Playgroup – Behind The Wheel

Associated artists/bands: Playgroup

Although the sleeve pretends that this release contains the Radio Mix, it’s in fact the full Electroca$h Mix. Supposed to be limited to 1000 copies. The mixes are in fact the same as on the 12″, but this ultra rare promotional CD single seems to have been made before the releases of the 12″ and the CD had been confirmed, because the text on the sleeve says the following: ‘Trevor Jackson originally wanted to include this track on his “DJ Kicks” album but Depeche Mode have refused to re-release it on any format so he went back into the studio and came up with this monster of a record.’

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Michael M. Müller

Although I already owned all regular releases, I started "seriously" collecting Depeche Mode's releases from all over the world in the late 80s. But when the internet and espacially eBay came up, I wanted to specialise my collection, because with eBay it was not a question of "how to find a rarity?" anymore, but just a question of "who pays the most?". That was the start of my collection of Depeche Mode cover versions.

I really like it when artists create a completely new mood in a cover version. For me, the best covers are very often just unknown tracks on an artist's album, while many tribute compilations are just "sound-a-likes" without own creativity.