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LinusMines

le 19 Jun 2008 à 07:32

The second track from YMO's 1978 album debut was a remake of Martin Denny's 1959 exotica composition 'Firecracker' (audio clip at http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Village-Enchanted-Martin-Denny/dp/B000000IAS/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi/105-3178855-5292466), and was a hit for the Japanese synthpop group. When the updated 'Firecracker' was released as a single internationally, however, it was commonly preceded by the debut album's short opening track, 'Computer Game: Theme From The Circus'. In some cases, the two segued tracks were mislabeled as 'Computer Game' (examples: US, http://www.discogs.com/release/317343; Europe, http://www.discogs.com/release/1334838). In the UK, 'Firecracker' was released under its proper title, even with the presence of a 'Computer Game' prelude (http://www.discogs.com/release/39571).

squal

le 19 Jun 2008 à 17:17

Thank you for your explanation linus but i know that this track as different names and different version but my version is 6 mn 38sec and if you check discog no version of 6mn 38 sec has the "computer game/firecracker" name.It's "computer game" or "Computer Game (Theme From "The Circus")".I could not find version of 6 mn 38sec with the name "computer game-firecracker" on it.So i will accept "computer game" or "Computer Game (Theme From "The Circus")"

LinusMines

le 20 Jun 2008 à 03:14

True...I don't believe you'll find the two tracks together anywhere as "Computer Game/Firecracker" (maybe the reason why the UK single included the proper title was that it used a different track than "Computer Game: Theme From The Circus"). The point of my post was not to defend choosing "Firecracker" -- which, you're right, isn't the title as far as the quiz is concerned -- but to show how the record company created confusion back in 1978 by not labeling the single correctly.

squal	le 20 Jun 2008 à 20:08
ok thanks to you for the precision it's always interesting . You can answer the quizz if yo like i don't think somebody else will http://www.watzatsong.com/EN/my-query/78004.html have a nice evening :)

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