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The band’s second 1969 album

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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives of (Vinyl) Claire Rousay Siren features their NoRyuichi Sakamoto's first solo album appeared before he formed Yellow Magic Orchestra in late 1978, after the young keyboardist had earned his M. A. in music from Tokyo University. Six long instrumentals make up this album, but apart from a taste for Asian sounding synth lines, they hint at very little of what was to come in YMO. "Thousand Knives" is a long disco lite jazzy workout with a guitar solo by Kazumi Watanabe (who would later join YMO on tour