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Special thanks go to Mark C, Smithy and James Worrall for tapes and CD's. Also to Kevin Pretlove and Ian Hayter, creators of the Compiled Website (http://www.omd.eu.com/), which has been an invaluable source for gig detail. Most recently, many thanks to Pat Fetty who is now hosting the files for download.













Thursday 9 September 2010

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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3 comments:

  1. Ami19 December 2010 at 22:27

    Hi Dave! Just only to give thanks for the shows ans tell you that the links of first concert (Paris November 23rd) doesn't work.

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  2. Dave Mings23 December 2010 at 07:24

    Links should be fixed.

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  3. Unknown2 October 2012 at 15:44

    OMD played at the 'Lodewijk Makeblijde College' school in Rijswijk, The Netherlands.

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