OMD* ‎– Dazzle Ships
Label:
Virgin ‎– 205 295, Telegraph (2) ‎– 205 295, Virgin ‎– 205 295-320, Telegraph (2) ‎– 205 295-320
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:
Europe
Released:
1983
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop, Experimental, Musique Concrète, New Wave
Tracklist
A1    Radio Prague    1:18
A2    Genetic Engineering    3:37
A3    ABC Auto-Industry    2:06
A4    Telegraph    2:57
A5    This Is Helena    1:58
A6    International    4:24
B1    Dazzle Ships    2:21
B2    The Romance Of The Telescope    3:27
B3    Silent Running    3:34
B4    Radio Waves
Written By – OMD/Floyd
Written-By – Floyd*
3:45
B5    Time Zones
Recorded By – Andy Dunkley, Dirk Hohmeyer, Jean Michel Reusser*, Keith Nixon, Michael Stark (2), Paul Ward (4), Sue Sawyer, Tony Lawrence (3)
1:49
B6    Of All The Things We've Made    3:27
Companies, etc.
Produced For – Telegraph (2)
Produced For – White Noise Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
Distributed By – Ariola Group Of Companies
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Recorded At – The Gramophone Suite
Recorded At – Gallery Studios
Recorded At – Mayfair Studios
Mixed At – The Manor
Mastered At – Master Room
Designed At – Peter Saville Associates
Printed By – Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH
Pressed By – Sonopress
Credits
Arranged By – OMD* (tracks: A1, B5)
Design [Designers] – B. Kelly*, B. Wickens*, K. Kennedy*, M. Garrett*, P. Saville*, P. Pennington*
Engineer [Engineered By] – Brian Tench, Ian Little, Keith Richard Nixon*, OMD*
Management – Gordian Troeller
Management [Assisted By] – Ines Troeller, Steve Baker (8), Susan Pippet
Mastered By – Arun Chakraverty
Performer – G. A. McCluskey*, M. A. Holmes*, M. H. Cooper*, P. D. Humphreys*
Producer [Produced By] – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Producer [Produced By], Engineer [Engineered By] – Rhett Davies
Songwriter [Songs Written By] – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (tracks: A2 to B4, B6)
Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Maureen Humphreys
Notes
[On inner sleeve:]
Recorded at/
The Gramophone Suite
Gallery Studio
Mayfair Studio
Mixed at/
The Manor Studios
Mastered at/
The Master Room
Instruments/
Roland Drumatix Rhythm Unit
Eko Rhythmaker - Korg MS20 - Korg
Micropreset - Roland SH-09 & SH2
Emulator Synthesiser - Novatron
Prophet 5 - Oberheim OBX - Solina
String Machine - Vox Organ - Toy
Piano - Rainbow Organ - Piano
Gretsch & Ludwig Drums - Premier
Military Bass Drum - Hammer Bass
Block Guitar - Fender Jazz Bass
Speak and Spell Machine - Sanyo
Short Wave Radio - Typewriter.
'Speak and Spell' Machine used
with kind permissionof Texas
Instruments Limited. Bugle on
<This is Helena> courtesy of
BBC Records/RAD 126.
<Dazzle Ships> title suggested by Peter Saville after a painting by Edward Wadsworth.
Designers/
[...]
for Peter Saville Associates.
Management/
[...] for Worldchief Limited [...].
<Dazzle Ships> was produced and
created [...] for Telegraph and
on behalf of White Noise Limited.
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
[On back sleeve:]
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Ltd.
Distributed by the Ariola Group of Companies
Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH, Gütersloh · Imprimé en République Fédérale D'Allemagne
[On labels:]
℗ 1983 Virgin Records Limited. except B2 & B6 ℗ 1981 Virgin Records Limited.
© 1983 Virgin Records Limited.
Published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Limited.
Cut out sleeve with printed inner sleeve.
Note: Some copies carry a sticker on the back/upper right with another/new cat. no.: 205 295/610 - everything else is absolutely identical, even the matrix no's.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: GEMA STEMRA
Label Code: LC 3098
Pressing Plant ID (Label Side B): [Embossed Bass Clef Symbol]
Other (Inner sleeve): 205 295/97 274
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 1): 020 205 295 A-2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 1): 020 205 295 B-3
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 2): 020 205 295 A-3
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 2): 020 205 295 B-2
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 3): 020 205 295 A-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 3): 020 205 295 B-2
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 4): 020 205 295 A-3
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 4): 020 205 295 B-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 5): 020 205 295 A-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 5): 020 205 295 B-3
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 6): 020 205 295 A-2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 6): 020 205 295 B-1
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 7): 020 205 295 A-3
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 7): 020 205 295 B-3