1982-02-10 BBC Paris Studio, London, England, UK/Source 1

Notes

An excellent soundboard-quality recording created from two digital rebroadcast sources. This is the fourth concert with Alan Wilder in the live line-up and the earliest recording currently available of the 1982 See You Tour.

All songs, except for Now, This Is Fun, originate from a February 2024 BBC Sounds segment titled "Depeche Mode Live". The original M4A 320kbps file was captured and utilized for this rework, offering an improved frequency response, up to 21KHz. Meanwhile, Now, This Is Fun is sourced from a May 1, 2010, BBC6 digital satellite broadcast, initially recorded in the original MP2 160kbps format (accessible at Source 2). It maintains a decent frequency response, extending up to 15KHz. To preserve the integrity of the audio, it has been exported to FLAC, ensuring no re-encoding was performed.

There are some flaws present, such as occasional slight bass distortion reminiscent of tape saturation, and sporadic small glitches (e.g., timestamp 1:10 during I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead). These minor imperfections were evident in prior versions and are more conspicuous in modern digital broadcasts, which closely resemble the original source compared to FM radio broadcasts recorded on cassette tape. This aligns with a similar disclaimer found on certain CD reissues of Depeche Mode albums:

The music on this Compact Disc was originally recorded on analog equipment. We have attempted to preserve, as closely as possible, the sound of the original recording. Because of its high resolution, however, the Compact Disc can reveal limitations of the source tape.

The previously best-available source for this audio was a direct digital satellite broadcast capture of a BBC6 Live Music Hour segment aired on May 1, 2010, still accessible at Source 2.

Additionally, an excellent recording of an analog FM broadcast, sourced directly from a master cassette, is still available as Source 3.

Listen

NOTE: This audio has been re-encoded from its original format (M4A 320kbps / MP2 160kbps) in order to allow streaming. Quality may be noticeably diminished compared to the original files which you can download below.

You can listen to this entire recording below.

This recording is also available on YouTube, which may be more easily consumable for some:

Track list

1. [4:44] Play Shout
2. [2:13] Play I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
3. [3:29] Play Puppets
4. [4:02] Play New Life
5. [4:08] Play See You
6. [3:16] Play Now, This Is Fun
7. [2:36] Play Boys Say Go!
8. [3:10] Play The Meaning Of Love
9. [3:17] Play What's Your Name?

• Total time: 30:55

Lineage

• Lineage (rework by DMLiveWiki): Now, This Is Fun from digital satellite broadcast source merged in; normalization; track splits -> FLAC level 8 (16/48)
• Lineage (Source 1 - BBC Radio 6 Music rebroadcast audio): BBC Sounds higher bitrate UK-specific webstream -> direct capture using yt-dlp -> M4A 320kbps 48khz
  • Capture: DMRobo via VPN
• Lineage (Source 2 - digital satellite rebroadcast): May 1st, 2010 edition of the "BBC 6 Music Live Hour" segment -> digital satellite (DVB-S) broadcast -> Humax Foxsat HDR -> PC -> MP2 (160kbps 48kHz) -> mp3directcut v2.19 (track splits)
  • Taper: Stealth71
• auCDtectTaskManager log included

Download

• Download ZIP - FLAC 16-bit 48KHz - 230.11MB