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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