Depeche Mode - 1998-12-12 - Los Angeles, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

silver CD "KROQ Acoustic Christmas 1998 +" (https://www.discogs.com/Depeche-Mode-KROQ-Acoustic-Christmas-1998-/release/1473871) -> Exact Audio Copy (good settings) -> FLAC level 8

[0:42] Introduction
[5:46] Barrel Of A Gun
[5:02] Policy Of Truth
[4:42] It's No Good
[8:00] Walking In My Shoes
[4:31] Sister Of Night (*)
[3:57] A Question Of Lust (*)
[4:01] Enjoy The Silence
[5:23] In Your Room
[5:41] Behind The Wheel
[7:33] Personal Jesus
[7:22] Never Let Me Down Again (With Billy Corgan)

Total time: 1:02:40

A very good sounding soundboard recording.

"Sister Of Night", "A Question Of Lust", and "Enjoy The Silence" were performed as acoustic renditions. "A Question Of Lust" had only been performed one other time in this manner on the Singles tour, at 1998-12-09 Sacramento. You can find a recording of the band's soundcheck at 1998-12-02 Boise, ID where these acoustic versions are rehearsed here: 1998-12-02 Idaho Center, Boise, ID, USA/Source 2

Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins joins during "Never Let Me Down Again" to sing lead vocals and play guitar. The Smashing Pumpkins covered the song for the 1998 Depeche Mode tribute album "For The Masses".

I included an MP3 of a bit of relevant postshow radio chatter as the final track.

Unfortunately, this recording is inherently lossy due to MPEG delay used at both the soundboard and FM broadcast feeds for this concert.

According to a post by BRAT (official depechemode.com webmaster) on the fansite Home, both the soundboard feed and the FM broadcast feed were run through MPEG delay, causing MP3-like sound. The post is quoted below:

The disc I sent out to people was off the air.

I have a copy direct from KROQ's broadcast board, but it still sucks because BOTH the board feed, and the broadcast feed were run through a MPEG delay. MPEG delay (for any possible profanity) = crap, MP3-like sound.

The only good copy I have heard is the KROQ video that is on depechemode.com. All others are horrible.

Even if you knew people at KROQ (like I did), you could not get a flawless copy. It still had sh*tty artifacts through it. The only reason why my copy might sound better is because I was using a $400 Radio Shack antenna (hacked into a neighbor's antenna). ;)