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Great LP for all of you New Wave Electronica fans out there...

Yello Claro Que Si
Rare 1981 Original Pressing  of this Classic New Wave LP

Ralph Records

YL-8159B




Condition: LP:  VG++
Jacket:  VG++


Yello 

The ambitious Swiss electronic duo  comprised vocalist/conceptualist  -- a millionaire industrialist, professional gambler, and member of Switzerland's national golf team -- and composer/arranger . The two began collaborating in 1979 and debuted with the single "I.T. Splash." After a steady ascent, their star rose significantly with the inclusion of their 1985 single "Oh Yeah" in ' Ferris Bueller's Day Off. They consolidated their subsequent international success with 1988's "The Race," a Top Ten hit in seven countries. Next came a move into film, while maintaining a six-album run of Top Ten placings on the Swiss charts that stretched into the late '90s. Although 's releases became less frequent in the new century, the duo became even more successful in their homeland. Incredibly, 2016 brought their first live show in front of an audience, just before the release of their 14th studio album in 2020.

After signing with ' label Ralph Records,  issued their 1980 debut LP, , which spawned the dance hit "Bostitch." With 1981's ,  made its first forays into music video; their clip for the single "Pinball Cha Cha," directed by , garnered considerable acclaim and in 1985 was selected as one of 32 works included in the Museum of Modern Art's Music Video Exhibition. Visual accompaniment remained a pivotal component of the duo's work after they signed to Elektra in 1983 for the LP , as the videos for "I Love You" and "Lost and Found" received heavy airplay on MTV.

1985's  proved to be 's commercial breakthrough: while the singles and videos "Desire" and "Vicious Games" found success upon their initial release, the duo enjoyed a delayed hit with the album track "Oh Yeah," which reached the U.S. singles chart. After the remix project ,  recruited diva  and ex-  for 1987's .

Despite the success of 1988's , which contained the aforementioned hit "The Race," over the course of the next several years  grew increasingly involved with film projects: after scoring the comedy ,  directed his own feature, 1990's Snowball. In 1991, the duo resurfaced with , followed three years later by . 1995's  compiled reinterpretations of the group's songs by the likes of , , and , while , a collection of new material, appeared in 1997. Their tenth effort, , arrived only two years later, but wasn't followed up until 2003's , which included a number of collaborations with . , their 12th album, landed in 2009 and featured smooth jazz megastar  on three selections. Both this record and 2016's  hit the number one spot in Switzerland before the singles "Waba Duba" and "Out of Sight" were issued ahead of 2020's . In 2021, the duo commemorated over four decades in the business with the release of , a retrospective released on multiple formats, the most lavish of which was a four-CD set accompanied by a glossy hardback book charting their career.