - CD SELECTION
  1. Simoon
  2. Absolute Ego Dance
  3. Insomnia
  4. Mass
  5. Chaos Panic
  6. Lotus Love
  7. The Madmen
  8. La Femme Chinoise
  9. Rydeen
  10. Solid State Survivor
  11. Ballet
  12. Pure Jam
  13. Camouflage
  14. Expected Way
  15. Chinese Whispers
  1. Tong Poo
  2. Technopolis
  3. Behind the Mask
  4. Citizens of Science
  5. Music Plans
  6. Ongaku
  7. Kai-koh
  8. Perspective
  9. Nice Age
  10. Multiplies
  11. Cue
  12. Taiso
  13. Key
  14. Kimi ni munekyun
  15. Kageki na shukujo
  16. You've Got to Help Yourself (2-CD 10 Aug 1988: 50XA-221~222; reissue 2-CD 31 Aug 1994: ALCA-9053~9054)

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 shukujo
  7. Chinese Whispers
  8. You’ve Got to Help Yourself
  9. Firecracker (remix version)
  10. Behind the Mask (remix version) (2-CD: ALCA 50XA-191~192; reissue 2-CD 21 Sep 1991: ALCA-198~199)
21 July 1992 coll-CD KYORETSU NA RHYTHM
  1. Lotus Love 4.05
  2. Chaos Panic 4.11 [vocal version]
  3. Key 4.33
  4. Cue 4.32
  5. Computer Games 1.46 (US Remix)
  6. Firecracker 4.52 (US Remix)
  7. Pure Jam 4.31
  8. Jingle "YMO" 0.20
  9. Nice Age 3.43
  10. Snakeman Show 1.56
  11. Tighten up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand up Please!) 3.41
  12. Snakeman Show 2.00
  13. Rydeen 4.25
  14. YMO in the 090s - The Pete Lorimer Remix (Long Version) 13.13 [medley]
  15. Nice Age (The TF Production Remix) 6.24 [remixed by YUKIHIRO FUKUTOMI and YASUHIKO TERADA]
    (ALCA 331; reissue CD 31 Aug 1994: ALCA-9059)
21 Aug 1992 coll-5-CD TECHNO BIBLE Y.M.O.
    Disc 1 - The Early (1978-1980):
  1. Rydeen
  2. Absolute Ego Dance
  3. Mad Pierrot (US Remix)
  4. Tong Poo
  5. Behind the Mask
  6. Nice Age
  7. Citizens of Science
  8. Technopolis
  9. Tighten up
  10. La Femme Chinoise (US Remix)
  11. Insomnia
  12. Simoon (US Remix)
  13. Firecracker (US Remix) [without 'computer game' noises]
    Disc 2 - The Middle (1980-1981):
  1. Jiseiki - hirake kokoro - (mono)
  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 (1983):
  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 [vocal version]
  11. Kageki na shukujo
  12. Perspective
  13. You’ve Got to Help Yourself
    Disc 4 - The Live (1979-1983):
  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 and Rare Tracks (1978-1992):
  1. Tong Poo (The Orb Remix) 9.49
  2. Computer Games (Mark Gamble Micro-Mix IV) 2.02
  3. Multiplies (The Altern 8 Remix - 12" version) 6.04
  4. Pure Jam (The Sideways Remix) 7.52
  5. Rydeen (The Graham Massey Remix - long version) 7.06
  6. Neue Tanz (The Something Wonderful Remix) 5.33
  7. Light in Darkness (The 808 State Remix - Ambient Reprise) 1.33
  8. Tong Poo (special D.J copy 1978) 6.10
  9. Firecracker (special D.J copy 1978) 4.55
  10. Technopolis (single mix version 1979) 3.53
  11. Tighten up (A&M Mix 1980 - The Jeff Ayeroff & John Beverly Jones Remix) 3.10
  12. The Madmen (live) 5.13 [AFTER SERVICE out-take]
  13. Chinese Whispers (live) 4.16 [AFTER SERVICE out-take]
  14. Shadows on the Ground (live) 4.28 [AFTER SERVICE out-take]
  15. Perspective (live) 5.13 [AFTER SERVICE out-take] (ALCA ALCA-371~374, H12-19)

28 April 1993 3" CDM Pocketful of Rainbows

  1. Pocketful of Rainbows 4.22 (Japanese single version) [edit of album version]
  2. Hi-Tech Hippies 4.23
  3. Pocketful of Rainbows 4.36 (English version) [remix/edit of album version] (CD-maxi: 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)
    (Toshiba-ENI TOCT-8010; reissue CD 22 Sep 1999: TOCT-24245)
Recorded Nov 1992 - March 1993.

21 July 1993 7" singles box CUBIC - YMO ANALOG SINGLE BOX

    (ALKA-1~9)
Contains nine vinyl singles (YMO's first nine singles).

25 Aug 1993 3" CDM Be a Superman

  1. Be a Superman 5.19
  2. Tong Poo (live) 5.23
  3. Firecracker (live) 3.36 (3" CD-maxi 25 Aug 1993: TODT 3095)
The two live tracks are from the album TECHNODON LIVE (see my YMO Live discography).

21 Sep 1993 CD-singles box CUBIC - YMO CD SINGLE BOX

    (ALDA-91~100)
Contains ten CD singles (YMO's first nine singles plus an extra unique 1-track CD single "See-Through (Brian Eno Remix)".

30 Nov 1993 book + CD-single PERIOD - the ultimate visual data of YMO 1978-1984

  1. Tong Poo (live 7 Nov 1980 at A&M Chaplin Memorial Studio, Los Angeles) 4.12
  2. M16 (4.11) (book + 3" CD-single: PERIOD-1)
"M16" is from the film PROPAGANDA (see entry at 25 April 1984)

21 Jan 1994 13-LP Box YMO LP BOX

23 March 1994 4-CD TECHNODON BOX COLLECTION - FINAL EDITION
13 Dec 1995 coll-2CD OVER SEAS COLLECTION
  1. Computer Game (Theme from the Invaders)/Firecracker (UK 7" version)
  2. Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) (UK 7" version)
  3. Cosmic Surfin’ (UK 7" version)
  4. Mad Pierrot (UK 7" version)
  5. La Femme Chinoise (UK 7" version)
  6. Technopolis (LP version - from UK 7")
  7. Behind the Mask (LP version - from Italian 7")
  8. Day Tripper (LP version - from Argentinan 7")
  9. Jingle YMO/Nice Age (LP version - from Dutch 12")
  10. Multiplies (LP version - from Portugese 7")
  11. Tighten up (US 12" version) 5.45 [1 min longer edit than LP + merged with "Here We Go Again - Tighten up"]
  12. Citizens of Science (LP version - from US 7")
  13. Cue (LP version - from US promo 12")
  14. 1000 Knives (LP version - from US promo 12")
  1. Rydeen (UK 7" version)
  2. Absolute Ego Dance (LP version - from UK 7")
  3. Pure Jam (LP version - from Spanish 7")
  4. Light in Darkness (LP version - from Spanish 7")
  5. Taiso (LP version - from Australian 7")
  6. Epilogoe (LP version - from Australian 7")
  7. The Madmen (German 7" version)
  8. You’ve Got to Help Yourself (LP version - from German 7")
  9. Firecracker (US 7" version)
  10. Cosmic Surfin’ (US 7" version)
  11. Tighten up (US monaural 7" version)
  12. Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) (US 7" version) (ALCA-5056-5057)
24 July 1996 CD (in 17-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 1') BONUS DISC
26 Sep 1996 coll-2CD TWINS - SUPER BEST OF YMO
  1. Computer Game ³Theme from the Circus² 1.47
  2. Firecracker 4.50
  3. Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) 6.14
  4. La Femme Chinoise 5.51
  5. Mad Pierrot 4.21
  6. Behind the Mask 3.35
  7. Day Tripper 2.39
  8. Technopolis 4.10
  9. Rydeen 4.25
  10. Solid State Survivor 3.57
  11. Nice Age 3.46
  12. Citizens of Science 4.33
  13. Tighten up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand up Please!) 3.41
  14. Multiplies 2.57
  15. Ballet 4.33
  16. Music Plans 4.33
  17. U.T 4.31
  18. Cue 4.31
  1. Pure Jam 4.29
  2. Seoul Music 4.454
  3. Taiso 4.20
  4. Key 4.32
  5. Kimi ni munekyun 4.06
  6. Ongaku 3.25
  7. Expecting Rivers 4.37
  8. Lotus Love 4.05
  9. Kai-koh 4.26
  10. Chaos Panic [vocal version] 4.11
  11. Kageki na shukujo 4.10
  12. You've Got to Help Yourself 4.43
  13. Limbo 3.30
  14. Shadows on the Ground 4.20
  15. See-Through 3.37
  16. Perspective 5.11
  17. Prologue 2.31
  18. Epilogue 4.21 (ALCA-5105~5106; reissue 2-CD 27 Aug 1997: ALCA-5199~5200)
18 Dec 1996 CD (in 18-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 2') YEN YEARS
  1. Propaganda (Original Studio Version) 5.33 [from PROPAGANDA film]
  2. Kimi ni mune kyun (Original Karaoke Version) 4.07 [less vocals than the vocal LP version]
  3. Chaos Panic 4.11 (Instrumental) [Same version as on "NAUGHTY BOYS INSTRUMENTAL" LP]
  4. YMO spot - YMO comment 0.16 [from limited 7" "The Spirit of Techno" 1982]
  5. Kageki na shukujo (Original Karaoke Version) 4.07 [less vocals than the vocal LP version]
  6. See-Through (remixed by Brian Eno) 3.36 [from CUBIC - YMO CD SINGLE BOX]
  7. You've Got to Help Yourself (Original Karaoke Version) 4.08 [much less vocals than the vocal LP version]
  8. Expecting Rivers (Instrumental) 4.34 [same version as on "NAUGHTY BOYS INSTRUMENTAL" LP]
  9. Limbo (Original Karaoke Version) 3.29 [instrumental]
  10. The Madmen (Original Karaoke Version) 4.55 [instrumental]
  11. Chinese Whispers (Original Karaoke Version) 4.27 [instrumental]
  12. Shadows on the Ground (Original Karaoke Version) 4.20 [instrumental]
  13. Perspective (Original Karaoke Version) 5.12 [instrumental]
  14. Focus (live) 3.49 [AFTER SERVICE outtake]
  15. Kai-koh (live) 3.59 [AFTER SERVICE outtake]
  16. See-Through (live) 3.40 [AFTER SERVICE outtake] (ALCA-5123)
18 Dec 1996 CD (in 18-CD set 'Yen Box Vol. 2') BONUS DISC MALE
All tracks are same as album versions, but are edited together like a "medley".

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

All three songs written by YMO.

1 July 1998 2-CD-ROM SELFSERVICE

    CD-single - included with first pressings only:
  1. Behind the Mask (live 7 Nov 1980 at A&M Chaplin Memorial Studio, Los Angeles)
  2. Rydeen (live 7 Nov 1980 at A&M Chaplin Memorial Studio, Los Angeles)
26 Aug 1998 coll-CD THE ICHIBAN PRESENTS WE LOVE YMO
  1. Cosmic Surfin¹ 4.52
  2. Firecracker 4.51
  3. Tong Poo 6.16
  4. Technopolis 4.14 [LP version]
  5. Rydeen 4.26
  6. Behind the Mask 3.36
  7. Solid State Survivor 3.58
  8. Nice Age 3.46
  9. Tighten up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand up Please!) 3.40
  10. 1000 Knives 5.22
  11. Cue 4.32
  12. Taiso 4.21
  13. Kimi ni munekyun 4.07
  14. Kageki na shukujo 4.10
  15. You've Got to Help Yourself 4.44 (ALCA-5246)
25 Jan 1999 DVD+CD-ROM YMO GIGA CAPSULE
    (BBBE-1026)
CD-ROM has same contents as SELFSERVICE. For DVD contents, see "YMO on video".

22 Sep 1999 coll 2-CD YMO GO HOME! - The Complete Best of the Y.M.O.

  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 (Japanese single version) 4.22
  12. Tong Poo (special DJ mix)
  13. La Femme Chinoise (acoustic version) 2.24 [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) 3.19 [previously unreleased]
  13. Technopolis
  14. The End of Asia (no talk dub mix) [no talk in the beginning]
    (Toshiba EMI TOCT-24231~24232; reissue 2-CD 21 March 2007: MHCL 1043~1044)
The two previously unreleased acoustic songs were recorded with a mandolin (Sakamoto) and two acoustic guitars (Hosono & Takahashi) in the studio for playback at a show 23 April 1980 in Tokyo on the occasion of the launch of the first issue of the SHAGAKU magazine. Apparently they were playback so that YMO were free to do some sort of theatrical act (or sketch or parody) on stage. A third acoustic track (Green Back Doller) was included on the live 2005 CD "ONE MORE YMO" but as a "real" live track with audience noise etc (although that, too, was performed as playback).

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. Jiseiki - hirake kokoro - (stereo) 3.25
  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 Shukujo 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 [album version]
  18. Behind the Mask (SEIKO QUARTS commercial 1978 version) 2.15 (Sony Music MHCL 295-6; Blu-spec CD 19 Aug 2009: MHCL 20032~20033)
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.

24 March 2005 8-CD set L-R TRAX [Live and Rare Tracks]

    (CD 1-7: Live CDs - see YMO live)

    CD 8: Rare Tracks and More:

  1. Tong Poo (Special D.J. Copy) 6.07
  2. Firecracker (Special D.J. Copy) 4.52
  3. Jiseiki - hirake kokoro - (mono) 3.21
  4. Tighten Up (Japanese Gentlemen Stand Up Please!) (US 12" Version) 5.45 [OVER SEAS COLLECTION version]
  5. Behind the Mask (Live 7 Nov 1980 at A&M Chaplin Memorial Studio, L.A.)
  6. The Madmen (AFTER SERVICE Outtake, live 12/13/22 Dec 1983 at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo)
  7. Chinese Whispers (AFTER SERVICE Outtake, live 12/13/22 Dec 1983 at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo)
  8. Shadows on the Ground (AFTER SERVICE Outtake, live 12/13/22 Dec 1983 at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo)
  9. Perspective (AFTER SERVICE Outtake, live 12/13/22 Dec 1983 at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo)
  10. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Acoustic Version) [performed as playback 23 April 1980 at the SHAGAKU Event, Nippon Budokan]
  11. La Femme Chinoise (Acoustic Version) [performed as playback 23 April 1980 at the SHAGAKU Event]
  12. Pocketful of Rainbows (English Version) 4.36
  13. Cosmic Surfin¹ (pre-YMO Version) [= from Hosono LP "PACIFIC" 1978]
  14. Y.M.O. Mega Mix 10.52 [from 12"/CD-maxi 1986]
    (8-CD 'long case box' with 80-page book 24 March 2005: MHCL 501~508)
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 4.29
  2. Tokyo Town Pages 5.06
  3. The City of Light (Ambient) 4.53
  4. Tokyo Town Pages (Ambient) 5.01 (CD-single: Commons/Avex Entertainment RZCM-45845)
TBS "News 23" Theme Song.

Copyright (c) 1996-11-02 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2009-02-21.

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