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Old Apr 3, 2008, 11:36 PM
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I tried again to find out what the exact date of release is for this album, mainly because it would be nice to able to determine what the first VGM related album was. Haven't found an exact date yet (not sure if it is printed on the actual album), but I did find some sites claiming that the YMO debut album is actually the first one. Moreover, these sites quote a 1979 release date for the Disco Space Invaders album album, not a 1978 one.

On this site http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~kuboken/famicom/memyone.html, for instance, the author writes he owns the Disco Space Invaders album and that it is regarded as the first VGM album, but then mentions (between brackets) that he actually considers the first YMO album to be the first, considering the simulated game samples that were included on that album.

This site http://www.geocities.jp/exclusivekunny/g8.html, gives a 1979 release date for the album (it also mentiones the single wasn't a big hit at the disco's at the time .

And finally, this site: http://siproject.homeip.net/blog/anz...es_view&no=121, which describes the origins of VGM related albums, also places the release of YMO's first album before the Disco Space Invaders one, again mentioning the 1979 date.

Thoughts?

Edit: Decided to take a short cut and ask a seller of the album on Y!JA about this. There's no date on the album album, but the seller says he heard the album came out in 1979. I guess it'll be pretty much impossible to find absolute proof of the release date.

Found another site that mentions a 1978 date for the release: http://spitfire.client.jp/shooting/h...istory001.html. But then again, the writer does state that the YMO album probably preceded it.

Since the game come out in 1978, the confusion about the date could have come from there. Since all sources seem to agree on the fact that the YMO album preceded the Disco Space Invaders one, I think the 1979 date is more likely to be accurate myself.

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