Public Pressure(,Kteki Yokuatsu) wasYellow Magic Orchestra’s firstlive album, released on February 21, 1980.It was their second number-one album inJapan, setting a record of 250,000 copies sold within two weeks of release. It was recorded during three dates of the group’s 1979 ‘Transatlantic Tour’ of Europe and the US.The group toured as a six-piece, but guitaristKazumi Watanabewas mixed-out and replaced with more keyboards due to contractual matters between record labels. Un-dubbed recordings from this tour were later released on the albumFaker Holic. Most ofYukihiro Takahashi’s vocals were also replaced with those re-recorded afterward in studio but these were not restored onFaker Holic. The audience are enthusiastic, which is impressive considering that Y.M.O. wasnt exactly a household name and the performances stick close to the originals, the selections are more or less what you would expect from their vast catalog a must for die hard YMO fans. (via Label)

Label:Great Tracks, Alfa
Series:YMO 40th Anniversary Reissues
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Reissued:2019 / Original Release: 1980
Genre:Electronic, Live Album
Style:Electro, Synth-pop

File under: Japanese Electronic