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Its a great LP and a style change away from 'A Broken Frame' which still had that early Vince Clarke signature even though he was no longer in the band after 'Speak & Spell. However the last track on 'A Broken Frame' entitled "The Sun & the Rainfall" is by far my fav Depeche Mode track.. These days DM are really more of a Rock band The high point of their career was without a doubt 'Violator'Originally Posted by Ian7633
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No worries, mate. Yer welcome. Hope you enjoy it
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Nice one, will definitely be setting that one to record. I think I've said before, but if I could only have one TV channel to watch, it would be BBC4 HD - some of the programmes are fantastic. And am now going to put some DM on to ease me into the weekend!
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Stewart Copeland's adventures in music...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000db8k
I'm very much looking forward to this!
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Yup, I agree. Some great dramas, too!Nice one, will definitely be setting that one to record. I think I've said before, but if I could only have one TV channel to watch, it would be BBC4 HD - some of the programmes are fantastic. And am now going to put some DM on to ease me into the weekend!
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
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Was ok but pretty much a singles countdown with associated videos.. I did find the Soft Cell programme that was on a bit before interesting.. Nice to see Dave Ball still using his original Korg '800DV'Just to revive this thread, and a 'heads up' for all Depeche Mode fans (count me in), and also Andre!
BBC4 tonight (tomorrow, really) at 12.30am: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l6sm2
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I watched the Depeche Mode programme for about ten minutes before I got bored and was reminded of what a lot of crap there was around in the '80s.
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To fully appreciate any given decade, appropriate drugs are a handy accessory. Unfortunately the eighties saw a gap between the psychedelics of the 60s/70s, and the "designer" products of the late 80s onwardNot that I remember much of any of it
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Does not say much for the 80's then cos they were one of the best bands back then.. But one persons view on crap means nothing
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Lol - you're showing your age! 80s was 'my era' (in terms of being old enough to appreciate it), but I liked the 70s more for many things, and also the 60s, but was too young to remember any of that decade
I agree with Andre though - the DM programme was ok, but no more that that. I'd have preferred something a little 'deeper' and more insightful, than essentially just a rehash of old Top of the Pops shows.
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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