Released on 14 December 2018, Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles is a box set collection featuring all the 12-inch vinyls associated with Depeche Mode’s 1984 album Some Great Reward. The set consists of the singles People Are People, Master And Servant, and the double A-side Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody, all pressed on audiophile-quality 180g heavy vinyl with audio mastered from the original tapes. The front cover design of Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles echoes the legacy album artwork, while the six sleeves replicate the original 12- and 7-inch artwork.
6×12-inch in a numbered limited edition box set – Europe / US
Mute – Columbia – Sony – 12DMBOX04 – 19075822981 / Mute – Sire – Rhino Records – 12DMBOX04 – 603497855223 – R1 574695 (released 14 December 2018, includes download code for uncompressed digital audio files and a reproduced original Blasphemous Rumours marketing poster)
People Are People | 12BONG 5 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 People Are People (Different Mix) 7:14
B1 In Your Memory (Slik Mix) 8:13 aw
People Are People | L12BONG 5 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 People Are People (On-Usound Remix) 7:26
B1 People Are People (7-inch Version) 3:46
B2 In Your Memory (7-inch Version) 4:03 aw
Master And Servant | 12BONG 6 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Master And Servant (Slavery Whip Mix) 9:38
B1 (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (Release Mix) 8:49
B2 Master And Servant (Voxless) 4:00
Master And Servant | L12BONG 6 (embossed cover, generic inner sleeve)
A1 Master And Servant (On-Usound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic) 4:35
B1 Are People People? 4:28
B2 (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (7″ Mix) 4:13
Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody | 12BONG 7 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Blasphemous Rumours (Album Version) 6:21
B1 Somebody (Live in Liverpool 1984) 4:28
B2 Two Minute Warning (Live in Liverpool 1984) 4:36 aw
B3 Ice Machine (Live in Liverpool 1984) 3:45 vc
B4 Everything Counts (Live in Liverpool 1984) 5:53
Blasphemous Rumours / Somebody | L12BONG 7 (new 12-inch – originally released in 1986 as a 7-inch, generic inner sleeve)
A1 Somebody (Remix) 4:20
A2 Everything Counts (Live in Liverpool 1984) 5:53
AA1 Blasphemous Rumours (7-inch Version) 5:09
AA2 Told You So (Live in Liverpool 1984) 4:56
poster
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Digital download – various editions
Europe: Legacy Recordings – no catalogue number (released 14 December 2018)
US: Rhino Records – 603497839117 (released 14 December 2018)
Worldwide: Legacy Recordings – G010004735704H (reissue released 11 March 2022)
- People Are People (Different Mix) 7:12
- In Your Memory (Slik Mix) 8:12 aw
- People Are People (On-Usound Mix) 7:26
- People Are People (7-inch Version) 3:44
- In Your Memory (7-inch Version) 4:00 aw
- Master And Servant (Slavery Whip Mix) 9:38
- (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (Release Mix) 8:49
- Master And Servant (Voxless) 4:00
- Master And Servant (An On-Usound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic) 4:34
- Are People People? 4:28
- (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (7″ Mix) 4:15
- Blasphemous Rumours (Album Version) 6:21
- Somebody (Live in Liverpool 1984) 4:26
- Two Minute Warning (Live in Liverpool 1984) 4:35 aw
- Ice Machine (Live in Liverpool 1984) 3:45 vc
- Everything Counts (Live in Liverpool 1984) 5:44
- Somebody (Remix) 4:21
- Blasphemous Rumours (Single Version) 5:08
- Told You So (Live in Liverpool 1984) 4:54
Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles
- all tracks written by Martin Gore, except aw by Alan Wilder, vc by Vince Clarke
- produced by Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones
- highest chart position 49 (Ger)
- 2018 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore (Alan Wilder was a member of the band when the singles from Some Great Reward originally were released)