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| ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK |
| Liverpool, GB | | * 1978 |
Andy McCluskey - voc,bg
Paul Humphreys - kb
Former Members:
Graham Weir (g, 1986)
Paul Humphreys (kb, 1978-88); David Hughes (kb,synths,bg, 1980-81); Martin Cooper (kb,sax, 1981-5/81, 12/2006-cca 2/11); Nigel Leye Ipinson (kb, cca 1993)
Malcolm Holmes (ds, 1980-?, 12/2006-cca 2/11); Stuart Kershaw (ds, cca 1993)
Neil Weir (tr, 1986)
Phil Coxon (cca 1993)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 22.02.1980 | Dindisc | | 27 | | | 2. | Organisation
produced by: Mike Howlett | 24.10.1980 | Dindisc | | 6 | | | 3. | Architecture And Morality | 06.11.1981 | Dindisc | | 3 | | | 4. | Dazzle Ships
produced by: Rhett Davies | 04.03.1983 | Virgin | | 5 | | | 5. | Junk Culture | 30.04.1984 | Virgin | | 9 | 182 | | 6. | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
(in the USA) | 5/1984 | Epic |  | | | | 7. | Crush | 6/1985 | Virgin | | 13 | 38 | | 8. | The Pacific Age | 9/1986 | Virgin | | 15 | 47 | | 9. | In The Dark - The Best Of O.M.D. | 2/1988 | Virgin | | 2 | 46 | | 10. | CD Boxed Set
(3CD box set) | 11/1990 | Virgin | | | | | 11. | Sugar Tax | 5/1991 | Virgin | | 3 | | | 12. | Liberator
produced by: Stuart Kershaw | 14.06.1993 | Virgin | | 14 | 169 | | 13. | The Best Of OMD | 9/1994 | Virgin | | 69 | | | 14. | Universal | 02.09.1996 | Virgin | | 24 | | | 15. | The O.M.D. Singles | 10/1998 | Virgin | | 16 | | | 16. | Live: Architecture & Morality and More | 31.03.2008 | Eagle |  | | | | 17. | Live At Leigh Rock Festival August 1979
& Eltifits & A Certain Ratio & Joy Division
(2CD) | 02.06.2008 | Interstate | | | | | 18. | Messages: OMD Greatest Hits | 30.09.2008 | EMD | | | | | 19. | History Of Modern
produced by: Mike Crossey | 20.09.2010 | 100% | | 28 | | | 20. | English Electric | 09.04.2013 | 100 Percent | | 12 | | | 21. | Access All Areas | 25.09.2015 | Edsel | | | | | 22. | British Live Performance Series | 26.08.2017 | Rainman | | | | | 23. | The Punishment Of Luxury | 9/2017 | 100 Percent | | 4 | | | 24. | Souvenir | 10/2019 | Virgin | | 18 | | | 25. | The Architecture & Morality Singles | 10/2021 | Virgin | | 45 | | | 26. | Bauhaus Staircase | 27.10.2023 | White Noise | | 2 | |
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David Hughes:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Curtains | 1993 | | | | | | 2. | CHUD
& Martin Cooper | 26.10.2015 | Waxwork |  | | |
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Paul Humphreys:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Item
& Claudia Brücken | 24.05.2005 | EMI | | | |
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Martin Cooper:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | CHUD
& David Hughes | 26.10.2015 | Waxwork | | | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Electricity / Almost | 5/1979 | Factory | | | | 2. | Red Frame - White Light / I Betray My Friends | 01.02.1980 | Dindisc | 67 | | | 3. | Messages / Taking Sides Again
10" + Waiting For The Man | 4/1980 | Dindisc | 10 | | | 4. | Enola Gay / Annex | 26.09.1980 | Dindisc | 3 | | | 5. | Souvenir / Motion And Heart (Amazon version) / Sacred Heart | 21.08.1981 | Dindisc | 3 | | | 6. | Joan Of Arc / The Romance Of The Telescope (unfinished version) | 16.10.1981 | Dindisc | 3 | | | 7. | Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Of Joan Of Arc) / Navigation
12" + Of All The Things We've Made | 15.01.1982 | Dindisc | 4 | | | 8. | Souvenir / New Stone Age
(v USA) | 1/1982 | Epic | | | | 9. | Genetic Engineering / 4-Neu | 11.02.1983 | Virgin | 18 | | | 10. | Telegraph / 66 And Fading | 11.04.1983 | Telegraph/Virgin | 29 | | | 11. | Telegraph / This Is Helena
(v USA) | 5/1983 | Epic | | | | 12. | Locomotion / Her Body In My Soul
12" + The Avenue | 02.04.1984 | Virgin | 3 | | | 13. | Talking Loud And Clear / Julia's Song
produced by: OMD/Brian Tench | 08.06.1984 | Virgin | 11 | | | 14. | Tesla Girls / Telegraph (live)
12" + Garden City | 24.08.1984 | Virgin | 19 | | | 15. | Never Turn Away / Wrap-Up
12" + Waiting For The Man (live) | 29.10.1984 | Virgin | 48 | | | 16. | So In Love / Concrete Hands
12"(1) + Maria Gallante
12"(2) + White Trash (live) | 5/1985 | Virgin | 22 | 26 | | 17. | Secret / Drift
12" + Red Frame - White Light / I Betray My Friends | 7/1985 | Virgin | 34 | | | 18. | La Femme Accident / Firegun
12" + Locomotion (live) / Enola Gay (live) | 10/1985 | Virgin | 42 | | | 19. | Secret / Firegun | 11/1985 | Epic | | 63 | | 20. | If You Leave / La Femme Accident | 2/1986 | Epic | | 4 | | 21. | If You Leave / 88 Seconds In Greensboro
12" + Locomotion (live) | 4/1986 | Virgin | 48 | | | 22. | (Forever) Live And Die / This Town | 8/1986 | Virgin | 11 | 19 | | 23. | We Love You / We Love You (dub)
7"(2) If You Leave / 88 Seconds In Greensboro
MC + Souvenir / Electricity / Enola Gay / Joan Of Arc | 11/1986 | Virgin | 54 | | | 24. | Shame / Goddess Of Love
CD + (Forever) Live And Die / Messages | 4/1987 | Virgin | 52 | | | 25. | Dreaming / Satellite
10" + Dreaming (William Orbit mix) / Messages / Secret
12" + Gravity Never Failed | 1/1988 | Virgin | 50 | 16 | | 26. | Enola Gay / Electricity | 2/1989 | Old Gold | | | | 27. | Brides Of Frankenstein (OMD Megaremixes: Locomotion / So In Love / Secret / If You Leave / We Love You)
(v USA) | 2/1989 | A&M | | | | 28. | Souvenir (extended) / Talking Loud And Clear (extended) | 3/1989 | Old Gold | | | | 29. | Sailing On The Seven Seas / Burning
12" + Floating On The Seven Seas
CD1 + Dancing On The Seven Seas / Big Town
CD2 + Floating On The Seven Seas / Dancing On The Seven Seas (Larrabee mix) / Sugartax) | 3/1991 | Virgin | 1 | | | 30. | Pandora's Box / All She Wants Is Everything
CD + Pandora's Box (constant pressure mix) / Pandora's Box (diesel fingers mix) | 6/1991 | Virgin | 6 | | | 31. | Then You Turn Away / Sugar Tax
CD1 + Area / Then You Turn Away (inforce repeat mix)
CD2 + Then You Turn Away (repeat mix) / Sailing On The Seven Seas / Vox Humana | 9/1991 | Virgin | 50 | | | 32. | Call My Name / Walk Tall
12" + Brides Of Frankenstein | 11/1991 | Virgin | 50 | | | 33. | Stand Above Me / Can I Believe You
12",CD + Stand Above Me (transcendental mix) | 03.05.1993 | Virgin | 18 | | | 34. | Dream Of Me (Based On Love's Theme)
CD1 + Strange Sensations / The Place You Fear The Most
CD2 + Enola Gay / Dreaming / Call My Name | 05.07.1993 | Virgin | 24 | | | 35. | Everyday / Every Time
CD + Electricity / Walk Tall / Locomotion (all live) | 13.09.1993 | Virgin | 59 | | | 36. | Walking On The Milky Way | 05.08.1996 | Virgin | 17 | | | 37. | Universal | 28.10.1996 | Virgin | 55 | | | 38. | The OMD Remixes EP | 14.09.1998 | Virgin | 35 | | | 39. | Enola Gay | 30.06.2003 | Virgin | | | | 40. | Maid Of Orleans | 7/2008 | | | | | 41. | If You Want It | 06.09.2010 | 100% | | | | 42. | Sister Marie Says / History Of Modern (part III & IV) | 11.11.2010 | 100% | | | | 43. | History Of Modern / The Grand Deception / VCR (Part I) | 24.02.2011 | 100% | | | | 44. | Night Café | 16.09.2013 | 100% | | | | 45. | Enola Gay / Annex (2003 mix)
(reissue) | 06.11.2013 | Virgin | | | | 46. | Julia's Song / 10 To 1 | 28.04.2015 | UMC | | | | 47. | Bauhaus Staircase | 24.08.2023 | White Noise | | | | 48. | Slow Train | 18.09.2023 | White Noise | | |
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Videos:
1. Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane - 7/1982, Virgin Video, live
2. Live: Architecture And Morality & More - 5/2008, Eagle Vision, live, 136 min
WWW Links:
http://www.omd.uk.com
Various:
original name VCL XI, Id
since 1978 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
cca 1984 OMD
since 1993 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Compilation Appearances:
"Julia's Song" on compilation "Mersey Boys And Liverpool Girls: The Sounds From The Mersey 1978-2001" (2.4.01, EMI)
Andy McCluskey: appeared on the LP:
Electric Music (1993)
Paul Humphreys: own label Telegraph Records
Malcolm Holmes: appeared on the LP:
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (2/80, Dindisc)
Martin Cooper: appeared on the LP:
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (2/80, Dindisc)
Press References:
| Big Beng! | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1996 | 17 | 26.09.1996 | 28 | Singlosy | single review | | 1996 | 19 | 10.10.1996 | 20 | | interview | | 1998 | 36 | 15.10.1998 | 27 | Forum kritikum | album review | | Melodie | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1981 | 3 | | 76 | | album review | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1979 | 34 | 08.09.1979 | 31 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1979 | 37 | 29.09.1979 | 33 | Singles | single review | | 1979 | 51 | 22.12.1979 | 3 | News | | | 1980 | 5 | 02.02.1980 | 24 | Singles | single review | | 1980 | 7 | 15.02.1980 | 26 | Albums | album review | | 1980 | 8 | 23.02.1980 | 29 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1980 | 32 | 20.09.1980 | 4 | | | | 1980 | 34 | 04.10.1980 | 19 | Singles | single review | | 1980 | 39 | 08.11.1980 | 28 | | profile, interview | | 1981 | 34 | 22.08.1981 | 12 | Singles | single review | | 1981 | 35 | 29.08.1981 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1981 | 43 | 24.10.1981 | 14 | Singles | single review | | 1981 | 45 | 07.11.1981 | 17 | Albums | album review | | 1981 | 45 | 07.11.1981 | 24 | | interview | | 1981 | 46 | 14.11.1981 | 30 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1982 | 3 | 16.01.1982 | 19 | Singles | single review | | 1983 | 7 | 12.02.1983 | 3 | Fast Forward | | | 1983 | 7 | 12.02.1983 | 19 | Singles | single review | | 1983 | 10 | 05.03.1983 | 16 | Albums | album review | | 1983 | 13 | 26.03.1983 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1983 | 16 | 16.04.1983 | 14 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1983 | 19 | 07.05.1983 | 12 | | interview | | 1983 | 20 | 14.05.1983 | 17 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1983 | 38 | 17.09.1983 | 28 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1984 | 13 | 31.03.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1984 | 14 | 07.04.1984 | 27 | Singles | single review | | 1984 | 17 | 28.04.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1984 | 17 | 28.04.1984 | 16 | | interview | | 1984 | 17 | 28.04.1984 | 30 | Albums | album review | | 1984 | 19 | 12.05.1984 | 35 | Video | | | 1984 | 22 | 02.06.1984 | 3 | Fast Forward | | | 1984 | 27 | 18.08.1984 | 29 | Video | | | 1984 | 28 | 25.08.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1984 | 33 | 29.09.1984 | 20 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1984 | 37 | 27.10.1984 | 3 | Fast Forward | | | 1984 | 38 | 03.11.1984 | 26 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 19 | 08.05.1993 | 29 | Singles | single review | | 1995 | 31 | 05.08.1995 | 2 | News | | | 1996 | 32 | 10.08.1996 | 53 | Singles | single review | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1993 | 18 | 20.09.1993 | 28 | Recenze | album review | | 1993 | 26 | 29.12.1993 | 24 | | interview | | 1995 | 10 | 23.05.1995 | 6 | Galerie | | | 1996 | 11 | | 86 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | 1998 | 11 | | 105 | Recenze - Novinky | album review | | 2001 | 9 | | 118 | Recenze - Internet | | | 2008 | 6 | | 74 | Record | album review |
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