Crush (40th Anniversary Deluxe) - OMD [CD]

Working from a batch of demos, Andy and Paul, plus multi-instrumentalist Martin Cooper and drummer Malcolm Holmes, began recording 'Crush' in Liverpool's Amazon Studios in the late winter of 1984. Having laid down what they could in Amazon, they then relocated to the more secluded facilities of The Manor, in the heart of Oxfordshire, where they enlisted US-born producer Stephen Hague to help pull the record together. 'We felt for the first time like we needed somebody to help us focus on the production', McCluskey says. 'We were too close to these half-written songs and needed someone who could be a little bit more objective. Stephen had a very slick production sound. Maybe unconsciously, we were also thinking, 'If we're going to break America, we need to be a bit more polished'. That approach successfully attracted a new audience and both Humphreys and McCluskey look back on it with fondness. UMR are celebrating the album's 40th anniversary by remastering 'Crush' from the original analogue sources and adding a wealth of supplementary material on a second disc or LP. This includes seven unreleased tracks from the album's multitrack sessions, mixed by Paul Humphreys - two demos, an alternative mix and four never-before heard songs - plus non-album b-sides and extended or 12-inch mixes that in most cases have never been reissued or issued on CD/digitally. The package is rounded out with rare photos and comprehensive notes by journalist and author Jason Draper in conversation with Andy McCluskey.

Disc 1
1. So in Love - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (3.29)
2. Secret - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (3.56)
3. Bloc Bloc Bloc - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (3.28)
4. Women III - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (4.27)
5. Crush - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (4.27)
6. 88 Seconds in Greensboro - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (4.16)
7. The Native Daughters of the Golden West - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (3.58)
8. La Femme Accident - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (2.51)
9. Hold You - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (4.00)
10. The Lights Are Going Out - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (3.58)
Disc 2
1. Wheels of Steel - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
2. Lana Turner V.1 - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
3. Hold You (Rough) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
4. Choral - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
5. Lana Turner V.2 - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
6. Drift (Demo) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
7. All Or Nothing (Demo) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
8. Concrete Hands (B-side) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
9. Firegun (B-side) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
10. Maria Gallante (B-side) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
11. Drift (B-side) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
12. Secret (Extended Mix) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
13. So in Love (Special American Dance Remix) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
14. So in Love (Extended) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
15. La Femme Accident (12" Mix) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
16. Concrete Hands (Extended) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark