Needle Time

  Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame [STUMM 9 UK 1982 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Anybody here from Basildon? You may prefer to look away now - I'm sorry, I feel for you. Whilst you don't have to be from Basildon to be a Depeche Mode fan, it possibly helps. I know that the band have zillions of fans across the world, more especially these days in Europe and the USA, but likely only a few in Basildon. I've never been much of a fan of the band, only a few singles ever entered my collection and their first two albums are in  penguinflight 's collection so generously donated to ESWA back in 2016. From that collection, comes my rip of an original UK pressing of A Broken Frame - the first post-Vince Clarke album and a move away from the innocent blue-eyed Essex Boy synthpop of Speak & Spell into a darker world straight from the mind of Martin Gore. Alan Wilder had joined the live band at the time however was not invited to take part in the album sessions. What strikes me straight...

  Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (Live EP) [12 BONG 16 UK 1989 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] I have never been the biggest Depeche Mode fan, I have a couple of the early singles and there are copies of the first two albums in the penguinflight archive which need ripping. The other day, I pulled out about 10 twelve inch singles for cleaning/ripping and this was among the pile. From the same Pasadena Rose Bowl live set used for the 101 album, this EP also features two additional live tracks which were missed off the vinyl record. I guess that makes this EP that little more collectible for fans of the Essex boys. The production is a bit weird with some awful processed crowd noise from the ecstatic American audience. A1 Everything Counts A2 Nothing B1 Sacred B2 A Question Of Lust