{"product_id":"depeche-mode-demo-tape","title":"Depeche Mode – demo tape","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003cem\u003eUltra\u003c\/em\u003e demos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003cem\u003eUltra\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxell 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey details \u0026amp; collectability\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudio reference cassette, circa 1996, on Maxell MS-60 XLII high-position studio tape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectric Lady Studios, New York, J-card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShell label typed “Depeche Mode Original Demos” and marked “M.G.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour titles typed on the A side: “Useless,” “Will,” “No Good,” and “Not One”; B side blank\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitled by AudioMediaGrading as \u003cem\u003eUltra\u003c\/em\u003e original demos, 1996\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraded 9 Near Mint (packaging 8, media 10) and sealed in an AMG slab, certificate 50019404\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA working studio tape—no label, no catalog number\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Louis Mednick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55339777327433,"sku":"NYC_DAN_002","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/9992\/files\/download_636425d4-9af7-4ce2-bb24-d2ca1ff2e30b.png?v=1790159850","url":"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/depeche-mode-demo-tape","provider":"Wax Poetics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}