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== Notes ==
== Notes ==


This was Depeche Mode's last gig with Vince Clarke, and the short gig was broadcast on TV. Both the soundboard audio and the DVD of the concert can be streamed and downloaded at the links below.
This was [[Vince Clarke]]'s last concert with Depeche Mode.  


In Jonathan Miller's book [http://www.amazon.com/Stripped-Depeche-Mode-Jonathan-Miller/dp/1847724442 Stripped], Vince is quoted about this gig as saying "I did loads of speed and then I drove home".
This promotional show was filmed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Television Southern Television], on the behalf of the newly formed broadcaster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_South Television South (TVS)]. A slightly edited version of this show was broadcast by TVS on 1982-01-18 <ref>[https://missingepisodes.proboards.com/post/135577 David King on the Missing Episodes Forum, a fourm dedicated to the archival of English television]</ref>, and now exists as a DigiBeta copy at the Wessex Film and Sound Archive, although it hasn't been catalogued in their online database. <ref>[https://missingepisodes.proboards.com/post/135601 David King speaking on the Missing Episodes Forum]</ref>


Poet John Cooper Clarke was the support act for the entire Chichester Festival.
In the United States, this recording was broadcast by Nickelodeon, usually as a double bill with the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Talk Talk Talk]. <ref>The broadcast from [https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/March_25,_1984 March 25th, 1984] is the only time where this footage was shown independently. </ref> Both the video footage and demuxed soundboard audio from the concert, reportedly sourced from a Nickelodeon rebroadcast on July 2nd, 1983, are available to stream and download below.
 
Although the video is labeled as a rebroadcast on July 2nd, 1983, this program was actually broadcast several times between July 1983 and March 25th, 1984, with July 2nd, 1983 likely being its premiere date. A list of broadcast dates can be found [https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Search?query=Depeche+Mode here], courtesy of the Nickstory Archives.
 
In Jonathan Miller's book [http://www.amazon.com/Stripped-Depeche-Mode-Jonathan-Miller/dp/1847724442 Stripped], Vince is quoted about this gig as saying "I did loads of speed and then I drove home."
 
Poet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_Clarke John Cooper Clarke] was the support act for the entire Chichester Festival.


== Set list ==
== Set list ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==


*[[1981-12-03 Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, UK/Source 1|Source 1]] is a good sounding soundboard recording from the TV broadcast source.
*[[1981-12-03 Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, UK/Source 1|Source 1]] is good quality soundboard audio demuxed from [[1981-12-03 Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, UK/Source 2|Source 2]].
*[[1981-12-03 Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, UK/Source 2|Source 2]] is a DVD of the TV broadcast. Sound is worse than source 1.
*[[1981-12-03 Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, UK/Source 2|Source 2]] is the pro-shot video sourced from a Nickelodeon broadcast on July 2, 1983, courtesy of [https://www.youtube.com/@MickeysVHSandBetamaxFinds Mickey's VHS and Betamax Finds] on YouTube.
 
== Ticket scan ==
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File:T-1981-12-03.jpg|right|thumb|x240px|'''Credit to Stuart Blunden'''.
 
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== References ==


[[Category:1981 Tour]]
[[Category:1981 Tour]]
[[Category:Download available]]
[[Category:Download available]]
[[Category:Notable concerts]]
[[Category:Notable concerts]]
[[Category:Promotional events]]
[[Category:Television appearances]]
[[Category:Ticket scan]]

Latest revision as of 20:07, 26 February 2024

Notes

This was Vince Clarke's last concert with Depeche Mode.

This promotional show was filmed by Southern Television, on the behalf of the newly formed broadcaster Television South (TVS). A slightly edited version of this show was broadcast by TVS on 1982-01-18 [1], and now exists as a DigiBeta copy at the Wessex Film and Sound Archive, although it hasn't been catalogued in their online database. [2]

In the United States, this recording was broadcast by Nickelodeon, usually as a double bill with the band Talk Talk. [3] Both the video footage and demuxed soundboard audio from the concert, reportedly sourced from a Nickelodeon rebroadcast on July 2nd, 1983, are available to stream and download below.

Although the video is labeled as a rebroadcast on July 2nd, 1983, this program was actually broadcast several times between July 1983 and March 25th, 1984, with July 2nd, 1983 likely being its premiere date. A list of broadcast dates can be found here, courtesy of the Nickstory Archives.

In Jonathan Miller's book Stripped, Vince is quoted about this gig as saying "I did loads of speed and then I drove home."

Poet John Cooper Clarke was the support act for the entire Chichester Festival.

Set list

  1. Photographic
  2. New Life
  3. Puppets
  4. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
  5. Tora! Tora! Tora!
  6. Just Can't Get Enough
  7. Boys Say Go!
  8. What's Your Name?

Sources

Ticket scan

References