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Record Details

Artist: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Title: Maid Of Orleans
Format: 12" Single
Label: Dindisc
Cat No: DIN 40-12
Released: 15 Jan 1982
Country:
Genres: Synth-pop
Status Have
Added To List 15th June 2025
Disc 1 | 12" Single
Good
Metallic Silver Sleeve 
A Matrix:
DIN-40-12 A2  
B Matrix:
DIN-40-12 B1 END STAGE THREE  

Additional Information

Comments Mastered at Tape One.
℗ 1981 Dindisc/Dinsong Ltd.
© 1981 Dindisc Ltd.

This is the first issue with a special silver foil sleeve and b-side listed as "Experiments In Vertical Takeoff".

The 12" stained glass sleeve design has three variations:
1st issue (this entry) - silver foil (mirrored) sleeve (sword and wings are silver foil), silver foil back, b-side listed as "Experiments In Vertical Takeoff"
2nd issue [r1813426] - silver printed sleeve (sword and wings are printed silver), white back, b-side listed as "Experiments iIn Vertical Takeoff"
3rd issue [r1813429] - white sleeve (sword and wings are white), white back, b-side listed as "All The Things We've Done"

The single was originally to have featured a B side track titled “Experiments In Vertical Take Off.” The song hadn't actually been written at the time, but merely existed as a title. The single sleeves were subsequently printed with this title, but Andy and Paul had decided against the idea, and chose a brand new song called “Navigation.”

The original sleeve design for the 12" version used an [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1649086]embossed coin motif on a silver foil sleeve[/url]. The band weren't happy with this design, which led to the new stained glass version. A limited number of the coin foil sleeves, however, were issued.
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