DEPECHE MODE "MUSIC FOR THE MASSES" 1987 SIRE RARE PROMO STAMPED NM-/NM OOP LP

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THIS RECORD COMES FROM THE TIME I WAS THE MUSIC & PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR FOR A MAJOR NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK BASED IN THE L.A. AREA. WHEN I STARTED WORKING THERE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING RID OF THEIR RECORDS FOR CD'S. I ALSO HAVE SOME THAT WERE GIFTED TO ME BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE NETWORK THAT WAS RELOCATING BACK EAST AND DIDNT WANT TO KEEP HAULING THEIR RECORDS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. ALSO A FEW MAY BE THRIFT STORE FINDS. I AM CURRENTLY DOWNSIZING.THIS LP IS OPENED BUT UNPLAYED. VISUALLY GRADED.

THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY (SORRY ABOUT THAT), BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. THANKS FOR LOOKING. THIS ITEM IS PLAY GRADED ALSO.

ARTIST- DEPECHE MODE

TITLE- “MUSIC FOR THE MASSES”

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTO & BELOW

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records Company
• Copyright (c) – Sire Records Company
• Published By – Grabbing Hands
• Published By – Sonet Publishing
• Published By – Emile Music
• Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ?18175
• Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ?18175-X
• Pressed By – Allied Record Company

Credits

• Mastered By – Brian Gardner
• Performer – Alan Wilder, Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan*, Martin Gore*
• Producer – Depeche Mode
• Producer [Additional] – Daniel Miller
• Producer, Engineer – David Bascombe
• Written-By – M.L. Gore*

Notes

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1987

LABEL- SIRE RECORDS

CAT.#- 1-25614

RECORD CONDITION- ALL RECORDS ARE VISUALLY AND PLAY GRADED.THE RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT/NM CONDITION.NO VISIBLE WEAR, SCRATCHES, LINES ETC. NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. LOOKS AND PLAYS BRAND NEW. SUPER CLEAN.THERE IS A VERY LIGHT, VERY TINY "LINE" ON SIDE 1 ON THE LAST TWO TRACKS, I TRACKED IT AND THERE IS NO AUDIO CLICK OR POP, IT IS THE ONLY VISUAL MARK ON THE RECORD, HENCE THE NM- , THE RECORD PLAYS SUPER CLEAN.

JACKET CONDITION: IN EX/NM CONDITION. NICE CLEAN EDGES, NO WRITING, MARKS, TEARS, CLEAN CORNERS.

MORE INFO- THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. INCLUDES ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE WITH LYRICS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION (SEE PHOTOS). HAS A GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMP

MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE-

Depeche Mode (/d??p??, di?-, d?-/) are an English electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The group currently consists as a trio of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar and chief songwriting), and Andy Fletcher (keyboards) replacing former member Tom Webber.

Depeche Mode released their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981, bringing the band onto the British new wave scene. Founding member Vince Clarke left after the release of the album; they recorded A Broken Frame as a trio. Gore took over as primary songwriter and, later in 1982, Alan Wilder joined to fill Clarke's spot, establishing a lineup that continued for 13 years.

The band's last albums of the 1980s, Black Celebration and Music for the Masses, established them as a dominant force within the electronic music scene. A highlight of this era was the band's June 1988 concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, where they drew a crowd in excess of 60,000 people. In early 1990, they released Violator, an international mainstream success. The following album, Songs of Faith and Devotion in 1993 was also a success, though internal struggles within the band during recording and touring resulted in Wilder's departure in 1995.

Depeche Mode has had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 top 10 albums in the UK chart; they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.Q included the band in the list of the "50 Bands That Changed the World!". Depeche Mode also rank number 98 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In December 2016, Billboard named Depeche Mode the 10th most successful dance club artist of all time. They were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Music for the Masses is the sixth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 28 September 1987 by Mute Records, and was supported by the Music for the Masses Tour. 

Album development[edit]

Daniel Miller, who had produced Depeche Mode's previous album, voluntarily stepped away from production duties for this album, citing the growing tension in the studio that they had experienced during the recording of Black Celebration.[2] With Miller's approval, the band co-produced the album with David Bascombe, who had previously worked as a recording engineer with Tears for Fears and Peter Gabriel. 

Band members Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore both explained the album's title was conceived as a joke. Fletcher said, "The title's ... a bit tongue-in-cheek, really. Everyone is telling us we should make more commercial music, so that's the reason we chose that title." According to Gore, the title "was a joke on the uncommerciality of [the album]. It was anything but music for the masses!"

Cover art[edit]

The megaphone (or its iconic representation) on the album's cover was used during the breadth of the album's release: at press events, on the covers of the album's singles, and during the tour. Alan Wilder gave credit to Martyn Atkins, who had been a longtime Depeche Mode collaborator, for the use of the megaphone. "[Martyn came] up with this idea of a speaker, but, to give the kind of ironic element which the title has, to put this speaker in a setting which wasn't really to do with the masses at all. It was, in fact, the opposite. So you end up with this kind of eerie thing where you get these speakers or megaphones in the middle of a setting that doesn't suit it at all, like a desert or whatever." The deserted natural setting in question was Peak District.

An early alternative cover was rejected for the album. The rejected cover was also designed by Martyn Atkins and a test pressing copy was auctioned off by Wilder in 2011. It features a white-and-orange stylised design of the megaphone emitting sound waves.

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