Depeche Mode Fad Gadget ~ flexi pop! 1981

Depeche Mode's ~ 'I sometimes wish I was dead' (original version) ..& Fad Gadget's ~ 'King of the Flies' (version), were both on a 'flexi-disk', that came (free) with 'FLEXIPOP!' magazine No. 11 (2nd October 1981). The Depeche Mode song has since been included on recent issues of their debut LP: 'Speak & Spell' as an extra track.. the 'new' version is different from this '1st release'. the story goes that ~ Martin & Fletch were away & Vince & Dave worked on this as a duo project over a weekend. The buildings featured in this clip are 'Blackwing Studios' (where so much of all this 'early great music' was recorded.

r.i.p ~ Frank Tovey.

..this clip is dedicated to: cousin ~ 'Ric'. x

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Music

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• Depeche
• Mode+
• Fad
• Gadget+
• flexi
• pop!+
• 1981+i
• sometimes
• wish
• was
• dead+Dave
• Gahan+Vince
• Clarke+Depeche
• Mode+Fad
• Gadget+King
• of
• the
• Flies+Frank
• Tovey+Mute
• Records+Daniel
• Miller+FEXIPOP!+electro
• +silence+personal

[ricdontap1]

this is after they signed to mute as its got a sequencer on it

[ricdontap1]

still got all those old flexipops

[brianartillery]

I missed getting this issue of 'Flexipop' magazine by one day. The only issue I never had. First time I've heard it. Brilliant. Thanks for uploading it.

[fivershutch23]

Thanks for uploading this as I've been looking for this unique version of "King of Flies" by Fad Gadget. I was told by a fellow DM fan who once owned this that the version of "Sometimes I wish I were dead" was also unique to this flexi. Thanks to this upload this has now been confirmed!