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White Trash

**White Trash** is the title of an OMD song, first released on the *Junk Culture* album in 1983.

## Origins

White Trash was one of the first new songs to be written and demoed following the Dazzle Ships tour, in spring 1983. A demo version recorded at Highland Studios, Inverness was released in 2008. This version is notable for being much faster than the finished version, which has a slow 'reggae' rhthm, and Maureen Humphreys' vocals are more prominent.

> "*We've got two Reggae* (sic.) *songs: 'White Trash' and 'Junk Culture'. They're not exactly Bob Marley, in fact they can only loosely be called reggae, but they are definitely two of our best new songs.*" - OMD newsletter, Winter 1983.
> "*..'White Trash' a very unsubtle little number about some unidentified ex-friend of Andy's. Martin's sax solo sounds like it was played on a drainpipe in the Albert Hall - it's wonderful. Watch out for Malcolm Holmes featured heavily on Huntley and Palmer biscuit tins.*" - OMD newsletter, Spring 1984
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## Release

White Trash was eventually released on *Junk Culture*, as the fourth and penultimate track on Side 2 (denoted as track 9 on both the LP & CD releases).

## Live performance

White Trash was played live on the Junk Culture tour in 1984 and on the Crush tour the following year.

## Versions and availability

White Trash
 live version (audio)
 live version (video)
 demo version ('Highland Studios')
Stay With Me

**Stay With Me** is the title of an OMD song first released on the *English Electric* album (2013). The track remains exclusive to this release.

Stay With Me features a lead vocal by Paul Humphreys. The song was possibly 'left over' from his Onetwo days as co-writer James Watson also contributed to the *Instead* album (2007).

## Versions & availability

 * demo version 'Idea3' (3:44)

The track is also discussed on the *English Electric* "Track By Track" DVD.
The View From Here (demo)

**The View From Here [V1.3 23-01-15]** is the title of a demo track that would later be released as The View From Here  on the album *The Punishment of Luxury* in 2017. The parenthesised date suggests a recording date of 23 January 2015.

The demo was released on CD2 of *The Punishment of Luxury (deluxe).*
Radio Waves

**Radio Waves** is the title of an OMD song first released on *Dazzle Ships* album in 1983.

## Origins

> "*Another very old song. This one steams from the days when Andy, Paul and Malcolm were in The Id. One of teh other members of The Id was John Floyd who co-wrote some of the original words. The noise at te beginning of the song is our short wave radio digitally scanning through the radio frequencies, one frequency at a time*." - OMD Newsletter, Spring 1983
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## Live

Radio Waves was performed live on the Dazzle Ships tour (1983) and on Junk Culture tour (1984). It was later revived for live performances of the Dazzle Ships album in 2014 and 2016 (see below).

## Versions and availability

 * live versions
* *Dazzle Ships At The Museum Of Liverpool* (EP) */* *Dazzle Ships at The Museum Of Liverpool* (album) (2014, rel.2015)
* *Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (2016)

## Cover versions

* The Well Wishers on Soundcloud, March 2017
Anthropocene

**Anthropocene** is the fourth single track to be released from the *Bauhaus Staircase* album in October 2023. The video for the track was premiered immediately following Andy & Paul’s livestream Q&A on the album launch on Friday 27 October.

The announcement for the video, together with stills from the same, was posted on social media on Monday 23 October.

## Live

Anthropocene was performed live during 'album launch' sets in October & November 2023.
Thompson Twins

**Thompson Twins** were a British new wave and later electronic music pop group originally formed in 1977. The group underwent several line-up changes over the years. Originally a four-piece they grew at one point a seven-piece band although remain best known for the trio of Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway who had several hits from 1983 onwards both in the UK and the US. Bailey has been the only constant member and still records under his name and occasionally performs live as "Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey."

(*More on wikipedia*)

## Connections

* Support act on Tour For Future Days (1985/1986).[1]
Unknown Pleasures

**Unknown Pleasures** is the title of the debut album by Manchester group Joy Division, released in 1979.

## Connections

* the album was released on Factory records, the independent label on which OMITD released their debut single Electricity.
* The album sleeve was designed by Peter Saville who also designed many record sleeves for OMD.
* *Souvenirs: Andy McCluskey Of OMD’s Favourite Albums* in The Quietus, 2013-04-08 [1]
* Andy McCluskey on *Unknown Pleasures* in The Quietus, 2019-06-14 [2]
Pretending To See The Future

OMITD Side Two label

Flexi-disc (1981)

*This page is on the song Pretending To See The Future. See also Pretending To See The Future (book), and Pretending to See the Future: A Tribute to OMD.*

**Pretending To See The Future** (Humphreys/McCluskey) is the title of an OMD song first released as the closing track on the group's debut album *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark* (1980).

The track was also recorded for the group's second Peel session in April 1980 and has been performed live several times.

## Origins

AM:

> "*The last song written for the album about how weird we found it to now be signed professional musicians....Also, the last track recorded for the album. Someone had stolen the lead off the roof of the building and by the time I came to record the vocal the rain had penetrated all the 4 floors above to be pouring into our studio. If you solo my voice you can hear the water dripping into the 6 buckets around me*." - timstwitterlisteningparty.com, OMITD, 27 March 2021.
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## Versions

### Album version

The original recording of the song closes Side Two of the debut album, released in 1980. It is a medium paced track with multi-tracked vocals by Andy McCluskey, electronic percussion and a slow fade-out, with almost improvised vocals.

### Session version

The version recorded for the group's second Peel session is slightly faster than the album version and features some backing vocals by Paul Humphreys and drums and percussion played by Malcolm Holmes. As per the version played live during the OMITD tour the song comes to a sudden end with the lines: "*We'll see you the same time, same place next year round/ With the same kind of product and a very similar sound*"

### Smash Hits flexi disc

A 'live version' was also released as part of a flexi-disc given away free with *Smash Hits* magazine, issue dtd. 03 March 1981, shared with the track Swing Shift by Nash The Slash (also a DinDisc artist). The issue also featured the lyrics to the song and a photo of Andy & Paul on the front cover. The recording is similar to the Peel session version. No production credits are given. Place of recording is unknown although not was done in front of a live audience.

See also: Smash Hits Remembered page

## Live performances

Pretending To See The Future was included in the setlists for the group's first headline tour in 1980, and for the successive Organisation tour, for the Architecture & Morality tour and revived again in 1983 for the Dazzle Ships tour, played as an encore, as documented by the *Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London 10.05.1983* CD, released in 2019. This version is much faster than any previously recorded versions.

The song was performed again at Atmospheric & Greatest Hits shows at the Royal Albert Hall in March 2022.
London, 27-28 September 1979

**Live concerts**

**Venue**: Hammersmith Odeon, London

**Dates**: Thursday 27 September & Friday 28 September 1979

**Tour**: The Touring Principle, Gary Numan support

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Winston.

## Setlist

1. Messages
2. Bunker Soldiers
3. Mystereality
4. Julia's Song
5. Red Frame White Light
6. Almost
7. Electricity
8. Waiting for the Man

## Scrapbook

One of the two nights was given a review by Mike Nicholls in *Record Mirror* weekly, issue dated 13 October 1979.

*scans americanradiohistory.com*

## Notes

* Possibly the biggest venue OMITD had even played to date.
* Selected tracks from Gary Numan's 28 September show was later released on the *Living Ornaments '79* album in 1981, with an expanded edition released on CD in 1998.[1]
25 July

**25 July**

previous - next

## OTD

### OMD

* **1984**: LIVE - Junk Culture NA tour: Long Island Spize Club, Farmingdale, NY, USA
* **1993**: CHARTS - Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme) down to no.33
* **2023**: NEWS - announcement of new release of *History of Modern* and *English Electric* on coloured vinyl, due out 15 September
* **2023**: NEWS - Hanging Around books announce *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1980/84* Virgina Turbett photographs book, due out 29 August
Time Zones

**Time Zones** is the tile of an OMD composition, first featured n the album *Dazzle Ships* (1983)

## Background

> “*On Radio-activity, Kraftwerk did a song called ‘News’ which was basically recordings of newscasters. I used that as a seed kernel that germinated into ‘Time Zones’, to get people from our record companies from all around the world to record their speaking clocks at the same time, saying different times but actually at the same time of day. And then, without the aid of a computer, got those quarter-inch tapes to sync up. I think that was one of the biggest coups that we pulled off, was to take a Kraftwerk idea and actually make it better!”* - AM, 2023
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## Versions and availability

 live (recordings)
Pet Shop Boys

**Pet Shop Boys** are a pop music duo formed in London in 1981 by former music journalist Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Specialising in music with a strong electronic bass, their music has over the years encompassed many diverse musical styles ranging from synth-pop to ballads, dance, soundtracks and the theatrical, although largely ignoring the traditional 'rock' format. The group has also survived changes in musical trends over the decades, often going against the grain of the moment.

The duo are also characterised by a rage of strong visual images of themselves, often unexpected and in contrast to trends and fashion, favouring the avant-garde or flamboyant, in stark contrast to their deadpan and 'ordinary' selves. Album artwork and stage designs have also been an important part of their visual image.

Although considered prevalently a 'singles' band, Pet Shop Boys have to date released fourteen studio albums, four remix albums, four soundtrack albums and two live albums. They have also collaborated with other artists, usually female vocalists, such as Dusty Springfield, Liza Minelli and Kylie Minogue. The Guinness Book of records lists the group as the most successful musical duo of all time.

* Official discography

## Links to OMD

* Although Pet Shop Boys became active some years after OMD, both groups are advocates of electronic music with PSB being part of a 'second wave' of electro-pop beginning in the mid-1980s.
* Both have appeared on The Old Grey Whistle Test and have recorded Peel sessions.
* Neil Tennant reviewed Never Turn Away in *Smash Hits*, issue dtd. 08 November 1984. His review was not positive and he wondered "*why they decided to lift a fourth single off their Junk Culture LP.*"
* OMD single Everyday and PSB's Go West were released on the same date, 06 September 1993.
TOTP: 29 May 1980

**Top of the Pops**

Show: S17/E22.

Broadcast: Thursday, 29 May 1980, BBC One 7.20 pm

Host: David Jensen

Song performed: Messages (second performance)

Chart position: 26 (full chart here)

Line-up: Andy McCluskey (lead vocals, bass guitar), Paul Humphreys (keyboards), Malcolm Holmes (drums), Dave Hughes (keyboards).

Playlist:

* (22) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Back Together Again (and charts), (52) Liquid Gold – Substitute (2) Hot Chocolate – No Doubt About It (44) Elton John – Little Jeannie (17), Crown Heights Affair – You Gave Me Love (danced to by Legs & Co) (13) Don McLean – Crying (video) (37) Thin Lizzy – Chinatown (6) Roxy Music – Over You, **(26) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages**, (21) Jermaine Jackson – Let’s Get Serious (video) (36) Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody’s Hero (23) Mystic Merlin – Just Can’t Give You Up (video) (NEW) Lena Zavaroni – Jump Down Jimmy (1) MASH – Theme From M\*A\*S\*H (Suicide Is Painless) (danced to by Legs & Co) (9) Lipps Inc – Funky Town (and credits)

## Notes

* OMD appeared for their second mimed performance of Messages this time with their own instruments and characteristic stage set-up.
* After the show the single remained at no.26 in the charts, but would later go higher
* This was the last edtion of *Top of the Pops* before a BBC musicians strike kept the show off the air for two months until 07 August.
* The show was repeated on BBC Four on 11 June 2015.[1]

## Media

* video recording available on *Souvenir* boxset, BBCTV Performances DVD
* limited availability on BBC Top of the Pops website [2]
Veruschka

**Veruschka** is an OMD song released as the third single and preview track to the forthcoming *Bauhaus Staircase* on the evening of Thursday 05 October 2023, as a digital single and video only.

The release came shortly after the previous single Slow Train in September, and Bauhaus Staircase in August.

The chords for the song were originally written by Paul Humphreys while still writing material for his Onetwo project with Claudia Bruecken. The lyrics are based on the life of Veruschka von Lehndorff (b.1939), also known as the "first German supermodel.“

## Demo version

A demo version, entitled 'Veruschka 2 Demo 2nd December 2020' was released as part of the *Bauhaus Staircase 'First Edition'* bonus CD.

## Live

Veruschka was initially played live at the album launch live performances in Kingston-on-Thames on 29 October and in Liverpool on 01 November 2023.
Rewind Festival

The **Rewind Festival** is an annual music festival, featuring 80s bands and artists, which takes place in three different locations: Perth (Scotland), Cheshire (North) and Henley-On-Thames (South). The festival was first held in August 2009.

## Links to OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark played the festival in 2012, 2015 and 2018.

Setlists have always been 'greatest hits' style, covering the group's entire career to that point.

### 2012

* Sunday 19 August, Henley-on-Thames

Line up: Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Martin Cooper.

Other notable headliners:

### 2015

* Sunday 26 July, Scotland
* Sunday 09 August, North
* Saturday 22 August, South

Line up: Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Stewart Kershaw, Martin Cooper.

Other notable headliners:

### 2018

* Saturday 21 July, Scotland
* Sunday 05 August, North
* Sunday 19 August, South

Line up: Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Stewart Kershaw, Martin Cooper.

Other notable headliners:
The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.1)

Promotional tour of *The Punishment of Luxury* album in Germany, Benelux and Switzerland in late 2017.

*Previous tour*: The Punishment of Luxury tour (UK & Eire)

*Next tour*: The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2)

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper, Stuart Kershaw (unless otherwise stated)

Support: Holygram (except Erfurt)

## Dates

### Germany

* 25 November - TraumHits Festival, Messe Erfurt (*not technically part of the tour*)
* 26 November - Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg
* 28 November - Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin
* 29 November - Haus Auensee, Leipzig
* 30 November - Tonhalle, Munich
* 02 December - Stadthalle, Offenbach
* 03 December - Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Duesseldorf

### Benelux

* 05 December - 013, Tilburg, NL [1]
* 06 December - De Roma, Antwerp, BE

## See also

* *The Punishment of Luxury* (album)
* The Punishment of Luxury tour (UK & Eire)
* The Punishment of Luxury tour (Europe Pt.2)
* The Punishment of Luxury tour (USA)
* 2018 Festivals
Women III

**Women III (pron.'Women three')** is the title of a song written and recorded by OMD and first released on the group's sixth studio album *Crush* (1985). Aside from also being included on *Crush - The Movie,* the track remains exclusive to this release.

Songwriting is credited to OMD, and production to Stephen Hague.

The song was performed live on the Crush tour although has not been performed since.

## Style and content

Women III is notable in its tendency towards an American sounding song, the direction in which the band were aiming to go at the time. This is particularly evident in the lyrics which include American-English vocabulary such as 'trash' and 'garbage can', as well as the '*X, Y, Zee*..' of the refrain. The song in fact recounts the story an evidently frustrated (American) housewife: "*A child who hoped her dreams come true/ But now she's only stuck with you..*", "*One day she thinks of leaving him / The next she treats him like a king".*

> AM: "*I’m beginning to see people within a social context. ‘Women III’ is not trying to fly a flag for liberating women from the kitchen sink; the character is caught between the good things and the bad things*." [1]
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Musically the song is upbeat and has a 'swing' rhythm, and typically uses a keyboard riff/melody as a 'chorus'. Martin Cooper's saxophone also features in the song.

## Availability

* Women III (4:26) - *Crush* (1985 et passim.)
* Women III - video 'live in the studio' on *Crush. The Movie (*1985 et passim)
The More I See You

**The More I See You** is the title of a song originally composed by composed by Harry Warren (1893-1981), with lyrics by Mack Gordon (1904-1959). The song was first published in 1945 and has since been covered many times by popular artists. The most commercially successful and well-known recording of the song was released in 1966 by Chris Montez (b.1943). His version went to number three on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year and to number sixteen on the *Billboard* Hot 100.[1]

## OMD version

* Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark recorded their own version of the song for their second studio album *Organisation*, originally released in 1980. They also included it in their third BBC Radio 1 session for John Peel, first broadcast in October 1980.
* Both recorded versions feature sparse synth arrangements over a strong drum beat, with a discordant 'bridge' also played on synth. McCluskey's somewhat eerie vocal give OMD's version a totally original feel, far removed from any other version of the song.

### Origins

> "*Without any lyrics for one of the fledgling new songs, Andy instead began singing the lyrics to the Chris Montez 60s classic ‘The More I See You’ over the top of it. It wasn’t meant to be a serious attempt at a cover version and the fact that the breezy pop of the Montez version was transformed into a dark, percussive number showed a rare glimpse of OMD’s humour." -* 'ORGANISATION: These Games You Play', omd-messages.co.uk, 2020-10-24
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Liverpool, 02 November 1986

Source: bootleg (audience recording)

## Details

City: Liverpool, UK

Venue:Liverpool Empire

Date: 02 November 1986

Tour: The Pacific Age tour

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Mal Homes, Martin Cooper, Weir Bros.

## Setlist

1. Southern
2. Stay
3. Messages
4. Tesla Girls
5. Julia's Song
6. The Pacific Age
7. Shame
8. If You Leave
9. Secret
10. Women III
11. White Trash
12. (Forever) Live and Die
13. Maid of Orleans
14. Flame of Hope
15. Souvenir
16. So In Love
17. Telegraph
18. Enola Gay
19. We Love You
20. Locomotion
21. Electricity
The Leftbank Soundtrack

"*The Leftbank Soundtrack takes listeners on a personal audio adventure, a voyage of sonic discovery through the back alleys and boulevards of Birkenhead to uncover tales of past glories and future stories. The tour is interpreted through the musical minds of the borough’s greatest noisemakers*." bidolito.co.uk, August 2021.

## Links to OMD

* The soundtrack features new music written by Andrew McCluskey who has composed a piece which responds to Birkenhead’s iconic ventilation tower.
TOTP: 03 March 1983

**Top of the Pops**

* Show: S20/E09.
* Broadcast: Thursday, 03 March 1983, BBC One 7.25 pm [1]
* Host: John Peel and David Jensen
* Song performed: Genetic Engineering
* Chart position: 25
* Line-up: Andy McCluskey (lead vocal, electric guitar), Paul Humphreys (mini-keyboard), Malcolm Holmes (drums), Martin Cooper (mini-keyboard, megaphone).

* Playlist: (17) Icehouse – Hey Little Girl (12) Forrest – Rock The Boat (video) **(25) OMD – Genetic Engineering** (21) Bananarama – Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (18) Patti Austin & James Ingram – Baby Come To Me (1) Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (video/credits)

## Notes

* This was the first time that the group had appeared on TOTP themselves since 21 Jan. 1982
* This was the first and only performance of Genetic Engineering.
* Genetic Engineering had already been in the Top 40 for three weeks, and was a non-mover this week at no.25.
* Appropriately it was John Peel who introduced the performance, calling the band, " a right bunch of wools if you ask me." ('wooly-backs') After the performance, Jensen: *Hey rhythm pal, what are wools?* Peel : *Well they are actually, and so am I. You’ll find out more during the Radio 1 week out in Liverpool*.
* Peel had also mentioned they had a new album out called *Dazzle Ships* which was officially release the day after.

* This show has been repeated on BBC Four on 09 February 2017 and 03 March 2023, exactly forty years after it was first broadcast.

## Media

* Available on Souvenir (box set) - BBC TV Performances (DVD)
* BBC *Top of the Pops* website (limited)
The Hassle Tape

The Hassle Tape 78-80 is a casette tape of samples of OMD recordings made making the first OMD album. It includes various early takes/outtakes/samples and recordings for songs such as Bunker Soldiers, VCL XI, Progress, Electricity and Mystereality (Martin Cooper's sax is predominant), Progress and Once When I Was Six.

These may have been recordings used as backing tapes for early live shows.

Audio/video posted by youtube user corky100 in January 2019.[1]

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The Future Will Be Silent

10" EP front

10" EP front and disc

**The Future Will Be Silent** is the title of an OMD song which first appeared as track 4 on the album *English Electric* (2013).

> "*What OMD did when we started out was try to make music for the future. So the future is a theme really for the whole record, the idea of 'what does the future sound like now?' We included that in one of the lyrics just for a bit of fun but that was our mantra for the album.*" - P. Humphreys, interviewed for popmatters.com, August 2013
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## Demo versions

Two demo versions entitle Future 1 and Future 2, recorded in May 2012, were released on the *English Electric* deluxe boxset Demos CD in 2013.

## EP release

The title was also chosen for a special limited edition EP, which featured the track on Side 2, track 1, released for Record Store Day in 2013.

#### Tracklisting

A1 Please Remain Seated

A2 Time Burns

A3 Decimal

B1 The Future Will Be Silent

B2 Atomic Ranch

The track Time Burns was exclusive to this EP at the time of release although was later included on single releases of Dresden and Night Café.

## External links

* Discogs release
* Musicbrainz recording
* Announcement on omd-messages.co.uk
San Francisco, 12 April 2013

**Live concert**

**Date**: Friday, 12 April 2013

**City**: San Francisco, CA, USA

**Venue**: Regency Ballroom

**Tour**: English Electric tour (US leg 1)

**Support**: Diamond Rings

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper, Malcolm Holmes

## Setlist

1. Decimal
2. Please Remain Seated
3. Metroland
4. Messages
5. Dresden
6. Radio Waves
7. History of Modern Part I
8. Forever Live and Die
9. If You Leave
10. Souvenir
11. Night Cafe
12. Joan of Arc
13. Maid of Orleans
14. Our System
15. Atomic Ranch
16. Kissing the Machine
17. So In Love
18. Sister Marie Says
19. Locomotion
20. Sailing on the Seven Seas
21. Enola Gay
22. Walking on the Milky Way
23. Secret
24. Electricity

## Notes

OMD were photographed and interviewed by Sylvie Simmons on the day of this gig for MOJO magazine, July 2013 issue.
TOTP: 21 January 1982

**Top of the Pops**

* Show: S19/E03.
* Broadcast: Thursday, 14 January 1982, BBC One 7.25 pm [1]
* Host: David Jensen
* Song performed: Maid of Orleans
* Chart position: 31
* Line-up: Andy McCluskey (lead vocal, keyboard intro), Paul Humphreys (keyboard), Malcolm Holmes (drums), Martin Cooper (keyboard).
* Playlist: (36) Gillan – Restless (6) Jon & Vangelis – I’ll Find My Way Home (14) Phil Lynott – Yellow Pearl (video) (13) The Mobiles – Drowning In Berlin (26) Electric Light Orchestra – Ticket To The Moon (danced to by Zoo) (7) Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer For Love (video) (41) XTC – Senses Working Overtime **(31) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc)** (18) Christopher Cross – Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) (video) (8) Foreigner – Waiting For A Girl Like You (video) (1) Bucks Fizz – The Land Of Make Believe (22) Shakatak – Easier Said Than Done (audience dancing/credits)

## Notes

* First and only performance of Maid of Orleans on TOTP, repeated on the 04 February show. Top 10 rundowns featured the promo video.
* The group had already begun their European tour and presumably returned quickly from France to record the appearance.
* The single went up to no.17 the week after.

## Media

* Available on Souvenir (box set) - BBC TV Performances (DVD)
* BBC *Top of the Pops* website (limited)
Virgin Value 10

**Virgin Value 10** is a 3" sampler CD issued by Virgin records in April 1990 as a promotion for their 'Virgin Value' series, selected re-released albums at value prices on LP, MC and CD.

CD no.10 (cat. no. VCS10), in the series of ten, features Souvenir as track 3, as a sample of the re-released *Architecture & Morality* album as part of the series.

The other tracks are. 1. Japan - Swing, 2. Can - Babylonian Pearl, 4. Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

For full list of sampler CDs and full albums in the series see ad below (gives release date of 02 April 1990):
The Messerschmitt Twins

**The Messerschmitt Twins** is the title of an OMD song written by Humphreys/McCluskey and first released as track five, on side one of the group's debut album *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark*. It was produced by Orchestral Manoeuvres and Chester Valentino.

The origin of the track, and any particular meaning to the song, are unknown although the use of the word Messerschmitt obviously refers to the aircraft manufacturing corporation, named after its chief designer Willy Messerschmitt, infamous for its WWII fighter aircraft. [1]

'The Messerschmitt Twins' was allegedly an early suggestion of a band name for Humphreys and McCluskey as a duo.

## Versions and availability

There is only one officially released version of the song, as released on the debut album (1980, *et passim*).

There is no evidence of the song ever being played live.
The Punishment of Luxury (song)

12" cover

**The Punishment of Luxury** is the title of a song recorded by OMD as the title track to their thirteenth studio album, first released as the second lead-single in July 2017. It later became the album's opening track.

This was the third time, after Junk Culture and Universal that a title track had been placed as the album opener.

## Single release

The track was released as a digital single on 19 July 2017, accompanied by a promo video (see Media below).

Two remixes, 12" extended and Manhattan Clique, were later released as a digital single and limited edition 12" vinyl. The latter also featured the bonus track/B-side Lampe Licht. (September 2017)

The two remixes, bonus track and a further 'single mix' (3:09) were later released on The Punishment of Luxury: B-Sides & Bonus Material (December 2017).

## Versions and availability

Delta (The Punishment of Luxury) (15-06-10)
 album mix (03:25)
 single version/mix (03:09)
 remixes
* 12" extended mix (6:57)
* Manhattan Clique remix (06:05)
 live
Sold Our Souls (The Avenue Demo)

**Sold Our Souls** is a demo of the song which would eventually be officially released under the name of The Avenue. This demo was released on digital platforms on 02 March 2023 as the second preview track of the upcoming *Dazzle Ships* 40th anniversary release.

The demo is similar to the finished version in that it uses the train 'rolling stock' sound effect, mixed with a simple three note keyboard melody. It features some lyrics, sung by Andy McCluskey, which differ from the final version, although the words 'the avenue' do feature

Although the finished version was eventually issued as a bonus track on the B-side of the 12" of Locomotion, released in 1984, the demo was clearly made during the *Dazzle Ships* sessions over one year earlier, hence its inclusion on the 2023 anniversary release.

A more complete version, closer to the final recording of The Avenue, was performed on the Showcase tour in September 1983.
The History of the World Backwards

**The History of the World Backwards** is the title of a BBC comedy sketch show written and starring Rob Newman (b.1964). The show is a mock history programme set in an alternative world, where time goes forwards, but history goes backwards, therefore all major historical events happen backwards.

The programme was first shown on BBC Four in October 2007.

## Links to OMD

The show was featured on BBC Radio 4's *Front Row* arts programme on 27 October 2007. The programme's website deatils state: " ..*In his (Newman's) version of events, the aircraft which drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is named after an Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album.*.". [1]
Record Mirror, 28 November 1981

**Record Mirror, issue dtd. 28 November 1981**

Feature: "Playing the Game", by Daniela Soave, pp. 21 & 22, full colour picture p.20

Three page feature on OMD, with AM & PH interviewed on tour in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and full page picture taken near Edinburgh Castle. Mood is generally unsure about their future, and the duo seem 'tired' even though the tour has only just started, and the *Architecture & Morality* album has just been released.

all scans worldradiohistory.com
Recordings: C

List of recordings released by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark beginning with the letter **C**.

### Cajun Moon

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: Unreleased Archive Vol I

**Versions**

* Album version (3.22)
	+ Produced by OMD

**Live**: none

**Notes**: recorded 05-1986

### Call My Name

**Written by**: OMD/Kershaw/Massett

**First release**: *Sugar Tax* (May 1991)

**Versions**

* Album version (4.23)
	+ Produced by Andy Richards
* Single version (4.17) / 12" version (5.23)
	+ Remix: Mark McGuire / OMD

**Live**: 1991

**Notes**:

### Can I Believe You

**Written by**: McCluskey

**First release**: Stand Above Me (single, 1993)

**Versions**

* Single version (3.52)
	+ Produced by McCluskey

**Live**: none

**Notes**: 7"/Cassette B-side & CDS bonus track only

### Christine

**Written by**: McCluskey/Kershaw

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

**Versions**

* Album version (5.04)
	+ Produced by McCluskey/Coxon

**Live**: none

**Notes**:

### Coal

**Written by**: Andy McCluskey/Stuart Kershaw (music), arr. Ian Gardiner

**First release**: The Energy Suite (2009)

**Notes**: Performed by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

### Concrete Hands

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: So In Love (7"/12" single, 1985)

**Versions**

* 7" (3.47) / 12" extended (4.15)
	+ Produced by OMD

**Live**: none

**Notes**:

### Crush

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: *Crush* (1985)

**Versions**

* Album version (4.27)
	+ Produced by Stephen Hague

**Live**: 1985

**Notes**:

### Cut Me Down

**Written by**: OMD

**First release**: *Unreleased Archive Vol I* (1986)

**Versions**

* Album version (2.53)
	+ Produced by OMD (?)

**Live**: none

**Notes**: recorded 03-1986
TOTP: 02 October 1986

**Top of the Pops**

* Show: S23/E38
* Broadcast: Thursday, 02 October 1986, BBC One 7.00 pm [1]
* Host: Mike Smith
* Song performed: (Forever) Live and Die (second and final studio performance)
* Chart position: 11 (full chart here)
* Line-up: Paul Humphreys (lead vocals, no keyboards), Andy McCluskey (bass guitar, backing vocals), Malcolm Holmes (drums), Martin Cooper (keyboards, sax), Graham Weir (guitar, brass), Neil Weir (keyboards, brass).
* Playlist: (11) **OMD – (Forever) Live & Die** (2) Five Star – Rain Or Shine (video) (29) Status Quo – In The Army Now (3) Madonna – True Blue (video) (23) Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia (1) The Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way (video) (-) Paul Hardcastle – The Wizard (video/credits)

## Notes

* opening act on the show (see also TOTP: 05 July 1984  / TL&C, TOTP: 13 September 1984 / Tesla Girls)
* Pet Shop Boys also appeared on the show for a studio performance of Suburbia (a new entry), although it's not known whether the two groups met. [2]
* OMD appearance is not included on the BBC TV Performances (DVD)
* The show was not repeated on BBC Four in 2018, due to the involvement of Mike Smith although can be seen here
Manchester, 12 November 1980

## Location

City: Manchester, UK

Venue: Apollo

Date: 12 November 1986

Tour: Organisation tour

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Mal Homes, Martin Cooper.

## Notes

Photo featured in *My favourite photograph by singer Andy McCluskey,* express.co.uk 31 May 2015

> “*I REMEMBER this photo as if it was taken yesterday. Paul Humphreys [his OMD bandmate] is 20 and I’m 21, and it was snapped just before we went on stage at the Manchester Apollo on November 12, 1980, at the end of what had been the most amazing year of our lives...*"
>
>
Selina Scott

**Selina Scott** (b.[May|13 May] 1951) is a former British TV presenter, best known as a news reader for ITN and for co-hosting the first dedicated breakfast television programme in the UK, on BBC1.

## Links to OMD

* Scott is mentioned in the lyrics to the original (live) version of Heaven Is:

> "*Heaven is Selina Scott Falling in love with me*"
>
>
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Wiki

**Welcome to the Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Wiki!****This Wiki is dedicated to the British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, also known as OMD, founded in 1978 and still active today.**
This Wiki is an attempt to provide a comprehensive history of the group chronicling their music releases, tours, TV and radio appearances, chart positions and so on, including an 'On this day' calendar, following OMD's progress through the years on any given date.

We're a collaborative community website that anyone, including you, can build and expand. Wikis like this one depend on readers getting involved and adding content. Click the "ADD NEW PAGE" or "EDIT" button at the top of any page to get started!

Aside from your own experiences, you may like to consult the Sources page, which also carries the Acknowledgements. Any images, if not your own, should be credited.

## Categories

When adding new pages please use the already existing categories, some of which are illustrated below:

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## Conventions

Contributors are invited to adhere to the following conventions in written entries.

**Group name**: the group should always be referred to as "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark", or "OMD" (without full stops: *O.M.D.*). The early abbreviation OMITD may also be used in some cases, as may 'Orchestral Manoeuvres', which have both been adopted by the band themselves.

**Band member names**: full names of band members may be abbreviated to AM (Andy McCluskey), PH (Paul Humphreys), MC (Martin Cooper), MH (Malcolm Holmes), SK (Stuart Kershaw) etc.

**Page heading/subject**: the subject of each page should be the first word/words of each page and must be written in **bold**.

**Album titles**: album and EP titles should be written in *italics* (*Organisation* etc.) except in the relative page incepit when it must be written in bold (see above).

**Song/singles titles**: individual song titles should be written without double inverted commas and *not* in italics, and given a hyperlink, even where a page still does not exist (Enola Gay, Hard Day), also in the case that they have been released as a single.

**Capitalisation**: Capitalisation in song and album titles should follow musicbrainz rules where 'minor' words are written in lower case (Talking Loud and Clear, Walking on the Milky Way etc.)

**Dates**: dates should be expressed in the format "30 November 1984", with DD-MM hyperlinked to OTD page. Months may also be hyperlinked where no specific day is known (January 1982). Dates cited in references can be expressed as 30.11.1984, or 2014-11-30. Years pertinent to a particular page should be categorised (eg. 1983 (Category)).

**Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark**
Rockstage

***Rockstage*** was a late night live rock music TV show which featured concerts of artists performing at the Royal COurt Theatre in Leicester. The programme was produced by ATV Midlands and broadcast in various ITV regions, usually around 11.30 pm. It ran for 12 editions between March and May 1981. (see tvpopdiaries)

## Links to OMD

* OMD featured on the second half of the edition broadcast on Monday 22 April 1981 at 11.30 pm. Lene Lovich featured in the first half. The concert had been recorded on 28 July 1980, performed as a special 'one-off' gig. (see Media below for full show on video)
* The show is a unique document showing the band in their 'transition' period during mid-1980 to the smarter 'shirt and tie' look, while retaining a tight and energetic live set. Dave Hughes was still part of the line-up and plays bass on Mystereality.
* Dindisc labelmates Martha & The Muffins also featured on the show, one week before OMD.
* THE OMD performance was kept in the vaults for many years until finally being released under the **Access All Areas** series as a CD/DVD package on 25 September 2015. It was also released as a 12" vinyl picture disc in 2016 and made available on digital platforms.
	+ (See *Access All Areas* release page).
She's Leaving

**She's Leaving** (Humphreys/McCluskey) is the title of a song included on the group's third studio album *Architecture & Morality*. The track was released as a fourth single from the album in 1982 in Benelux countries only. It was produced by Richard Manwaring and OMD.

## History

From the OMD Newsletter, Winter 1981:

The song is documented as being played live for the first time on 25 March 1981 (Rouen, FR), the only song on the set list still not to have been officially released. Bootleg recordings of live performances from this tour have been circulated.

## Style & content

She's Leaving was a unique song for the group at the time as it was the first time they had recorded a 'story-telling' type song. It some ways it is reminiscent of The Beatles' She's Leaving Home. The song is fairly up-tempo although during the chorus the erratic drum pattern is removed to reveal the drum machine click track which also opens the song. The bass guitar is also evident. The song also comes to a slower close, similar to a train slowing down, finishing with an organ sound.

## Single release

In Benelux and mainland Europe only.

7" Virgin 104 277

A. She's Leaving

B. The Romance of the Telescope

* Songwriting credits for both tracks are attributed to 'O.M.D.'
* A. is a remix of the album version although differences are very subtle.
* B. is the same track as the B side to Joan of Arc.
* No timings are given on sleeve or labels

## Live performances

She's Leaving was previewed live during live shows in 1981 before its official release and inclusion in the Architecture & Morality tour live set (see above). It remained part of set lists in subsequent tours until 1985 when it was even a final song in certain concerts. It was not performed live during the 1990s but was duly revived for tours after the group reunion. It features on six OMD live albums.

## Cover versions

Cover versions of She's Leaving have been released by:

* The Sunday People's Front on *Pretending to See the Future - A Tribute to OMD* (2001)
* Stahljustiz on *Multiple Sound Generator* (2009) [2]
* Marsheaux on *E-Bay Queen is Dead* (2012) and an unreleased version with additional vocals by AM.(see below)

## External links

* Discogs (master)
* Musicbrainz (song)
* Setlist.fm
* SecondHandSongs
Smash Hits, 15-28 October 1981

**Smash Hits** magazine, Vol 3, no.21.

15-16 October 1981.

## OMD

* Joan of Arc lyrics, p.45
* Joan of Arc advert, p.10
* Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) mentioned in *Bitz*, p.: *" ...the next single (not Joan of Arc..but the one after that) ..as commercial of Mull of Kintyre but twice as hip."*
* *Nights Out*, p.59 - four live dates listed.

scans and full issue: Like Punk Never Happened

## Also featured

* Cover and feature: "In New York New York with Duran Duran"
* Madness (and centrespread)
* Altered Images
* UB40
Record Mirror: 12 February 1983

**Record Mirror**, issue dtd 12 February 1983

''*So Clone-ly*'' by John Shearlaw. (pp.28-29)

## Contents

* Main cover photo is of Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet; small inset photo of OMD with caption 'My life with Miss Great Britain'
* Two page full colour feature on OMD and the new material being released, namely the Genetic Engineering single and *Dazzle Ships* album.
* Interview with McCluskey and Humphreys at a "luxury North London hotel". The two are in a renewed optimistic mood and excited about the new material.
* McCluskey denies any relationship with Miss Great Britain Tracey Dodds: "*In fact she only lived down the road. [..] I was being turned into Rod Stewart..*"
* After finishing the tour with *Architecture & Morality*, they had taken a break, including two months holiday in Los Angeles from August.

* The same issue also carries the review of Genetic Engineering by Jim Reid (p.23): "*Madly infectious hookline propels a song absolutely dripping with 'moderne' references. [..] Should be massive - won't touch my turntable again.*"
The Pacific Age tour

**The Pacific Age tour**, tour to promote the *The Pacific Age* album, which began in the UK on 21 October 1986 and ended in Tokyo on 21 January 1987. Successive dates scheduled for Canada from 30 July 1987 were eventually cancelled.

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey

* Paul Humphreys

* Malcolm Holmes

* Martin Cooper

* Graham Weir

* Neil Weir
The Punishment of Luxury (album)

**The Punishment of Luxury** (stylised to 'The punishment of luxury') is the thirteenth studio album by OMD. It was released on 01 September 2017 on 100% Records.

## History

The new album was first announced on 15 May 2017, with the publication on youtube of a short animated film for the brand new track La Mitrailleuse [1]. The OMD official site gave full album details and tour dates on 25 May 2017. [2]

New track Isotype was announced as the first single from *The Punishment of Luxury* and was made available digitally on 27 May (also released on 12" vinyl on 18 August). The title track from the new album was also made available on 19 July [3]and an accompanying video was also posted.[4] Final preview track The View From Here was made available from 18 August.[5] The album was eventually issued on 01 September 2017, as planned, although pre-ordered hard copies of vinyl and CD/DVD editions had been shipped some days beforehand.

The title of the album comes from a 19th century painting *La Punizione della Lussuria* ("The punishment of lust"), by the Italian artist Giovanni Segantini. The painting was purchased by the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1893, but before it was exhibited it was re-titled *The Punishment of Luxury* to avoid the word "lust" still considered as a taboo.

## Personnel

* Andrew McCluskey - vocals, keyboards, bass guitar.
* Paul Humphreys - keyboards, vocals
* Martin Cooper - keyboards
* Stuart Kershaw - drums
* with special thanks to Malcolm Holmes.

## Tracklisting

CD/digital formats

1. The Punishment of Luxury
2. Isotype
3. Robot Man
4. What Have We Done
5. Precision & Decay
6. As We Open, So We Close
7. Art Eats Art
8. Kiss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bang
9. One More Time
10. La Mitrailleuse
11. Ghost Star
12. The View From Here

12" vinyl

* as above - Side A 1-6, Side B 7-12

## Reviews

* *The weird and wonderful world of OMD* - bbc.com
* *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – The Punishment of Luxury (White Noise)* (overall score 9) - godisinthetvzine.co.uk
* *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark = Kraftwerk + Roxy Music* - slugmag.com
* Allmusic review by Tim Sendra Allmusic.com
* *OMD examines the complications of progress on the sparkling The Punishment Of Luxury* - AV Club
* Metacritic overall score 70

## See also

* The Punishment of Luxury (deluxe)
* The Punishment of Luxury: B-Sides & Bonus Material

## External links

* Discogs
* Spotify
* Tim's Twitter Listening Party (replay) 02 August 2020.
Red Frame/White Light

7" single sleeve

12" single sleeve

**Red Frame/White Light** is the title of an OMD song written by McCluskey/Humphreys. One of the group's earliest songs, it was released as a their second single in February 1980, ahead of the release of their debut album on which it also featured.

## Origins

The title refers to the GPO telephone box located in Meols, which the duo would use as their 'office' for making and taking telephone calls for arranging early gigs etc. The lyrics mention various features of such a phone box, eg. "a grey book, on a metal shelf" would be the local telephone directory and the "yellow book, with adverts" would be the Yellow Pages book, both of which would have been found inside, vandals and thieves permitting. Above all the song lyrics also mention the telephone number "632 - 3003".

As well as being played at early gigs, Red Frame/White Light first featured in OMD's first Peel session, recorded in August 1979. It was recorded as the follow-up single to Electricity in London in December 1979 and successively included on the group's debut album.

## Single

### Release

Red Frame/White Light was released on DinDisc on 01 February 1980 on 7" and 12", with another new track I Betray My Friends on the B-side. The picture sleeve designs are attributed to Ben Kelly and Peter Saville and differ slightly between the two formats. Overall design and lettering generally reflect that of the debut album, released shortly afterwards.

The sleeves also state that the songs were recorded and mixed at The Gramophone Suite, Liverpool, which would contradict Andy McCluskey's account of it being recorded in London. Production is credited to Orchestral Manoeuvres and Chester Valentino.

Release of the single was given coverage in the music press, including *Record Mirror* and *Smash Hits*. The latter also published the lyrics to the song, issue dtd. 21 February 1980. John Peel is known to have played the single as early as 28 January 1980 [1]and regularly over the next two weeks, prior to the release of the album. It entered the UK Top 75 at no.67 immediatley after its release and went up one more place the following week (before disappearing). The band were allegedly on 'stand-by' for *Top of the Pops* to promote the single although were eventually not summoned for the show.

### Tracklisting

7" DINDISC DIN 6 / 12" DINDISC DIN 6-12

* A. Red Frame/White Light (3:15)
* B. I Betray My Friends (3:50)

## Versions and availability

 Studio version
* *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (album)* (1980 et passim)
 Peel session version
 Live versions
* *Access All Areas*
 Promo video