MESSAGES
MESSAGES
sleeve
CATALOGUE DIN15/10
FORMAT 10" SINGLE
LABEL DINDISC
RELEASE DATE 02/05/80
CHART 13
SLEEVE DESIGN Peter Saville & Brett Wickens. Photography by Trevor Key
CURRENT VALUE £5-8
 
RUN-OUT A "Or a Bilbo bigee"
RUN-OUT B "P.T.O. Unrepentant"
format seven ten blank2 blank2a blank3 footeradditional songwords promo vid press buy additional
TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER RECORDED
MESSAGES Humphreys/McCluskey Mike Howlett Advision Studios
WAITING FOR THE MAN Lou Reed Mike Howlett Advision Studios
MESSAGES Humphreys/McCluskey Mike Howlett Advision Studios

NOTES

'Messages' is slightly longer than the version featured on the 7" release.

'Waiting For The Man' was originally performed by The Velvet Underground and appears on their debut album The Velvet Underground And Nico.

The original release had a two-tone grey label which listed Chester Valentino (aka Paul Collister) as producer. DinDisc had scrapped the original album mix but hadn't bothered amending the labels which should have correctly credited Mike Howlett. Later releases featured different coloured record labels including red, green and a pink/white combination. These later labels also correctly credit Mike Howlett.

  

TRIVIA

Although copies of the original pressings were destroyed, a handful of the 10" release with the album version did escape destruction. Some of these were given away as part of a competition for the OMD fan club in 1980.

The girl featured in the sleeve photo was actually Peter Saville's girlfriend at the time.

'Waiting For The Man' was regularly performed at many of OMD's early live performances.