MESSAGES
TALKING LOUD & CLEAR
sleeve
CATALOGUE VS 685
FORMAT 7" PICTURE DISC
LABEL DINDISC
RELEASE DATE 04/06/84
CHART 11
SLEEVE DESIGN Peter Saville Associates
CURRENT VALUE £4
 
RUN-OUT A -
RUN-OUT B -
TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER RECORDED
TALKING LOUD & CLEAR (EXTENDED VERSION) OMD Brian Tench & OMD
JULIA'S SONG (EXTENDED VERSION) Humphreys/McCluskey/Kneale Brian Tench & OMD

NOTES

Picture disc issued in a clear vinyl sleeve with the title block printed on the sleve. The disc also featured a pic of Paul and Andy on the reverse.

'Talking Loud & Clear' was the first track written on the Fairlight and was originally written as a test piece.

'Julia's Song' was recorded in Belgium with added brass by the Weir Brothers. The song is a reworked version of the track that originally appears on the debut album Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.

 

TRIVIA

The fabric design idea was influenced by the book An Elegant Art - Fashion & Fantasy In The Eighteenth Century