Yellow Magic Orchestra

"I think they're one of the most original things ever to come out of Japan."--Tommy LiPuma, Record World August 11, 1979.

A&M made an agreement with Japan's Alfa Records that it could acquire Japanese products it felt were suitable for the American market. The band came to Horizon Record's president Tommy LiPuma when Alfa invited Horizon artist Neil Larsen to appear in Japan.

The first Japanese band to play a U.S. concert hall.

Sources

Yellow Magic Orchestra Brings Japanese Music to U.S. Audiences. Samuel Graham. Record World, August11, 1979.

Recording Years / Label

1979-1980 - Horizon Records

1980-1981 - A&M Records

Biography

Official Biography 1981 .

Name	Member Years	Instruments
Haruomi Hosono		bass
Ryuichi Sakamoto		keyboards
Yukihiro Takahashi		drums

Name	Birth	Death
Haruomi Hosono	1947-07-09
Ryuichi Sakamoto	1952-01-17
Yukihiro Takahashi	1952-06-06

Name	See associated acts
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Ryuichi Sakamoto & Kazumi Watanabe, Ryuichi Sakamoto

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