Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Peel Sessions 1979-1983

NEW VINYL LP ON UNIVERSAL 2025

180 GRAM VINYL. (RSD 2025)

NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE ON VINYL, FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ORIGINAL CD RELEASE THIS IS ALSO THE COMPLETE PEEL SESSIONS ISSUED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ANY FORMAT

Still very much active (their last album – No. 2 in the UK, No. 7 in Germany - was issued in 2023), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), founded by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, emerged from Liverpool in the late ‘70s and are rightly regarded as one of the more original of the so-called ‘synth pop’ outfits of the following decade.

Notably also one of the more successful, they have enjoyed at least 20 hit singles across Europe and beyond, with total sales of around 40 million records to date.

Their early years were highly influential and this release, acclaimed by many fans as the band at the height of their powers, provides a snapshot of OMD at arguably their most vital, focused and interesting; full of highly imaginative, slightly left-field, awkward but accomplished pop, captured by the BBC in four different sessions (one in 1979, two in 1980 and one in 1983).

Tracklist

Side 1
1. Bunker Soldiers
2. Julia’s Song
3. Messages
4. Red Frame/White Light
5. Pretending To See The Future
6. Enola Gay
7. Dancing

Side 2
1. Motion And Heart
2. Annex
3. The Misunderstanding
4. The More I See You
5. Genetic Engineering
6. Of All The Things We’ve Made
7. ABC Auto-Industry
8. Bunker Soldiers