Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

OMD's debut studio album, first released on 22 February 1980.
The UK sleeve designed by Peter Saville originally had a 12 x 12 grid, die-cut into a blue sleeve with an orange and black inner sleeve. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (UK 1980) (opens in a new tab)
When he was told that the sleeve colour could be changed, after 10,000 copies had been produced with no extra costs incurred, three more versions of the sleeve were designed.
The second version of the sleeve had the same 12 x 12 grid die-cut, this time into a black sleeve that had a pink and black inner sleeve added. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (UK 1980) (opens in a new tab)
The third version had a 10 x 10 grid die-cut into a grey sleeve, that also used the orange inner sleeve of the first version. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (UK 1980) (opens in a new tab)
The fourth version had the same 10 x 10 grid, die-cut in to the blue sleeve used for the first version, but with a redesigned orange and black inner sleeve that had the text across the top of the sleeve. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (UK 1980) (opens in a new tab)
The other versions that also ended up being released came about due to different inner sleeves being added randomly. The title stickers being added by hand also led to some of the sleeves being used in reverse, which causes the grid pattern to appear to be cut in the opposite direction. Each of the four designs had a print run of 10,000 copies each, and so the variations come from a mixture of the original four designs, from the total initial release of 40,000 copies printed, before the standard non die-cut general release sleeve was produced.