Is anyone here a Yello fan?

zepherman · 06-07-2009, 10:21 PM

I have been a fan of Yello ever since I first heard "Oh Yeah" in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Many people in the US aren't familiar with them, are any of you guys here fans?

Seth

brian s · 06-07-2009, 10:29 PM

The easy answer would be Oh Yeah.

I really liked The Race the video of which I have on CD Video.

Bri

zepherman · 06-07-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by brian s

The easy answer would be Oh Yeah.

I really liked The Race the video of which I have on CD Video.

Bri

Very cool!

Yes The Race video is one of my favorites also.

How many of their CD's do you own?

I have the following:

Solid Pleasure
Claro Que Si!
You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
Stella
The New Mix In One Go
One Second
Flag
Essential Yello
Baby
Zebra
Motion Picture
Pocket Universe
The Eye
Eccentrix Remixes
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (original soundtrack)

CD Singles:

Jungle Bill
Do It
Who's Gone
Of Course I'm Lying
Blazing Saddles
Live At The Roxy
Tied Up
Call It Love
Squeeze Please
The Race/Bostitch
How How (white Cover)
Planet Dada
Of Course I'm Lying & The Metropolitan Mixdown Part II
Rubberbandman
How How- The Originals

Yello has a brand new album due to be released this year sometime. I'm not sure what the name is though. Anyone have any info?

Seth

english_bob · 07-07-2009, 12:43 PM

Their first 4 albums are essential, Solid Pleasure, Claro Que Si!, You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess and Stella

Its generally regarded that Stella is their best album, but I disagree, I think the best starting to end point you could make would be (in order)

Claro Que Si!
Solid Pleasure
Stella
You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess

Its hard to believe that Solid Pleasure is 30 years old, made in 1979, and it is a peerless piece of work.

Thats the best thing about Yello, their is no point of reference with their music. Just listen to Bimbo on Solid Pleasure, nothing else like it, and the production is amazing.

From "One Second" onwards, they favoured the drum machine sound and heavy electric percussion which makes them sound too dated even for our current 80's revival, and the absence of those elements make the first 4 albums sound relevant and fresh still (they used a real drummer, Beat Ash for some of them)

nwgarratt · 07-07-2009, 9:02 PM

Been for 20 odd years now. I started with tapes then moved to CD and now I have most of their music on vinyl. It includes some hard to get stuff like Pocket Universe. I have neve seen it for sale since. I do have some duplicates but overall close to 90 pieces.

I am sucker for their singles on yellow vinyl.

Oh Yeah -

zepherman · 08-07-2009, 7:15 AM

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Originally Posted by english_bob

Their first 4 albums are essential, Solid Pleasure, Claro Que Si!, You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess and Stella

Its generally regarded that Stella is their best album, but I disagree, I think the best starting to end point you could make would be (in order)

Claro Que Si!
Solid Pleasure
Stella
You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess

Its hard to believe that Solid Pleasure is 30 years old, made in 1979, and it is a peerless piece of work.

Thats the best thing about Yello, their is no point of reference with their music. Just listen to Bimbo on Solid Pleasure, nothing else like it, and the production is amazing.

From "One Second" onwards, they favoured the drum machine sound and heavy electric percussion which makes them sound too dated even for our current 80's revival, and the absence of those elements make the first 4 albums sound relevant and fresh still (they used a real drummer, Beat Ash for some of them)

Personally I rather like the groups late 80/early 90 sound. My personal favorite album is Baby, with Flag 2nd, and One Second in third. They totally changed their signature sound on Zebra (with only Fat Cry and Poom Shanka staying in the same vein). But as different as Zebra is from their previous releases, it was Pocket Universe where they really changed.

But even after the radical shift in style, I still really enjoy Pocket Universe, as I do all of their releases after that. They changed with the times, but are still very much Yello. Their type of music is definitely all their own, and as different as many of their newer releases are, they're still just as addictive as ever.

I am really looking forward to their newest release, I hope we see it this year.

Another of their releases that is very hard to find, is one that they did for Audi. A steel cased limited edition that was given to owners of the Audi A5. I have been searching high and low for this CD and have yet to find one to buy.

Seth

zepherman · 08-07-2009, 7:21 AM

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Originally Posted by nwgarratt

Been for 20 odd years now. I started with tapes then moved to CD and now I have most of their music on vinyl. It includes some hard to get stuff like Pocket Universe. I have neve seen it for sale since. I do have some duplicates but overall close to 90 pieces.

I am sucker for their singles on yellow vinyl.

Oh Yeah -

My albums/singles.

No sign of the new album and no name for it yet. Last I heard was there was going to be track called You better Hide with guest singer Heidi Happy.

Holy crap!! And I thought I was a collector!

That my friend is one serious Yello collection! I am drooling.

There are so many that you own that I do not have. Many of which were never released on CD. Wow, I'm impressed (and jealous) of your collection. Thanks for sharing.

Seth

nwgarratt · 08-07-2009, 11:40 AM

Most of it came from ebay. Unfortunately, most of yello vinyl worth getting has disappeared from it now.

Once I bidded on a few times but never got is the yellow vinyl of On Track (from Pocket Universe). It is a 4 vinyl set and both times it went over the £40 I bidded. I believe it was only released in Germany. My Pocket Universe came from Germany too and the same seller had this On Track but obviously didn't get both. PU ended up at £30 inc postage from Germany. That is the most I have paid for something by Yello.

The cheapest was The Race 12" single at just 1p (plus 1.75p postage). I got the Yello music videos on DVD for just 75p. Some of them are really strange.

Apart from that Bimbo and the 3D picture disc of "I Love You". I have stuck with just 12" and stayed away from 7" singles.

soundstory · 08-07-2009, 11:59 AM

Spooky !

I was about to start exactly the same thread !

Yes, I'm a massive fan (good to see there are others too)

The first Yello material I bought was "The New Mix In One Go".

My fav period was probably Stella & One Second.

Being a massive Miami Vice fan, several songs were used.

Call It Love, Desire, Moon on Ice & Si Senor The Hairy Grill (Did I miss any?).

Rumours of a new album have been circulating for a while, but nothing confirmed

nwgarratt · 08-07-2009, 12:04 PM

The New Mix In One Go was the first album I listened to back in cassette days.

The film that got the most Yello is Nuns on the Run.

"THE RACE"
"MOON ON ICE"
"GOLD RUSH"
"HAWAIIAN CHANCE"
"ANOTHER RACE"
"DR. VAN STEINER"
"ON THE RUN"

soundstory · 08-07-2009, 1:55 PM

I can't recommend the remasters highly enough.

So many remasters from other acts are very love em or hate em, but the Yello ones are excellent

You can find them for a decent price if you look around

zepherman · 10-07-2009, 6:27 AM

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Originally Posted by nwgarratt

Most of it came from ebay. Unfortunately, most of yello vinyl worth getting has disappeared from it now.

Once I bidded on a few times but never got is the yellow vinyl of On Track (from Pocket Universe). It is a 4 vinyl set and both times it went over the £40 I bidded. I believe it was only released in Germany. My Pocket Universe came from Germany too and the same seller had this On Track but obviously didn't get both. PU ended up at £30 inc postage from Germany. That is the most I have paid for something by Yello.

The cheapest was The Race 12" single at just 1p (plus 1.75p postage). I got the Yello music videos on DVD for just 75p. Some of them are really strange.

Apart from that Bimbo and the 3D picture disc of "I Love You". I have stuck with just 12" and stayed away from 7" singles.

Yes you're right, a lot of the rare titles have disappeared from eBay. At one point I considered getting a turntable, mainly because a lot of the remixes I wanted were not available on CD. Well even now those albums still have not found their way to CD, and most likely won't.

So what's keeping me from getting a TT? I guess I have just gotten so spoiled by the convenience of CD's that I decided against the thought of caring for LP's. But I know that a well cared for (and clean) LP on the right TT with the right cartridge can sound phenomenal!

I am in awe of your collection.

Seth

zepherman · 10-07-2009, 6:40 AM

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Originally Posted by soundstory

Spooky !

I was about to start exactly the same thread !

Yes, I'm a massive fan (good to see there are others too)

The first Yello material I bought was "The New Mix In One Go".

My fav period was probably Stella & One Second.

Being a massive Miami Vice fan, several songs were used.

Call It Love, Desire, Moon on Ice & Si Senor The Hairy Grill (Did I miss any?).

Rumours of a new album have been circulating for a while, but nothing confirmed

That is spooky. But it is really cool to know that someone else was wanting to start a thread like this one.

My first Yello CD was One Second. And after listening to it I knew I had to get every full length CD that they released.

And the ones you mentioned that were used in Miami Vice are the ones I remember as well.

Very cool that after 30 years they're still going strong!

Seth

zepherman · 10-07-2009, 6:42 AM

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Originally Posted by soundstory

I can't recommend the remasters highly enough.

So many remasters from other acts are very love em or hate em, but the Yello ones are excellent

You can find them for a decent price if you look around

I need to get the remasters. Which ones are part of the series?

zepherman · 10-07-2009, 6:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nwgarratt

The New Mix In One Go was the first album I listened to back in cassette days.

The film that got the most Yello is Nuns on the Run.

"THE RACE"
"MOON ON ICE"
"GOLD RUSH"
"HAWAIIAN CHANCE"
"ANOTHER RACE"
"DR. VAN STEINER"
"ON THE RUN"

Yes that film has a lot of great songs!

soundstory · 10-07-2009, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zepherman

I need to get the remasters. Which ones are part of the series?

Hi,

The first six albums:

Solid Pleasure, Claro Que Si, You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess, Stella, One Second & Flag.

Can't recommend enough, excellent quality & great bonus tracks, this is how remasters should be done !

Play.com has them at 4.99 each, it's a steal !!

nwgarratt · 10-07-2009, 12:08 PM

I have the original CD's releases. One of my Stella LP's has a extra track that wasn't upposed to be there called Haunted House. Is that on the remastered Stella CD?

The Yello videos are on youtube (same as my DVD). One of my favourite videos and song is The Rhythm Divine. Shirley Bassey was very good in it.

YouTube - Yello Featuring Shirley Bassey - The Rhythm Divine

If anyone wants to try a different group but similar sound try Kraftwerk. They have been out a little longer than Yello but their music is done on synthesizers. They complement Yello quite well and often have Yello/Kraftwerk sessions. I have all their vinyl too.

soundstory · 13-07-2009, 8:38 AM

Now that you have mentioned Shirley Bassey, One thing we haven't mentioned is Billy Mackenzie's work with the duo.

I think that he was one of the great contributors to the Yello sound in the 80's.

soundstory · 13-07-2009, 8:38 AM

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Originally Posted by nwgarratt

I have the original CD's releases. One of my Stella LP's has a extra track that wasn't upposed to be there called Haunted House. Is that on the remastered Stella CD?

The Yello videos are on youtube (same as my DVD). One of my favourite videos and song is The Rhythm Divine. Shirley Bassey was very good in it.

YouTube - Yello Featuring Shirley Bassey - The Rhythm Divine

If anyone wants to try a different group but similar sound try Kraftwerk. They have been out a little longer than Yello but their music is done on synthesizers. They complement Yello quite well and often have Yello/Kraftwerk sessions. I have all their vinyl too.

Haunted House isn't on the remaster unfortunately, these are the extra tracks:

Blue Nabou 3.19 (B-side Vicious Games)
Oh Yeah (Indian Summer version) 5.29 (B-side 12" Desire)
Desire (12" mix) 6.53
Vicious Games (12" mix / edit).

Not being a fan of Oh Yeah, I'd have prefered Haunted House rather than the remix, maybe we'll get a Yello remasters doubles set one day !

zepherman · 16-07-2009, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soundstory

Hi,

The first six albums:

Solid Pleasure, Claro Que Si, You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess, Stella, One Second & Flag.

Can't recommend enough, excellent quality & great bonus tracks, this is how remasters should be done !

Play.com has them at 4.99 each, it's a steal !!

Thanks.

I really would like to get Stella, One Second, and Flag.

zepherman · 16-07-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nwgarratt

I have the original CD's releases. One of my Stella LP's has a extra track that wasn't upposed to be there called Haunted House. Is that on the remastered Stella CD?

The Yello videos are on youtube (same as my DVD). One of my favourite videos and song is The Rhythm Divine. Shirley Bassey was very good in it.

YouTube - Yello Featuring Shirley Bassey - The Rhythm Divine

If anyone wants to try a different group but similar sound try Kraftwerk. They have been out a little longer than Yello but their music is done on synthesizers. They complement Yello quite well and often have Yello/Kraftwerk sessions. I have all their vinyl too.

Yes Shirley Bassey did excellent on The Rhythm Divine. It kind of has a very 007ish feel to the sound. Probably because Bassey did the title song for Goldfinger, so her voice is remembered as such.

You know it's interesting but I've never listened to Kraftwerk. I need to check them out.

Seth

nwgarratt · 17-07-2009, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by zepherman

You know it's interesting but I've never listened to Kraftwerk. I need to check them out.

Seth

Try Computer World, Man Machine and Electric Cafe. There early stuff is a little stange for new people. Many of their tracks are on Spotify if you use it.

zepherman · 22-07-2009, 7:55 PM

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Originally Posted by nwgarratt

Try Computer World, Man Machine and Electric Cafe. There early stuff is a little stange for new people. Many of their tracks are on Spotify if you use it.

I gave them a listen, and as you mentioned their works are a little strange (make that different). A lot of their sound is very similar to ambient techno. It's something that isn't displeasing, but not quite as catchy as Yello's more famous works.

zepherman · 22-07-2009, 7:59 PM

Does anyone know where I can get the Audi A5 Yello promo CD "Progress and Perfection"? I have looked high and low for it on eBay with no luck.

Thanks.

Seth

soundstory · 23-07-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by zepherman

Does anyone know where I can get the Audi A5 Yello promo CD "Progress and Perfection"? I have looked high and low for it on eBay with no luck.

Thanks.

Seth

To be honest, all the tracks are snippets, I certainly wouldn't pay for it esp with the ridiculous prices it appears for from time to time

cunny678 · 24-07-2009, 12:23 PM

I used to play their Lp's quite a lot until I recently sold my Turntable

Although I still have the Lp's (currently trying to sell my record collection in the classifieds) I am looking to replace them with the CD versions. However, the vinyl versions of their records were some of the best produced best sounding albums I have ever heard and so I wanted to make sure I get the best sounding cd version!!

I seem to recall someone posting somewhere that most of the regular Yello titles had been remastered and were low priced. However, does anyone know if the sound quality is better on the original versions or the remasters? I know alot of remasters are more compressed and sound worse than the original copies!!!

Also did they do any decent sounding DVD's either live or studio?

nwgarratt · 24-07-2009, 12:31 PM

I am not interested in the CD's but I believe the first six Yello albums were remastered and they do sound better. They have a black "remastered" stripe down the left side. They also have extra tracks. I have the original releases and won't be replacing them.

Stella remastered

No DVD's except the music video one I have.

soundstory · 24-07-2009, 1:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cunny678

I used to play their Lp's quite a lot until I recently sold my Turntable

Although I still have the Lp's (currently trying to sell my record collection in the classifieds) I am looking to replace them with the CD versions. However, the vinyl versions of their records were some of the best produced best sounding albums I have ever heard and so I wanted to make sure I get the best sounding cd version!!

I seem to recall someone posting somewhere that most of the regular Yello titles had been remastered and were low priced. However, does anyone know if the sound quality is better on the original versions or the remasters? I know alot of remasters are more compressed and sound worse than the original copies!!!

Also did they do any decent sounding DVD's either live or studio?

As I mentioned before the remasters are some of the best i've heard, you can pick them up online for 4.99 each which is an absolute steal.

I can't comment on the compression, just that they are an improvement on the already excellent original cds.

There aren't any live Yello dvd's, they only have done a few shows, the most famous was Live at The Roxy from 1983.

I haven't seen this (it's only on vhs also) so I can only guess at the content.

The CD single is 15.01 mins long

There was a very very scare dvd version of "Essential" which contains all the videos up to Jungle Bill.

I have a copy which I treat like gold dust.

soundstory · 24-07-2009, 2:17 PM

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Originally Posted by zepherman

Does anyone know where I can get the Audi A5 Yello promo CD "Progress and Perfection"? I have looked high and low for it on eBay with no luck.

Thanks.

Seth

Here is the track listing:

Countdown 1.23
Distant Light 3.42
Driving Force 0.55
Umbria 2.31
Kite Vision 0.35
Chasing the Horizon 1.56
Distant Light (Instrumental) 1.22
Topaz 3.32 [from 1999 CD 'ECCENTRIX - REMIXES']
Pacific Rim 5.19
Kite One 0.39

Special limited CD sent out by AUDI to email lottery winners.

You might be able to find it in "other" places

nwgarratt · 24-07-2009, 2:22 PM

YouTube - Yello - Progress and Perfection