Yellow Magic Orchestra USA & Yellow Magic Orchestra

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2015-11-23

Labels: Epic, Alfa, Music On Vinyl

Gatefold sleeve, two inserts - one a replica of the Japanese insert from the remixed LP, the other has both album track listings in English and Japanese on one side and on the other a reprint of the Netherlands 1979 LP insert that features a translation of the Japanese 1978 original insert. Protective PVC cover includes a YMO sticker.

Label designs - LP1 replicates the 1979 USA vinyl with a plain red label on one side and full track listing on the reverse. LP2 uses the Alfa label design used from 1980 to 1982 - not the original Japanese Alfa label.

LP1 - The USA version, mixed by Al Schmitt in 1978 'for a more USA-friendly sound'.
LP2 - Original Japanese version.

Recorded at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, 1978.

According to MOV: 'We received and used high res audio files (96 KHZ / 24 BIT) of the original masters.'