If you've been keeping up with these blogs, you'll have noticed that a lot of the photographs I've been using have been labelled "courtesy of Depeche Mode Classic Photos and Videos." What is Depeche Mode Classic Photos and Videos though? Well, it's a private Facebook group that has fairly limited membership, where people share their rare Depeche pictures. The group have very generously let me raid their archives this month and I thought a post showing a selection of pictures from the Black Celebration era might be a cool thing. I've chosen several pictures that I think very few people will have seen and not bothered with lots of obvious ones such as stills from videos. Hopefully, there will be something here you'll like.
I could have used loads of pictures but I thought I'd better limit it somewhat. Thanks very much to the Admins Andy, Markus, Dennis, Deb, Michael R, Michael L, Fabrice, Bobotie and Linda for letting me go crazy with the pictures.
If you choose to use one of these pictures elsewhere, don't credit me, credit Depeche Mode Classic Photos and Videos. Ok, here we go:
FROM RECORDING BLACK CELEBRATION TO THE START OF THE TOUR
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| On the stairs at Hansa |
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Playing Stripped on Wogan (U.K. TV show)
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| Photoshoot London 7 March 1986 |
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| Meeting Swedish fans during tour rehersals |
THE BLACK CELEBRATION TOUR - UK AND EUROPE
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| Fresh faced on day 1 of the tour |
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| Cover of the tour itinerary given out to the band and crew |
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| Glasgow 6 April |
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| Opening HMV Nottingham 11 April 1986 |
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| Martin not enjoying being photographed, Movenpick Hotel, Munster, 19 May |
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| Photoshoot, Rotterdam Hilton 24 May 1986 |
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| Martin looking very Martin like, Rotterdam Hilton 24 May |
THE BLACK CELEBRATION TOUR - NORTH AMERICA
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| Tour Itinerary for US Leg |
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| Backstage Radio City Music Hall, New York. Who said Depeche Mode are depressing? |
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| Photoshoot, New York, June |
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| Martin arriving at Radio City Music Hall |
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| Local Crew t-shirt for local crew tour workers |
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| Casual Mode, Irvine Meadows 14 July |
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| Live, Irvine Meadows 14 or 15 July |
THE BLACK CELEBRATION TOUR - JAPAN
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| Martin in Osaka 21 July |
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| Martin and Fletch Nagoya 22 July |
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| Tokyo 23 July |
THE BLACK CELEBRATION TOUR - EUROPE, FINAL LEG
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| In Cannes, being tanned 5 August |
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| Dave, Nimes, 8 August |
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| Fletch pretending he can't see what Martin's wearing, Bayonne 12 August |
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| Gold Disc Presentation, Copenhagen 15 August |
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| Fletch meets his public, Copenhagen 16 August |
POST CELEBRATION
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| Playing Stripped or A Question OF Time, Peter's Pop Show, Dortmund 22 November |
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| Photoshoot 22 November |
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1986 Christmas Card front (Cannes again)
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And that's that. Your photgraphic (deliberate pun) journey through 1986. Hope you had fun.
Hi David, I think, that the 3rd picture in this "rare and unseen"-text is never taken in London (7th march 1986, London)! The Mercedes-car in the background of this picture is clear a german cab car ("Taxi"), so this picture must been taken in Germany.
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