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THE OMD CRUSH

First of all, OMD stands for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Got that? Good. Because from this point on, ROCK-SHOTS is going to call them OMD. If only to save space, you know? Secondly, OMD are a British band that’s making all sorts of big noise in the States these days, thanks to their simply brilliant track from the Pretty In Pink film, “If You Leave.”

September 3, 1986

THE OMD CRUSH

First of all, OMD stands for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Got that? Good. Because from this point on, ROCK-SHOTS is going to call them OMD. If only to save space, you know?

Secondly, OMD are a British band that’s making all sorts of big noise in the States these days, thanks to their simply brilliant track from the Pretty In Pink film, “If You Leave.” That’s right, the song that critics agree is the centerpiece of that wonderful Thirdly, OMD have been making records for sevi years now. Their first two albums, Orche, Manoeuvres In The Dark and Organisation, are available in Europe at this time; if you can’t mal to a record store that stocks imported recor| though, know that CBS, OMD’s American rei company at the time, took the best tracks from and put them on a single LP. After that? A gij record called Architecture & Morality. Then, D. Ships. Then, Junk Culture. Then, their latest, Cm) And, finally, “If You Leave,” from Pretty In Pink. that? Good.

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