

Depeche Mode – demo tape
This is a working tape, not a release. A Maxell MS-60 studio cassette in an Electric Lady Studios J-card—the New York studio’s name and West Eighth Street address printed down the spine—with its shell label typed “Depeche Mode Original Demos” and marked “M.G.” AudioMediaGrading, which graded and sealed it, catalogs it as an original demo compilation and studio reference cassette from circa 1996, and titles it as the band’s Ultra demos.
The J-card lists four titles on the A side, typed in the same face as the shell label: “Useless,” “Will,” “No Good,” and “Not One.” The B side is left blank. “Useless” shares its title with a song on Ultra, released in April 1997, and “No Good” with “It’s No Good,” the album’s second single. Neither “Will” nor “Not One” appears on the finished album’s track list.
Maxell MS-60 Studio Tape, XLII high-position formulation, made in Japan. No label, no catalog number. Encapsulated by AudioMediaGrading and graded 9 Near Mint, opened—packaging 8, media 10—certificate 50019404.
Key details & collectability
- Studio reference cassette, circa 1996, on Maxell MS-60 XLII high-position studio tape
- Electric Lady Studios, New York, J-card
- Shell label typed “Depeche Mode Original Demos” and marked “M.G.”
- Four titles typed on the A side: “Useless,” “Will,” “No Good,” and “Not One”; B side blank
- Titled by AudioMediaGrading as Ultra original demos, 1996
- Graded 9 Near Mint (packaging 8, media 10) and sealed in an AMG slab, certificate 50019404
- A working studio tape—no label, no catalog number
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