New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) continue their 40th anniversary celebrations with the announcement of a digital career box set, 2CD download and a brand new 3LP greatest hits collection - out October 4th. The special digital career box set will be comprised of 98 songs.
The 3LP greatest hits package, spanning the band's 40-year career, will include all the singles from '"
Electricity" to "What Have We Done" as well as the exclusive brand new single, "Don't Go."
Written and produced by both Paul and Andy, and recorded at Bleepworks in London, the new song "
Don't Go" melds together the plaintive melancholia of McCluskey's lyrical refrain and the soaring synth melody from Paul Humphreys, combining to create the classic style of OMD.
OMD have sold an astonishing 25 million singles and 15 million albums over their career, establishing them as electronic synthesizer pioneers and one of the UK's most-beloved pop groups. Their 13 albums include recently reissued Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (1980), Organisation (1980), Architecture & Morality (1981) and Dazzle Ships (1983).
The digital audio includes all the band's singles from "
Electricity" to "What Have We Done," as well as a brand new single "Don't Go," exclusive to this release. The set also includes a previously unreleased live show from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983, 22 previously unreleased demos from the archive which have been selected and mixed by Paul Humphreys, rare and unreleased live material from the BBC and an entire live show from the Mermaid Theatre in 2011.
Today's announcement comes as part of another exciting installment of the band's anniversary celebrations which first saw the reissue of their first four classic albums on 180g vinyl, mastered at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road and housed in their original iconic die cut sleeves designed by the legendary
Peter Saville.
The band, Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys,
Martin Cooper and
Stuart Kershaw, is currently on tour in the U.S. with The B-52's and Berlin. The band will also embark on a huge world tour later this year, beginning in October in Portugal, stretching through to February 2020, finishing in Paris.
U.S. Tour Dates:
AUGUST
TUE 20 The Theatre at Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX
WED 21 Majestic Theatre San Antonio, TX, US
THU 22 Bass Concert Hall, University of
Texas Austin, TX
SAT 24 Smart Financial Centre Sugar Land, TX
SUN 25 Saenger Theatre New Orleans, LA
WED 28 Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, FL
THU 29 Au-Rene Theater, Broward Center for the Performing Arts FT Lauderdale, FL
FRI 30 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
SAT 31 The Fillmore
Charlotte Charlotte, NC
SEPTEMBER
TUE 3 Cannery Ballroom Nashville, TN
WED 4 Bogart's Cincinnati, OH, US
FRI 6 White Oak Amphitheatre at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Greensboro, NC
SAT 7 Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park Atlanta, GA
SUN 8 Rose
Music Center at The Heights Huber Heights, OH
WED 11 Frederik Meijer Gardens Grand Rapids, MI
FRI 13 Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (soon to be Meridian Hall) Toronto, ON, Canada
SAT 14 Meadow Brook Amphitheatre Rochester Hills, MI
TUE 17 The Anthem Washington, DC, US
THU 19 Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA
FRI 20 Grand Theater at Foxwoods Mashantucket, CT
TUE 24 Summer Stage, Central Park New York, NY
Souvenir:
Digital Box Set - Available for streaming and download
Disc 1 - The Singles 1979 - 1987
Electricity
Red Frame/White Light
Messages
Enola Gay
Souvenir
Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans
Genetic Engineering
Telegraph
Locomotion
Talking Loud and Clear
Tesla Girls
Never Turn Away
So in Love
Secret
La Femme Accident
If You Leave
(Forever) Live and Die
We Love You
Shame
Disc 2 - The Singles 1988 - 2019
Dreaming
Sailing on the
Seven Seas
Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way)
Then You Turn Away
Call My Name
Stand Above Me
Dream of Me
Everyday
Walking on the
Milky Way
Universal
If You Want It
Sister Marie Says
History of
Modern (part 1)
Metroland
Dresden
Night Café
Isotype
The Punishment Of Luxury
What Have We Done
Don't Go
Disc 3 - Unreleased Archive Vol I.
Brand New Science (06.1981)
Dumbomb (01.1986)
Violin Piece (09.1982)
Untitled 2 (06.1981)
Cut Me Down (03.1986)
Radio Swiss International (09.1982)
Untitled 3 (09.1982)
Weekend (04.1985)
Organ Ditty (05.1980)
Unreleased Idea (06.1981)
Cajun Moon (05.1986)
Guitar Thrash (09.1982)
SMPTE (12.1982)
American Venus (04.1990)
Liberator (02.1985)
Ambient 1 (04.1980)
Unused 1 (12.1980)
Flamenco (04.1990)
Andy's Song (04.1985)
Dynamo Children (01.1985)
Flutey (03.1984)
Nice Ending (06.1981)
Disc 4 - Live at the Mermaid Theatre, London (03/02/2011)
Messages
Tesla Girls
New Babies New Toys
History of
Modern (Part 1)
(Forever) Live & Die
Souvenir
Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans
New Holy Ground
Green
Walking on the
Milky Way
Sister Marie Says
Locomotion
Sailing on the
Seven Seas
Enola Gay
Electricity
Disc 5 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (10/05/1983)
Dazzle Ships - Parts II, III & VII
ABC Auto Industry
Messages
She's Leaving
Georgia
Almost
Julia's Song
Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans
Statues
The Romance of the Telescope
Souvenir
Telegraph
Radio Waves
Bunker Soldiers
Enola Gay
Silent Running
Electricity
Pretending to see the Future
Stanlow
Souvenir: The Singles Collection 1979 - 2019 Available for download only
Disc 1 - The Singles 1979 - 1987
Electricity
Red Frame/White Light
Messages
Enola Gay
Souvenir
Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans
Genetic Engineering
Telegraph
Locomotion
Talking Loud and Clear
Tesla Girls
Never Turn Away
So in Love
Secret
La Femme Accident
If You Leave
(Forever) Live and Die
We Love You
Shame
Disc 2 - The Singles 1988 - 2019
Dreaming
Sailing on the
Seven Seas
Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way)
Then You Turn Away
Call My Name
Stand Above Me
Dream of Me
Everyday
Walking on the
Milky Way
Universal
If You Want It
Sister Marie Says
History of
Modern (part 1)
Metroland
Dresden
Night Café
Isotype
The Punishment Of Luxury
What Have We Done
Don't Go
Souvenir: 3 LP Greatest Hits
LP 1 Side A
Electricity
Red Frame/White Light
Messages
Enola Gay
Souvenir
Joan Of Arc
Maid Of Orleans
LP 1 Side B
Genetic Engineering
Telegraph
Locomotion
Talking Loud and Clear
Tesla Girls
Never Turn Away
So In Love
LP 2 Side A
Secret
La Femme Accident
If You Leave
(Forever) Live and Die
We Love You
Shame
Dreaming
LP 2 Side B
Sailing on the
Seven Seas
Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way)
Then You Turn Away
Call My Name
Stand Above Me
Dream of Me
LP 3 Side A
Everyday
Walking on the
Milky Way
Universal
If You Want It
Sister Marie Says
History of
Modern (Part I)
LP 3 Side B
Metroland
Dresden
Night Café
Isotype
The Punishment Of Luxury
What Have We Done
Don't Go
