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
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Name | Member Years | Instruments |
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Haruomi Hosono | bass | |
Ryuichi Sakamoto | keyboards | |
Yukihiro Takahashi | drums |
Name | Birth | Death |
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Haruomi Hosono | 1947-07-09 | |
Ryuichi Sakamoto | 1952-01-17 | |
Yukihiro Takahashi | 1952-06-06 |
Name | See associated acts |
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Ryuichi Sakamoto & Kazumi Watanabe, Ryuichi Sakamoto |