Every time I listen to Music for the Masses, I remember that Dave Gahan liked Songs from the Big Chair so much that he wanted to get Dave Bascombe to produce MftM 🥹.
I may have posted this before, but for what it's worth:
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Dave Bascombe talks to SDE about the recording of the album
As engineer, mixer, co-producer or producer, Dave Bascombe has his name on the credits of many fine albums, including those by artists such as Tears For Fears, It’s Immaterial, Danny Wilson, Oleta Adams and Erasure.
In 1987, he worked on Depeche Mode‘s sixth album Music For The Masses as engineer and co-producer. With the recently issued 12″ Singles vinyl box sets of Music For The Masses and Black Celebration, SDE got in touch with Dave to ask him about the recording of the album…
SuperDeluxeEdition: How did you get involved with this record in the first place?
Dave Bascombe: I am not exactly sure… but I was obviously approached via management and I think it was David Gahan who liked what he heard, with the Tears for Fears stuff, particularly ‘Shout’, I think, so he was the one that probably suggested me. I went and had a meeting with them and we got on pretty well so that was it really. It’s pretty straight forward.
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Written by Martin L. Gore. Produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris and Konk Studios, London. Mixed at PUK Studios, Gjerlev. Engineered by David Bascombe. Additional production and help by Daniel Miller. Additional production and remix by Justin Strauss at Soundtracks Studio, New York. Remix engineer: Hugo Dwyer. Additional programming: Eric Kupper. Edited by Chep Nunez. First appeared on Strangelove ‘88 12" released in US on 23 August 1988. (#191)
Written by Martin L. Gore. Produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris and Konk Studios, London. Mixed at PUK Studios, Gjerlev. Engineered by David Bascombe. Additional production and help by Daniel Miller. Additional production and remix by Justin Strauss at Soundtracks Studio, New York. Remix engineer: Hugo Dwyer. Additional programming: Eric Kupper. Edited by Chep Nunez. First appeared on Strangelove ‘88 12" released in US on 23 August 1988. (#190)
Written by Martin L. Gore. Produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris and Konk Studios, London. Mixed at PUK Studios, Gjerlev. Engineered by David Bascombe. Additional production and help by Daniel Miller. Remixed by Bomb The Bass – Tim Simenon & Mark Saunders – at Livingston Studios, London. First appeared on Strangelove '88 12" released in US on 23 August 1988. (#189)
Written by Robert William Troup Jnr. Produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris and Konk Studios, London. Engineered by David Bascombe. Remixed by The Beatmasters. First appeared on Behind The Wheel 12" and MC released on 28 December 1987. (#184)
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Written by Martin L. Gore. Produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris and Konk Studios, London. Engineered by David Bascombe. Remixed by Shep Pettibone. First appeared on Behind The Wheel 12", MC and CD released on 28 December 1987. (#183)
Written by Robert William Troup Jnr. Produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris and Konk Studios, London. Engineered by David Bascombe. First appeared on Behind The Wheel 7" and CD released on 28 December 1987. (#182)
Written by Martin L. Gore. Produced by Depeche Mode and David Bascombe. Recorded at Studio Guillaume Tell, Paris and Konk Studios, London. Engineered by David Bascombe. Remixed by Shep Pettibone. First appeared on Behind The Wheel 7" and CD released on 28 December 1987. (#181)