i’m turning into a ebay junkie - or lurker, i guess, seeing as i haven’t actually bought anything yet. as you may know, i’m a huge depeche mode fan. i’ve even got a site set up - although a bit neglected nowadays - and have many 12″ “rare” singles and cds. (i’ll post some cool items some time.) i never got into the ebay thing, but a friend sent me a link to a dm item on ebay - after that i had to see what else was on there. i can’t belive it! there a ton of stuff out there, some good, some bad.

so anyway… i came across an item and to follow up on it’s authenticity i searched the web for it and came across it in some guy’s collection which he displays online. then it turns out he has the one single that i could’ve bought many years ago, but opted for something else.

this single has haunted me for years. i saw it many years ago - like 15 or so - at a (now defunct) record shop in clifton called culture 7. i used to go there all the time to get dm singles. that day i had only about five bucks to spend so it was between dm and the brand new and first skinny puppy single “dig it”. skinny puppy had just come out and i had read about them so it thought i’d try it. i did like the single, but man, i wish i’d bought the dm one.

turns out that’s a promo single of the classic “blasphemous rumors” track. that cover haunted me. i knew sort of what it looked like but didn’t know the details - then, when i saw that page, it all came back in an instant. i know it sounds corny, but i do love my dm!