More Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark press photos

Following on from a previous post with OMitD press photos, a couple more snaps of a mean ‘n’ moody Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from their ‘serious young men’ heyday, which I unearthed at a record fair a while back for a decent sum.

The first is a promo photo for the ‘Urgh! A Music War’ film, where a live version of ‘Enola Gay’ was featured. The photo pictures the four piece line up with left to right: Dave Hughes, Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Urgh! A Music War promo photo (front)
^ Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – ‘Urgh! A Music War era promo photo

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Urgh! A Music War promo photo (rear)

Winding on a few years, the second photo is from the ‘Dazzle Ships’ era of 1983… Continue reading “More Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark press photos”

Gary Numan ‘White Boys and Heroes’ USA 12″ Promo Single (Atco, PR468, 1982)

Issued in 1982 by Gary Numan’s then US label, Atco, this 12″ promo single features a unique remix of ‘White Boys and Heroes’ which has still never been released on CD to date, despite the numerous re-issue campaigns that Beggars Banquet have had for Numan’s back catalogue.

'White Boys and Heroes' USA Promo 12 inch single
^ ‘White Boys and Heroes’ USA Promo 12 inch single

The remix of ‘White Boys and Heroes’ is by Chris Nelson and clocks in at 8 minutes and 20 seconds. ‘We Take Mystery’ on side two of the promo 12″ (which is referred to as a ‘Promotional 12″ EP’ despite only having two songs) is the 7 minutes 42 seconds version as per the standard 12″. It comes in a plain white card sleeve with a large sticker on the front cover only. Continue reading “Gary Numan ‘White Boys and Heroes’ USA 12″ Promo Single (Atco, PR468, 1982)”

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1980 Dindisc press photos

Found while rummaging at a record fair in London last year, some nice glossy black and white Dindisc press photos from 1980 of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark… or OMitD – i.e. before they lost ‘it’ and became just OMD…

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark press photo

^ Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark press photo – four piece line up with left to right: Dave Hughes, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Andy McCluskey

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark press photo

^ Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark press photo – Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey

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Brian Eno, ‘Textures’ CD (Standard Music Library, ESL 003)

If you are not already familiar with it, ‘Textures’ is a CD by Brian Eno that has never been commercially available to the public, instead only a limited, promotional-only release, intended as a stock library music source for licensing by film and television makers, released by Standard Music Library, cat. no. ESL 003.

'Textures' CD front cover
^ ‘Textures’ CD front cover

Despite its limited availability, it appears that it has been issued a few times, so this particular sleeve design is not the only one available. Continue reading “Brian Eno, ‘Textures’ CD (Standard Music Library, ESL 003)”

Associates – ‘Associates’ 4 track promo CD (V2, VVR5011563P)

A four song promo CD dating from 2000, released on V2 records to promote their re-issue programme of the Associates back catalogue (‘Sulk’, ‘Fourth Drawer Down’ and ‘Double Hipness’).

^ Front cover scan of the CD
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It is curious because a couple of the mixes are not the ones present on the CD albums that this release is promoting. The tracks featured on this release include Continue reading “Associates – ‘Associates’ 4 track promo CD (V2, VVR5011563P)”