ODW HISTORY
1977
1978
1979
1980
Feb 80:
The 80's Club, NYC.
Feb 80: Trammps, NYC.
Feb 80: Hot Club, Philadelphia, PA.
Mar 80: U.K. Club, NYC.
Apr 80: Hot Club, Philadelphia, PA.
Apr 80: Hurrah, NYC.
May 1980: ODW records "Nightlife/Raincoats & Silverware"
at Tweaksbury Sound Recording in Richmond, CA.
Oct 80: second Western Front Music Festival, San Francisco, CA
Nov 3 80: "Lawnchairs" 7" released in US by Design
Records.
1981
Jan 24
81: "Lawnchairs" enters the Billboard Disco charts at #80.
It will rise steadily until it peaks at #31 on March 28 and holds until
April 11. It will fall to #97 on May 16 and will leave the charts on May
23 after 17 weeks.
May 81: Whisky, Los Angeles, CA. Opened for Orchestral Manoeuvres
in the Dark.
Reviews: "An electronic trio, Our Daughter's Wedding from New York,
which had a disco hit with "Lawnchairs," opened the show. While
not as deep or impassioned as OMID, the eight-song, 35-minute set was
entertaining and danceable. "-Cary Darling, Billboard, 5-23-81.
Read entire review.
June 15 81: "Lawnchairs" rerecorded and reissued by EMI
America in US.
Sept 14 81: "Digital Cowboy Record" released in US.
"The Digital Cowboy Tour" (Announced on back of UK Digital Cowboy
Record):
Oct 20 81: Rum Runner, Birmingham.
Oct 23 81: Porterhouse, Retford.
Oct 24 81: Nite Club, Edinburgh.
Oct 25 81: Maestro's, Glasgow.
Oct 26 81: Wharehouse, Leeds.
Oct 27 81: Limit, Sheffield.
Oct 28 81: Venue, London.
1982
May 30
82: "Buildings/Elevate Her" 7" released in US.
Jul 82: Dr. Pepper Music Festival, NYC
Aug 16 82: "Elevate Her/ Rotavele" 12" released
in US.
Sept 16 1982: "Moving Windows" LP is released in US.
Oct 2 1982: "Elevate Her" enters the Billboard Disco
charts at #64. It slips to #72 by Nov 6, falling to #74 on Nov 13 before
leaving the charts
1983
Nov 11
83: Stone, Palo Alto, CA. Played with Units.
Nov
12 83: Stone, San Francisco, CA. Played with Units.
1984
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