1997-05-16 Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Notes

A very good soundboard recording of the second and final Ultra Party on Friday, May 16th, 1997. Two sources were used to complete the concert recording, detailed below.

Unaired interviews with Dave, interviewed by E! TV, and with Andy some time in 1993 are also included. Dave's interview is from the afternoon before the concert and the making of "Ultra" is discussed, as well as Dave's recovery and his feelings on performing sober on stage. Andy's is from some time in 1993 since he references the upcoming release of SOFAD Live and the South African, Far East and South American legs of the Exotic tour as well as the then-uncertain US Summer Tour 94. If anybody has any further specifics about the interview such as the exact date or who conducted the interview, please let us know via email at admin [at] depechemode-live [dot] com.

A PAL DVD containing two separate video recordings as well as interviews with Dave and Andy is available on DIME. The two video sources contained the lossless audio used here.

You may also view 90 second video snippets of this concert on Vimeo.

Track list

  1. [0:45] Preshow
  2. [1:17] Uselink
  3. [5:56] Barrel Of A Gun
  4. [5:29] Useless
  5. [4:11] It's No Good
  6. [5:58] Home
  7. [6:53] Never Let Me Down Again
  8. [17:05] Dave Gahan E! Interview
  9. [16:55] Andrew Fletcher Interview
  • Total time (including interviews): 1:29:44

Sources

  • Source 1: E! TV recording, possibly pre-broadcast source, provides the core of the recording
  • Source 2: MTV broadcast, likely a broadcast which was recorded, was used for the following:
    • 45 seconds of pre-show DJ set music and the first 25 seconds of "Uselink" (crowd noise which looked lossy or had excessive noise reduction applied)
    • About 35 seconds at the end of "Home" which was edited out on the E! version
    • Entirety of "Never Let Me Down Again" - the E! version looked lossy or had excessive noise reduction applied; Dave's goodbyes and additional audience noise are retained from the E! version
    • Dave's interview
  • Source 3: E! TV recording, second or third gen VHS, likely a pre-broadcast source; used only for Andy's interview

Lineage

In Adobe Audition CC: sources phase corrected, source 2 amplified by +1.75dB on left channel where required, automatic click removal (heavy reduction), entire recording normalized to -0.1dB and any DC bias removed -> FLAC level 8 (16/48) using FLAC 1.3.0 64-bit

Line up

  • Dave Gahan - lead vocals
  • Martin Gore - keyboards, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (*)
  • Andrew Fletcher - keyboards
  • Christian Eigner - drums
  • Dave Clayton - keyboards

All songs written by Martin L. Gore.

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