Depeche Mode Shake The Disease L12BONG8 Fully Signed Gore Gahan Fletcher Wilder
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Depeche Mode Shake The Disease L12BONG8 Fully Signed Gore Gahan Fletcher Wilder
Unplayed vinyl of the Special Edition L12 BONG 8 and signed by all four members of the band at the time of release - David Gahan, Martin L. Gore, Andy Fletcher and Alan Wilder. Genuine signatures when visiting label office at time of release.The cover is at best VG due to the splits on spine in the center as well as center of top and bottom of sleeve. The record is NM or VG+ but it is definitely unplayed and in a clear 'rice paper' protective inner sleeve.
A review of the single from back in the day:
One of Depeche Mode's few non-album singles, "Shake the Disease" is also one of the band's best overall songs, a new refinement of both Martin Gore's lyrical abilities regarding romantic obsession and the group's music in general. The arrangement is at once sly, sensuous, and just harsh enough, a combination of clattering noise samples and soothing synth wash and melody. The intertwining of David Gahan and Gore's singing, the latter's wordless backing harmonies and crooned "Understand me" from time to time (a perfect balance to the former's lead approach), is just lovely. The "remixed extended" version of the song that surfaces is just that and not much more, though the extension of the overall atmosphere of the song, cool and sharp at once, makes for a pleasant mood-setter. Some of the new instrumental-only parts are quite elegant in context. The "edit the shake" remix is much more of a thorough revision, with odd stutters and repetitions, backward echoes, and so forth. It makes it not quite as danceable, but is inventive enough regardless. The B-side was one of the band's odder numbers, "Flexible," a quick semi-romp with what sounds like a distorted/looped harmonica as the lead instrument backed by banjo. It's pleasant, just not great, and as such makes much more sense as a B-side. ~ Ned Raggett
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524 (GS 6.6.4 (524))
