1981-09-26 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Notes

Seven tracks from this concert were broadcast on the radio by VPRO FM. This concert also has the distinction of being the earliest Depeche Mode concert with video footage at the time of writing.

Dave Gahan said in the 1986 Star Hits Seriously Cool Scrapbook:

"I always think of the Paradiso Club where dope is legal and there's all these dealers walking around going "Hey, maan..." Everyone is totally stoned and usually by the time the band comes on, everyone's like lying on the floor."

Dave refers to What's Your Name? as "Pretty Boy".

Intensive Care was the support act.

Set list

Credit to Dennis Burmeister & a Dutch music journalist who attended the concert.

1. Any Second Now
2. Photographic
3. Nodisco
4. New Life
5. Puppets
6. Ice Machine
7. Big Muff
8. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
9. Tora! Tora! Tora!
10. Just Can't Get Enough
11. Boys Say Go!
12. What's Your Name?
13. Television Set
14. The Price Of Love
15. Dreaming Of Me

Sources

• Source 1 combines a great sounding master FM broadcast recording of about half of the concert with camera audio from a low-generation Betamax video copy of the audience recording to fill in the gaps.
• Source 2 is a relatively significant upgrade to the earliest available concert video of Depeche Mode sourced from a low-generation Betamax copy, with two soundtrack options available: FM + camera audio, and just camera audio. It is believed to have been recorded by Hennie Vredeveldt.
• Source 3 is a good sounding audience recording sourced from the low-gen Betamax camera audio.
• Source 4 is a slightly remastered version of fredheadset's master FM radio broadcast recording with the prominent ground/mains hum cleaned up.
• Source 5 is the original file set of fredheadset's FM radio broadcast recording, unaltered.