“signed” DEPECHE MODE LP “A Broken Frame” MUTE orig UK ’82 BY ALL 4 NM SUPERB

$

312

Artist:  DEPECHE MODE                  

Title:  “A Broken Frame”

Label:  MUTE RECORDS (U.K.).  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is red with yellow text.  Catalog number is STUMM 9. 

NOTE:  This album came from the extensive personal collection of a former record store owner who retired from the retail music business in the early 80’s.  His albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be selling many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is gorgeous NM, a beauty!  The playing surface is immaculate, with a high luster, played a small number of times and handled with care.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean and pristine. 

JACKET:  Jacket is NEAR MINT with clean and bright panels.  Nice seams and spine.  Front panel has signatures of all 4 band members in blue pen -  David Gahan, Andy Fletcher, Martin Gore, Alan Wilder – guaranteed to be authentic. 

Overall this is a beautiful autographed jacket you will be proud to display! 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Leave in Silence
• My Secret Garden
• Monument
• Nothing to Fear
• See You

Side Two:

• Satellite
• The Meaning of Love
• A Photograph of You
• Shouldn’t Have Done That
• The Sun & The Rainfall

This item was personally signed in the presence of the person from whom I purchased this collection – the owner of a chain of record stores in the 1970s-80s, and knowing its source, I can fully guarantee its authenticity. 

As with all my records, I offer a complete guarantee of satisfaction.  If not happy, simply return it in same condition for a full refund of purchase price plus one-way postage. 

Review:

“Martin Gore has famously noted that Depeche Mode stopped worrying about its future when the first post-Vince Clarke-departure single, "See You," placed even higher on the English charts than anything else Clarke had done with them.  Such confidence carries through all of A Broken Frame, a notably more ambitious effort than the pure pop/disco of the band's debut.  With arranging genius Alan Wilder still one album away from fully joining the band, Frame became very much Gore's record, writing all the songs and exploring various styles never again touched upon in later years.  "Satellite" and "Monument" take distinct dub/reggae turns, while "Shouldn't Have Done That" delivers its slightly precious message about the dangers of adulthood with a spare arrangement and hollow, weirdly sweet vocals.  Much of the album follows in a dark vein, forsaking earlier sprightliness, aside from tracks like "A Photograph of You" and "The Meaning of Love," for more melancholy reflections about love gone wrong as "Leave in Silence" and "My Secret Garden."  More complex arrangements and juxtaposed sounds, such as the sparkle of breaking glass in "Leave in Silence," help give this underrated album even more of an intriguing, unexpected edge.  Gore's lyrics sometimes veer on the facile, but David Gahan's singing comes more clearly to the fore throughout -- things aren't all there yet, but they were definitely starting to get close.”

(courtesy Ned Raggett, allmusic.com).

Guaranteed to be original and authentic.  I do not sell bootlegs or modern reissues.

As with all my records, I offer a complete guarantee of satisfaction.  If not happy, simply return it in same condition for a full refund of purchase price plus one-way postage.

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The records are removed from the jackets to protect the cover.
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