Showing posts with label Yello. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yello. Show all posts
January 18, 2021
November 25, 2020
Dieter Meier articles/mentions
January 15, 2020
20,000 vinyl LPs 201: Yello ~ Solid Pleasure & Boris Blank
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date & photographer unknown
Today is the birthday of Boris Blank who was born on January 15, 1952, in Zurich, Switzerland, and was one of the founding members of the VERY avant-garde group, Yello.
In
1981 I discovered his group when I was snagged by this VERY strange
album cover. How could anyone pass up a cover like this?
vinyl LP front cover
photo of album cover by Styrous®
I found Solid Pleasure, their first album release, and their second, Claro Que Si, at the same time. Each album is a doozy in totally different ways! More on Claro Que Si in a future article. The group's style is heavy on electronic based rhythms and melodies all
over-laid with the erotically sinister baritone/bass vocals of Dieter Meier.
Yello was formed by Boris Blank (keyboards, sampling, percussion, backing vocals) and Carlos Perón (tapes) in the late 1970s. After Solid Pleasure was released, Perón left the group. Dieter Meier
(vocals, lyrics), a millionaire industrialist and gambler, was brought
in when the two founders realised that they needed a singer. The new
band name, Yello, was chosen as a neologism
based on a comment made by Meier, "a yelled Hello". No credit is given
for the front cover design but credit for the back cover is given to
Nick Urbaniak.
vinyl LP back cover detail
back cover design by Nick Urbaniak
back cover design by Nick Urbaniak
detail photo of album back cover by Styrous®
The music ranges from semi-disco to extremely trippy! Bimbo is bouncy and jivey, with complicated rhythm layers. It is a great non-disco dance song as is Night Flanger which is fast from the very beginning with no into and lots of electronic effects and great lyrics!
Reverse Lion is a very fast instrumental but in spite of its speed it is delightfully trippy with an extremely sharp end. Magneto is slow, dreamy and VERY trippy with a heartbeat feeling to it. Massage fits into the trippy category as well with an almost religious feeling to it; it goes right into Assistant's Cry which is also trippy but VERY scary! This goes into Bostich which is VERY fast and trippy.
Downtown Samba, is true to its name: a very fast samba that is great to dance to with its Brazilian feel that has nothing what-so-ever to do with Brazil and is VERY "Downtown".
Reverse Lion is a very fast instrumental but in spite of its speed it is delightfully trippy with an extremely sharp end. Magneto is slow, dreamy and VERY trippy with a heartbeat feeling to it. Massage fits into the trippy category as well with an almost religious feeling to it; it goes right into Assistant's Cry which is also trippy but VERY scary! This goes into Bostich which is VERY fast and trippy.
Downtown Samba, is true to its name: a very fast samba that is great to dance to with its Brazilian feel that has nothing what-so-ever to do with Brazil and is VERY "Downtown".
vinyl LP back cover detail
back cover design by Nick Urbaniak
back cover design by Nick Urbaniak
detail photo of album back cover by Styrous®
Rock Stop is a great medium speed dance song with a clapping synthesizer effect joined by a boingy
one that gives the song a fun, joyous feeling. It is followed by an
equally fun feeling instrumental with an almost tuba-like sound, Coast To Polka, which has the speed of a runaway freight train.
Blue Green starts with a "flash" that goes into a very quiet but fast gallop beat. It is basically an instrumental but has a non-verbal male chorus. This song features a quietly beautiful guitar played by Chico Hablas. It is an incredible trip song!
Eternal Legs starts suddenly; it is a fast, almost disco dance song with a male chorus and great lyrics. The electronic effects are terrific and it is a lot of fun to dance to it! I remember dancing to an extended DJ version of it at one of the discos in San Francisco. It mixes right into Stanztrigger which is fast but quietly trippy.
Bananas To The Beatis a fun and silly dance song with fun lyrics; it is also a samba and a nice palate changer.
Blue Green starts with a "flash" that goes into a very quiet but fast gallop beat. It is basically an instrumental but has a non-verbal male chorus. This song features a quietly beautiful guitar played by Chico Hablas. It is an incredible trip song!
Eternal Legs starts suddenly; it is a fast, almost disco dance song with a male chorus and great lyrics. The electronic effects are terrific and it is a lot of fun to dance to it! I remember dancing to an extended DJ version of it at one of the discos in San Francisco. It mixes right into Stanztrigger which is fast but quietly trippy.
Bananas To The Beatis a fun and silly dance song with fun lyrics; it is also a samba and a nice palate changer.
vinyl LP back cover detail
back cover design by Nick Urbaniak
back cover design by Nick Urbaniak
detail photo of album back cover by Styrous®
Blank
composes and produces solo music, under the name Avant Garden, which is
intended for licensing to the film and TV production industry.
This music is handled by Extreme Music.
Side 1: A1 - Bimbo
A2 - Night Flanger
A3 - Reverse Lion
A4 - Downtown Samba
A5 - Magneto
A6 - Massage
A7 - Assistant's Cry
A8 - Bostich
Side 2:
B1 - Rock Stop
B2 - Coast To Polka
B3 - Blue Green
B4 - Eternal Legs
B5 - Stanztrigger
B6 - Bananas To The Beat
Companies, etc.
Copyright (c) – Cryptic Corporation
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Cryptic Corporation
Recorded At – Yello Studio
Recorded At – Platinum One Studio
Lacquer Cut At – Sonic Arts
Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L-3035
Manufactured By – Ralph Records
Published By – Pale Pachyderm Publishing
Credits:
Composed By – Boris Blank, Blank* (tracks: A7, B3, B5), Peron* (tracks: A7, B3, B5)
Design [Back Cover] – Nick Urbaniak (2)
Drums – Felix Haug, Walt Kaiser*
Effects, Tape – Carlos Perón
Electronics – Boris Blank
Guitar – Chico Hablas
Lacquer Cut By – LKIKS*
Lyrics By – Dieter Meier
Producer, Engineer – Ursli Weber, Yello
Vocals – Dieter Meier
Notes:
Issued with generic Ralph Records "Official Buy Or Die Innersleeve."
Recorded 1980 at Yello Studio and Platinum One Studio.
℗ © 1980, The Cryptic Corporation
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): [Etched] LKIKS [Stamped] ⊏◯⊐ [Etched] YL 8059-L-A L-3035
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): [Etched] LK [Stamped] ⊏◯⊐ [Etched] YL 8059L / B L-3035-X
Rights Society: BMI
Yello – Solid Pleasure
Label: Ralph Records – YL 8059-L
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 15 Oct 1980
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Viewfinder links:
Boris Blank
Yello
Net links:
The Guardian ~ America thought we were black guys rapping
Official Charts ~ Yello chart list
Solid Pleasure lyrics ~
Bimbo
Night Flanger
Downtown Samba
Assistant's Cry
Rock Stop
Eternal Legs
Bananas To The Beat
Yello website
YouTube links:
Bimbo
Night Flanger
Reverse Lion
Downtown Samba
Magneto
Massage
Assistant's Cry
Bostich
Rock Stop
Coast To Polka
Blue Green
Eternal Legs
Stanztrigger
Happy Birthday, Boris, &
thanks for decades of listening pleasure!
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, January 15, 2020
January 12, 2020
Boris Blank articles/mentions
~ I Love You 7" in 3D
Solid Pleasure & Boris Blank
Yello
mentions:
Like "Picasso at the Lapin Agile"
Boris Blank
date & photographer unknown
July 23, 2017
The Styrous Viewfinder ~ 250,000 Pageviews
Today, the Viewfinder hit a quarter million Pageviews. I am amazed, to say the least. Once again, I owe a heart-felt thanks to the many readers who have visited my blog.
Regards,
Styrous® ~ Sunday, July 23, 2017
July 6, 2017
45 RPMs 16: Yello ~ I Love You 7" in 3D
photos by Styrous®
The I Love You, 45 RPM, 7" single by Yello is from the album, You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess. Yello is a Swiss electronic band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank.
Special 3D glasses are needed to view the Stereogram effect. There are paper 3D glasses available online.
3D glasses
December 27, 2013
45 RPMs Archive
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I
have over 20,000 vinyl LP albums I am selling (see link below); this archive of 45 RPM records is an extension of that collection. Each blog entry is about a 45
from my collection. Contact Styrous® for more information
3D Vinyl LPs & 45 RPMs
Birth of the 45 rpm record ~ March 31, 1949
The RCA Victor 45-EY-2 45 RPM record player
45 RPMs 1: Big Black ~ Bulldozer
45 RPMs 2: The Wild One ~ 1953 12" 45 EP
45 RPMs 3: Adam & the Ants ~ Ant Music EP
45 RPMs 4: Bill Haley ~ Rock Around the Clock
45 RPMs 5: Cal Tjader ~ Huracán on 12" White Vinyl
45 RPMs 6: Depeche Mode ~ Just Can't Get Enough 12" single
45 RPMs 7: Glenn Danzig - Who Killed Marilyn?
45 RPMs 8: PIL (Public Image Ltd.) ~ Metal Box
45 RPMs 9: Depeche Mode ~ Master & Servant
45 RPMs 10: A Tribute To James Dean
45 RPMs 11: Chuck Berry ~ Maybellene
45 RPMs 12: Prince ~ Raspberry Beret
45 RPMs 13: The Crickets ~ That'll Be The Day @ 60
45 RPMs 21: Pink Floyd ~ The Wall: Music from the film
45 RPMs 22: Bill Haley & His Comets ~ (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
45 RPMs 23: The Platters ~ My Prayer
45 RPMs 24: Elvis Presley ~ Don't Be Cruel
45 RPMs 25: Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston ~ Now A Duet in Heaven
45 RPMs 26: Julie London ~ Cry Me a River
45 RPMs 27: Clarence "Frogman" Henry ~ Ain't Got No Home
45 RPMs 28: Bill Haley and the Comets ~ See You Later Alligator
45 RPMs 29: Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) ~ Der Räuber Und Der Prinz
45 RPMs 30: The Platters ~ (You've Got) The Magic Touch
45 RPMs 31: The Platters ~ Only You (And You Alone)
45 RPMs 32: The Residents ~ (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
45 RPMs 33: Buddy Knox ~ Party Doll & My Baby's Gone
45 RPMs 34: Bill Buchanan & Dickie Goodman ~ The Flying Saucer
45 RPMs 35: Spın̈al Tap ~ Christmas With The Devil
45 RPMs 36: Hawkshaw Hawkins ~ Ling Ting Tong a Honky Tonk song
45 RPMs 37: Fats Domino ~ I'm Walkin'
45 RPMs 38: Skatt Brothers ~ Don't Be Cruel (Disco Daze 4)
45 RPMs 39: Elvis Presley ~ All Shook Up & Otis Blackwell
45 RPMs 40: Giuseppe Verdi ~ Il Trovatore
45 RPMs 41: "Fats" Domino ~ Blueberry Hill
45 RPMs 42: Silvana Mangano ~ Anna soundtrack
45 RPMs 43: Grace Jones ~ The Apple Stretching 12"45
45 RPMs 44: Devo ~ (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
45 RPMs 45: Prince ~ Batdance
45 RPMs 46: Gale Storm ~ I Hear You Knocking & My Little Margie
45 RPMs 47: Joe Jackson ~ I'm the Man (45 RPM box set)
Birth of the 45 rpm record ~ March 31, 1949
The RCA Victor 45-EY-2 45 RPM record player
45 RPMs 1: Big Black ~ Bulldozer
45 RPMs 2: The Wild One ~ 1953 12" 45 EP
45 RPMs 3: Adam & the Ants ~ Ant Music EP
45 RPMs 4: Bill Haley ~ Rock Around the Clock
45 RPMs 5: Cal Tjader ~ Huracán on 12" White Vinyl
45 RPMs 6: Depeche Mode ~ Just Can't Get Enough 12" single
45 RPMs 7: Glenn Danzig - Who Killed Marilyn?
45 RPMs 8: PIL (Public Image Ltd.) ~ Metal Box
45 RPMs 9: Depeche Mode ~ Master & Servant
45 RPMs 10: A Tribute To James Dean
45 RPMs 11: Chuck Berry ~ Maybellene
45 RPMs 12: Prince ~ Raspberry Beret
45 RPMs 13: The Crickets ~ That'll Be The Day @ 60
45 RPMs 14: I'll Cry Tomorrow ~ Susan Hayward @ 100
45 RPMs 15: Charles Laughton reads The Night of the Hunter
45 RPMs 16: Yello ~ I Love You 7" in 3D
45 RPMs 15: Charles Laughton reads The Night of the Hunter
45 RPMs 16: Yello ~ I Love You 7" in 3D
45 RPMs 17: Cat People & John Heard
45 RPMs 18: Madonna ~ Don't Cry for Me Argentina 12" of fun!
45 RPMs 19: Leila And The Snakes, Obiko & Kaisik Wong
45 RPMs 20: Divine ~ Walk Like a Man 45 rpm picture disc 45 RPMs 21: Pink Floyd ~ The Wall: Music from the film
45 RPMs 22: Bill Haley & His Comets ~ (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
45 RPMs 23: The Platters ~ My Prayer
45 RPMs 24: Elvis Presley ~ Don't Be Cruel
45 RPMs 26: Julie London ~ Cry Me a River
45 RPMs 27: Clarence "Frogman" Henry ~ Ain't Got No Home
45 RPMs 28: Bill Haley and the Comets ~ See You Later Alligator
45 RPMs 29: Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) ~ Der Räuber Und Der Prinz
45 RPMs 30: The Platters ~ (You've Got) The Magic Touch
45 RPMs 31: The Platters ~ Only You (And You Alone)
45 RPMs 32: The Residents ~ (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
45 RPMs 33: Buddy Knox ~ Party Doll & My Baby's Gone
45 RPMs 34: Bill Buchanan & Dickie Goodman ~ The Flying Saucer
45 RPMs 35: Spın̈al Tap ~ Christmas With The Devil
45 RPMs 36: Hawkshaw Hawkins ~ Ling Ting Tong a Honky Tonk song
45 RPMs 37: Fats Domino ~ I'm Walkin'
45 RPMs 38: Skatt Brothers ~ Don't Be Cruel (Disco Daze 4)
45 RPMs 39: Elvis Presley ~ All Shook Up & Otis Blackwell
45 RPMs 40: Giuseppe Verdi ~ Il Trovatore
45 RPMs 41: "Fats" Domino ~ Blueberry Hill
45 RPMs 42: Silvana Mangano ~ Anna soundtrack
45 RPMs 43: Grace Jones ~ The Apple Stretching 12"45
45 RPMs 44: Devo ~ (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
45 RPMs 45: Prince ~ Batdance
45 RPMs 46: Gale Storm ~ I Hear You Knocking & My Little Margie
45 RPMs 47: Joe Jackson ~ I'm the Man (45 RPM box set)
45 RPMs 48: Patsy Cline ~ Walkin' After Midnight
45 RPMs 49: The Supremes ~ I Hear a Symphony
45 RPMs 50: Bert Kaempfert ~ Wonderland By Night
45 RPMs 51: Ben E. King ~ Spanish Harlem
45 RPMs 52: Ferlin Husky ~ Gone
45 RPMs 53: Elvis Presley ~ Heartbreak Hotel
45 RPMs 54: Don Cherry ~ Band of Gold
45 RPMs 55: Rick James ~ Super Freak 12" 45
45 RPMs 54: Don Cherry ~ Band of Gold
45 RPMs 55: Rick James ~ Super Freak 12" 45
45 RPMs 56: Bobby "Boris" Pickett ~ Monster Mash
45 RPMs 57: The Marcels ~ Blue Moon & John Dillinger
45 RPMs 58: John Cale ~ Animal Justice & Hedda Gabler
45 RPMs 59: The Coasters ~ Yakety Yak
45 RPMs 60: Frank Sinatra ~ Strangers in the Night
45 RPMs 61: Tiny Tim ~ Keeping My Troubles To Myself
45 RPMs 62: Michael Damian ~ Rock On with 12"
45 RPMs 63: The Coasters ~ Poison Ivy
45 RPMs 64: Tuxedomoon ~ Ninotchka
45 RPMs 66: Lulu ~ To Sir With Love & Neil Diamond
45 RPMs 67: Jaye P. Morgan ~ Pepper-Hot Baby
45 RPMs 68: Del Shannon ~ Runaway & Max Crook's Musitron
45 RPMs 69: The Judds ~ Why Not Me?
45 RPMs 70: Smiley Lewis ~ Shame, Shame, Shame 45 RPMs 71: Dire Straits ~Money for Nothing
45 RPMs 72: Carl Perkins ~ Blue Suede Shoes
45 RPMs 73: Sam Cooke ~ You Send Me
45 RPMs 74: Harry Belafonte ~ Banana Boat Song (Day O)
45 RPMs 75: Red Buttons ~ Strange Things Are Happening
45 RPMs 77: Aretha Franklin ~ Spanish Harlem
45 RPMs 78: Enrico Caruso ~ Caruso Sings 45 (red vinyl)
45 RPMs 79: Perry Como ~ Catch A Falling Star
45 RPMs 80: Elvis Presley ~ Are You Lonesome To-night?
45 RPMs 81: Madonna ~ La Isla Bonita
45 RPMs 84: Crime ~ Hot wire My Heart 45 RPMs 90: Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps – Be-Bop-A-Lula
45 RPMs 91: Tennessee Ernie Ford ~ Sixteen Tons
45 RPMs 93: Martine Bijl & Don McLean ~ Vincent
45 RPMs 94: Sex Pistols ~ God Save the Queen
45 RPMs 96: Brenda Lee ~ Jambalaya
45 RPMs 97: Chubby Cheker ~ The Twist
45 RPMs 98: Gene Chandler & the Dukays ~ Duke of Earl
45 RPMs 99: Etta James ~ At Last
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