Released on 31 August 2018, Speak & Spell | The 12″ Singles is a box set collection featuring the 12-inch vinyls associated with Depeche Mode’s 1981 album Speak & Spell, and a 7-inch flexidisc. The set consists of the singles Dreaming Of Me (which was not included on the original UK album), New Life, and Just Can’t Get Enough, all pressed on audiophile-quality 180g heavy vinyl with audio mastered from the original tapes. The front cover design of Speak & Spell | The 12″ Singles echoes the legacy album artwork, while the three sleeves replicate the original vinyl single artwork.
3×12-inch + 7-inch in a numbered limited edition box set – Europe / US
Mute – Columbia – Sony – 12DMBOX01 – 88985482001 / Mute – Sire – Rhino Records – 12DMBOX01 – 603497864843 – R1 564268 (released 31 August 2018, includes download code for uncompressed digital audio files and a reproduced original Just Can’t Get Enough marketing poster)
Dreaming Of Me | 12MUTE 013 (new 12-inch – originally released in 1981 as a 7-inch, generic inner sleeve)
A1 Dreaming Of Me (7-inch Version) 3:45
B1 Ice Machine (7-inch Version) 3:53
New Life | 12MUTE 014 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 New Life (Remix) 4:00
B1 Shout! (Rio Mix) 7:53
Just Can’t Get Enough | 12MUTE 016 (generic inner sleeve)
A1 Just Can’t Get Enough (Schizo Mix) 6:45
B1 Any Second Now (Altered) 5:43
Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead / King Of The Flies | FLEXIPOP 011 (7-inch red transparent one-sided flexi-disc, originally released in 1981 with the music magazine Flexipop, generic sleeve)
A1 Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (Flexipop Version) 2:19
A2 Fad Gadget – King Of The Flies 3:06 fg
poster
Get your limited edition box set of Speak & Spell | The 12″ Singles on 180g vinyl from eBay (subject to availability).
Digital download – various editions
Europe: Legacy Recordings – no catalogue number (released 31 August 2018)
US: Rhino Records – 603497839681 (released 31 August 2018)
Worldwide: Legacy Recordings – G010004731410Z (reissue released 18 February 2022)
- Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (Flexipop Version) 2:17
- Dreaming Of Me (7-inch Version) 3:46
- Ice Machine (7-inch Version) 3:54
- New Life (Remix) 3:57
- Shout! (Rio Mix) 7:34
- Just Can’t Get Enough (Schizo Mix) 6:45
- Any Second Now (Altered) 5:42
Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell | The 12″ Singles
- all tracks written by Vince Clarke, except fg by Fad Gadget (not included in the download bundle)
- produced by Daniel Miller
- highest chart position 28 (UK) 10 (Ger)
- 2018 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, and Martin Gore (Vince Clarke was a member of the band when the singles from Speak & Spell originally were released)