Although name-dropped less often than they deserve, Yellow Magic Orchestra boldly surfed the cutting edge of electronic pop at the beginning of the 1980s, and in their way were almost as influential as the much-revered Kraftwerk.
What's fascinating about these reissues of their four studio albums is how you can hear them developing idiosyncratic sounds and musical approaches on the opposite side of the globe from their European contemporaries, and reaching their own fresh conclusions.
The debut disc, Yellow Magic Orchestra, was infused with a skittish wit that never quite left them even as their music grew more subtle and intricate (the Japanese press coined the term "Technopop" to describe it).
Solid State Survivor was a giant leap forward, featuring Behind The Mask, which was later covered by Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton and the Human League.
The globe continued to shrink with Technodelic, with its emphasis on mysterious abstract textures which would find echoes in the likes of Simple Minds and Japan.
Naughty Boys, with Bill Nelson on guitar, is clever and artful, but short on authentic YMO quirkiness.