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## Quotes

> *“Around the 30th anniversary of Dazzle Ships we did a show at the Royal Albert Hall and we played all the album and all of Architecture & Morality and of course we hadn’t played a lot of Dazzle Ships live so I had to go back to multi-tracks just to hear what we did and find some of found sounds which were recorded from shortwave radio so they can’t be recreated, I had to nick them and make them into samples to fire in on a keyboard, but what was fascinating about it was they were so simple, we hadn’t even filled the multi-track, they were quite bare bones and a kind of liked that.* - PH, yorkshirepost.co.uk, 2023-03-30
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Agnus Dei

**Agnus Dei**

> "*The main lead sample is from a piece of cathedral music by Christopher Tye. The record company were reluctant to give the rights because they thought it was profane to surround it with 'horrendous' rave music. So I had to write this long letter to them; fortunately religious choral music is what I listen to at home all the time so I knew what I was talking about. One argument was that just because it was atonal and in a 'difficult environment' was no reason to disallow it as a legitimate piece of music, cue examples by Arvo Part and Penderecki — which I think impressed them. But finally," jokes McCluskey, "all their morals fell out of the window when we offered them a large amount of money!*" - AM, 1993.
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29 May

**29 May**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: **PRESS - *Smash Hits*, full page feature** *The Acceptable Face of Synthesisers* by Steve Taylor, plus full page b/w picture with lyrics to Messages and small pic. of Winston on Contents page.

* **1980**: TV - *Top of the Pops*, second performance of Messages, this time with full stage set-up and gear.
* **1980**: LIVE - New York Hurrah's, NY, USA
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour: Newcastle City Hall, UK
* **2013**: TV - *Later...with Jools Holland -* live performance of Dresden and Enola Gay. [1] (rpt. 31 May)
* **2017**: RELEASE - Isotype single
Mike Douglas

**Mike Douglas** is a British musician, briefly a member of OMD in 1981.

Mike (or 'Mick') was originally part of the 'musicians cooperative' on Kirkby, Merseyside together with Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon, later of China Crisis.

Joining OMD during the recording of *Architecture & Morality* in 1981, he appeared in a publicity photograph in *Smash Hits* on 03 September 1981, and also as part of the group for their performance of Souvenir on *Top of the Pops* on the same date. In the *Smash Hits* interview, AM states that Douglas had been drafted in to replace Martin Cooper who had left "*due to proverbial musical differences*". Cooper had joined Dave Hughes in Godot, while Douglas had been taken from another Liverpool band called In A Glass Darkly, whose other members had also joined Godot.

Douglas is given credits as a group member on the *Architecture & Morality* album for playing synthesisers, piano, electronic organ. Cooper is credited with saxophone.

Mike left OMD shortly afterwards, however, and by the end of the year was playing keyboards with The Human League on their *Dare* tour. He later joined China Crisis as part of their live line-up to promote their debut *Difficult Shapes...* album in 1982.

Martin Cooper was subsequently drafted into OMD as a permanent member.
February 1982

**February 1982**

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## OMD

* Architecture & Morality tour (Europe) continues in Germany, then NL, finishing in Belgium.
* The band meet members of Kraftwerk after gig in Bochum (05)
* Maid of Orleans reaches peak no.4 in the UK singles charts.
* *Architecture & Morality* album returns to top 5 in the UK, peaking at no.3 for the second time [1]
* *Record Mirror* front page and two-page interview. Despondent mood, despite success.
* *New Sounds New Styles* feature.

*Record Mirror* (UK)*New Sounds New Styles* (UK)*BEST* (France)*OOR* (NL)*Ciao 2001* (Italy)
Nice Ending

**Nice Ending** is the title given to a short demo track, recorded by OMD in June 1981 during the *Architecture & Morality* sessions. It remained unreleased until being including as the closing track on *Unreleased Archive Vol I* in 2019.

The track features a 'sampled' typewriter keyboard sound together with some choral sounds, possibly played on the Mellotron.
August 1981

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**August 1981**

* 09 August: Italian *Ciao* magazine feature and interview. Enola Gay remains at no.1 in Italy
* 16 August: recording of *Architecture & Morality* completed at The Manor
* ?? : *O.M.D.* US compilation album released
* 19 August: *New York Times* article following release of above album.
* 21 August: Souvenir single released, enters UK charts at no.41
* 29 August: *Record Mirror* front cover and interview / feature
Milton Keynes, 24 August 1991

**Live concert**

Date: Saturday 24 August 1991

Venue: Milton Keynes Bowl, UK

One of OMD's festival appearances during the month of August between the UK and Europe/NA legs of the Sugar Tax tour.

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey
* Phil Coxon
* Nigel Ipinson
* Abe Juckes

## Setlist

1. Enola Gay
2. Messages
3. Call My Name
4. Electricity
5. So In Love (*power goes off at the start*)
6. Walk Tall
7. Joan Of Arc
8. Maid Of Orleans
9. Talking Loud & Clear
10. Locomotion
11. Dreaming
12. Pandora's Box
13. Sailing On The Seven Seas

## Live recordings

Broadcast live on the day on BBC Radio 1 for *The Saturday Sequence,* and repeated later in the year (without power-cut) as *Back by Public Demand* on 12 October 1991. (*see omd-live*)

### Official releases

* Enola Gay / Dreaming / Call My Name released on second CDS of Dream of Me (VSCDG 1461, 1993)
* Electricity / Walk Tall / Locomotion released on CDS of Everyday (VSCDG 1471, 1993)

## Notes

* 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*."

## Sources:

* Setlist.fm

* BBC Genome

* omd-live.com
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**18 September**

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### OMD

* **1981**: MIXING - mixing of *Architecture & Morality* ends at Mayfair Studios, Primrose Hill, London (Houghton, 2018 p.128)
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour, Apollo Oxford UK
* **1984**: CHARTS - Tesla Girls peaks at no.21 in UK
* **1991**: LIVE - Paradise Theatre, Boston MA, USA
* **2017**: RELEASE - What Have We Done single
* **2021**: LIVE - Let's Rock Leeds, Leeds, UK
* **2023**: NEWS - Bauhaus Staircase Tour (UK & Europe) 2024 dates and venues announced
* **2023**: RELEASE **- Slow Train, digital single and video**
Electricity

1980 re-release

**Electricity** is the title of a song written and recorded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and released as their debut single on Factory (FAC 6) in June 1979. It was later re-released twice on DinDisc, firstly in 1979 to coincide with the Touring Principle support slot and again in 1980, around the time of the release of the group's debut album, after their second single Red Frame/White Light had failed to chart.

## History

Electricity has often been confirmed as being the very first song that Paul Humphreys and Andrew McCluskey ever wrote together when experimenting with new instruments and drum machines before actually forming their own group. The earliest ever recording of the song is in fact by OMD-predecessor The Id, which received an official release in 2002. The writers have also admitted that it was conceived as a 'punk' (or 'faster') version of the Kraftwerk track Radioactivity.

## Release history

*UK only*

* Electricity
 September 1979 | DinDisc DIN2
'A Factory Records Product'
* Electricity
 March 1980 | DinDisc DIN2
A Factory Records Product
'1980' on sleeve
* Electricity
 December 1980 | DINDISC 1980 album (DONE 1)
 September 2019 | Virgin/EMI - UMC 0602577481901
White sleeve
Clear vinyl
* Almost (Vince Clarke Remix)

## Availability

 Martin Hannet prod. vers.
 Chester Valentino first vers.
* *The OMD Singles* (1998)
* *Messages: Greatest Hits* (2008)
 Martin Hannett 'remixed' vers.
* *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark* (1980 et passim)
* *The Best of OMD* (1988)
* Enola Gay / Electricity (12", 1989)
* *Souvenir - The Singles Collection 1979-2019* (2019)
 Mike Howlett prod. version
 Micronauts remix
 Live versions
* *Access All Areas* (live 1980, rel. 2015 - audio & video)
* *Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane* (live 1981, rel. 1982 - video)
* *Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 10.05.1983* (rel. 2019)
* *OMD at Sh*effield City Hall (live 1985, rel. 2019 - video)
* *Architecture & Morality & More* (live 2007, rel. 2008)
* *Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra* (2018)
* *Live at the Liverpool Empire* (2019)
* Live From Your Sofa (live 2019, rel. 2020)

## Legacy

Electricity remains one of OMD's best known songs, and a milestone in the creation of 'synth-pop'. The group claim never to have played a concert without performing Electricity at least once.
Alternative Radio

**Alternative Radio** were a Merseyside group who won the Battle of the Bands competition held at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool in 1982. They signed a recording contract with EMI Parlophone in 1983 and their debut single 'Valley of Evergreen' was released in January 1984.

## Links to OMD

* In 1990 Alternative Radio released a house dance style 12" single Fallout which featured a track called Super 7 [1]. The track was recorded with Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes after leaving OMD and as they were about to form The Listening Pool.
* The track Super 7 features on the 1993 release *Retrospect* which credits PH,MC & MH for the track [2]. (listen here)
Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

**Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra** is the title of a live album released by OMD on 14 December 2018. It documents the live performances with the 75-piece Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra held at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 6th and 7th October 2018.

This release is effectively a selection of tracks originally released by Live Here Now on the night of each performance. Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 2-5, 2-10, 2-13 are from Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 06/10/18, all other tracks are from Live With The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 07/10/18. There are also a number of edits between tracks to remove talking and noise.

## Personnel

* Andrew McCluskey - lead vocals, bass guitar
* Paul Humphreys - keyboards, vocals
* Conductor - Richard Balcombe
* Orchestra – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

## Tracklisting

The CD tracklisting includes all the songs performed on the two evenings.

#### Part 1

1. Stanlow (06:49)
2. Statues (04:17)
3. Ghost Star (06:04)
4. The New Dark Age (04:44)
5. Sealand (7:20)
6. The Avenue (04:24)
7. The Daughter Of The Minotaur (04:54)
8. The View From Here (03:31)

#### Part 2

1. Messages (04:47)
2. Souvenir (03:50)
3. Joan Of Arc (03:53)
4. Maid Of Orleans (04:28)
5. All That Glitters  (03:58
6. What Have We Done (03:49
7. La Femme Accident (02:43
8. Talking Loud And Clear (04:09
9. Dream Of Me (03:43)
10. Walking On The Milky Way (04:12)
11. Native Daughters Of The Golden West (04:08)
12. Sailing On The Seven Seas (04:26)
13. Enola Gay (07:33)
14. Electricity (04:22)
15. Romance Of The Telescope (04:14)

## External links

* Discogs
* RLPO on discogs.com
Live From Your Sofa

**Live From Your Sofa** was the title given to an OMD concert streamed over the internet during the COVID-19 lockdown on 09 May 2020. The concert was originally performed and filmed by a single fixed video camera at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, London on 20 November 2019, as part of the Souvenir tour. New merchandise for the event was also made available. [1]

The footage was released as a DVD with the same title in September 2020. It featured both the single-camera footage aired as part of the event as well as a brand new edit featuring footage from multiple cameras. The DVD was made available from the official OMD website/store.[2]

The streaming event on 09 May was preceded by a video recording of a sound-check for Red Frame/White Light, filmed in . The video was posted on the official Facebook page and to date remains available to see here.

Andy McCluskey also did a virtual 'Meet & Greet' before the streming event via the QJAM website and app.[3]

## Line-Up

* Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass), Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), Martin Cooper (keyboards), Stuart Kershaw (drums)

## Tracklisting

1. Stanlow (8:30)

2. Isotype (6:05)

3. Messages (4:54)

4. Tesla Girls (4:03)

5. History of Modern (Part I) (5:00)

6. (Forever) Live and Die]] (4:21)

7. Souvenir (4:03)

8. Joan of Arc (3:36)

9. Maid of Orleans (4:57)

10. Statues (6:31)

11. Almost (4:05)

12. Don’t Go (4:08)

13. So in Love (4:02)

14. Dreaming (4:21)

15. The Punishment of Luxury (3:57)

16. Locomotion (4:16)

17. Sailing on the Seven Seas (5:00)

18. Enola Gay (7:48)

19. If You Leave (5:03)

20. Pandora's Box (4:41)

21. Electricity (4:39)

## Live From Your Sofa 2

* Following the postponement of the You Me & OMD live concert event, originally scheduled for Saturday 24 October 2020, *Live From Your Sofa* was streamed again on the official youtube channel in its place, this time with the multi-camera edit (as per the DVD). It was again preceded by a Q&A session with AM on QJAM and, for the first time, single camera footage of the first half of one of the 2018 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic concerts (either 06 or 07 October).
January 1988

**January 1988**

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## OMD

* Dreaming single announced and released, enters UK charts at no.62 (31.01)
* *Record Mirror* gives news of single and forthcoming 'Best of' album. Also states that OMD have been writing fresh material and planning more British dates.(23.01)
Mathew Street

**Mathew Street** (McCluskey/Bartos) is the title of an OMD song released as a bonus track with the Walking On The Milky Way CD single VSCDT1599 and cassette single VSC1599 in 1996.

The song takes its name from the street in Liverpool, UK, notable as the location of the Cavern Club, made famous by The Beatles, and Eric's Club frequented by members of OMD in the late 70s and the venue for their debut gig in 1978.

Produced by Andy McCluskey, the song is very much in the style of mid-period Beatles.

## Personnel

* Andy McCluskey - vocals
* Stuart Kershaw - drums
* Keith Small - bass
* Ian Weldon - sitar
2nd Thought

**2nd Thought** (McCluskey) is an OMD song originally issued on the group's second studio album *Organisation* (1980). It is the second track on the album, immediately following Enola Gay.

Like all the album tracks, it was produced by Mike Howlett.

## Origins

Little is known about the origins of the song, although the album sleeve states that it was originally recorded at The Gramophone Suite before the group moved to Advision Studios to record the rest of the album.

## Style and content

2nd Thought is an upbeat track featuring drums and percussion played by MH although remains melancholic with its use of choir type vocals and and enigmatic lyrics expressing a sense of longing and a broken relationship:

"*the order in our lives left some time ago*..", "..*me at home and you out there*..", "*It's gone so far and now it seems, it's only me*..".

## Versions and availability

The version on the *Organisation* album (4:03) remains unique.
All She Wants Is Everything

Pandora's Box 7" B side label

**All She Wants Is Everything** is the title of an OMD song, first released in 1991 as the B-side to the 7" issue of the Pandora's Box single, and as a 'bonus track' on the CD single.

The song is credited to 'OMD', ie. Andy McCluskey, with production by Howard Gray (who also produced Speed of Light).
Live at Leigh Rock Festival '79

**Live at Leigh Rock Festival '79** is the title of a live album documenting the 'Zoo Meets Factory Halfway' music festival held in Leigh, UK on Bank Holiday Monday, 27 August 1979 . The concert featured bands hailing from Manchester and Liverpool, pertaining to the factory and Zoo labels respectively (see page for more details).

The recordings were initially only available as a bootleg, although in 2006 they were given a sort of official release under Interstate Records, and successively also made available on digital/streaming platforms.

The Joy Division recordings were also given dedicated bootleg release.

## Links to OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark were one of the bands performing. They were something of an 'anomaly' in the festival line-up since they hailed from Liverpool/Merseyside but had released a single with Manchester's factory records.

This is one of the group's earliest live recordings.

## Track listing

OMITD performance only

* Messages
* Bunker Soldiers
* Julia's Song
* VCBXL
* Almost
* Red Frame/White Light
* Mystery Reality  ("*features Winston on saxophone*")
* Electricity
* Waiting For The Man

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 VCL XI and Mystereality respectively, either wrongly written or transcribed
2. ↑ A few seconds of the beginning only on recording. Announced as "the last one".

## External links

* Discogs
* Spotify
April 1981

**April 1981**

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## OMD

* Organisation tour continues with last three dates in France before moving on to the USA and Canada and back to the US again (spilling over into May).
* Rockstage (ITV) broadcast 1980 Nottingham gig.
* *Record Mirror* competition to win *Organisation* LPs.
Choir Song (Rough Mix)

**Choir Song (rough mix)** is a demo of an OMD song which would eventually be released as Souvenir in 1981.

It was first released on 08 October 2021 on digital platforms only, ahead of the full digital and physical release of the *Architecture & Morality The Singles* compilation album one week later.

The demo is slightly faster than the final version of the song although retains the same structure as well as basic musical and lyrical contents. The provisional name comes from the fact that the song was based on sample tapes of a choir 'tuning up' which had been provided by former band member Dave Hughes.

Lead vocal is by Paul Humphreys, who wrote the track with Martin Cooper.
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* **1988**: LIVE - Depeche Mode support, Mountainview Shoreline Amphitheatre, CA, USA
* **2013**: LIVE - English Electric tour Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK
* **2022**: LIVE - Souvenir tour (US 2022) Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY (1/2)

## Related

* **1985**: Depeche Mode release new single Shake The Disease
* **2016**: John Foxx releases album *21st Century: A Man, A Woman And A City*
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## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour Canterbury Court Ballroom, Perth Australia.
* **1984**: PRESS - Tesla Girls lyrics and full page ad with UK tour dates in *Smash Hits.*
* **1986**: PRESS - *Record Mirror*, p.8 Singles (Forever) Live and Die review "..*hardly world shattering stuff*." Also carries ad for single p.33.[1]
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Ponte Vedra FL, USA[2]
Gary Numan

**Gary Numan** (b. Gary Anthony James Webb, 08 March 1958) is a British singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He first became famous with the song 'Are "Friends" Electric, a single released under the group name of Tubeway Army, which went to no. 1 in the UK in June 1979. Soon afterwards Numan began to record and release as a solo artist and his first single Cars also went to no. 1 in September of the same year. The Tubeway Army album *Replicas* went to no. 1 in the UK, as did his first two solo albums *The Pleasure Principle* and *Telekon*.

Numan enjoyed mixed fortunes throughout the rest of the eighties, almost always derided by the press, while maintaining a solid and loyal fanbase. He continued to record and release material into the nineties and does so to date, after a re-evaluation of his work in the 2000s. His latest album *Intruder* was released in May 2021.  In April 2023 Numan played his 1,000th live show.

## Links to OMD

Gary Numan was the first artist to give Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark their first big break on a national scale when he chose them as the support act for his sell-out Touring Principle in 1979.

Likewise, Numan supported OMD on the UK December dates of the Liberator tour in 1993.
Later... with Jools Holland

**Later... with Jools Holland** is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland and broadcast by the BBC. Episodes are also made available on BBC iplayer for a limited period.

## OMD

### 2013

* Series 42, Ep.07
* First shown: 31 May 2013
* Line-up: AM, PH, MC, Malcolm Holmes
* Songs performed: Kissing the Machine, Dresden, Enola Gay, plus interview with Paul & Andy (*English Electric* album)
* BBC official web page "*British synth-pop pioneers OMD, who this year mark their 35th anniversary, make their Later debut. They will perform new material from their 12th studio LP English Electric and a classic number from their celebrated back catalogue*".

### 2023

* Series 63, Ep.04
* First shown: 04 November 2023
* Line-up: AM, PH, MC, Stuart Kershaw
* Songs performed: Bauhaus Staircase, Don't Go
* BBC official web page: "*Jools welcomes to the show ..[..].. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, who perform a couple of songs from their latest album Bauhaus Staircase*.."
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**22 August**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1981**: PRESS - *Record Mirror* news announcement of Souvenir release and Singles review by Sunie (p.16).
* **1981**: PRESS - NME, review of Souvenir by Lynn Hanna ("*The B-side...is an improvement*")
* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture tour Jindabyne Lake Jindabyne Hotel, Australia.
* **1986**: TV - BBC1 *The Montreux Rock Festival* highlights; OMD - If You Leave [1]
* **2015**: LIVE - Rewind Festival South, Henley-on-Thames UK
* **2019**: LIVE - The B-52's 40th Anniversary tour Austin Bass Concert Hall, TX, USA
* **2023**: RELEASE - video premiere of new single Bauhaus Staircase (YouTube, 7pm UK time) with live comments by AM. Track successively made available on all streaming/download services (album news next day).
English Electric

### Chart pos.

Official Albums chart: 12; Album Downloads chart: 31; Physical Albums Chart: **8**

## Singles

### 4.

The Future Will Be Silent (RSD, 10" vinyl)

## Chronology

### Next album

*The Punishment of Luxury (album)* (2017)

## Re-releases

### Date

15 September 2023 - red vinyl, die-cut sleeve.* Official Vinyl Albums chart: 23

### Other

**Related tracks**:* Time Burns
* The Great White Silence
* Kill Me
* No Man’s Land
* Frontline

**English Electric** is the title of the twelfth studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), their second since the reformation of the group. It was released on 05 April 2013 on 100% Records.

## Release

The album was released in April 2013, after the release of lead single Metroland and preview short animated videos for Decimal and Atomic Ranch. A range of album formats were initially made available, including a limited edition 12" vinyl LP and a deluxe limited edition box set including the regular 12-track album CD, a DVD featuring interviews and track-by-track commentaries by AM & PH and animated promo videos, a further CD with 9 demo versions of album tracks plus a 7" vinyl disc featuring Our System on one side and new track Frontline (not included on the album) on the other.

A CD & DVD package, a single CD plus digital download and streaming of the basic 12 tracks were also available.

## Tracklisting

2. Metroland
3. Night Café
4. The Future Will Be Silent
5. Helen of Troy
6. Our System
7. Kissing the Machine
8. Decimal
9. Stay With Me
10. Dresden
11. Atomic Ranch
12. Final Song
* **Metroland, Night Cafe, The Future Will Be Silent & Our System** written by Paul Humphreys & Andy McCluskey
* **Please Remain Seated, Decimal, Dresden, Atomic Ranch & Final Song** written by Andy McCluskey
* **Helen of Troy** written By Andy McCluskey & Fotonovela
* **Kissing the Machine** written by Andy McCluskey & Karl Bartos. Claudia Brücken - voice of the machine
* **Stay With** **Me** written by Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey & David Watson. Backing vocals by David Watson.
* **Our System** additional programming by Malcolm Holmes. Features recording courtesy of NASA.
* **Final Song** - contains samples from "Lonely House" performed by Abbey Lincoln.

Sleeve design Tom Skipp, art direction Peter Saville, booklet inner photography Innes Marlow.
*CD/DVD package and boxset only*
tracks 2-9 "Track By Track", tracks
1. Studio Interview
2. Please Remain Seated
3. Metroland
4. Kissing the Machine
5. Stay With Me
6. Dresden
7. Our System
8. Night Café
9. Final Song
10. Please Remain Seated (animated video)
11. Decimal (animated video)
12. Atomic Ranch (animated video)
* DVD filmed by Jake Whitelocke & Ish Sahotay.
* Animations by Henning M Lederer.
*box set only*
1. Atomic Ranch 02.05.11
2. Helen Of Troy 24.02.12
3. Future 1 14.05.12
4. Stay With Me (Idea3)
5. Hopper 1
6. Dresden 05.02.09
7. Future 2 V1.3
8. Hopper 2 16.05.12
9. Jupiter (Our System) 21.05.11

7" single
*box set only*
* Our System
* Frontline
Late Night in Concert

**Late Night in Concert** was a short TV series of live concerts shown on BBC One during the summer of 1982. Each show, featuring a single artist, was introduced by Anne Nightingale.

Artists featured in the series included U2, Barclay James Harvest, AC/DC and The Doobie Brothers.

## Links to OMD

A show featuring highlights of OMD's live concert at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 04 December 1981, was broadcast at 11.35 pm on 16 August 1982. The selected tracks are taken from the *Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane video* recording, commercially released on VHS the previous month.

In Nightingale's introduction she states the origins of the band "..*centre around a telephone box in Liverpool*.." and describes AM & PH as "..*two synthesiser players.*.". She also mentions Winston and how he has been replaced "by humans".

### Songs featured

* Joan of Arc
* Maid of Orleans
* Statues
* Souvenir
* New Stone Age
* Enola Gay
* Electricity
* Stanlow

The programme credits roll over the end of Stanlow although the song is played in its entirety.
Joy Division

**Joy Division** were a post-punk group hailing from Manchester, UK formed by Ian Curtis (vocalist), Peter Hook (bass), Bernard Sumner (guitars and keyboards) and Stephen Morris (drums). Discovered by entrepreneur Tony Wilson after releasing their self-financed debut EP An Ideal For Living, they were one of the first signings to the city's independent Factory label and became pioneers of the indie movement of the late 70s.

On 18 May 1980, just weeks after completing their second album *Closer* and on the eve of a tour of the US, the group's vocalist Ian Curtis committed suicide at his own home. Joy Division effectively ceased to exist after Curtis' death, the surviving three members going on to form New Order

## Links to OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark were briefly 'label-mates' with Joy Division during their time as a Factory band (even though there were famously no written arrangements with the artists on the label's roster). Like Joy Division, OMD had been 'discovered' by Factory boss Tony Wilson. They consequently shared the same live bill on several occasions, including the "Factory v. Zoo" festival in Leigh in the summer, 1979.

Both bands made their UK chart debuts in the Spring/Summer of 1980. Joy Division entered the charts with Love Will Tear Us Apart in the first week of June, just as OMD were going down with Messages (nos. 30 & 20 respectively). The same feat was achieved the following week (the respective singles were at nos.18 & 39).

OMD were influenced by the Joy Division, and especially by Curtis. The song Statues is said to have been written about Curtis' death, which occurred when OMD were writing and recording for the *Organisation* album.

In the duo's 'All Time Top tens' published in Smash Hits in September 1980, Andy McCluskey placed Joy Division's Decades as his no.1 choice, and Atmosphre at no.5, while Paul Humphreys placed Atmosphere at no.1 and Isolation at no.7. McCluskey chose Atmosphere as one of his Tracks of My Years in 2013

## See also

* Manchester, 11 May 1979
* Unknown Pleasures
* NME, 04 October 1980
* John Peel
* Intrigue
* FACTORY RECORDS Communications 1978-92

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs.com
Caribana Festival

**The Caribana Festival** in Crans-pres-Celigny, Vaud, Switzerland started in 1990 as an opportunity for people in Switzerland to enjoy live music at the shores of Lake Leman. The event has grown over the years and changed from a free, small, local festival to an international event with 19.500 visitors in 2005.

Caribana lasts for four days Thursday to Sunday and offers a variety of artists. It is not, as its name suggests, an event devoted to Caribbean music.

The festival will hold its 30th edition in June 2022.[1]

## OMD

* OMD played the festival on Saturday 10 June 2011. Setlist included some tracks from History of Modern, but mainly hits. (source)
	+ Main stage: Justin Nozuka, Texas, Wolfmother, Interpol, Hurts, Plan B, Morcheeba, **OMD**, Julian Marley, Abd al Malik, Kool and the gang Side stages: Kirsty, Lissie, Marc Sway, Kassidy, Favez, Plain White Ts, Misty Miller, Azazelblues, Solange la Frange, Guess What, Little Dragon, Ndidi O, Guillaume Grand, Saint Andre, Medi, I blame Coco, Jaïlyna, Ben Howard (source)

## External links

* Caribana Festival official site
* OMD pictures at the event at Getty Images - search results
Now That's What I Call Music 1991

**Now That's What I Call Music 1991** is a 2-CD/MC 40-track various artists compilation album, part of the NOW.. 10th Anniversary Series, originally issued on 15 August 1993. The album features some of the biggest hits of the year 1991.

## Links to OMD

* CD2 and MC2, side two feature Sailing on the Seven Seas, which reached no.3 in the UK in 1991.

## External links

* nowmusic.com
* Discogs
A Fallen Angel (What Have We Done demo)

**A Fallen Angel (What Have We Done) [V1.4 07-11-16]** is the title of a demo track that would later be released as What Have We Done on the album *The Punishment of Luxury* in 2017, and also as a single. The parenthesised date suggests a recording date of 07 November 2016.

The demo was released on CD2 of *The Punishment of Luxury (deluxe).*
Now That's What I Call Music 103

**Now That's What I Call Music 103** is a 2CD/48-track various artists compilation album, part of the NOW.. series, originally issued in the UK on 19 July 2019, featuring 44 hits from that year up to shortly before that date.

CD2 also featured 4 bonus tracks as 35th Anniversary Now 3 Throwback! to promote the first CD release of *Now That's What I Call Music 3* originally released in 1984.

## Links to OMD

* OMD's 1984 hit Locomotion featured as the second of four "Now 3 Throwback" bonus tracks, track 21 on CD2.
MOCA

**MOCA**, acronym for the Museum Of Contemporary Arts is the name of a museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art from around the world located in Tucson, Arizon USA. It was established by artists in 1997, and is housed in a repurposed firehouse in Downtown Tucson. The museum "currently hosts rotating exhibitions by locally, nationally, and internationally renowned contemporary artists—critical exhibitions that spur dialogue and that foster empathy between artists and audiences."

## Links to OMD

* In January 2019 MOCA housed an exhibition entitled "DAZZLED: OMD, MEMPHIS DESIGN, AND BEYOND", "In celebration of the advent of dazzle camouflage during World War I..exploring the influence dazzle camouflage has had over designers, artists, and musicians of the past one hundred years." The exhibition focused particulalry on the *Dazzle Ships* artwork and design, and featured an immersive OMD “Dazzle Ships” installation in MOCA Tucson’s Great Hall with interactive video and sound components.

* On Saturday, 19 January 2019 PH & AM took part in a “Meet and Greet” session to inauguarate the exhibition and on Tuesday 22 January 2019 played a concert at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson.

## External links

* Official MOCA site
* DAZZLED exhibition web page
* #dazzledtucson
New Order

**New Order** are a new wave / dance music group from Manchester, UK active since 1980. The group was formed from the line-up of Joy Division after their lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide in May, 1980. The surviving members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris were joined by Gillian Gilbert and issued their debut single Ceremony b/w In A Lonely Place on Factory records in March 1981. After their debut album *Movement* and several experimental singles mixing new wave guitar and drums with electronic elements, the group achieved mainstream success in March 1983 with the groundbreaking single Blue Monday, released on 12" vinyl format only.
New Order continued their success throughout the 1980s achieving global commercial success, even in the US, while remaining loyal to Factory records and the independent and experimental ethic. The 90s, however, saw the collapse of Factory and New Order signed to London Records, releasing new material and continuing live work.
In 2006 bassist Peter Hook effectively left the group and new members were recruited for bass guitar, electric guitar and keyboard duties, as Gilbert had also taken a break. She returned in 2011, and *Music Complete*, their first album without Peter Hook, was released in September 2015.

## Connections

* Aside from the Joy Division connections, both OMD and New order had their debut singles issued on Factory records.
* John Peel has hosted sessions by both artists.[1]
* Both groups have had some of their most iconic sleeve artwork designed by Peter Saville.
* The two groups appeared on the same edition of *Top of the Pops* on 03 May 1984, OMD with Locomotion and New Order with Thieves Like Us. Bassist Peter Hook mentions the recording of this episode in a 1986 interview:

> *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)
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* Although New Order began to play live in the US before OMD, they both had their first mainstream success in the US with songs released on the *Pretty in Pink* soundtrack album (1986). New Order's contribution was the track Shell-Shock. Their track The Perfect Kiss had also reached no.5 on the US Dance Singles chart in 1985.

## See also

* Soundwave Magazine No.5
* Festival of the Tenth Summer
* Now That's What I Call Music 25
* Life Moves Pretty Fast - The Music and Movies of John Hughes ‎
* FACTORY RECORDS Communications 1978-92
* Intrigue[2]
A-ha 2018 Electric Summer

World tour by Norwegian group a-ha, for which OMD were special guests on six selected UK dates (together with Tom Bailey of The Thompson Twins)

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey
* Paul Humphreys
* Martin Cooper
* Stuart Kershaw

## Set-list

Mainly 'hits', including History of Modern Part I and The Punishment of Luxury.

## Dates

* 07 June - The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (*review*)
* 09 June - Hush Park, Yeovil
* 10 June - The Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
* 14 June - Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
* 16 June - Bloomfield road, Blackpool
* 17 June - Mowden Park, Darlington
July 1982

**July 1982**

July 1981 | July 1983

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## OMD

* *Record Mirror* (issue dtd 17.07.82) carries news item about new song to be released as a single, and that OMD are going into the studio to record their fourth album which will be released "some time in October". First mention of Telegraph records.
* Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane video released on VHS/Betamax.
Isotype (demos)

**Isotype [V1.1 15-02-16]** and **Isotype [V1.7 23-02-16]** are the titles of two demo tracks of the song that would later be released as Isotype on the album *The Punishment of Luxury*, and as the album's lead single, in 2017.

The parenthesised dates suggest recording dates of 15 February and 23 February 2016 respectively.

The demos were both released on CD2 of *The Punishment of Luxury (deluxe).*
Architecture & Morality

**Architecture & Morality** is the title of the third studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. It was released in November 1981, and went on to become the group's biggest selling album to date.

*work in progress*

## Tracklisting

LP/MC Virgin 1981
Side One

1. The New Stone Age
2. She's Leaving
3. Souvenir
4. Sealand

Side Two

1. Joan of Arc
2. Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
3. Architecture and Morality
4. Georgia
5. The Beginning and The End

CD re-issue, 2003
as above plus bonus tracks

1. Extended Souvenir
2. Motion and Heart (Amazon Version)
3. Sacred Heart
4. The Romance Of The Telescope
5. Navigation
6. Of All The Things We've Made
7. Gravity Never Failed

CD/DVD re-issue, 2007
'Collector's Edition' DIDCDRX 12

* CD: Tracks 1-16 as above
* DVD:

1. Souvenir (promo video)
2. Joan Of Arc (Live Top Of The Pops - Version 29/10/81)
3. Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc) (Promo Video)
4. Live At The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - 04/12/81

## See also

* Architecture & Morality tour (1981-82)
* Architecture & Morality Classic Album Tour (2007)
* Architecture & Morality & More (2008 release)
* *Architecture & Morality The Singles* (2021 release)
* Architecture & More Tour (2021)

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Spotify - 2003, 16 track version.
Crush (song)

**Crush** is the title of an OMD song released in 1985 as the title track to the group's sixth studio album.

As with other songs on *Crush*, writing credits are attributed to OMD, and the track was produced by Stephen Hague. As the fifth track on the album it closes Side One of the original LP/MC.

Crush represents the fourth time OMD included a title track on an album (including *Dazzle Ships*) although it was the first one to feature a conventional vocal and lyrics, even though the word 'crush' is not mentioned.

The song was played live to open most concerts on the Crush tour, although has not been performed since.

## Style and content

The song is based around samples of TV adverts recorded in Japan when the group were "at the end of a long tour" there (see Media below). The track is slow moving and melancholic with the lyrics lamenting the torrential rain outside (based on the children's nursery rhyme "*Rain, rain go away / come again another day*.."). The lyrics also feature the expletive "*I can't stand this f\*\*kin' rain*".

The song also features a notable trombone solo by Graham Weir. The song ends with the sound of a rainstorm which is suddenly interrupted.

## Versions and availability

 live version
 other version
July 1985

**July 1985**

Previous month | next month

July 1984 | July 1986

## OMD

* GLC Jobs for a Change Festival, Battersea Park, UK (07)
* Secret b/w Drift single released (08)
* US leg of Crush tour begins (10, New York)
* The Power Station support tour in th US begins (19, Houston)
* *OMD at Sheffield City Hall* first broadcast on BBC Two (23)
Now That's What I Call Music 1984

**Now That's What I Call Music 1984** is a 2-CD/36-track various artists compilation album, part of the NOW.. Millennium Series, originally issued on 21 June 1999. The album features some of the biggest hits of the year 1984.

## Links to OMD

* CD2 of the compilation features the 7"/album version of Locomotion as track 9 (of 18)

## External links

* nowmusic.com
* Discogs
John Floyd

**John Floyd** was a member of pre-OMD band The Id in which he was a vocalist. He co-wrote the track Radio Waves which would later be recorded by OMD and feature on their 1983 album, Dazzle Ships.

John has now passed away (date unknown).

See also
* Gary Hodgson
* Steve Hollas
* Julia Kneale
* Neill Shenton
Julia Kneale

**Julie Kneale** (b.23 February 1960) is a freelance writer from West Kirby, Merseyside.

## Links to OMD

* Julia Kneale became a friend of the musicians gravitating around the Wirral music scene in the late 1970s and eventually became AM's girlfriend.
* She was briefly a member of The Id.
* She wrote the lyrics to what became Julia's Song.
* The song became something of a "curse" after it was issued on the *OMITD* album, and she turned away from the band and their music afterwards.
* He friendship with AM flourished again in ... after the death of her mother, when AM was of great support.

* In 2014 she published an autobiography ("a celebration of my life") entitled "*Moods, Memories and Other Manoeuvres*", with a foreword by AM.
* Quotes:

> "*I wrote the lyrics to Julia’s Song when I was 18 at a rehearsal above Greasby Library, and I always sang it alone*."
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> "*For purely personal reasons, I chose not to listen to any of their music if I could help it , and I’ve still never , to this day , been to any of their concerts.*"
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> "*I received a phone call from Island Records saying that Marianne Faithfull was interested in Julia’s Song for her forthcoming album of ballads*."
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Gary Hodgson

*this text is taken straight from an archived page first poseìted the omd official website*

**Gary Hodgson** played guitar with The Id during each of the band's various line-ups. Gary is probably better known as keyboard technician for OMD during their live performances and more recently has provided similar services for Oasis.
Gary also works as Senior Technical Advisor at the Wirral Academy Of Performing Arts.

## Interview

How did you become involved with The Id?

I went to college with Paul and Steve.

Can you give some background to what you were doing prior to joining The Id?

Involved in bands since school with Neil Shenton, Mal Holmes and others. Went to Riversdale College in Liverpool with Paul and met Steve. Spent days "bunking off" (staying out of college), walking around Liverpool and talking about The Id making it big - shortly after they did, with a slightly different line up! We became more serious in time, then Paul joined playing an old radio (making noises), who knew Andy (who was a songwriter).

What was a typical gig like?

The Id were very popular and the gigs were always full. The Wirral band scene had two main bands Pegasus and The Id. We played Eric's nightclub in Liverpool in the new wave era when all the top punk and new wave bands played - that was a vibe.

What are your memories of the Open Eye session?

Exciting, first time in the studio for many of us.

Were you disappointed that The Id folded?

Yes, but look what came out of it!!

Are there any particular stories and anecdotes that stay in your mind from The Id days?

Crashing my dads van with equipment and Mal jammed in the back. Rehearsing above a fish shop - nice smell.

What did you do after leaving the band?

Worked at RAF Sealand for seven years then started as roadie with OMD repairing Computer musical instrument "Fairlight". 15 years later freelance programmer for George Michael, Oasis, Lionel Richie, All Saints, East 17, Chris Rea, etc.
Abe Juckes

**Abe Juckes** is a drummer and TV art director who joined OMD for promotional and live work during the *Sugar Tax* period.

He appears in the promo video for Sailing On the Seven Seas, Call My Name and Speed of Light. He also performed on *Top of the Pops* for Sailing and Pandora's Box, on *Wogan* for Pandora's Box and Call My Name and on Disney Club for Call My Name.

Official live recordings featuring Juckes on drums are Enola Gay, Dreaming and Call My Name (available on Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme) CDS2 ) and Electricity, Walk Tall and Locomotion (available on Everyday CDS2) all recorded in Milton Keynes 24 August 1991 and originally broadcast on Radio 1.

He allegedly left the band after touring because he did not 'get along' with one other (unknown) band member.

More recently, Abe has worked as art director and director on *Emmerdale Farm* and *Coronation Street*.

* Source: *Abe Juckes Interview*, omd-messages.co.uk, 2014-02-04
Dancing

OMD perfored Dancing on the OGWT in April 1980

**Dancing** is the title of a song which first appeared on OMD's debut album *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark*, side 2 track 4. It is one of the group's more 'experimental' tracks and is mostly instrumental with only a short 'treated' spoken vocal by Andy McCluskey.

The song features an unidentified radio recording in the intro, followed by a jazz recording from Glenn Miller's Sunrise Serenade.[1]

## Evolution

Dancing was one of the first songs to be written by Humphreys/McCluskey and featured in early live sets, up to and inclusing the OMITD tour.

It was also performed by the group, together with Messages, for their first national TV appearance on *The Old Grey Whistle Test* in April 1980. In the same month a new recording of the track was also made for their second Peel session, first broadcast on 21 April.

## Availability

* studio version: all issues and re-issues of the *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark* (1980)
* Peel session version: on *Peel Sessions 1979-1983*(2000)
* OGWT (video): *The Old Grey Whistle Test (The Definitive Collection)*, DVD Boxset (2005), Vol.2 Disc 3.[2]

1. ↑ the performance was omitted from the *BBC TV Performances* DVD included in the *Souvenir* boxset (2019), which does however include Messages from the same show.
English Electric tour

**English Electric tour** (2013)

formatting unfinished

## Line-up

*unless otherwise stated*

* Andy MCluskey / Paul Humphreys / Martin Cooper / Malcolm Holmes

1. 04-28 Margate, England - Winter Gardens
2. 04-29 Birmingham, England - Symphony Hall
3. 05-01 Nottingham, England - Royal Centre
4. 05-02 Ipswich, England - Regent Theatre
5. 05-03 London, England - Roundhouse
6. 05-05 Bristol, England - Colston
7. 05-06 Oxford, England - New Theatre
8. 05-08 Sheffield, England - City Hall
9. 05-09 Leeds, England - Academy
10. 05-10 Manchester, England - Academy
11. 05-12 Glasgow, Scotland - Royal Concert Hall
12. 05-13 Gateshead, England - Sage
13. 05-14 Liverpool, England - Empire

2. 10 June Frankfurt HR1, Germany (Recorded for HR1 radio as part of their 'unplugged' series)
3. 11 June Stuttgart SWR1, Germany (Recorded for SWR1 radio as part of their 'unplugged' series).
4. 12 June Saarbrucken Funkhaus Halberg, Germany (Recorded for SR1 radio as part of their 'unplugged' series).
5. 15 June Hilversum De Vorstin, Holland (Recorded for Dutch radio.)
6. 06 July Lausitzer Seenland Festival, Germany (4 songs from the set were shown on German TV)

### USA/Canada Pt.2

1. 07-08 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre - cancelled?
2. 07-09 Chicago, IL - Metro - cancelled?
3. 07-11 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall
4. 07-12 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
5. 07-13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
6. 07-15 Boston, MA - Paradise
7. 07-17 New York, NY - Terminal 5
8. 19 July Toronto Danforth Music Hall, Canada - Malcolm Holmes suffers cardiac arrest after coming off stage.

* 07-28 Perth, Scotland - Rewind Festival - CANCELLED, replaced by The Human League [1]

## External links

* Tour announcement on rocksubculture.com, 2013-01-29
* Tour blog on omdculture.com, NA Pt.1 etc.
Now That's What I Call Music 25

**Now That's What I Call Music 25** is a 35-track various artists compilation album, part of the NOW.. series, originally issued in the UK on 02 August 1993.

The album was released in 2xCD, 2xMC and 2xLP formats each with identical tracks and running order.

## Links to OMD

* The album features Dream Of Me (Based on Love's Theme) as track 13 on CD2, track 4 on MC2 and LP2. Although none of the releases states track timings, Discogs.com gives a timing of 4:11, ie. the album version of the track.
* OMD contemporaries New Order and Duran Duran also feature on the album.

## External links

* nowmusic.com
* Discogs