YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA

- LIVE (CD/DVD) -


live-CD LIVE AT KINOKUNI-YA HALL 1978

  1. Firecracker
  2. Behind the Mask
  3. La Femme Chinoise
  4. Tong Poo
  5. Plastic Bamboo
  6. The End of Asia
  7. Cosmic Surfin'
  8. Wanted [cover version of a song by Pink Lady - a Japanese female singers' group]
  9. 1000 Knives (Japanese CD 21 Dec 1993: ALCA-543)
live-LP (+CD) PUBLIC PRESSURE
  1. Rydeen 5.14 [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  2. Solid State Survivor 4.04 [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  3. Tong Poo 6.04 [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  4. The End of Asia 6.10 [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]

  5. Cosmic Surfin' 3.48 [live at the Greek Theatre, L.A, Nov 1979]
  6. Day Tripper 2.46 [live at the Bottom Line, N.Y, 6 Nov 1979]
  7. Radio Junk 4.20 [live at the Bottom Line, N.Y, 6 Nov 1979]
  8. La Femme Chinoise 6.13 [live at the Bottom Line, N.Y, 6 Nov 1979]
  9. Back in Tokio 1.53 [live Tokio]

    (original LP 21 Feb 1980; CD: ALCA-289; reissue CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24235; reissue CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-206)

Watanabe’s original guitar is overdubbed by Sakamoto’s synths because of copyright restrictions.

live-2CD FAKER HOLIC - YMO WORLD TOUR LIVE

  1. Castaria [live at The Venue, London, 16 Oct 1979]
  2. Rydeen [live at The Venue, London, 16 Oct 1979]
  3. Behind the Mask [live at The Venue, London, 16 Oct 1979]
  4. Cosmic Surfin' [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  5. Radio Junk [live at Theatre le palace, Paris, 18 Oct 1979]
  6. Insomnia [live at Theatre le palace, Paris, 18 Oct 1979]
  7. La Femme Chinoise [live at Theatre le palace, Paris, 18 Oct 1979]
  8. Technopolis [live at Theatre le palace, Paris, 18 Oct 1979]
  9. Solid State Survivor [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  10. Day Tripper [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  11. Firecracker [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  12. The End of Asia [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  13. 1000 Knives [live at The Venue, London, 24 Oct 1979]
  14. Tong Poo [live at The Venue, London, 16 Oct 1979]

  1. Rydeen
  2. Behind the Mask
  3. Radio Junk
  4. Solid State Survivor
  5. Kang Tong Boy
  6. Tong Poo
  7. Day Tripper
  8. 1000 Knives
  9. Rocket Factory
  10. La Femme Chinoise
  11. Firecracker
  12. Cosmic Surfin'
  13. The End of Asia (2-CD 21 May 1991: ALCA-137/138)
All of CD 2 recorded live at the Bottom Line, N.Y, 6 Nov 1979. Both CDs now include Watanabe’s original guitar.

live-CD GREEK THEATER LIVE 1979

  1. Behind the Mask
  2. La Femme Chinoise
  3. Cosmic' Surfin'
  4. Rydeen
  5. Day Tripper
  6. 1000 Knives
  7. Tong Poo (Japanese CD 26 March 1997: Toshiba EMI, ALCA-5150)
DVD/VHS (YMO 1979) TRANS ATLANTIC TOUR
  1. Behind the Mask (L.A The Greek Theater Nov 1979)
  2. Cosmic Surfin' (L.A The Greek Theater Nov 1979)
  3. Rydeen (L.A The Greek Theater Nov 1979)
  4. 1000 Knives (L.A The Greek Theater Nov 1979)
  5. Tong Poo (L.A The Greek Theater Nov 1979)
  6. Private shot in TRANS ATLANTIC TOUR
  7. Private shot in London
  8. Private shot in Paris (Live at THEATRE LE PALACE, Paris, 18 Oct 1979)
  9. Private shot in Paris
  10. Radio Junk (Live at THEATRE LE PALACE, Paris, 18 Oct 1979)
  11. Private shot in New York
  12. Behind the Mask (Live at HURRAH, New York, 1 Nov 1979)
  13. Zai kung tong shonen (Live at HURRAH, New York, 1 Nov 1979)
  14. Technopolis (Live at HURRAH, New York, 1 Nov 1979)
  15. Solid State Survivor (Live at HURRAH, New York, 1 Nov 1979)
  16. Day Tripper (Live at HURRAH, New York, 1 Nov 1979)
  17. Firecracker (Live at HURRAH, New York, 1 Nov 1979)
  18. Private photo in TRANS ATLANTIC TOUR (World tour off shot/Greek Theatre/Bottom Line/Hurrah)
    (DVD 26 April 2000: TOBF-5024; VHS: TOVF-1342)
DVD/VHS/LD COMPLETE HURRAH
  1. Castalia
  2. Rydeen
  3. Behind the Mask
  4. Radio Junk
  5. Solid State Survivor
  6. Zai kung tong shonen
  7. Tong poo
  8. Day Tripper
  9. 1000 Knives
  10. Rocket Factory
  11. La femme Chinoise
  12. Firecracker
  13. Cosmic Surfin'
  14. Technopolis (DVD 26 April 2000: TOBF-5025; VHS: TOVF-1320; LD: TOLF-1320)
All tracks recorded live at Hurrah, New York, 1 Nov 1979.

live-CD LIVE AT BUDOKAN 1980

  1. Riot in Lagos
  2. The End of Asia
  3. Behind the Mask
  4. Nice Age
  5. Rydeen
  6. Maps
  7. La Femme Chinoise
  8. Citizens of Science
  9. Solid State Survivor
  10. Radio Junk
  11. Kang Tong Boy
  12. Firecracker
  13. Cosmic Surfin'
  14. 1000 Knives
  15. Technopolis (Japanese CD 21 Nov 1993: ALCA-543)
1-14 live at Nippon Budōkan, Tokyo, 27 Dec 1980; 15 live in L.A 7 Nov 1980.

promo 3" CDS We Don't Sightseeing

  1. Behind the Mask (live at Los. Chapplin Memorial Studio, 7 Nov 1980)
  2. Rydeen (live as above) (ALFA-8)
This performance was for press only, and was planned as the grand opening of A&M Los. Chapplin Memorial Studio. It was broadcast live via satellite, in USA and Japan.

promo book with 3" CDS PERIOD

  1. Tong Poo (live at Los. Chapplin Memorial Studio, 7 Nov 1980) (3" CD-single 1993: Period-1)
live-2CD YMO WORLD TOUR 1980
  1. Riot in Lagos
  2. The End of Asia
  3. Behind the Mask
  4. Rydeen
  5. Maps
  6. Nice Age
  7. The live Core of Eden
  8. Citizens of Science
  9. La Femme Chinoise
  10. Solid State Survivor
  11. Radio Junk
  12. Kang Tong Boy
  13. Firecracker
  14. 1000 Knives
  15. All You Need Is Love
  16. Technopolis
  17. Cosmic Surfin’
  18. Tong Poo
  19. Invention (Japanese CD 22 May 1996: ALCA 5065-66)
video (+ CD/DVD) YMO-WINTER-LIVE-1981
  1. Loom [only on CD - not on video]
  2. Prologue
  3. Pure Jam
  4. Light in Darkness
  5. Camouflage
  6. Stairs
  7. Neue Tanz
  8. Happy End
  9. Music Plans
  10. Cue
  11. Taiso
  12. Cosmic Surfin’
  13. Epilogue (original video 1983; CD 22 Nov 1995: ALCA-5055; DVD 20 Nov 1999)
live-2LP (+CD/2-CD) AFTER SERVICE
  1. Propaganda 1.53
  2. Tong Poo 5.06
  3. Behind the Mask 4.34
  4. Solid State Survivor 3.52
  5. La Femme Chinoise 5.02

  6. Ongaku 3.26
  7. Focus 3.49 [not on CD ALCA-9048]
  8. Ballet 4.38
  9. Wild Ambitions 5.17
  10. Kai-koh 3.59 [not on CD ALCA-9048]

  11. Expecting Rivers 4.46
  12. See-Through 3.40 [not on CD ALCA-9048]
  13. Key 4.34
  14. Technopolis 4.14
  15. Rydeen 4.17

  16. You've Got To Help Yourself 4.15
  17. Kageki na shyukujo 4.21
  18. Kimi ni munekyun 4.31
  19. Firecracker 5.47

    (2-LP 22 Feb 1984: YLR-40001/2
    16-track CD: ALCA-9048
    19-track 2-CD 1998: ALCA-5225-6
    2-CD 22 Sep 1999: Toshiba EMI TOCT-24243/24244; reissue 2-CD 22 Jan 2003: Sony MHCL-213)

Recorded live at Nippon Budokan, 12-13 Dec 1983. Mixed by YMO with Mitsuo Koike.

live-2CD COMPLETE SERVICE

  1. Propaganda
  2. Tong Poo
  3. Behind the Mask
  4. Solid State Survivor
  5. La Femme Chinoise
  6. Ongaku
  7. Focus
  8. Shadows on the Ground [not on After Service]
  9. Ballet
  10. Perspective [not on After Service]
  11. Wild Ambitions
  12. The Madmen [not on After Service]
  1. Limbo [not on After Service]
  2. Chinese Whispers [not on After Service]
  3. Expecting Rivers
  4. Kai-koh
  5. See-Through
  6. Key
  7. You've Got To Help Yourself
  8. Firecracker
  9. Kageki na shyukujo
  10. Kimi ni munekyun
  11. Technopolis
  12. Rydeen (Japanese CD 11 Nov 1992: ALCA 421/422)
Same concert as After Service, but here Brian Eno did the mixing, not YMO themselves.

DVD YMO GIGA LIVES (YELLOW  MAGIC ORCHESTRA LIVE)

194 min, 6,800 yen.

live CD TECHNODON LIVE

  1. Be a Superman 5.42
  2. Nanga def? 5.15
  3. Floating Away 6.48
  4. Dolphinicity 5.14
  5. I tre merli 6.15
  6. High-Tech Hippies 4.35
  7. Castalia 5.29
  8. Behind the Mask 5.39
  9. La Femme Chinoise 4.58
  10. Waterford 5.43
  11. Chance - Rydeen Ending 5.31
  12. Nostalgia 4.48
  13. Silence of Time 5.39
  14. Tong Poo 5.21
  15. Firecracker 3.36 (CD 25 Aug 1993: TOCT-8090)
Recorded live in Tokyo Dome, 10-11 June 1993.

live VHS TECHNODON IN TOKYO DOME

  1. Be a Superman
  2. Nanga def?
  3. Floating Away
  4. Dolphinicity
  5. I tre merli
  6. High-Tech Hippies
  7. Castalia
  8. Behind the Mask
  9. La Femme Chinoise
  10. Nostalgia
  11. Silence of Time
  12. Waterford
  13. O.K.
  14. Chance - Rydeen Ending
  15. Pocketful of Rainbows
  16. Tong Poo
  17. Firecracker (VHS 1 Dec 1993: TOVF-1178; Laser Disc 1 Dec 1993: TOLF-1178)
Recorded live in Tokyo Dome, 10-11 June 1993.

live-CDM Be a Superman

  1. Be a Superman
  2. Tong Poo
  3. Firecracker (CD-maxi 25 Aug 1993: TODT 3095)
live coll-CD ONE MORE YMO
  1. Snakeman Show in Budokan 1.32
  2. Rydeen 4.42 (27 Dec 1980)
  3. Behind the Mask 3.17 (L.A The Greek Theater Nov 1979)
  4. Cosmic Surfin' 3.44 (L.A The Greek Theater Nov 1979)
  5. Day Tripper 2.45 (N.Y. Bottom Line 6 Nov 1979)
  6. Solid State Survivor 4.00 (Hollywood A&M The Chaplin Stage 7 Nov 1980)
  7. La femme Chinoise 5.57 (N.Y. Bottom Line 6 Nov 1979)
  8. Castalia 3.28 (N.Y. Bottom Line 6 Nov 1979)
  9. Tong Poo 6.07 (London Venue 16 Oct 1979)
  10. Green Back Doller 2.24 (23 April 1980) (words/music by Hoyaxton)
  11. Pure Jam 4.20 (24 Dec 1981)
  12. Seoul Music 4.32 (23 Dec 1981)
  13. Mass 4.43 (23 Dec 1981)
  14. Wild Ambitions 5.18 (13 Dec 1983)
  15. I Tre Merli 6.16 (10 & 11 June 1993)
  16. Technopolis 5.09 (London Venue 16 Oct 1979) (Japanese CD 26 April 2000: TOCT-24315)
DVD VISUAL YMO: THE BEST
"The best of YMO compilation, produced by Yukihiro Takahashi himself".

live 8-CD set L-R TRAX [Live and Rare Tracks]

8 Feb 2006 Japanese 2xDVD HAS (HUMAN AUDIO SPONGE): LIVE IN BARCELONA - TOKYO
'Human Audio Sponge' are Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi. They originally released many of these songs as "Sketch Show" (see separate "Sketch Show" discography). Disc 1 recorded live 18 June 2004 at SonarPark, Barcelona. Disc 2 recorded live 10 Oct 2004 at Yebisu Garden Hall, Tokyo.

12 March 2008 Japanese 2xDVD HAS: HAS/YMO

    DVD 1: LIVE
  1. You've Got To Help Yourself
  2. Sports Men
  3. Fly Me to the River
  4. Mars
  5. Flakes
  6. Everybody Had a Hard Year
  7. Riot in Lagos
  8. Ongaku
  9. Rescue
  10. Turn Turn
  11. Supreme Secret
  12. Wonderful to Me
  13. War & Peace
  14. Rydeen 79/07
  15. Chronograph
  16. Ekot
  17. Cue
    DVD 2: DOCUMENT + OMAKE
  1. YMO KARA HAS E ("From YMO to HAS") (Documentary/Musical Journey)
  2. OMAKE - making of HAS/YMO LIVE (2-DVD: RZBM-45824~45825)
Recorded live 19 May 2007 at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall.


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