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Regarding extremely early backing tapes, Daryl Bamonte stated that Depeche Mode was using backing tracks on cassettes by the time of [[1980-09-24 Bridge House, London, England, UK |their first concert at the Bridge House venue]]:<ref>Source: Facebook conversation between Daryl Bamonte and the webmaster on October 20, 2016.</ref>
Some info regarding what is audible on the backing tapes is given on Shunt Q&A:<ref name="shunt"></ref>
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'''The extra sounds you heard were never audible through the P.A. system. They were back-up sounds in case of breakdown.'''
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For example, the drum track audible on the [[I Feel You]] backing tape (an excerpt of which is available to listen to [[1993 Devotional Tour Backing Tapes|here]]) was obviously muted during the actual concerts unless a problem arose, as Alan explained above. All of the available backing tape audio that is available are stereo mixdowns of the original multitracks, with no tracks muted or omitted. Ironically, I was told anecdotally that this has caused some Depeche Mode fans a lot of strife and disillusionment shortly after the [[1990 World Violation Tour Backing Tapes]] emerged in the early 90s (I believe 1992 if I am correct), as the said fans incorrectly assumed that DM was ultimately playing very little live.
Regarding extremely early backing tapes, Daryl Bamonte stated that Depeche Mode were using backing tracks on cassettes by the time of [[1980-09-24 Bridge House, London, England, UK |their first concert at the Bridge House venue]]:<ref>Source: Facebook conversation between Daryl Bamonte and the webmaster on October 20, 2016.</ref>
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Daryl was asked whether that meant the set list was fairly static between concerts for a while, since the entire set was on a single cassette, or whether there might have been multiple variations of a set list across several tapes; he answered: "''I think just one version''".
Daryl was also asked whether that meant the set list was fairly static between concerts for a while, since the entire set was on a single cassette, or whether there might have been multiple variations of a set list across several tapes; he answered: "''I think just one version''".
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