1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland/Bootleg and commercial variants

This page attempts to detail most of the bootleg variants released containing a recording of, or at least some tracks from, Depeche Mode's concert at 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland. Promotional commercial releases (mostly the Westwood One pre-FM variants) are also detailed here. This list is not exhaustive. If you have any additional details for any of these items, please don't hesitate to contact me.

To date, no audience recording of the Basel concert has surfaced. All available sources are taken from the professionally recorded audio by Swiss Radio DRS3 in 1984. Also, the intro ambiance for "Somebody" is unavailable on any DRS3 variants made available; it was probably not recorded by the radio station likely because the tape was changed between "Shame" and "Somebody".

Westwood One "Depeche Mode / Katrina And The Waves - In Concert", IC-85-17 (1985)

"Depeche Mode / Katrina And The Waves - In Concert" is a Westwood One pre-FM release from 1985 in a 2xLP format. There is a recording of the band Katrina And The Waves on most of the first LP; Depeche Mode begins on the second half of the B-side and follows on the next LP's entirety. This variant is the only Westwood One pre-FM release that contains "Leave In Silence" and "See You" not present on the later "In The Zone" releases mentioned above. This variant also has commercials between tracks. The track listing is:

1. Something To Do
2. Two Minute Warning
3. People Are People
4. Leave In Silence
5. Blasphemous Rumours
6. Master And Servant
7. See You
8. Shout
9. Just Can't Get Enough

The concert intro, "Puppets", "If You Want", "New Life", "Shame", "Somebody", "Ice Machine", "Lie To Me", "Told You So", "Photographic", and "Everything Counts" are missing on this release. The content of this set is available on the "We Just Can't Get Enough" bootleg CD (1991) described below, although with the commercials removed. To date, a digital capture directly of this vinyl release does not circulate.

The content of this set is available on the "We Just Can't Get Enough" CD listed immediately below.

"We Just Can't Get Enough", Not On Label Label MTT 131 (1991)

The "We Just Can't Get Enough" bootleg CD contains the same nine tracks as the "Depeche Mode / Katrina And The Waves - In Concert" and is presumably a rip of that vinyl, with commercials edited out; as such, many tracks have incomplete beginnings. However, quality is quite good, as it's a pre-FM source.

Depeche Mode / Aztec Camera - "Live", Sire / Warner Bros. Records WBMS 129 (1985)

"Depeche Mode / Aztec Camera - Live" is a pre-FM LP containing five tracks:

1. People Are People
2. Blasphemous Rumours
3. Master And Servant
4. Everything Counts
5. Just Can't Get Enough

The A-side label describes the tracks as having been recorded by "Swiss Radio DRS-3". A digital capture of this vinyl release does not currently circulate.

"Just Can't Get Enough" (Trap Records 3011) (1985)

West German bootleg label "Trap Records" released "Just Can't Get Enough", probably in 1985. Taken from the DRS3 radio broadcast, this source is of average quality and moderate distortion, and is missing the full intro and most of "Something To Do".

Track listing:

1. Something To Do (incomplete)
2. Two Minute Warning
3. Puppets
4. If You Want
5. People Are People
6. Leave In Silence
7. New Life
8. Shame
9. Somebody
10. Ice Machine
11. Lie To Me
12. Blasphemous Rumours
13. Told You So
14. Master And Servant
15. Photographic
16. Everything Counts
17. See You
18. Shout
19. Just Can't Get Enough

A partial transfer of this source was made available on the "I'll Never Get Enough" bootleg CD listed below.

"I'll Never Get Enough", Buy Or Die Records BOD-CD 213 (1991)

"I'll Never Get Enough" is an Italian single-CD bootleg variant containing a partial transfer of "We Just Can't Get Enough" described immediately above, but omits the last two tracks ("Shout" and "Just Can't Get Enough").

Track listing:

1. Something To Do (incomplete)
2. Two Minute Warning
3. Puppets
4. If You Want
5. People Are People
6. Leave In Silence
7. New Life
8. Shame
9. Somebody
10. Ice Machine
11. Lie To Me
12. Blasphemous Rumours
13. Told You So
14. Master And Servant
15. Photographic
16. Everything Counts
17. See You

This audio, along with "Beautiful Boys" from the same label containing audio from 1983-10-08 London, was reissued as "Cloned Clowns" below.

"Cloned Clowns", Sound Carrier System - SCS 847015/16 (1994)

The audio contained on this 2xCD release is an exact clone of "I'll Never Get Enough", described above. This bootleg also uses the audio from another Buy Or Die Records release, "Beautiful Boys".

"Performance" (The Swingin' Pig TSP-CD-090-2 [2xCD] and TSP 090-2 [2xLP]) (1991)

Front artwork

Luxembourg bootleg label "The Swingin' Pig" released "Performance" on 2xCD and 2xLP in 1991. It is an almost complete recording of the Swiss radio station DRS3's FM radio broadcast.

The "Performance" 2xCD bootleg is probably the most commonly available version of the Basel FM broadcast. Collecting fans should prefer this 2xCD release as it is quite common and generally inexpensive, and more complete overall compared to all other variants. However, it plays a bit slow, and the sound is somewhat muffled, likely due to the "NoNOISE" noise-reduction system (by "Sonic Solutions, USA") that was used by the bootleg label. The concert introduction is also missing entirely, and even the introductory noise to "Something To Do" is missing.

Track listing:

1. Something To Do
2. Two Minute Warning
3. Puppets
4. If You Want
5. People Are People
6. Leave In Silence
7. New Life
8. Shame
9. Somebody
10. Ice Machine
11. Lie To Me
12. Blasphemous Rumours
13. Told You So
14. Master And Servant
15. Photographic
16. Everything Counts
17. See You
18. Shout
19. Just Can't Get Enough

A speed-corrected version of the 2xCD variant is currently available as Source 3.

"Badlands", Turtle Records TR-205 / TR-206 (1992)

"Badlands" is a 2xCD release bootleg sourced from the DRS3 FM broadcast and it is the only variant with the complete concert intro. Unfortunately, the sound quality is average at best, with various cuts throughout the recording. "Just Can't Get Enough" cuts out on the main source, and a second unknown source with an almost complete "Just Can't Get Enough" is included after the first partial take. The bootleg is quite alluring physically however, as it is housed in two gorgeous 4-panel digipaks.

Track listing:

1. Intro (Master And Servant Voxless)
2. Something To Do
3. Two Minute Warning
4. Puppets
5. If You Want
6. People Are People
7. Leave In Silence
8. New Life
9. Shame
10. Somebody
11. Ice Machine
12. Lie To Me
13. Blasphemous Rumours
14. Told You So
15. Master And Servant
16. Photographic
17. Everything Counts
18. See You
19. Shout
20. Just Can't Get Enough

Westwood One "In The Zone", SHOW# 97-19 (1997) and SHOW# 98-45 (1998)

"In The Zone" is a 2xCD and 2xCD-R release by Westwood One, to whom DRS3 licensed their recording to. "In The Zone", being a pre-FM source, generally sounds quite good. Unfortunately, this particular release uses fake crowd noise throughout the recording, and there are commercials interspersed throughout the recording. The intros of several songs are poorly edited and incomplete in order to accommodate those commercials. It is unknown if the CD and CD-R variants share the same audio mix. Four tracks are not part of these releases: "Leave In Silence", "Shame", "Ice Machine", and "See You". The concert intro is present and complete, but the audience noise fades-in.

Track listing:

1. Intro
2. Something To Do
3. Two Minute Warning
4. Puppets
5. If You Want
6. People Are People
7. New Life
8. Somebody
9. Lie To Me
10. Blasphemous Rumours
11. Told You So
12. Master And Servant
13. Photographic
14. Everything Counts
15. Shout
16. Just Can't Get Enough