People who wrote in received a letter plus free badges and stickers.OMD Songs: Presenting the most dynamic and versatile – OMD. The inner sleeve also provided an address for an information service. Some releases rotated the 'L' shape 90 degrees anti-clockwise but shrank the type for the credits so they appeared on one side only.Īfter the die-cut sleeves were exhausted they were replaced with a plain sleeve that used the design featured on the cassette release. The first design featured the credits in a black 'L' shape on both the front and back of the inner sleeve. The design of the inner sleeve was also subtly altered for some releases. Saville also rectified an earlier mistake by reducing the 12 x 12 grid scheme to 10 x 10 to prevent the inner sleeve from falling out. The complete sleeve variations were as follows: When DinDisc realised that OMD fans were buying the second version they asked for a third design. When Peter Saville realised that the printers could change the colour combinations every 10,000 copies at no extra cost he opted for a black/pink variation. The original sleeve design featured a blue outer sleeve combined with an orange inner with a 12 x 12 die-cut grid. It is the moment at which fashion comes in to play on design. It is a perforated sheet metal pattern cut out of cardboard. The OMD sleeve is the UK version of the same thing. Peter Saville once commented that "Talking Heads' Fear Of Music cover is the first definitive high-tech sleeve. Kelly had already used the same material as part of the design for Mr Howie - a boutique based in Covent Garden, London. The initial sleeve design featured a die-cut grid that revealed the inner sleeve.The album title was simply a sticker on the sleeve front.īen Kelly had originally suggested the idea of using perforated sheet steel as a design idea to Peter Saville. 'Pretending To See The Future' was written about being in the music industry and specifically about signing a record deal.Ĭhester Valentino was a pseudonym for OMD's then-manager Paul Collister. 'Dancing' is an experimental piece whose unusual sound was created using Dalek I Love You's Kawai synth. 'Red Frame/White Light' was inspired by a telephone box used by the band outside The Railway Inn public house on the Wirral. 'Julia's Song' dates back to Andy and Paul's time in The Id and features lyrics by Julia Kneale who was also in The Id at the time. 'Messages' is the original version and not the Mike Howlett produced single version. It was actually while researching Messerschmitts that Andy spotted a reference to the Enola Gay leading to fresh inspiration. The phrase popped into Andy's head during the night prompting him to write a song about it. 'The Messerschmitt Twins' takes its title from a nickname for Andy and Paul. 'Electricity' is the same version featured on the third single release. 'Mystereality' features saxophone by Martin Cooper. 'Almost' also featured as the B-side to the single 'Electricity' and the album version was used on the third release of the single. 'Bunker Soldiers' features a chorus that actually spells out the title 'BUNKER SOLDIERS' as random letters and the same letters translated into numbers.
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