The release date for the Messages album has been put back to 29th September. The delays have been due to issues securing the rights for the 'mash-up' track Dazzle Ships At The River (which is now no longer on the album) and also the quality of the remaster of Electricity.

All the tracks on the album have been remastered, with most being sourced from the 1998 remasters used on The OMD Singles album.

More details on the forthcoming new OMD compilation: Messages – OMD Greatest Hits 30 Years In Sight & Sound (CDVX 3050) will be a combination of CD and DVD. The package will be released on 22nd September 2008. A digital download will also be made available via some outlets.

The DVD will feature 31 OMD promotional videos centred around their singles of choice. This marks the first time that all of the promo videos have been released on DVD, many of them are very rare and includes Red Frame/White Light - the 'lost' promo video. Hold You was previously available on the video Crush The Movie. Joan Of Arc had no promo video filmed at the time (as it was a UK release) so its place is taken with an appearance on the UK music show Top Of The Pops instead.

The track listings are as follows:

CD:

1. Messages
2. Electricity
3. Enola Gay
4. Souvenir
5. Joan Of Arc
6. Maid Of Orleans
7. Genetic Engineering
8. Telegraph
9. Locomotion
10. Talking Loud And Clear
11. Tesla Girls
12. So In Love
13. Secret
14. If You Leave
15. (Forever) Live And Die
16. Dreaming
17. Sailing On The Seven Seas
18. Pandora's Box
19. Dream Of Me (Based On Love's Theme)
20. Walking On The Milky Way

DVD:

1. Electricity
2. Red Frame/White Light
3. Messages
4. Enola Gay
5. Souvenir
6. Joan Of Arc (on Top Of The Pops)
7. Maid Of Orleans
8. Genetic Engineering
9. Telegraph
10. Locomotion
11. Talking Loud And Clear
12. Tesla Girls
13. Never Turn Away
14. So In Love
15. Secret
16. La Femme Accident
17. Hold You
18. If You Leave
19. (Forever) Live And Die
20. We Love You
21. Shame
22. Dreaming
23. Sailing On The Seven Seas
24. Pandora's Box
25. Then You Turn Away
26. Call My Name
27. Stand Above Me
28. Dream Of Me (Based On Love’s Theme)
29. Everyday
30. Walking On The Milky Way
31. Universal

Andy McCluskey features in a new book about the Mellotron exploring the history of the instrument and the bands that used it. Mellotron, The Machine And The Musicians That Revolutionized Rock is by Nick Awde and published by Desert Heart. Andy's contribution explores OMD's history and its use of the Mellotron.

The book also features interviews with the likes of Tony Banks (Genesis), Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner), Tony Clarke (Moody Blues), Dave Cousins (Strawbs) and Dave Gregory (XTC) amongst others. Mellotron, The Machine And The Musicians That Revolutionized Rock is due out next month.

An OMD fan party is taking place following the Liverpool concert on Friday 3rd October 2008. The event has been organised by Neil Taylor via the Motion And Heart website and is by ticket only.

More details here:www.omdevent.co.uk.