13.05.1986
Germany, Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
Black Celebration Tour Ludwigshafen
good / vg. Aud.

01. Christmas Island [4:10]
02. Black Celebration [6:06]
03. A Question Of Time [4:21]
04. Fly On The Windscreen [5:56]
05. Shake The Disease [5:09]
06. Leave In Silence [5:06]
07. It's Called A Heart [5:29]
08. Everything Counts [5:47]
09. It Doesn't Matter Two (*) [3:02]
10. A Question Of Lust (*) [4:13]
11. Blasphemous Rumours [5:33]
12. New Dress [3:53]
13. Stripped [6:26]
14. Something To Do [3:58]
15. Master And Servant [5:30]
16. Photographic [4:10]
17. People Are People [7:11]
18. Boys Say Go! [5:29]
19. Just Can't Get Enough [4:09]
20. More Than A Party [5:43]

Total Running Time: [1:41:20]

Incomplete audience recording

Lineage: 
unknown recording device + mics -> unknown master cassette(s) -> unknown deck(s) used for copy -> first generation TDK SA100 high position cassette, 1990 - 1991 stock -> Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck, serviced and upgraded (details: https://www.depechemode-live.com/wiki/Equipment#Nakamichi_Dragon) -> Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 8-foot RCA cable -> Creative Sound Blaster ZxR (RCA Line In) -> Adobe Audition CC 2015 (WASAPI 32-bit / 88.2 khz) -> normalized to -0.1dB and any DC bias removed -> WAV (32/88.2) -> tracked using Audacity 2.1.2 -> WAV (32/88.2) tracks -> FLAC 16-bit 44.1khz using FLAC 1.3.1 64-bit (level 8 compression) and foobar2000 v1.3.9 with its Resampler (SoX) component v0.8.3 (best quality), dithering enabled

Generation: first
Taper: Elly Apfel
Transfer: ligushka (https://www.depechemode-live.com)
auCDtectTaskManager log included

Notes: 
A very good audience recording. The majority of this tape is better sounding than fallenqueen's transfer of his low-generation copy; some tracks from the second half sound somewhat better on his copy, but I decided to just torrent this one as-is instead of make a mish-mash of the two recordings. It's quite possible that during the generation of fallenqueen's tape, some EQ was applied along the way to bump up the treble a bit for the tracks that needed it. This 1st gen tape copy sounds much more neutral and more like Elly's other recordings from this tour.

"Christmas Island" is missing the first few seconds and "Stripped" is missing 10 seconds from the middle of the track, but otherwise this is a complete recording. There are a few talkers and singers around the taper, but they usually aren't too distracting. During "Photographic", Alan screws up the usual melody at the end of the song and improvises instead - nice save!

Sorry, I forgot to take photos of the tape and a scan of the inlay card before shipping the tapes back to Falko! I'll see if Falko can provide them.

Many thanks to Falko for generously lending me a batch of five low-gen cassettes of Elly's recordings from the Black Celebration tour to transfer.