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Great find: Depeche Mode recordings made before they were Depeche Mode

November 30, 2019November 29, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Open Culture is a great site when it comes to digging up lost recordings. It found this 1980 demo of Depeche Mode when they were still known by Composition of Sound. Two songs

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Whoa! An Absolutely Ancient Depeche Mode Demo Has Been Uncovered!

October 26, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Before they were Depeche Mode, they were Composition of Sound. And in the summer of 1980, they recorded a three-song demo after a new singer named Dave Gahan joined up. Listen. (Thanks to