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List of songs, instrumentals and sound collages recorded and released by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark beginning with the letter **D**.

See also: Songs category

### Dancing

**Written by**: Humphreys/McCluskey

**First release**: *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (album)' (1980)*

**Versions**

* Album version (2:58)
	+ Produced by Chester Valentino
	+ Recorded at The Gramophone Suite

* Peel session (3:09)

**Live**: 1979, 1980

**Notes**:

* also performed live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, May 1980

### Dazzle Ships (Parts I, IV, V & VI)

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: Dazzle Ships At The Museum Of Liverpool (EP) (2015)

**Produced** by OMD

**Versions**

* EP version

**Live**:

**Notes**:

### Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII)

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: *Dazzle Ships* (1983)

**Versions**

* Album version (2:21)
	+ Produced by Rhett Davies/OMD

**Live**: 1983, 2014, 2016

**Notes**:

### Decimal

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: *English Electric* (2013)

**Versions**

* Album version (01:14)
	+ Produced by OMD

**Live**:

**Notes**:

### Distance Fades Between Us

**Written by**: Humphreys/McCluskey

**First release**: *Organisation* LP, free 7" artefact (1980)

**Versions**

* EP version (3:44)
	+ Produced by
	+ Recorded live at The Factory/Eric's

**Live**: as above

**Notes**:

### Dollar Girl

**Written by**: McCluskey

**First release**: *Liberator* (1993)

**Versions**

* Album version (4:19)
	+ Produced by McClusky/Coxon

**Live**: none known

**Notes**:

### Don't Go

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: single, 2019

**Versions**

* Single version: (3:30)

**Live**: 2019

**Notes**

### Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)

**Written by**: Barry White

**First release**: *Liberator* (1993)

* Produced by McCluskey/Coxon

**Versions**

* Album version (4:16)
* 7" remix (3:53)

**Live**: 1993

**Notes**: "Love's Theme" prod. Barry White; 7" remix Gregg Jackman

### Dreaming

*Written by*: OMD

**First release**: Dreaming, single (1988)

* Produced by OMD

**Versions**

* 7" version (3:56)
* 12" extended mix (6:26)
* William Orbit remix (7:15)
* Extended 12" Club mix (8:23)
* Club mix edit (4:58)

**Live**: 1991, 2019

**Notes**: single released twice in 1988.

### Dresden

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: *English Electric* (2013)

* Produced by OMD

**Versions**

* album version (3:36)
* single edit (3:25)
* John Foxx & The Maths remix (4:14)
* Mike Jolly's Architectural remix (6:18)

**Live**: 2013

**Notes**:

### Drift

*Written by*: OMD

**First release**: Secret single, 1985

* Produced by OMD & Brian Tench

**Versions**

* 7"/12" versions

**Live**: non known

**Notes**: no digital format exists

### Dumbomb

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: *Unreleased Archive Vol I* (2019)

* Produced by OMD (?)

**Versions**

* one version only (4:44)

**Live**: none

**Notes**: demo recording (01.1986)

### Dynamo Children

***Written by*:** OMD

**First release**: *Unreleased Archive Vol I (2019)*

* Produced by OMD (?)

**Versions**

* one version only (3:10)

**Live**: none

**Notes**: demo recording (01.1985)

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Tocata (TVE)

**Tocata** was the title of a pop TV show broadcast by **TVE** (sometimes stylised as 'tve', an acronym for 'televisión española'), the Spanish state television broadcasting service.

## Links to OMD

* OMD appeared on the show on 18 September 1984 for a mimed performance of Locomotion in front of a live audience. (*watch here, 32 mins. in*)
Sacred Heart

## Availability

* *Navigation The OMD B-Sides* (2001)
* *Architecture & Morality,* CD re-issue (2003)
* *Architecture & Morality The Singles* (2021)

§ Timing on the original release is given with Motion & Heart (Amazon version) as 6:34 overall. 3:31 is taken from subsequent digital releases.

## See also

* The Romance of the Telescope
* Motion and Heart (Amazon version)
* Navigation
* Of All The Things We've Made
Radio Active

**Radio Active**, subtitled "20 Electric Hits", is the title of a various artists compilation album, released on the Ronco label in late 1980. It was released on vinyl LP and cassette.

The album features Enola Gay by OMD on Side 2, track 4. In the running order it is preceded by Use It Up and Wear It Out by Odyssey and followed by Lies by Manfred Mann.

Other artists include Gary Numan (I Die You Die), XTC (Generals and Majors) and UB40 (I Think It's Gonna Rain).
Was It Something I Said

Sugar Tax disc

**Was It Something I Said** (OMD) is an OMD song which first appeared on the album *Sugar Tax* in May 1991. Writing is credited to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark which at the time would have been Andrew McCluskey only.

The song appears as track 5 on the album.

## Live performances

The song was not performed live on the album tour and there is no evidence of it ever being performed since.

## Availability

The song remains exclusive to the *Sugar Tax* album release.
RSH-Gold (awards)

**RSH-Gold** awards was a German award ceremony hosted by Radio Schleswig-Holstein in Germany between 1988 and 2000.

## Links to OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark won awards on two occasions:

* 15 February **1992**: Kraftrille des Jahres ("power groove of the year") - possibly for Sailing on the Seven Seas
* 19 February **1994**: Ohrwurm des Jahres ("ear worm of the year") - Stand Above Me (see video)
TOTP: 1980 - Big Hits

**Top of the Pops: 1980** **- Big Hits** is a BBC TV programme first broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 02 January 2015 featuring a selection of performances from the original TV show, coinciding with the start of repeats of full TOTP episodes from that year the following week.

The programme was shown straight after *Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980*.

## OMD

* The programme features a recording of OMD performing Enola Gay from the edition first shown on 09 October 1980.
* OMD are featured after Kelly Marie with Feels Like I'm In Love and before Motörhead's Ace of Spades.
The Touring Principle

**The Touring Principle** is the name of the first nationwide tour by British solo artist Gary Numan which took place in September and October 1979. Numan was at the height of his popularity at the time having burst onto the scene in the summer of 79 as Tubeway Army with the no.1 single Are 'Friends' Electric and parent album *Replicas*, swiftly followed by new material as a solo artist with the no.1 single Cars and album *The Pleasure Principle*.

The Hammersmith Odeon performance on 28 September was documented both in official audio and video formats. The album *Living Ornaments 79* was first released in April 1981, with a more complete CD re-issue in 1998.[1] A VHS 'home video' *The Touring Principle 79* was released in the UK in 1979, and on DVD in 2009.

## OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, then a duo with a tape machine, were chosen by Numan as support group on each night of the tour and it was therefore OMD's first major tour of the UK.

As well as being a group that performed electronic music, the line-up was particularly suited as they could perform on stage in front of a curtain which covered Numan's elaborate stage set. Once OMD had left the stage the curtain could rise to reveal the set.

## Dates and venues

1. 20 September: Glasgow Apollo
2. 21 September: Newcastle City Hall
3. 23 September: Coventry, New Theatre
4. 24 September: Bristol Colston Hall
5. 25 September: Liverpool Empire
6. 26 September: Manchester Apollo
7. 27 September: London Hammersmith Odeon
8. 28 September: London Hammersmith odeon
9. 30 September: Birmingham Odeon
10. 01 October: Guilford Civic Hall
11. 02 October: Southampton Gaumont
12. 03 October: Ipswich Gaumont
13. 05 October: Brighton Dome
14. 06 October: Aylesbury Friars
15. 07 October: Wolverhampton Civic Hall
16. 08 October: Sheffield City Hall

## Trivia

* Years later, in 1993, Numan was OMD's support act for the UK dates of the Liberator tour.
* Like OMD, Numan also performed a 40th anniversary tour, entitled (E)volution, during September and October 2019.[2]
October 1986

**October 1986**

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October 1985 | October 1987

## OMD

* 02: RADIO - BBC Radio 1 *City to City: Liverpool* (link)
* 07: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die down one place to no.12
* 11: PRESS - *Record Mirror* review *The Pacific Age*, "..*a lumbering beast of an album...very flatulent*.." , 2 stars; The Pacific Age tour ad.
* 14: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die down to no.15
* 17: RADIO - Andy McCluskey is guest on BBC Radio 1 programme *Singled Out*, hosted by Gary Davies. (link)
* 21: LIVE - LIVE - The Pacific Age tour opens at the Birmingham Odeon
* 28: CHARTS - (Forever) Live and Die down to no.42
Smash Hits, 17 February-03 March 1983

**Smash Hits,** issue dtd 17 February 1983, Vol. 5 no.4
Source: Like Punk Never Happened

OMD front cover photo, two page feature with interview, Genetic Engineering lyrics.

## Feature

Title: The Young Ones? by Mark Ellen

* Interview with Andy & Paul at the Holiday Inn, Swiss Cottage, London. They have been filming the video for Generic Engineering, bought new shirts etc.
* After completing the Architecture & Morality tour, they spent a lot of time "worrying" and then took a holiday in Los Angeles.
* New album Dazzle Ships is discussed - tracks mentioned Radio Prague, Telegraph, Time Zones, International, title track
* Mention of "new toys", the Emulator and a telescope.
* AM says that together with Echo & the Bunnymen, The Human League they have become "the Establishment", "We're the old bores!"
* Also dislike of certain bands (Imagination, Shalamar..) and the "partytime, over-the-top cheerfulness" of *Top of the Pops*.
* Photos show new 'smart look' of all four band members.

* Other artists featured in the same issue: China Crisis, Thompson Twins; centrespread Spandau Ballet

## Singles reviews

* the issue also features Genetic Engineering in the single reviews (p.28). The reviewer is uncredited although is positive about the release (see below)
* a full page ad for Genetic Engineering appears on p.22
Radio 1 The Saturday Sequence, 24 August 1991

**The Saturday Sequence**

BBC Radio 1 England, 24 August 1991 3.00 pm

Source: BBC Genome listing

Richard Skinner introduces a special concert live from [[Milton Keynes Bowl.

4.00pm An Emotional Fish; 5.00pm Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; 6.30pm The Stranglers; 8.30pm Simple Minds

>Producers Phil Ross and Jeff Griffin

## Notes

There was a power cut at the start of So In Love (fifth song into the set). The show was repeated later in the year as *Back By Public Demand* on 12 October 1991[1], with an edited set without the power cut.

Listed in Houghton, 2018 pp.289-290

AM: "*Live on Radio 1, some fool forgot to put diesel in the oil generator!..The entire system was down!*"
Stuart Kerrison (front of house engineer 1984-2008): "*When we came on all the power went out...When the band came back they did Electricity. The place went bananas*."
TOTP: 16 August 1996

**Top of the Pops**

Show: S33/E33.

Broadcast: Friday, 16 August 1996, BBC One 7.00 pm [1]

Host: Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq

Song performed: Walking On The Milky Way (first and only performance)

Chart position: 17 (full chart here)

Line-up: Andy McCluskey (lead vocal), Stuart Kershaw (drums), Keith Small (guitar, backing vocals), Carl Bowery (keyboard, backing vocal), plus various string players and vocalists.

Playlist:

* (26) Cher – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore (8) OMC – How Bizarre (2) Los Del Rio – Macarena (video) (and charts) (NEW) Kula Shaker – Hey Dude, **(17) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Walking On The Milky Way**, (NEW) George Michael – Spinning The Wheel (video) (5) Paul Weller – Peacock Suit, (4) Eternal – Someday (1) Spice Girls – Wannabe (NEW) Sepultura – Ratamahatta (video) (and credits)

## Notes

* OMD's last TOTP appearance.
* The single had been a new entry that week, although the week after slipped down to no.23. It would also be OMD's last top 40 hit.
The Energy Suite

**The Energy Suite** is the title of an art installation featuring visuals by Peter Saville, OMD member Andy McCluskey and filmmaker and musician Hambi Haralambous, with original music by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The installation was originally housed at the FACT gallery in Liverpool from 12 December 2008 until 22 February 2009.

The music and visuals capture the workings of five separate energy and power stations around the UK, covering five titular energy sources:

* Gas: Point of Ayr Gas Terminal and Connah's Quay Power Station
* Water: Dinorwig Hydro-Electric Power Station (Electric Mountain)
* Air: North Hoyle Bank Wind Turbine Farm
* Nuclear: Heysham Nuclear Power Site
* Coal: Fiddler's Ferry Coal Fired Power Station

## External links

* "OMD Frontman Takes His Energy Suite To FACT Liverpool", Ben Miller, Culture24, 13 January 2009
The Rock Drill

CD single

**The Rock Drill** is an instrumental/sound collage by OMD, first released as part of the *Bauhaus Staircase* album digital deluxe edition, then as a bonus track/B-side to the Bauhaus Staircase 12"/CD single.

It was also later included on the Bauhaus Staircase digital single bundle.

The track was written by McCluskey and features the 'Speak & Spell' parts of Genetic Engineering ("*Babies... Mother... Hospital... Scissors.. Creature... Judgement.. Butcher.. Engineer*").

## Live

A recording of The Rock Drill was used as an introduction to the 'second-half' of live shows on the Bauhaus Staircase tour in 2024. It was generally followed by a life performance of Veruschka.
The Misunderstanding

**The Misunderstanding** is the title of an OMD song written by Humphreys/McCluskey and first released as the opening track of side two of the *Organisation* album in 1980. Like the rest of the album, it was produced by Mike Howlett and Orchestral Manoeuvres.

## Origins

The Misunderstanding is one of OMD's earliest tracks since it was performed and also recorded by the duo in early 1978 when they were part of The Id. This version was released in 2002 as part of the eponymous three-track single of group recordings.

The Misunderstanding may or may not have been inspired by the 1943 play *Le Malentendu* by French playwright and novelist Albert Camus. the play deals with the concept of "the absurd", i.e.. the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life, and the human inability to find any in a purposeless, meaningless or chaotic and irrational universe.[1]

## Live performances

The track was included in OMD's third session for John Peel, recorded in September 1980, ahead of the release of *Organisation*. It was also played on the promotional tour, beginning 01 November 1980. The song was also included on the setlist for the 1981 NA tour (prior to the release of *Architecture & Morality*) and then later re-instated for the showcase tour in September 1983. There is no evidence of it being performed live since then.

There are no official live recordings of the track.
TOTP (recording): 04 July 1984

Day: Wednesday 04 July 1984

Event: recording Talking Loud and Clear for *Top of the Pops,* broadcast 05 July 1984

Place: BBC Studios, London, UK

## Gallery

Images taken from OMD Newsletter, Summer 1984 showing programme running order, sketch of studio layout and studio camera instructions. The show was broadcast the following day 05 July 1984. *(source)*

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The Singles 1988-2019

**The Singles 1988-2019** is the title of the CD 02 featured in the *Souvenir* anthology box set, issued in 2019. The disc features remastered editions of OMD's twenty-first to fortieth single release in chronological order. It is the companion to *The Singles 1979-1988* also contained in the box set (both colour blue).

The CD is identical to CD 02 of *Souvenir - The Singles Collection 1979-2019*, both representing the first time a complete series of single releases from 1988 (Dreaming) to Don't Go has been correctly compiled. Since the last OMD singles compilation dates back to 2003 most of the tracks appear on a singles compilation for the first time on this release. The track Don't Go remains exclusive to this release.

## Tracklisting

1. Dreaming
2. Sailing on the Seven Seas
3. Pandora's Box (It's A Long, Long Way)
4. Then You Turn Away
5. Call My Name
6. Stand Above Me
7. Dream of Me
8. Everyday
9. Walking on the Milky Way
10. Universal
11. If You Want It
12. Sister Marie Says
13. History of Modern (Part I)
14. Metroland
15. Dresden
16. Night Café
17. Isotype
18. The Punishment of Luxury
19. What Have We Done
20. Don't Go
Toyah

**Toyah** were a British new wave band fronted by Toyah Willcox, active between 1977 and 1983.

The name of the band and the singer/founder are often confused, not helped by the fact that images of the rest of the band rarely figured in photos, sleeve artwork etc. The only other consistent band member was guitarist Joel Bogen who also co-wrote songs with Willcox.

## Links to OMD

* Toyah were contemporaries to OMD, having their first hits from 1981.
* Willcox said in 2023: “*OMD, at the beginning of my career, were very supportive. They openly said they love my work. They love the album Anthem. And they champion me and for a woman in this industry, to have other rock stars supporting you is a really big thing."* (source)
Pages to create

List of resources which need to be made or integrated into pages:

* Munich Circus Krone Bau, Germany- 9th December 1981 [1]
* The Partnership - Sampling The Blast Furnace video / Ceramic Hello (FB page)
* Pebble Mill 1991, interview with AM + SOTSS video
* Belgian TV, 1983 - AM intervies plus various clips, incl. Gen Eng video
* Peter Saville discusses Dazzle Ships design video
Record Mirror, 29 August 1981

**Record Mirror** front page and two page feature on OMD, with interview with AM & PH just after completing recording of the new album.

Feature: "*The Uncertainty Principle*", by Mark Cooper, pp. 4&6

The same issue also carries news of the upcoming tour, Souvenir release on 7" & 12" and new album in October.

Charts page also shows Souvenir at no.41 that week.

*all scans americanradiohistory.com*

Interview, p.4Interview, p.6News, p.2Contents, p.3Charts, p.35
September 1984

**September 1984**

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September 1983 | September 1985

## OMD

* Tesla Girls enters UK charts at no.48, peaks at no.21
* TOTP performance of Tesla Girls
* Live dates in Japan, Benelux then back to the UK on the Junk Culture tour
* *Junk Culture* album UK Chart positions 64 - 62 - 68 - 60 - 61.
Photography (source)

Reference and Source page for official professional photos and photo sessions of OMD:

* Getty Images - over 1,000 pics

* **2010**
	+ O-Ten . Andy McCluskey & Paul Humphreys shot in in April & June 2010 for *The History of Modern* album.
* **2017**
	+ O-Ten . Andy McCluskey & Paul Humphreys shot in April 2017 for *The Punishment of Luxury* album.
Record Mirror, 20 February 1982

**Record Mirror** front page and two page feature on OMD.

*Source: worldradiohistory.com*

Feature: "*Ominous Miserable Despairing*", by Mike Nicholls, pp. 4&6 - with interview with AM while on tour in Europe, in particular after the gig in Bochum, Germany attended by members of Kraftwerk who they also meet afterwards.

AM in particularly pessimistic mood.

Charts page also shows Maid of Orleans at its peak position of no.4 that week.

Interview, p.4Interview, p.6UK Charts
Revolutionary Spirit: The Sound Of Liverpool 1976 -1988

**Revolutionary Spirit: The Sound Of Liverpool 1976 - 1988** is the title of a 5-CD box set, 100-track compilation released on Cherry Red on 09 February 2019 (cat. CRCDBOX39).

## Links OMD

* Disc One of the collection, 1976-1980, features the OMD track Bunker Soldiers as track 12.
* Many of OMD's early contemporaries such as Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, A Flock Of Seagulls, Dalek I, China Crisis and Modern Eon also feature on this compilation.

## External links

* Discogs
* Musicbrainz
TOTP: 03 May 1984

**Top of the Pops**

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### Notes

* New Order mention the recording of this episode in an interview with NME in 1986: Peter Hook: "*I watch bands like Orchestral Manoeuvres that started the same time we were on Factory. They could have done exactly the same as we did but they took the easy way out and signed to DinDisc and got a huge advance, and they were coming over and apologising to us for miming*." (source)
The Singles 1979-1987

**The Singles 1979-1987** is the title of the CD 01 featured in the *Souvenir* anthology box set, issued in 2019. The disc features remastered editions of OMD's first twenty singles in chronological order. It is the companion to *The Singles 1988-2019* also contained in the box set (both colour blue).

The CD is identical to CD 01 of *Souvenir - The Singles Collection 1979-2019*, both representing the first time a complete series of single releases up to and including 1987 has been correctly compiled. The tracks Red Frame/White Light, Never Turn Away, La femme accident, We Love You and Shame appear on a singles compilation for the first time.

## Tracklisting

1. Electricity
2. Red Frame/White Light
3. Messages
4. Enola Gay
5. Souvenir
6. Joan of Arc
7. Maid of Orleans
8. Genetic Engineering
9. Telegraph
10. Locomotion
11. Talking Loud and Clear
12. Tesla Girls
13. Never Turn Away
14. So in Love
15. Secret
16. La Femme Accident
17. If You Leave
18. (Forever) Live and Die
19. We Love You
20. Shame

### Notes

* Electricity is the usual version used for compilation albums
* Messages is the shorter 7" version
* Tesla Girls is the usual version used for compilation albums (3:33)
* La femme accident is the slightly shorter edit (2:42) compared to the album version. It appears here on CD for the first time.
* Shame is the re-recorded single version.
Unreleased Idea

**Unreleased Idea** is the title given to an OMD demo track, recorded in June 1981, but not officially released until 2019 as part of *Unreleased Archive Vol I.*

The use of military style drums, choir and melody on the track give it a certain affinity to Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) which would have been recorded around the same time during the sessions for the *Architecture & Morality* album.
Peel sessions

The following is a list of sessions recorded by OMD for the John Peel BBC radio show.

For the compilation album of Peel session tracks see *Peel Sessions 1979-1983*.

## Session one

Recorded: 20 August 1979

Personnel: PH, AM.

First broadcast: 03 September 1979

Repeat broadcasts: 08 October 1979

Tracks: Julia's Song, Messages, Red Frame/White Light, Bunker Soldiers

Notes: debut recordings of all tracks. Julia's Song was released around the same time on the Street to Street album under the name of The Id.

## Session two

Recorded: 14 April 1980

Personnel: PH, AM, MH, DH.

First broadcast: 21 April 1980

Repeat broadcasts: 06 May 1980, 02 June 1980, 25 June 1980

Tracks: Pretending To See The Future, Enola Gay, Dancing, Motion and Heart

Notes: Pretending To See The Future and Dancing had already been heard on the debut album, whereas Enola Gay and Motion and Heart were new songs and both were quite different to the versions eventually released later in the year.

## Session three

Recorded: 29 September 1980

Personnel: PH, AM, MH, MC.

First broadcast: 06 October 1980

Repeat broadcasts: 03 November 1980

Tracks: Annex, The Misunderstanding, The More I See You

Notes: Annex had already been released as the B-side to Enola Gay, whereas The Misunderstanding and The More I See You were new songs yet to be released.

## Session four

Recorded: 29 January 1983

Personnel: PH, AM, MC, MH.

First broadcast: 21 February 1983

Repeat broadcasts: 09 May 1983, 28 December 1983

Tracks: Genetic Engineering, Of All The Things We've Made, ABC Auto-Industry, Bunker Soldiers.

Notes: Debut for Genetic Engineering and ABC Auto-Industry. Of All the Things We've Made had already been heard as B-side to Maid of Orleans. This was a newer version of Bunker Soldiers with bigger drum sound, and remains the only session track not to have been officially released (AM felt that one version on the album was enough). This version would also feature on the Dazzle Ships tour.

Full show details and recording available on the John Peel Wiki.

## Notes

1. ↑ MC "synthesiser on The Misunderstanding only".
2. ↑ repeated as one of the year's best sessions.

## Sources

* John Peel Wiki
* BBC John Peel sessions page
Roger Eagle

**Roger Eagle** (b.1973, d.04 May 1999) was a British DJ, record collector, club promoter, and musical mentor. In the 1960s he was a regular DJ and booking manager at the Twisted Wheel Club in Manchester, and went on to start Eric's Club in Liverpool, which became famous for the many new-wave acts that played there from 1977 onwards.

## Links to OMD

* Paul and Andy frequented Eric's on Mathew Street and played their first gig there as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in October 1978.

## External links

* *Roger, the Eagle Has Landed* (BBC R4, 31 December 2012) Mark Radcliffe recalls the influential life of cult DJ and club promoter Roger Eagle. (feat. Andy McCluskey)
* Final Interview with Twisted Wheel DJ Roger Eagle, modculture.co.uk, June 2020
* Roger Eagle DJ entry in manchesterbeat.com
The Romance of the Telescope

Joan of Arc B-side label

**The Romance of the Telescope** (Humphreys/McCluskey) is the title of a song recorded by OMD. It was first released as the B-side to the Joan of Arc single in October 1981, where it was labelled as "Unfinished", and later included on the *Dazzle Ships* album in March 1983. There are no evident differences between the two versions.

The first release was produced by Richard Manwaring and OMD, as part of the *Architecture & Morality* sessions. The album release is credited to Rhett Davies and OMD, as per the rest of the *Dazzle Ships* album.

## Legacy

Although the song is far from being one of OMD's best-known, it is considered a 'fan favourite' and is often performed live, especially at the end of concerts. AM has described it as, "*the perfect 'going home' song*". On the Junk Culture tour, however, it was used as the opening song.

## Availability

 Unfinished
* She's Leaving (1981, 7", Europe only)
 Album version (3:26)
 Live versions
* *Architecture & Morality & More* (2008)
* *Electricity* (with The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, 2009)
* *Dazzle Ships At The Museum Of Liverpool* (2015)
* *Architecture & Morality/Dazzle Ships live at RAH* (2016)
* *Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra* (2018)
* *Live at Sheffield City Hall, 14/06/1985* (video DVD, 2019)
Walking On Air

Sugar Tax label

**Walking On Air** is an OMD song which first appeared on the album *Sugar Tax* in May 1991. Writing is credited to OMD/Kershaw/Massett and together with Walk Tall and All That Glitters is one of the three album tracks penned by the trio.

The song appears as track 9 on the CD and as the third track on Side tow of the LP and cassette.

## Live performances

The song was performed live on the Sugar Tax tour and also on the following Liberator tour. A live version features on CD2 of the 1996 single release of Walking on the Milky Way (VSCDG 1599), recorded at the Biskuithalle in Bonn, Germany on 16 November 1993 (SWF3 broadcast).

## Availability

The studio version remains exclusive to the *Sugar Tax* album release.

Live version - see above.
Unreleased Archive Vol I

**Unreleased Archive Vol I** is the title of the CD 03 featured in the *Souvenir* anthology box set, issued in 2019. The disc contains 22 tracks from OMD's archive, with recordings ranging from April 1980 to April 1990, which had been kept "*in a vault near Heathrow*".

Liberator (recorded February 1985) was the first track to be released ahead of the official box set release, and was made available on streaming sites and digital platforms. An audio track was posted on OMD's official YouTube channel on 09 September.

## Tracklisting

*figures in brackets indicate month and year of recording, as given in the box set track listing details.*

1. Brand New Science (06.1981)
2. Dumbomb (01.1986)
3. Violin Piece (09.1982)
4. Untitled 2 (06.1981)
5. Cut Me Down (03.1986)
6. Radio Swiss International (09.1982)
7. Untitled 3 (09.1982)
8. Weekend (04.1985)
9. Organ Ditty (05.1980)
10. Unreleased Idea (06.1981)
11. Cajun Moon (05.1986)
12. Guitar Thrash (09.1982)
13. SMPTE (12.1982)
14. American Venus (04.1990)
15. Liberator (02.1985)
16. Ambient 1 (04.1980)
17. Unused 1 (12.1980)
18. Flamenco (04.1990)
19. Andy’s Song (04.1985)
20. Dynamo Children (01.1985)
21. Flutey (03.1984)
22. Nice Ending (06.1981)

## External links

* YouTube playlist of Unreleased Archive Vol. 1 in chronological order
Walking on the Milky Way

CDS 1

**Walking on the Milky Way** is the title of an OMD song first released in August 1996 as the lead single to the group's 1996 album *Universal*. It was written by McCluskey, Nigel Ipinson and Keith Small, and was OMD's last Top 40 hit.

## Release and reception

Walking on the Milky Way was the 'comeback' single for OMD (Andy McCluskey) after the *Liberator* period. Reception was generally positive and the single enjoyed a high-entry chart placing, no.17, immediately after its release, gaining McCluskey and the band, flanked by string players, a high-profile *Top of the Pops* appearance on 16 August 1996. Despite being OMD's first top twenty single since Pandora's Box, five years earlier, the single received little radio play, and stayed in the top 40 for just three weeks.

> *"To be seen as an 80s synth band in the mid-90s was quite a dilemma for me. I sweated blood over a single released in 1996 called Walking on the Milky Way, which I thought was about as good a song as I could write. Radio 1 wouldn't play it, because it wasn't perceived as trendy by their target audience. Because Radio 1 wouldn't play it, Woolworths wouldn't stock it. The upshot of it was that one of the best songs I'd ever written struggled to get to number 17 in the charts."* - A. McCluskey, theguardian.com, 23 November 2001.
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## Formats

### CDS 1/Cassette

1. Walking on the Milky Way
2. Mathew Street
3. The New Dark Age

### CDS 2

1. Walking on the Milky Way
2. Joan of Arc (live)
3. Maid of Orleans (live)
4. Walking on Air (live) (OMD, Kershaw, Massett)

Live tracks were recorded live at Bonn Biskuithalle on 16 November 1993.

The physical singles featured the 'standard' version of the song with a duration of 4:40. A single edit of 4:02 was released as a promo only for radio play, and later featured on compilation albums.

## Versions and availability

* *Messages: Greatest Hits* (2008)
 CDS/album version (4:40)
 live
* *Architecture & Morality & More* (audio & video)
* *Live at the Mermaid Theatre, London 03.02.2011*
 promo video
 *Top of the Pops* 16/8/96

## See also

* The Singles 1988-2019
* Architecture & Morality Classic Album Tour (2007)
* Simple Minds support tour (2009)

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
18 June

**18 June**

previous - next

## OTD

### OMD

* **1988**: LIVE - Depeche Mode support: Pasadena Rose Bowl, CA USA (Depeche Mode *101*)

* **2007**: LIVE - The Best of OMD tour, Auditorium, Grimsby UK

* **2011**: LIVE - Esbjerg Rock Festival, Vognsbolparken, Denmark

* **2016**: Last Summer on Earth 2016, The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia PA, USA

* **2021**: PRESS - METRO (UK) "OMD are watching you!" - interview with AM on the eve of You Me & OMD

* **2021**: CHARTS - Enola Gay enters the Official Vinyl Singles charts at no.3 (week after RSD 2021 release) [1]
TOTP: 04 February 1982

**Top of the Pops**

* Show: S19/E05.
* Broadcast: Thursday, 04 February 1982, BBC One 7.25 pm [1]
* Host: John Peel
* Song performed: Maid of Orleans - **repeat of 21 Jan. 1982 performance**
* Chart position: 06
* Line-up: Andy McCluskey (lead vocal, keyboard intro), Paul Humphreys (keyboard), Malcolm Holmes (drums), Martin Cooper (keyboard).
* Playlist: (40) Theatre Of Hate – Do You Believe In The Westworld? **(6) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc)** (47) The Jets – Love Makes The World Go Round (20) Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye (video) (25) Gillan – Restless (12) Shakatak – Easier Said Than Done (14) AC/DC – Let’s Get It Up (video) (15) XTC – Senses Working Overtime (21) George Benson – Never Give Up On A Good Thing (danced to by Zoo) (7) Christopher Cross – Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) (video) (1) Kraftwerk – The Model (video) (5) Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer For Love (audience dancing/credits)

## Notes

* Repeat of performance first shown on 21 Jan. 1982. OMD were on tour in Germany during this week.
* The show was presented by John Peel who was returning as a host of the show for the first time since 1968, *"This is my first Top of the Pops in fourteen years, but it's consistency that counts so you can watch me again in 1996. In case you're thinking to yourselves, 'who is that twerp?' I'm the bloke who comes on your radio late at night and plays you records by lots of sulky Belgians."* (see John Peel Wiki page)
* As well as the customary singles charts rundown, Peel also announced the Top 10 albums. *Architecture & Morality* was up to no.4 this week.
* Synth-pop duo Soft Cell were also back in the charts and on the show (albeit via the promo video) with their third single from their debut album. The group and OMD had shared another TOTP back in September 1981 when Tainted Love was at no.1.
* Virgin label-mates XTC were heading for their first and only Top 10 hit.
* OMD idols Kraftwerk are at no.1 with The Model, a track from their 1978 album *The Man-Machine*.

## Media

* Available on Souvenir (box set) - BBC TV Performances (DVD)
* BBC *Top of the Pops* website (limited) - *OMD performing Enola Gay in 1980 is used as page picture*.
Radio 1 In Concert, 21 February 1981

Source: bootleg recording of original radio broadcast (listed here) and bootleg available here

## Location

Venue: Paris Theatre, London

Recording date: 04 February (see omd-live.com)

Tour: Organisation tour

## Line-Up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Martin Cooper.
* The group had some of their equipment stolen before this show.

## Setlist

1. Stanlow
2. Pretending To See The Future
3. Almost
4. Messages
5. Mystereality
6. Julia's Song
7. Statues
8. Electricity
9. Enola Gay

## Notes

* Liverpool band Modern Eon featured on same show
Telegraph

UK 7" cover

UK 12" cover

**Telegraph** is the title of an OMD song first released on the *Dazzle Ships* (1983) and afterwards as the second single from the album.

## Origins

In 2008 a demo version of Telegraph recorded at The Manor in 1981 (during the Architecture & Morality sessions) was released on the re-mastered version of *Dazzle Ships*. A further demo was released on the 40th anniversary release of the album in 2023.

## Single release

### Reception

Although it was considered one of Dazzle Ships' stronger and more accessible tracks, Telegraph as a single fared relatively poorly in the UK charts reaching no.42. It was the first single not to enter the Top 40 since Red Frame/White Light in early 1980.

### Tracklisting

* 7" Virgin/Telegraph VS 580 - 7" pic disc VSY 580

A. Telegraph (2.56)

B. 66 And Fading (6.40)

* 12" Virgin/Telegraph VS 580-12

A. Telegraph (5.35) - only sleeve states 'EXTENDED VERSION'

B. 66 And Fading (6.40)

*Italian release has 4-Neu as B-side*

## Legacy

As a 'non-hit', Telegraph (like Genetic Engineering) was omitted from the group's first compilation LP *The Best of OMD* (1988), although a new mix of the track was included on the CD version. The promo video was also left off the corresponding VHS. It was also left off *The OMD Singles* (1998) but was re-instated for *Messages: Greatest Hits* (2003), where the promo video also featured for the first time on the DVD, and on the definitive *Souvenir* (2019).

The song has remained a firm live favourite, first performed on the Dazzle Ships tour and most recently on the Souvenir tour in 2019. A live performance of Telegraph recorded in 1983 was featured as a bonus track on the 12" release of Tesla Girls in 1984. The full show it was taken from later emerged as part of the Souvenir (box set) as Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 10.05.1983.

## Versions & availability

 7" / album version (2:56)
* *Dazzle Ships* (1983 et passim)
* *Messages: Greatest Hits* (2003)
 12"/extended version (5:35)
* *So80s (SoEighties) Presents Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark* (2011)
 US mix (3:44)
 demo versions
 live
* *Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (2016)
* *Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 10.05.1983* (2019)
* Live at Sheffield City Hall (14/06/1985) (2019, video)
 promo video

## External links

* Discogs (single release)
* Musicbrainz (song)
The Punishment of Luxury (deluxe)

*Main page: The Punishment of Luxury (album) - do not categorise this page as Album.*

**The Punishment of Luxury deluxe** was a special issue of OMD's thirteenth studio album, released in September 2017. The release was limited to 3,000 copies worldwide of which 1,500 were allocated to Europe and are unnumbered unlike the UK edition which was numbered from 1 to 1,500. It features a 24 page 12″ × 12″ hardback book and certificate of authenticity signed by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, plus the following audio/video material

* red vinyl exclusive to this release
*all tracks exclusive to this release*
1. Isotype [V1.1 15-02-16] (02:38)
2. Delta (The Punishment Of Luxury) [15-06-10] (03:52)
3. Robot Man [27-01-15] (03:23)
4. Precision & Decay [30-03-16] (03:31)
5. Bomber (One More Time) [16-10-15] (03:07)
6. A Fallen Angel (What Have We Done) [V1.4 07-11-16] (02:19)
7. Art Eats Art [V1.3 18-05-15] (01:17)
8. Broken (As We Open, So We Close) [04-10-16] (03:58)
9. Isotype [V1.7 23-02-16] (03:02)
10. Kiss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bang [25-02-15] (04:09)
11. The View From Here [V1.3 23-01-15] (04:27)
1 The Making Of The Punishment Of Luxury - In The Studio With Andy And Paul (15:13)
2-13 Track By Track
14. Isotype promo video
15. La mitrailleuse promo video
Smash Hits, 05 - 18 July 1984

**Smash Hits magazine**.

Source: Like Punk Never Happened

## OMD

* This issue of the fortnightly music magazine featured full page individual photos AM & PH making up a full colour centrespread.

* OMD were also mentioned on the cover and in the Contents page ('Two big pictures')

* The START page carried a critical review of some of the current videos, including OMD's Talking Loud and Clear promo in which, "..Humphreys and McCluskey ..went for a trendy 'Gummidge'look by sticking heaps of straw in their hair and up their trousers. *Most* uncomfortable." Echo & The Bunnymen and Tim Pope are also mentioned in the brief article.

* Among the advertisements in the magazine: *Junk Culture* cassette for £3.99 at Virgin Record Stores (Summer promo) [1], Video Music 2 VHS featuring the Talking Loud and Clear video, promo £9.99 at W H Smiths.[2]
Железные наплечники

* Оригинал
* Bloody Moon

## Описание

### Добавочно:

* +5% сопротивление урону
* +5% сопротивление к атакам нежити

### Стоимость:

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Железные наплечники (англ. Iron Pauldrons) - предмет защиты в игре Niffelheim.

## Описание

Тяжёлые наплечники, сковывающие движения.

## Крафт

### Создаётся

*Железные наплечники*

**Рецепт:**1=
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## Описание

### Добавочно:

* +10% сопротивление урону
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### Стоимость:

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Железные наплечники (англ. Iron Pauldrons) - предмет защиты в игре Niffelheim.

## Описание

Тяжёлые наплечники, сковывающие движения.

## Крафт

### Создаётся

*Железные наплечники*

**Рецепт:**1=
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### Используется

*Драконьи наплечники*

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Sugar Tax

**Sugar Tax** is the seventh studio album released by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. It was also the group's first since Andy McCluskey split from the rest of the band in 1989 and the first of the 1990s.

## Tracklisting

CD version / Virgin - CDV2648

1. Sailing on the Seven Seas
2. Pandora's Box
3. Then You Turn Away
4. Speed Of Light
5. Was It Something I Said
6. Big Town
7. Call My Name
8. Apollo XI
9. Walking On Air
10. Walk Tall
11. Neon Lights
12. All That Glitters

LP/MC break between Big Town and Call My Name

The album does not feature the track called Sugar Tax which was included as a bonus track on certain releases of Sailing on the Seven Seas and Then You Turn Away.

## Singles

* Sailing on the Seven Seas
* Pandora's Box (remixed)
* Then You Turn Away
* Call My Name (remixed)

## Trivia

* *Sugar Tax* is the first album to feature a cover version since *Organisation* (1980) which featured a cover of The More I See You.

## See also

* Sugar Tax tour
* Category - Sugar Tax
OMD at Sheffield City Hall

**OMD at Sheffield City Hall** is the title given to a TV programme first shown on BBC Two in the UK on Tuesday 23 July 1985 at 7.00 pm. The programme was effectively a recording of a live performance held at the venue on 14 June that year, with interviews.

The programme and the concert were presented by Peter Powell as part of the *ORS* (Oxford Road Show) series produced by BBC Manchester.

Radio Times description: *In the last of three profile concerts, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark play live to an audience in steel city. Of the 15 singles OMD have released, 11 have been chart successes - and yet they re still called the bank clerk band. Paul and Andy talk frankly to Peter Powell about fortune, success, and letting the music be more famous than the faces. Peter also traces the electronic rise of the men from the far side of the Mersey.*

Previous programmes in the series had featured King (09 July) and Howard Jones (16 July)

## DVD release*[1]*

The programme had its first official release under the title of *Live at Sheffield City Hall (14/06/1985)* as part of the Souvenir box set in 2019 (DVD2).

## Running order

* Intro - The Romance of the Telescope (recording), AM & PH take helicopter to the gig; band arrive on stage; Peter Powell on-stage intro
* Crush
* PP talks about Liverpool, the Wirral, OMD Story, interview with Miss Clayton of Meols Primary School, interview with Mike Humphreys, Julia Kneale at the 632-3003 phone box, Eric's Club, Tony Wilson
* Secret
* Tesla Girls
* Interview with PH & AM
* White Trash
* Talking Loud & Clear
* Maid of Orleans
* Telegraph
* Enola Gay
* Electricity
* The Romance of the Telescope (with closing titles)

## External links

* BBC Genome listing
* Full programme on YouTube (unofficial)
The Tube, 04 February 1983

**The Tube**, Channel 4, UK

* Date: 04 February 1983

* Songs performed: ABC Auto-Industry , Genetic Engineering

* Line-up: Andy McCluskey (lead vocal, semaphore flags, guitar, lead vocal), Paul Humphreys (mechanical hand with building blocks, keyboards), Malcolm Holmes (prompt machine, counting, drums), Martin Cooper (semaphore flags, typewriter), Winston (?) (reel-to-reel tapes)

## Notes

* This was OMD's first public outing, TV appearance and live performance since early 1982. It was also the first time ABC Auto-Industry and Genetic Engineering had been heard. Both tracks had already been recorded for a John Peel session, which had yet to be broadcast.
* News of the new single, album andtour had been published in te music press the previous week.
* The group was introduced on the show by Jools Holland: "*Here's Orchestral Manoeuvres doing their alphabet*.."
* Record Mirror this week fails to mention the acts who would be appearing on the show in the usual "Turn On" feature, although it is noted that "..*Paula Yates will have had child by then and won't be appearing - shame!*"
The Power Station support tour

The Power Station support tour

OMD were already in the USA/Canada doing a promotional tour for *Crush*, when they were invited to play as a support for the super group.

* 19 July - Southern Star Amphitheatre, Houston TX
* --
* 23 August - C N E Grandstand, Toronto, ON Toronto Blue Jays baseball club - with Power Station, Paul Young, Nik Kershaw
* -
* 28 August - East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena, NJ.
Smash Hits, 21 June-04 July 1984

**Smash Hits** OMD feature

Source: Like Punk Never Happened (Flickr)

* Publish date: 21 June 1984
* OMD 2-page feature: "*We hate technology!*" (pp.50-51)
* Published just after release of Talking Loud and Clear single
* Same issue featured review of 'TL&C' single by John Taylor of Duran Duran, and song lyrics.
* Live dates for September/October 1984 (p.
* Also in this issue: Bronski Beat (cover & feature), The Human League, Morrissey (The Smiths), Alison Moyet, Midge Ure
Sealand

**Sealand** is the title of a song recorded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and first released on their third studio album Architecture & Morality in November 1983. With a running time of approx 7:45, it was at the time the longest OMD track to have been released. It features as the fifth and final track on Side One of the original album. It is a joint Humphreys/McCluskey composition.

Sealand has since been recognised as a 'classic' OMD track and is still performed live. it has also recently been included on some retrospective compilation albums.

## Live

The song was first performed live on the Architecture & Morality tour, beginning November 1981, typically as one of the opening tracks after the Architecture & Morality intro tape and The Romance of the Telescope. It does not however feature on the Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane video recording. There is no evidence of it being performed on successive tours during the eighties or nineties, although it did naturally feature on the Architecture & Morality & More tour in 2007 as the first performed track (after the intro tape).

Likewise it was performed at Dazzle Ships at The Museum Of Liverpool in 2014, Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall in 2016, and at YOUME&OMD and the Architecture & More Tour in 2021.

Sealand was also performed Live With the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018.

## Versions & availability

 Demo version (3:04)
 Live
* Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
* Live With the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The Avenue

Locomotion 12" B-side label

**The Avenue** is the title of a song recorded by OMD, initially released as a B -side to the 12" issue of the Locomotion single in 1984.

The track had its first digital release on the Locomotion CD single in 1988.

## Background

The Avenue was one of the songs first performed during the Showcase tour in September 1983. The version performed was very close to the finished recording.

A demo track entitled Sold Our Souls (The Avenue Demo) was released in 2023 as part of the *Dazzle Ships* 40th anniversary set. Hence, although it was finally released during the *Junk Culture* period, The Avenue was evidently first conceived during the *Dazzle Ships* sessions.

## Live performances

After the 1983 performances (see above) the song was not played live again until the 2018 performances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

## Versions and availability

* Locomotion CDS, Virgin CDT 12 (1988)
* *Navigation The OMD B-Sides* (2001)
 * demo (Sold Our Souls)
 * live

## See also

* Liverpool, 10 September 1983 / Showcase tour