After Service

After Service
After Service
Live album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Released	February 22, 1984
Recorded	12 – 13 December 1983
Venue	Nippon Budokan, Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Genre	Art rock; electro-funk; electronic rock; exotica; J-pop; new wave; synthpop; techno;
Length	1:22:21 (double-LP, double-CD); 71:04 (single-CD)
Label	Alfa
Producer	Haruomi Hosono
Yellow Magic Orchestra chronology
Alternative cover
	Vinyl cover

After Service is the second live album by Yellow Magic Orchestra, directly following their (at the time) final studio album, Service. The album features former ABC member David Palmer on additional drums. A film version was released alongside the album. After Service features "Kageki na Shukujo" (過激な淑女, "Radical Lady"), which was released in a studio version as a single, but does not feature on any of their albums (compilations excepted).

After Service was later expanded and remixed by Brian Eno under the title Complete Service.^[1]

Track listing[]

Double-LP[]

All songs arranged by YMO.

Disc 1/Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Propaganda"		Yellow Magic Orchestra	1:53
2.	"Tong Poo" (東風 Ton Pū)		Ryuichi Sakamoto	5:06
3.	"Behind the Mask"	Chris Mosdell	Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi	4:33
4.	"Solid State Survivor"	Mosdell	Takahashi	4:09
5.	"La Femme Chinoise" (中国女 Chūgoku Onna)	Mosdell	Takahashi	5:02
Total length:				20:43

Disc 1/Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ongaku" (音楽)	Sakamoto	Sakamoto	3:27
2.	"Focus"	Haruomi Hosono, Peter Barakan	Hosono, Takahashi	3:47
3.	"Ballet"	Takahashi, Barakan	Takahashi	4:37
4.	"Wild Ambitions"	Hosono	Hosono, Sakamoto	5:15
5.	"Kai-Koh" (邂逅)	Sakamoto	Sakamoto	4:09
Total length:				21:15 (41:58)

Disc 2/Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Expecting Rivers" (希望の河 Kibō no Kawa)	Takahashi	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:48
2.	"See-Through"	Barakan	YMO	3:40
3.	"Key" (手掛かり Tegakari)	Hosono, Barakan	Hosono, Takahashi	4:29
4.	"Technopolis"		Sakamoto	4:14
5.	"Rydeen" (雷電 Raidīn)		Takahashi	4:04
Total length:				21:15

Disc 2/Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin)	Hosono, Barakan	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:15
2.	"Kageki na Shujuko" (過激な淑女)	Takashi Matsumoto	YMO	4:21
3.	"Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. (Uwaki na Vakansu)" (君に、胸キュン。（浮気なヴァカンス）)	Matsumoto	YMO	4:31
4.	"Firecracker"		Martin Denny	6:01
Total length:				19:08 (40:23) (1:22:21)

Single-CD release[]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Propaganda"		Yellow Magic Orchestra	1:53
2.	"Tong Poo" (東風 Ton Pū)		Ryuichi Sakamoto	5:07
3.	"Behind the Mask"	Chris Mosdell	Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi	4:34
4.	"Solid State Survivor"	Mosdell	Takahashi	4:00
5.	"La Femme Chinoise" (中国女 Chūgoku Onna)	Mosdell	Takahashi	5:12
6.	"Ongaku" (音楽)	Sakamoto	Sakamoto	3:26
7.	"Ballet"	Takahashi, Barakan	Takahashi	4:38
8.	"Wild Ambitions"	Hosono	Hosono, Sakamoto	5:17
9.	"Expecting Rivers" (希望の河 Kibō no Kawa)	Takahashi	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:46
10.	"Key" (手掛かり Tegakari)	Hosono, Barakan	Hosono, Takahashi	4:34
11.	"Technopolis"		Sakamoto	4:14
12.	"Rydeen" (雷電 Raidīn)		Takahashi	4:16
13.	"You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin)	Hosono, Barakan	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:18
14.	"Kageki na Shujuko" (過激な淑女)	Takashi Matsumoto	YMO	4:22
15.	"Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. (Uwaki na Vakansu)" (君に、胸キュン。（浮気なヴァカンス）)	Matsumoto	YMO	4:31
16.	"Firecracker"		Martin Denny	5:56
Total length:				71:04

Complete Service[]

Disc 1
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Propaganda" (Full Version)		YMO	5:42
2.	"Tong Poo" (東風 Ton Pū)		Sakamoto	5:17
3.	"Behind the Mask"	Mosdell	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:39
4.	"Solid State Survivor"	Mosdell	Takahashi	4:46
5.	"La Femme Chinoise" (中国女 Chūgoku Onna)	Mosdell	Takahashi	5:10
6.	"Ongaku" (音楽)	Sakamoto	Sakamoto	3:30
7.	"Focus"	Hosono, Barakan	Hosono, Takahashi	3:48
8.	"Shadows on the Ground"	Sakamoto, Takahashi, Barakan	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:27
9.	"Ballet"	Takahashi, Barakan	Takahashi	4:41
10.	"Perspective"	Sakamoto, Barakan	Sakamoto	5:09
11.	"Wild Ambitions"	Hosono	Hosono, Sakamoto	5:17
12.	"The Madmen" (マッドメン Maddomen)	Hosono, Barakan	Hosono	5:27
Total length:				57:53

Disc 2
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Limbo"	Hosono, Takahashi, Barakan	Hosono, Takahashi	3:41
2.	"Chinese Whispers"	Takahashi, Barakan	Takahashi	4:17
3.	"Expecting Rivers" (希望の河 Kibō no Kawa)	Takahashi	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:48
4.	"Kai-Koh" (邂逅)	Sakamoto	Sakamoto	4:09
5.	"See-Through"	Barakan	YMO	3:43
6.	"Key" (手掛かり Tegakari)	Hosono, Barakan	Hosono, Takahashi	4:35
7.	"You've Got to Help Yourself" (以心電信 Ishin Denshin)	Hosono, Barakan	Sakamoto, Takahashi	4:42
8.	"Firecracker"		Denny	5:23
9.	"Kageki na Shujuko" (過激な淑女)	Matsumoto	YMO	4:24
10.	"Kimi ni, Mune Kyun. (Uwaki na Vakansu)" (君に、胸キュン。（浮気なヴァカンス）)	Matsumoto	YMO	4:47
11.	"Technopolis"		Sakamoto	4:14
12.	"Rydeen" (雷電 Raidīn)		Takahashi	4:44
Total length:				53:27 (1:51:20)

Personnel[]

(track numbers based on the Complete Service sequencing)

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Arrangements, Electronics, Keyboards, Mixing engineers, Producers

Haruomi Hosono - Bass (4-5, 11-14), Lead Vocals (7, 11-13, 16), Backing Vocals (3-4, 6, 9-10, 14, 17-19, 21-24)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Lead Vocals (3, 6, 8, 10-11, 16), Backing Vocals (4, 12, 14-15, 17-19, 21-24)
Yukihiro Takahashi - Electronic drums (2-4, 7, 12, 16, 20, 23-24), Cymbals (2-4, 20, 23-24), Lead Vocals (4-9, 13-19, 21-22), Backing Vocals (3, 10, 23-24)

Guest musician

David Palmer (ex-ABC) - Electronic Drums & Cymbals (5-19, 21-22)

Staff

Mitsuo Koike - Recording & Mixing engineer
Akitsugu Doi & Shinji Miyoshi - Assistant Engineers
Teppei Kasai (CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio) - Mastering engineer
Kazusuke Obi - A&R Coordinators
Tsuguya Inoue - Art director
Beans Suzi Sakamoto - Design
Kenji Miura - Inside Photo

Credits[]

Tour Crew

Planning: Makoto Sato & YMO
Production: Makoto Sato & Tadsashi Katoh
Stage Design: Kappa Senoh
Stage Direction: Osamu Yamada
Art Direction: Tsuguya Inoue
Light Planning: Jiro Katsushiba
Choreographer: Tsukio Kurotaki
Hair & Make-up: Chiaki Shimada, Kiyomi Yoshikawa (Ours), and Mikio Honda (Bijin)
Stage Staff: Takenori "Mansaku" Kubota, Terunobu Ohtsuka, Mariko Okabayashi, Satoru Ide (Create Osaka), Junji Kobayashi, Shoichi Katoh, Kazumi Hoshi, Masakatsu Yamada, Terunobu Tamaya, Yasutaka Nakano, Yoshio Kumada, Kazuo Kawakami (Kanai Ohdogu)
Sound: Ken Kondo (Front), Hiroyuki "Ah So!" Matsura (Monitor), Noriyasu "Uchiumi" Nishiumi, Yoshiaki "Noisy" Nojima (Hibino Sound), Kohji "Shacho!" Sawai (Crewbie Office)
Lighting: Takenori Hayakawa, Koyshin Suzuki, Yoshinori Kobyashi, Minoru Kobayashi, Toshiaki Hirasawa, Takashi Uehara, Kenji Muto, Kiyoto Hoshino, Sonoyo Nishikawa, Reiko Nihei, Masaki Hotei, Kazuhiko Koike (Stage Factory)
Transportation: Tadashi Ohgawara, Kazuhito Miyamoto, Toshinobu Kiyobe, Mitsuo Shimada, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Tomio Maeda (Minegishi Unso)
Instrument Care: Akimitsu Sasagawa (Crewbie Office), Kohji Kanamaru (Yoroshita Music), Masanobu Tsuchiya (Office Intenzio)
Tape Operated & Click Mixed by: Takeshi Fujii (Yoroshita Music)
Linn & Simmons Operated by: Aki Yamazoe (Yoroshita Music)

Equipment Support

TEAC Corp. (TEAC 48 Tape Recorder, DBX DX-40 Noise Reduction)
Onkyo Corp. (Onkyo PW-33 Transmitter, PR-1 Receiver)
Management: Yoichi Itoh, Junko Sugimura, Hiromitsu Fujisawa (Office Intenzio), Fumie Takahashi, Peter Barakan (Yoroshita Music)
Tour Conductor: Rima "Rimao" Yamashita (Yoroshita Music)
Tour book compiled and edited by: Hiroma Shimizu
Promotion: Kunio Tzutsu
Dancers: Jacqueline Hurley, Clare Macnamara, Tina Stubbington, Nicole Matney (FOLIO)
Executive Producer: Hiroshi Okura (Yoroshita Music)

[Re-issue]

Supervised by: Yuji Tanaka
Remastering and edited by: Mitsuo Koike at Ast studio, Tokyo, July 1999
Art Direction & Design: Takayuki Innami
Design: Kazuhiro Nozawa

References[]

^ YMO – Complete Service at Discogs

[1] YMO – Complete Service at Discogs

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