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Depeche Mode's 1981 tour, promoting their first album "Speak & Spell".
Depeche Mode's 1981 tour, promoting their first album ''[[Speak & Spell]]''.
 
For a list of all support acts on this tour, [[Support acts|go here]].


== Line up and songwriting credits ==
== Line up and songwriting credits ==
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*Dave Gahan - lead vocals
*Dave Gahan - lead vocals
*Martin L. Gore - keyboards, backing vocals
*Martin L. Gore - keyboards, backing vocals
*Andrew Fletcher - keyboards, backing vocals
*Andrew Fletcher - keyboards
*Vince Clarke - keyboards, backing vocals, whistle (during [[Boys Say Go!]])
*Vince Clarke - keyboards, backing vocals, whistle (during [[Boys Say Go!]])


All songs performed were written by Vince Clarke, except for [[Big Muff]] and [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]] which were written by Martin L. Gore, [[Television Set]] which was written by Jason Knott, and [[The Price Of Love]] which was written by The Everly Brothers.
All songs performed were written by Vince Clarke, except for [[Big Muff]] and [[Tora! Tora! Tora!]], which were written by Martin L. Gore. [[Television Set]] was written by Jason Knott, [[Mamma Mia]], which is an instrumental cover of the ABBA song of the same name, and [[The Price Of Love]] was written by The Everly Brothers.


== Dates with downloads available ==
== Dates with downloads available ==


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== Recommended recordings ==
These recordings are highly recommended as they are generally regarded as some of the best recordings from this tour. This is not an exhaustive list of very good sounding recordings. Because of the significant changes in live sound which occurred during their 1981 Tour, we have categorized the recordings into two sections.
=== First half ===
*[[1981-04-06 Bridge House, London, England, UK/Source 1|1981-04-06 Bridge House, London, England, UK]] (Audience)
*[[1981-06-11 Richard Skinner Session, BBC Radio 1, London, England, UK/Source 1|1981-06-11 Richard Skinner Session, BBC Radio 1, London, England, UK]] (Soundboard)
*[[1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK/Source 1|1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK]] (Soundboard)
=== Second half ===
*[[1981-08-05 Rafters, Manchester, England, UK/Source 1|1981-08-05 Rafters, Manchester, England, UK]] (Audience)
*[[1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 1|1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France]] (pre-FM broadcast)
*[[1981-11-11 Top Rank, Brighton, England, UK/Source 1|1981-11-11 Top Rank, Brighton, England, UK]] (Audience)


[https://www.depechemode-live.com/torrents/1981.zip Click here to download a ZIP archive containing all of the .torrent files for every available source for this tour.]
[[Category:Tours]]
[[Category:Depeche Mode tours]]

Latest revision as of 19:02, 20 January 2024

Depeche Mode's 1981 tour, promoting their first album Speak & Spell.

For a list of all support acts on this tour, go here.

Line up and songwriting credits

  • Dave Gahan - lead vocals
  • Martin L. Gore - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Andrew Fletcher - keyboards
  • Vince Clarke - keyboards, backing vocals, whistle (during Boys Say Go!)

All songs performed were written by Vince Clarke, except for Big Muff and Tora! Tora! Tora!, which were written by Martin L. Gore. Television Set was written by Jason Knott, Mamma Mia, which is an instrumental cover of the ABBA song of the same name, and The Price Of Love was written by The Everly Brothers.

Dates with downloads available

Dates without available downloads

53 out of 71 dates are missing recordings from this tour.

Recommended recordings

These recordings are highly recommended as they are generally regarded as some of the best recordings from this tour. This is not an exhaustive list of very good sounding recordings. Because of the significant changes in live sound which occurred during their 1981 Tour, we have categorized the recordings into two sections.

First half

Second half

Pages in category "1981 Tour"

The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.

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