Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 2006.

OMD at Munich, Olympiahalle, Germany 9th December 2006?

The band captured at the Nokia Night of the Proms in 2006. There is some confusion over the date of this recording. It's either the 7th or 9th. The audio is taken from a broadcast on 25th December 2006. Contact me if you can confirm the date.

01. Maid of Orleans
02. Souvenir / If You Leave / Forever Live & Die / Walking On The Milky Way
03. Sailing on the Seven Seas

Recording: WDR2 Digital SAT Broadcast

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 2007.

OMD at Liverpool Empire, 16th May 2007

In late 2006 OMD announced that they were reforming to do a European tour performing the 1981 album Architecture & Morality. This is the 3rd date of the tour and a great recording supplied by http://tarquinlive.blogspot.com/ . Support was from Lovers Electric.

01. Architecture & Morality
02. Sealand
03. New Stone Age
04. Georgia
05. She's Leaving
06. Souvenir
07. Joan Of Arc
08. Maid Of Orleans
09. The Beginning and The End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. Forever Live & Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud & Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing On The Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking On The Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. The Romance Of The Telescope

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Hamburg Grossefreiheit, Germany, 23rd May 2007

A good audience recording. Support was from Lovers Electric. Download is MP3 only

01. Architecture & Morality
02. Sealand
03. New Stone Age
04. Georgia
05. She's Leaving
06. Souvenir
07. Joan Of Arc
08. Maid Of Orleans
09. The Beginning and The End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. Forever Live & Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud & Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing On The Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking On The Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. The Romance Of The Telescope

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Cologne Palladium, Germany 26th May

A good audience recording. Support was from Lovers Electric.

01. Architecture & Morality
02. Sealand
03. New Stone Age
04. Georgia
05. She's Leaving
06. Souvenir
07. Joan Of Arc
08. Maid Of Orleans
09. The Beginning and The End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. Forever Live & Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud & Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing On The Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking On The Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. The Romance Of The Telescope

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Utrecht MCV, Netherlands 27th May 2007

A good audience recording. Support was from Lovers Electric.

01. Architecture & Morality
02. Sealand
03. New Stone Age
04. Georgia
05. She's Leaving
06. Souvenir
07. Joan Of Arc
08. Maid Of Orleans
09. The Beginning and The End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. Forever Live & Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud & Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing On The Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking On The Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. The Romance Of The Telescope

Recording: Audience

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OMD at The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton 14th June 2007

A great recording supplied by http://tarquinlive.blogspot.com/ . Support was from Lovers Electric.

01. Architecture & Morality
02. Sealand
03. New Stone Age
04. Georgia
05. She's Leaving
06. Souvenir
07. Joan Of Arc
08. Maid Of Orleans
09. The Beginning and The End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. Forever Live & Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud & Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing On The Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking On The Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. The Romance Of The Telescope

Recording: Audience

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OMD at The Apollo, Manchester 14th June 2007

A great recording supplied by http://tarquinlive.blogspot.com/ . Support was from Lovers Electric.

01. Architecture & Morality
02. Sealand
03. New Stone Age
04. Georgia
05. She's Leaving
06. Souvenir
07. Joan Of Arc
08. Maid Of Orleans
09. The Beginning and The End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. Forever Live & Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud & Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing On The Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking On The Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. The Romance Of The Telescope

Recording: Audience

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OMD at The Auditorium, Grimsby 18th June 2007

A great recording supplied by http://tarquinlive.blogspot.com/ . Support was from Lovers Electric.

01. Architecture & Morality
02. Sealand
03. New Stone Age
04. Georgia
05. She's Leaving
06. Souvenir
07. Joan Of Arc
08. Maid Of Orleans
09. The Beginning and The End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. Forever Live & Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud & Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing On The Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking On The Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. The Romance Of The Telescope


Recording: Audience

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OMD at Summercase Festival, Barcelona 14th July 2007

I have two versions of this show. This is the superior recording and was supplied by http://tarquinlive.blogspot.com.

01. Enola Gay
02. Tesla Girls
03. Messages
04. The New Stone Age
05. Forever Live & Die
06. Pandora's Box
07. Souvenir
08. Joan Of Arc
09. Maid Of Orleans
10. Talking Loud & Clear
11. So In Love
12. Sailing On The Seven Seas
13. Locomotion
14. Electricity

Recording: Audience

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1983.

OMD at Sheffield City Hall, 18th April 1983

Support was from the Cocteau Twins

01. Dazzle Ships
02. ABC Auto Industry
03. Genetic Engineering
04. Messages
05. She's Leaving
06. Georgia
07. Almost
08. Julia's Song
09. Joan of Arc
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Romance of the Telescope
13. Radio Waves
14. Bunker Soldiers
15. Enola Gay
16. Silent Running
17. Electricity
18. Stanlow

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Glasgow Apollo, 28th April 1983

This gig was broadcast by Radio Clyde. This source is from an FM master tape. Support was from the Cocteau Twins.

01. Genetic Engineering
02. Messages
03. She's Leaving
04. Georgia
05. Julia's Song
06. Joan of Arc
07. Maid of Orleans
08. Romance of the Telescope
09. Souvenir
10. Telegraph
11. Radio waves
12. Bunker Soldiers
13. Enola Gay
14. Silent Running 


Recording: Radio (Radio Clyde)

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OMD Interviewed by Richard Skinner, 3rd May 1983

A rather 'hissy' recording of a BBC interview with Ricahrd Skinner in which Andy and Paul discuss Dazzle Ships which was released on 4th March 1983.

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OMD at Bourse du Travail, Lyon 18th May 1983

A very good audience recording of the above show. It's rumoured that this show was also recorded by Radio-Bellevue FM but I have yet to find that source. Download is FLAC only.

01. Radio Prague
02. Dazzle Ships
03. Genetic Engineering
04. Messages
05. She's Leaving
06. Georgia
07. Almost
08. Julia's Song
09. Joan of Arc
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Romance Of The Telescope
13. Souvenir
14. Telegraph
15. Radio Waves
16. Bunker Soldiers
17. Enola Gay
18. Electricity
19. Stanlow

Recording: Audience

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 2010.

OMD at The Arena, Liverpool, 4th November 2010

OMD's 11th album was released on 20th September 2010 with the supporting tour beginning on 29th October. This is a good master audience recording. (thanks to Corky for the picture below). This recording was taken from http://tarquinlive.blogspot.com/, many thanks for the share. Download format is FLAC only. Support for this show was from Villa Nah.

01. History of Modern (Parts III & IV)
02. New Babies: New Toys
03. Messages
04. Tesla Girls
05. Bunker Soldiers
06. History of Modern (Part I)
07. Forever Live and Die
08. She’s Leaving
09. Souvenir
10. Joan of Arc
11. Maid of Orleans
12. New Holy Ground
13. Green
14. Talking Loud and Clear
15. So in Love
16. Locomotion
17. Sister Marie Says
18. Pandora’s Box
19. Sailing on the Seven Seas
20. Enola Gay
21. Walking on the Milky Way
22. Electricity

Recording: Audience


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OMD at Tempodrom, Berlin, 18th November 2010

This show was recently seeded on Dimeadozen by user DoubleU. It's a very good recording but unfortunately due to equipment problems seven of the middle songs are missing*, and Souvenir is cut. Download format is FLAC only. Support from Mirrors.

01. History of Modern (Parts III & IV)
02. New Babies: New Toys
03. Messages
04. Tesla Girls
05. Bunker Soldiers
06. History of Modern (Part I)
07. Forever Live and Die
08. She’s Leaving
09. Souvenir (cut)
10. Joan of Arc*
11. Maid of Orleans*
12. New Holy Ground*
13. Green*
14. Talking Loud and Clear*
15. So in Love*
16. Locomotion*
17. Sister Marie Says
18. Pandora’s Box
19. Sailing on the Seven Seas
20. Enola Gay
21. If You Want It
22. Electricity

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Paradiso, Amsterdam 23rd November 2010

Another good audience recording. Support from Mirrors. Files are MP3 only.

01. History of Modern (Parts III & IV)
02. New Babies: New Toys
03. Messages
04. Tesla Girls
05. Bunker Soldiers
06. History of Modern (Part I)
07. Forever Live and Die
08. She’s Leaving
09. Souvenir
10. Joan of Arc
11. Maid of Orleans
12. New Holy Ground
13. Green
14. Talking Loud and Clear
15. So in Love
16. Locomotion
17. Sister Marie Says
18. Pandora’s Box
19. Sailing on the Seven Seas
20. Enola Gay
21. Walking on the Milky Way
22. Electricity


Recording: Audience

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1991.

OMD at Manchester Apollo, 2nd July 1991

After the split in 1989 Andy McCluskey returned with the OMD name but was the only original memeber. Completing the live line up were Phil Coxon, Nigel Ipinson & Abe Jukes. This show is the second show of their first tour. Support was from Christer.

01. Apollo XI
02. Sugar Tax
03. Messages
04. Call My Name
05. If You Leave
06. Then You Turn Away
07. So In Love
08. Big Town
09. Talking Loud And Clear
10. Walk Tall
11. Maid Of Orleans
12. Walking on Air
13. Locomotion
14. Dreaming
15. Pandoras Box
16. Sailing On The Seven Seas
17. Enola Gay
18. Joan Of Arc
19. Electricity

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Heaton Park Manchester, 3rd August 1991

This was a two day event known as 'Cities in the Park'. It was held on the 3rd and 4th of August as a tribute to producer Martin Hannett who had died the previous April. The Buzzcocks, Electronicand Revenge were amongst many bands that played over the two days.

01. Enola Gay
02. Messages
03. Call My Name
04. So In Love
05. Walk Tall
06. Joan Of Arc
07. Maid Of Orleans
08. Talking Loud & Clear
09. Locomotion
10. Dreaming
11. Pandora's Box
12. Sailing On The Seven Seas
13. Electricity

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Milton Keynes Bowl, 24th August 1991

OMD were supporting Simple Minds at this gig which was broadcast on Radio 1. Power was lost during the 5th song. Downloads are in 3 part flac and single mp3 files.

01. Enola Gay
02. Messages
03. Call My Name
04. Electricity
05. So In Love (power cut)
06. So In Love
07. Walk Tall
08. Joan of Arc
09. Maid of Orleans
10. Talking Loud and Clear
11. Locomotion
12. Dreaming
13. Pandoras Song
14. Sailing on the Seven Seas

Recording: Radio (BBC)

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1986.

OMD at Radio City Music Hall, New York, 19th November 1986

There are two versions of this, both from the same audience source. A lossless version that consists of 17 tracks and an MP3 version of 19 tracks. Both versions had been a bit 'butchered' with fades added to tracks and incorrect track-splitting. I have patched up the MP3 version and pitch corrected it, and is now a good listen. This is the one available for download. The 17 song version is missing Julias Song and Enola Gay. OMD were supported by the Models.

01. Southern
02. Stay
03. Messages
04. Tesla Girls
05. Julia's Song
06. The Pacific Age
07. Shame
08. If You Leave
09. Secret
10. Forever Live & Die
11. Maid or Orleans
12. Flame of Hope
13. Souvenir
14. So in Love
15. Telegraph
16. Enola Gay
17. We Love You
18. Locomotion
19. Electricity

Recording: Audience

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1984.

OMD at Hammersmith Odeon, 3rd October 1984.

This show was recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio1. This particular recording is believed to be taken from a BBC transcription disk. Downloads are in 3 part flac and single mp3 files.

01. Messages
02. Tesla Girls
03. Love and Violence
04. Julia's Song
05. White Trash
06. She's Leaving
07. Joan of Arc
08. Maid of Orleans
09. Talking Loud and Clear
10. Hard Day
11. Souvenir
12. Telegraph
13. Radio Waves
14. Enola Gay
15. Locomotion (fades out)


Recording: Radio (BBC)

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1982.

OMD at Théâtre de Verdure, France 23rd January 1982.

I have two versions of this show. One is a very good audience recording that covers the whole show. The 2nd is a radio broadcast from France-Inter that features only 6 tracks. This was broadcast two days after the show.

Audience
01. Architecture and Morality
02. Romance of the Telescope
03. Sealand
04. Pretending to See the Future
05. Messages
06. Almost
07. Mystereality
08. Joan of Arc
09. Motion and Heart
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Souvenir
13. New Stone Age
14. Enola Gay
15. Bunker Soldiers
16. Electricity
17. She's Leaving
18. Julias Song
19. Stanlow

Recording: Audience

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Radio Broadcast
01. Messages
02. Joan of Arc
03. Motion and Heart
04. Maid of Orleans
05. Enola Gay
06. Electricity

Recording: Radio (France-Inter)

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OMD at Unknown Venue, Rome 27th January 1982

I have no further details on this show. This is a very clear audience recording

01. Architecture and Morality
02. Romance of the Telescope
03. Sealand
04. Pretending to See the Future
05. Messages
06. Almost
07. Mystereality
08. Joan of Arc
09. Motion and Heart
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Souvenir
13. New Stone Age
14. Enola Gay
15. Bunker Soldiers
16. Electricity
17. Stanlow

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Milwaukee Palms Theatre, WI, USA, 17th February 1982

This sounds like an audience recording. Annoyingly it has fades between the songs and sounds like it has had too much noise reduction applied. Still a good listen though. No other info on this show.

01. Architecture and Morality
02. Romance of the Telescope
03. Sealand
04. Pretending to See the Future
05. Messages
06. Almost
07. Mystereality
08. Joan of Arc
09. Motion and Heart
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Souvenir
13. New Stone Age
14. Enola Gay
15. Bunker Soldiers
16. Electricity
17. She's Leaving
18. Julias Song
19. Stanlow

Recording: Audience

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OMD at North Stage Theatre, Glen Cove, 13th March 1982

This is a radio broadcast and may not be the complete show. Support act was The Units.

01. Romance of the Telescope
02. Sealand
03. Pretending to See the Future
04. Messages
05. Almost
06. Mystereality
07. Joan of Arc
08. Motion and Heart
09. Maid of Orleans
10. Statues
11. Souvenir
12. New Stone Age
13. Enola Gay
14. Bunker Soldiers
15. Electricity
16. She's Leaving
17. Julias Song


Recording: Radio (92.7 WLIR-FM)

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1981.

OMD at Whiskey A-Go-Go, Los Angeles. 14th March 1981

This recording has at some point had too much noise reduction applied to it and is mp3 sourced. It is still a good listen. There are not a lot of details of the bands tour of the USA and Canada in March / April 1981. This show has an early version of She's Leaving which has different chords to the final version.

01. Stanlow
02. Pretending to See the Future
03. Messages
04. Almost
05. Shes Leaving
06. Mystereality
07. Motion and Heart
08. The More I See You
09. The Promise
10. Statues
11. The Misunderstanding
12. Dancing
13. Electricity
14. Bunker Soldiers
15. Enola Gay
16. Julias Song
17. Electricity

Recording: Audience

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OMD at The Concert Hall, Toronto. 24th April 1981

This is another show that has been mis-labled over the years (normally as Edge Club 12th March). This is a radio broadcast so the show may be incomplete. Another early version of She's Leaving that is a bit of a mess.

01. Stanlow
02. Pretending to See the Future
03. Messages
04. Almost
05. She's Leaving
06. Mystereality
07. Motion and Heart
08. The Promise
09. The Misunderstanding
10. Electricity
11. Bunker Soldiers
12. Julias Song
13. Waiting For The Man
14. Enola Gay

Recording: Radio (The Edge)

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OMD at Manchester Apollo, 9th November 1981

The third album, Architecture and Morality, was released on 8th November 1981. The supporting tour started on 7th November. This recording suffers from some distortion.

01. Architecture and Morality
02. The Romance of the Telescope
03. Sealand
04. Pretending to See the Future
05. Messages
06. Almost
07. Mystereality
08. Joan of Arc
09. Motion and Heart
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Souvenir
13. The New Stone Age
14. Enloa Gay
15. Bunker Soldiers
16. Electricity
17. Shes leaving
18. Julias Song
19. Stanlow
20. Enola Gay

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Victoria Hall, Henley 26th November 1981

Another show kindly recorded and provided by Craig Wood with soundcheck. This is a very good audience recording.

Main Show
01. Architecture & Morality
02. Romance of the Telescope
03. Sealand
04. Pretending to see the Future
05. Messages
06. Almost
07. Mystereality
08. Joan of Arc
09. Motion & Heart
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Souvenir
13. New Stone Age
14. Enola Gay
15. Bunker Soldiers
16. Electricity
17. She's Leaving
18. Julia's Song
19. Enola Gay
20. Stanlow

Recording: Audience

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Soundcheck
01. Motion & Heart
02. Electricity
03. Pretending to see The Future
04. Bunker Soldiers
05. Romance Of The Telescope
06. Sealand
07. Messages
08. Bunker Soldiers
09. Messages
10. Enola Gay
11. She's Leaving
12. Enola Gay
13. New Stone Age
14. Mystereality
15. Romance Of The Telescope
 
Recording: Audience 
 
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OMD at the Cornish Coliseum, St Austell, 28th November 1981
 
This is an mp3 sourced audience (?). I suspect the original recording was quite good but this is some generations from the master tape.
 
01. Architecture & Morality
02. Romance of the Telescope
03. Sealand
04. Pretending to see the Future
05. Messages
06. Almost
07. Mystereality
08. Joan of Arc
09. Motion & Heart
10. Maid of Orleans
11. Statues
12. Souvenir
13. New Stone Age
14. Enola Gay
15. Bunker Soldiers
16. Electricity
17. She's Leaving
18. Julia's Song
19. Stanlow

Recording: Audience

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1980.

OMD at the Paris Theatre, London  23rd November 1980

The album Organisation was released on 24th October 1980 with a tour beginning in November. Martin Cooper is now part of the live personel replacing Dave Hughes. This show was partially broadcast on Radio 1 on 23rd November 1980. The exact date of the show is unknown. Support was Modern Eon.

01. Stanlow
02. Pretending To See The Future
03. Almost
04. Messages
05. Mystereality
06. Julias Song
07. Statues
08. Electricity
09. Enola Gay (Fade out)

Recording: Radio (BBC)

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OMD at Kant Kino, Berlin 8th December 1980

An excellent audience recording.

01. I Betray My Friends
02. Stanlow
03. Pretending to See the Future
04. Almost
05. Messages
06. Annex
07. Mystereality
08. Julia`s Song
09. Motion and Heart
10. The More I See You
11. The Promise
12. Statues
13. The Misunderstanding (fades out)
14. Dancing
15. Red Frame White light
16. Electricity
17. Bunker Soldiers
18.  Enola Gay
19. Waiting for the Man
20. Electricity
21. Julia`s Song

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Lodewijk Makeblijde College, Rijswijk, Netherlands 12th December 1980

A Dutch radio (KRO) broadcast from a gig in a college in Rijswijk . Thanks to Kees Van Den Bos for providing the venue name.

01. Pretending to See the Future
02. Almost
03. Messages
04. Julia's Song
05. Motion and Heart
06. The More I see You
07. Statues
08. Red Frame White Light
09. Electricity
10. Bunker Soldiers
11. Enola Gay
12. Waiting For The Man
13. Electricity* (not broadcast)

Recording: Radio (KRO)

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OMD at Hammersmith Odeon, London 17th December 1980

This sounds a great show but is far from a great recording.

01. I Betray My Friends
02. Stanlow
03. Pretending To See the Future
04. Almost
05. Messages
06. Annex
07. Mystereality
08. Julias Song
09. Motion & Heart
10. The More I See You
11. The Promise
12. Statues
13. The Misunderstanding
14. Dancing
15. Red Frame White Light
16. Electricity
17. Bunker Soldiers
18. Enola Gay
19. Waiting For The Man
20. Electricity
21. Julias Song
22. Enola Gay

Recording: Audience

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1980.

OMD at Liverpool University 15th March 1980.

I have two versions of this show. Neither are fantastic quality. The best one is provided. Supported by Basczax

01. I Betray My Friends
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Pretending to See the Future
04. Almost
05. Mystereality
06. Julia's Song
07. Two Chameleons
08. Red Frame White Light
09. Dancing
10. Messages
11. Waiting For The Man
12. Electricity
13. Bunker Soldiers
14. Julia's Song
15. Electricity

Recording: Audience.

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OMD on the Old Grey Whistle Test 14th April 1980

OMD appeared on the BBC2 show and performed Dancing and Messages.

Recording: TV Broadcast (BBC TV)

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OMD at The Paradiso, Netherlands 21st April 1980.

Part of the bands second European tour. The first European dates had been in January 1980. This is a radio broadcast. Again this set is probably incomplete but features a rare outing for The Messershcmitt Twins. This show is sometimes labelled as Den Haag.

01. The Messerschmitt Twins
02. Almost
03. Pretending to See the Future
04. Mystereality
05. Julia's Song
06. Two Chameleons
07. Electricity
08. Red Frame White Light
09. Enola Gay
10. Waiting For The Man

Recording: Radio

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OMD at Les Bains Douches, Paris 21st April 1980.

I have two versions of this radio broadcast. One starts with an instrumental Statues, while the announcer talks over it, and ends with Dancing. The second version omits Statues* and finishes with Messages, this is the version in the download. It is doubtful that this is the complete gig. This gig has beem labelled as Paris 79 and 4th April 1980. The notes with one of my tapes states the show was a live broadcast on 28th April 1980.

01. Statues*
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Pretending to See the Future
04. Almost
05. Mystereality
06. Julia's Song
07. Two Chameleons
08. Red Frame White Light
09. Motion and Heart
10. Dancing
11. Messages


Recording: Radio (France-Inter).


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OMD at The Hot Club, Philadelphia 31st May 1980


This is the only recording I have of the bands first USA tour which licked off at Hurrahs. Andy mentions during the show that it's the clubs last night as the venue is closing. He also mentions the closing of Erics.

01. Statues
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Pretending to See the Future
04. Almost
05. Mystereality
06. Julias Song
07. Two Chameleons
08. Red Frame White Light
09. Enola Gay
10. Electricity
11. Waiting For The Man
12. Electricity

Recording: Audience
 
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OMD at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham 28th July 1980.

The tracks here were taken from a 'Rockstage' TV broadcast. Support on the night was provided by post punk band Basczax in what was to be their final gig. (the date of this show is taken from their myspace site)

01. Messages
02. Mystereality
03. Bunker Soldiers
04. Motion and Heart
05. Red Frame White Light
06. Enola Gay
07. Electricity

Recording: TV Broadcast (ITV)

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1980.

OMD Interviewed on Radio 1's Rock On, 16th Febrary 1980

Andy and Paul interviewed on Radio 1 on the late Tommy Vance show. I'm not sure who is actually doing the interview.

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OMD at Bristol Trinity Hall 27th February 1980.
 

Now playing live as a 4 piece with Mal Holmes and Dave Hughes. This gig showcases most of the first album, which was released on 22nd Feb 1980, however the recording suffers from an annoying whistle that is present on the 2nd side of the tape (from Dancing onwards).

01. I Betray My Friends
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Pretending to See the Future
04. Almost
05. Mystereality
06. Julia's Song
07. Two Chameleons
08. Red Frame White Light
09. Dancing
10. Messages
11. Waiting For The Man
13. Electricity
14. Bunker Soldiers
15. Julia's Song
16. Electricity

Recording: Audience.

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OMD at The Porterhouse Retford 7th March 1980.

This is a great recording. Note that Enola Gay is already in the set. Support band was Basczax.

01. I Betray My Friends

02. Bunker Soldiers

03. Pretending to See the Future

04. Almost

05. Mystereality

06. Julia's Song

07. Two Chameleons

08. Red Frame White Light

09. Dancing
10. Messages

11. Enola Gay

12. Waiting For The Man

13. Electricity

14. Bunker Soldiers

15. Julia's Song

Recording: Audience.

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OMD at The Rock Garden, Middlesborough 8th March 1980.

Supported by The Flowers. Another good recording.

01. I Betray My Friends

02. Bunker Soldiers

03. Pretending to See the Future

04. Almost

05. Mystereality

06. Julia's Song

07. Two Chameleons

08. Red Frame White Light

09. Dancing

10. Messages

11. Enola Gay

12. Waiting For The Man

13. Electricity

Recording: Audience.

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1979.

OMD at Leigh Open Air Pop Festival 27th August 1979.



 The Zoo Meets Factory Half Way Festival. Also featured Joy Division and many others (see above link).

01. Messages
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Julia's Song
04. VCLXI
05. Almost
06. Red Frame White Light
07. Mystereality
08. Electricity
09. Waiting For The Man**

** Only Waiting For The Man is available for download and MP3 is the only format. The rest of the show was released back in 2006.

Recording: Audience

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OMD at Leeds Queens Hall 8th Sept 1979.

This was the Futurama One Festival and featured, amongst others, P.I.L and Joy Division.

01. Messages
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Julia's Song
04. Almost
05. Red Frame White Light
06. Mystereality
07. Electricity
08. Waiting For The Man

*The taper of this show requested that it remained in a lossless format. Hence I will not encode this to MP3 and files are provided in FLAC format.


Recording: Audience    

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OMD at Manchester Apollo, 26th September 1979

September 1979 saw OMD start their supporting slot to Gary Numan for the UK part of his 'Touring Principle' shows. This is the only OMD recording I have come across for that tour. This was kindly recorded and provided by Craig Wood.

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01. Messages
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Mystereality
04. Julia's Song
05. Red Frame White Light
06. Almost
07. Electricity
08. Waiting For The Man

Recording: Audience

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OMD at The Electric Ballroom, Camden 8th December 1979

The 2nd of 2 nights at the Electric Ballroon. Talking Heads headlined and U2 also supported.

01. Messages
02. Bunker Soldiers
03. Mystereality
04. Julia's Song
05. Red Frame White Light
06. Almost
07. Electricity
08. Waiting For The Man

The show I have is labled as the 8th December, this may though in fact be the show from the 7th. I only have this in MP3 format.





Recording: Radio?

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