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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