EUYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijón 2008
EUYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijón 2008 is a live album compilation by Yellow Magic Orchestra. It collects two live double-disc YMO albums, LONDONYMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London 15/6 08 and GIJÓNYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in Gijón 19/6 08 (and also comes with a tour T-shirt). It is performed in the style that the group built up as Sketch Show and as HASYMO. Unlike all other YMO live albums, these only have three songs from YMO albums (one from BGM, one from Naughty Boys and one from Service, as well as a song that YMO performed live but was not included in any of their albums). Most of the songs played are Sketch Show/HASYMO material (three songs from Audio Sponge, four from Loophole and the "Rescue / Rydeen 79/07" & "The City of Light / Tokyo Town Pages" singles), as well as songs from the individual members' solo careers (one from Hosono's Philharmony and one song each from Sakamoto's B-2 Unit, Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia and Chasm albums). Two tracks are performed in the way they were on the "Tribute to Haruomi Hosono" album (Hosono's "Sports Men" and Sketch Show's "Turn Turn"). Both albums are very similar, with the main distinction between them being GIJÓNYMO having its songs on a different order, fewer songs, and "Riot in Lagos" being performed differently.
| EUYMO Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London + Gijón 2008 | ||||
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| Released | December 10, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 15 & 19 June 2008 | |||
| Venue | Meltdown festival on the Royal Festival Hall, London Laboral Ciudad de la Cultura, Gijón, Asturias | |||
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| Label | Avex Group, Rhythm Zone, commmons | |||
| Producer | Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Yukihiro Takahashi | |||
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 LONDONYMO cover | ||||
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 GIJÓNYMO cover | ||||
Track listing
LONDONYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in London 15/6 08
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin) | Haruomi Hosono, Peter Barakan | Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Sports Men" | Hosono, Giles Duke | Hosono (arr. Takahashi) | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Fly Me to the River" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Takahashi | 4:59 |
| 4. | "Mars" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:52 |
| 5. | "Flakes" | Takahashi | Hosono, Takahashi | 5:34 |
| 6. | "Riot in Lagos" | Sakamoto | 5:46 | |
| 7. | "Ongaku" (音楽) | Sakamoto | Sakamoto | 5:08 |
| 8. | "Rescue" | Hosono, Takahashi, Chiho Shibaoka | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Turn Turn" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Takahashi (arr. Sakamoto & Cornelius) | 4:52 |
| 10. | "Tokyo Town Pages" | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 5:07 | |
| 11. | "The City of Light" | Sakamoto, Takahashi, Kyoko Amatatsu | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:43 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Supreme Secret" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Wonderful to Me" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Tibetan Dance" | Sakamoto | 5:08 | |
| 4. | "War and Peace" | Arto Lindsay | Sakamoto | 5:40 |
| 5. | "Rydeen 79/07" (雷電 79/07 Raidīn 79/07) | Takahashi | 5:28 | |
| 6. | "Chronograph" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Takahashi | 5:24 |
| 7. | "Cue" | Hosono, Takahashi, Barakan | Hosono, Takahashi | 4:51 |
GIJÓNYMO – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live in Gijón 19/6 08
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin) | Hosono, Barakan | Sakamoto, Takahashi | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Mars" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Chronograph" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Takahashi | 5:22 |
| 4. | "Flakes" | Takahashi | Hosono, Takahashi | 5:32 |
| 5. | "Rescue" | Hosono, Takahashi, Shibaoka | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 3:45 |
| 6. | "Ongaku" (音楽) | Sakamoto | Sakamoto | 5:07 |
| 7. | "Turn Turn" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Takahashi (arr. Sakamoto & Cornelius) | 4:53 |
| 8. | "Tokyo Town Pages" | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 5:05 | |
| 9. | "The City of Light" | Sakamoto, Takahashi, Amatatsu | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:41 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Wonderful to Me" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 5:23 |
| 2. | "Tibetan Dance" | Sakamoto | 5:05 | |
| 3. | "Supreme Secret" | Hosono, Takahashi | Hosono, Sakamoto, Takahashi | 4:12 |
| 4. | "War and Peace" | Lindsay | Sakamoto | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Riot in Lagos" | Sakamoto | 5:45 | |
| 6. | "Rydeen 79/07" (雷電 79/07 Raidīn 79/07) | Takahashi | 5:23 | |
| 7. | "Cue" | Hosono, Takahashi, Barakan | Hosono, Takahashi | 4:49 |
Personnel
- Haruomi Hosono - Bass, Keyboards, Vocals, Production
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Keyboards, Vocals, Production, Mixing
- Yukihiro Takahashi - Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Production
- Christian Fennesz - Guitar, Electronics
- Ren Takada - Steel guitar, Electronics
- Tomohiko Gondo - Computer Operation, Euphonium
- Adam Brown - Recording
- Fernando Aponte - Mixing
- Shigeo "MT" Miyamoto - Mastering
- Shoko Ise - Visuals
- Rama Lee - Photography
- Giles Dunn - Art Direction, Graphic Design, T-shirt Design
- Jens Janson - Graphic Design