Our sister site The Electricity Club is pleased to announce the line-up for its third live event TEC003 on SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2014. Taking place at Hertford Corn Exchange, the show will feature Vile Elecrodes and Speak & Spell. Vile … Read More
An OMD Fan Party is being organised for this coming October – and Messages is happy to announce that we’ll be involved. The event takes place on the weekend of 17th-19th October in Altrincham, South Manchester. The schedule of events … Read More
We are very pleased to announce that we now have signed editions of Julia Kneale’s book Moods, Memories And Other Manoeuvres available to buy from the Messages Shop. Moods, Memories And Other Manoeuvres forms a very personal story from one … Read More
Moods, Memories And Other Manoeuvres forms a very personal story from one of the members of the early Liverpool and Wirral music scene. Julia Kneale paints an evocative story of childhood, teen years and her involvement with OMD’s Andy McCluskey … Read More
You can now win a specially signed copy of Moods, Memories And Other Manoeuvres – the personal memoir by Julia Kneale which covers her early childhood, teenage years, involvement with Andy McCluskey and The Id and beyond. Julia has kindly … Read More
New items have been added to the Messages Shop section of the website – including limited copies of the Greek issued History Of Modern box set. Greek record label Undo’s beautiful release of OMD’s History Of Modern features the CD/DVD … Read More
In 1981 OMD released what has largely been regarded as their most definitive album release. Architecture & Morality brought OMD both public and critical appraisal augmented by the success of the singles ‘Souvenir’, ‘Joan Of Arc’ and ‘Maid Of Orleans’. … Read More
Arriving in the latter part of 1980, Organisation followed up the ‘garage synthpop’ of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark with an album of Gothic moods that included the classic ‘Enola Gay’. In 2003 the album was reissued featuring remastered tracks … Read More
Back in 2003, OMD’s eponymous debut album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks, sleeve notes, photos and restored artwork. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark featured many of the best OMD songs, including ‘Electricity’, ‘Bunker Soldiers’ and ‘Messages’. The sleeve … Read More
The Questions & Answers section of the Official OMD Website proved to be a popular feature in which queries about OMD’s record releases and career could be answered directly by Andy McCluskey or by site administrator and OMD archivist Paul … Read More