DEPECHE MODE - The Singles 81 - 85

Item Description

Vinyl, , Gatefold
LP Compilation Stereo

First issue, with Mute Records "Walking Man" logo on labels, pressed on black vinyl. Issued in gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve. Some copies come with a metallic 12"×12" insert of the front sleeve picture of the band. Some copies with hype sticker on the cover ("Including Metallic Picture").

Title on front cover, spine: The Singles 81 → 85
Title on labels: The Singles 81 – 85
Title on back cover: The Singles

Catalogue number INT 146.817 on spine, back cover, labels, inner sleeve; (MUTEL 1) on back cover, inner sleeve; (Mutel 1) on labels.

Runouts are stamped, except "A-B-I" etched.
DMM - Direct Metal Mastering.

Marketed by Intercord Ton GmbH, Licensee
Printed in W. Germany
℗ & © 1985 Mute Records Ltd.
A1 to A3: ℗ 1981 Mute Records
A4, A5: ℗ 1982 Mute Records
A6, A7, B1: ℗ 1983 Mute Records
B2 to B4: ℗ 1984 Mute Records
B5, B6: ℗ 1985 Mute Records

Manufactured by Intercord Ton GmbH, Stuttgart, Licensee

Track details from inner sleeve:
A1: Mute 013 · Released 20:2:1981 · Recorded at Blackwing, December 1980.
A2: Mute 014 · Released 13:6:1981 · Recorded at Blackwing, May 1981.
A3: Mute 016 · Released 7:9:1981 · Recorded at Blackwing, July 1981.
A4: Mute 018 · Released 29:1:1982 · Recorded at Blackwing, November 1981.
A5: Bong 1 · Released 16:8:1982 · Recorded at Blackwing, July 1982.
A6: Bong 2 · Released 31:1:1983 · Recorded at Blackwing, December 1982.
A7: Bong 3 · Released 11:7:1983 · Recorded at Garden Studio, Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, May 1983.
B1: Bong 4 · Released 19:8:1983 · Recorded at Garden Studio, Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, June 1983.
B2: Bong 5 · Released 12:3:1984 · Recorded at Hansa Mischraum, January 1984.
B3: Bong 6 · Released 20:8:1984 · Recorded at Music Works, Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, May 1984.
B4: Bong 7 · Released 29:10:1984 · Recorded at Music Works, Mixed at Hansa Mischraum, June 1984.
B5: Bong 8 · Released 29:4:1985 · Recorded at Hansa Mischraum, March 1985.
B6: Bong 9 · Released 16:9:1985 · Recorded at Genetic Studios, Mixed at Livingston Studios, July 1985.

German editions of this LP with same catalog number:
1. [url=/release/392309]1985 grey vinyl, Mute logo 1 ("Walking Man")[/url]
2. 1985 black vinyl, Mute logo 1 ("Walking Man") (this one)
3. [url=/release/3543450]1988 grey vinyl, repress with Mute logo 2 ("Saturn")[/url]
4. [url=/release/1382955]1989 grey vinyl, repress with Mute logo 3 ("M")[/url]
5. [url=/release/2697384]1993 black vinyl, repress with Mute logo 3 ("M")[/url]