OMD - Peel Sessions 1979-1983RSD 25 Release NEVER BEFORE AVAILABLE ON VINYL, FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ORIGINAL CD RELEASE THIS IS ALSO THE COMPLETE PEEL SESSIONS ISSUED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ANY FORMAT Still very much active (their last album No. 2 in the UK, No. 7 in Germany was issued in 2023), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), founded by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, emerged from Liverpool in the late 70s and are rightly regarded as one of the more

the art and the traditions

originally released on 28 March 1995

named in the Top 20 of Pitchfork’s The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time and lauded as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Original sessions produced by ORRIN KEEPNEWS

This is a record about facing yourself and learning to forgive what you see

leaving the acid-laced

• Includes download code containing two bonus tracks exclusive to Dinked

and also features unique collaborations with Skunk Anansie’s Skin

the Desire for an Aquatic Life

energetic and infectious as ever

1988 and still wild

Their eponymous first release consists of two discs