Yellow Magic Orchestra

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A1	Computer Game "Theme From The Circus" Arranged By – Yellow Magic Orchestra	1:46
A2	Firecracker Written-By – M Denny*	4:52
A3	Simoon Vocals – Shunichi HashimotoWritten-By – C Mosdell*, H Hosono*	6:28
A4	Cosmic Surfin' Electric Guitar – Masayoshi TakanakaWritten-By – H Hosono*	4:27
A5	Computer Game "Theme From The Invader" Arranged By – Yellow Magic Orchestra	1:00
B1	Yellow Magic (Tong Poo) Written-By – R Sakamoto*	6:20
B2	La Femme Chinoise Electric Guitar – Masayoshi TakanakaVocals – Tomoko NunoiWritten-By – C Mosdell*, Y Takahashi*	6:05
B3	Bridge Over Troubled Music Written-By – Yellow Magic*	1:00
B4	Mad Pierrot Written-By – H Hosono*	4:22

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – A&M Records Ltd.
• Printed By – Robor Ltd.
• Recorded At – ALFA Studio A
• Mixed At – Capitol Records, Studio A, Hollywood
• Mastered At – The Mastering Lab

Credits

• Arranged By, Performer – Yellow Magic Orchestra
• Art Direction – Roland Young
• Artwork – Lou Beach, Masayoshi Sukita
• Computer, Programmed By – Hideki Matsutake
• Coordinator – Shinsuke Miyazumi
• Design – Amy Nagasawa, Chuck Beeson
• Drums, Percussion, Electronics, Vocals – Yukihiro Takahashi
• Engineer – Atsushi Saito, Norio Yoshizawa
• Executive-Producer – Kunihiko Murai
• Keyboards, Electronics, Percussion, Orchestrated By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Mastered By – Mike Reese
• Mixed By – Al Schmitt
• Producer, Bass, Electronics, Keyboards, Arranged By – Harry Hosono*
• Supervised By – Tommy LiPuma

Notes

Minako Yoshida sings on "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)" but is not credited on this release.

Repress / recut 1980 - the early pressings of this album have Horizon label logos on the labels - as with later pressings of the Firecracker single which are definitely dated to 1980.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: MCPS
• Rights Society: BIEM
• Matrix / Runout (Side One): AMLH 68506A-2 Bob J π
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two): AMLH 68506B-2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ALR-6012	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(LP, Album, Fir)	Alfa	ALR-6012	Japan	1978
ALC-1511	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(Cass, Album)	Alfa	ALC-1511	Japan	1978
MHCL-20102	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	GT Music	MHCL-20102	Japan	2010
TOCT-24246	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM)	Alfa	TOCT-24246	Japan	2000
ALCA-5215	Yellow Magic Orchestra	Yellow Magic Orchestra ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Alfa	ALCA-5215	Japan	1998

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