Unreleased Songs

This is a list of unrelased Vince Clarke songs, they were registred in the early 1980s (see BMI
for the original source) that were never included on any LP/Single. There is not much known
about these songs, so if you have more information about any of the songs, please contact me .
Some of this information was taken from the Zambak's FAQ at Depeche Mode Stuff

TITLE	WRITTER	INFORMATION
Addiction*	Clarke	After leaving DM Vince used this song to write Yazoo's Don't Go
Blackwing Boogie	Clarke	Probably a tune for advertisements.
Bright Light	Clarke	Later became in Phototgraphic
Chinese Detectives	Clarke	Used on the Yazoo shows to give Alison's voice a rest. This song was only refered to as China and it eventually became I Before E Except After C, stripped back to the drumtrack.
C O I Smoke Alarms	Clarke	Probably a tune for advertisements.
Conversations	Clarke	No Info
Dance	Clarke	No Info
Data Run	Clarke	Another track for an UK TV show, written by Vince and sung by Alison.
Get Set	Clarke/Moyet	Used as a TV theme for the Show Get set for summer.
Here She Comes	Moyet	"I wrote one called There She Goes...we needed the tape and it was wiped over..." A. Moyet
Johnson's Cotton Buds	Clarke	A tune for advertisements.
Let's Get Together	Clarke	An early DM song, was aired on a BBC show with Dave talking about the first era. Also there's a Demo with Vince on lead Vocals. Probably he used this song in Yazoo. The band Girl Authority has released a cover version of this song, re-written by Vince!
Loose Talk	Clarke	Probably a tune for some radio show.
Operator	Clarke	A working title for Puppets, a song included on the first DM Lp.
Operator	Clarke	A song demoed by Vince for Yazoo, different from Puppets.
Other Side Of The Tracks	Clarke	Theme for another TV music show, Vince speaking thru a vocoder repeating the show's title being the only vocals
Radio News	Clarke	An early Depeche Mode song, played live on the Pre-Speak & Spell show. (Possibly this info is wrong and this was a tune for a news program, written by Vince for Capitol Radio UK)
Reason Man	Clarke	An Early Depeche Mode song, available on some bootlegs.
Reason To Be	Gore	This was the firs title for Now, this is fun.
Secrets	Clarke	An early DM song Later become Yazoo's Unmarked.
Sometimes I Think I Am Dead	Clarke	An early version of "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead", a song included on the first DM Lp (UK).
Sunday Morning	Clarke??	One of the early Composition of sound songs that was performed only two or three times. Sung in the style of a hymn-like chant.
Tomorrow's Dance	Clarke	Performad by DM on the first tour available on some bootlegs.
T.V. Set	Jason?	An early DM song, written by a friend of Vince. Available on some bootlegs
Trak Trix	Clarke	A tune for a TV show called Trix Trax, available on trade circles.
XYZ	Clarke	A Vince/Yazoo tune for Capitol Radio UK

*This song was played live by Depeche Mode and it has been titled "Closer All The Times",
"Ghost Of Modern Times" and "Understood"

COVERS

This covers were played by Depeche Mode on their first tour:

TITLE	ORIGINAL BAND	INFORMATION
The Price Of Love	The Everly Brothers	Performad by DM on the first tour available on some bootlegs.
I Like It	Gerry And The Pacemakers	Performad by DM on the first tour available on some bootlegs.
Mouldy Old Dough	Lieutenant Pigeon	Performed by DM on the early shows (maybe only as Composition Of Sound), not available.
Mirror Is Standing	???	Maybe an early Composition Of Sound trak, but Depeche Mode doesn't remember this song.
Then I kissed Her	The Crystals	Originally titled "Then he kissed me", was included on the early Depeche Mode demo tape.
Mamma Mia	Abba	Was done to the "Photographic" backing tape

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