Depeche Mode – Master And Servant

Recorded at Music Works in London and mixed at Hansa Mischraum in Berlin, Master And Servant is the 11th single by Depeche Mode (and their sixth in the US). It was originally released on 20 August 1984.

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7-inch – UK
Mute – 7 BONG 6 (released 20 August 1984)

A1 Master And Servant 3:45
B1 (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me 4:12

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12-inch – UK
Mute – 12 BONG 6 (released 20 August 1984, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Master & Servant (Slavery Whip Mix) 9:41
B2 (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (Release Mix) 8:52
B3 Master And Servant (Voxless) 4:03

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12-inch numbered limited edition / unnumbered edition – UK
Mute – L12 BONG 6 (released 20 August 1984, embossed cover, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Master And Servant (An ON-USound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic) 4:33
B1 Are People People? 4:28
B2 (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (7-inch Version) 4:13

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7-inch – red transparent vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 7 Bong 6 – Intercord Ton – INT 111.821 (released 22 August 1984)

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12-inch – grey marbled vinyl edition – Germany
Mute – 12 Bong 6 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.824 (released 22 August 1984, reissue released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, and in 1988, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Master & Servant (Slavery Whip Mix) 9:36
B1 (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (Release Mix) 8:47
B2 Master And Servant (Voxless) 4:00

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12-inch – grey marbled vinyl numbered limited edition – Germany
Mute – L 12 BONG 6 – Intercord Ton – INT 126.826 (released 22 August 1984, unnumbered reissue released in 1987 as part of the ‘Colour Collection’, embossed cover, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Master And Servant (An ON-USound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic) 4:33
B1 Are People People? 4:28
B2 (Set Me Free) Remotivate Me (7-inch Version) 4:13

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7-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 7-28918 (embossed cover, released 14 November 1984)

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12-inch – US
Mute – Sire – 0-20283 (released 14 November 1984, generic inner sleeve)

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7-inch promo – US
Mute – Sire – 7-28918 (released in November 1984, generic sleeve)

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12-inch promo – US
Mute – Sire – PRO-A-2221 (released in November 1984, generic inner sleeve)

A1 Master And Servant (Album Version) 4:13
B1 Master And Servant (U.S. Black & Blue Version) 8:02

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7-inch – Philippines
Mute – New York Records – NEW-9263 (released in 1984, generic ‘DYNA RECORDS’ sleeve)

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12-inch – Philippines
Mute – BONG 6 – New York Records – OC-EP-17021, (released in 1984, generic inner sleeve)

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CD – Germany / France
Mute – CD BONG 6 – Intercord Ton – INT 826.824 / Mute – Virgin – 30304 (released in 1988)

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CD – UK / US
Mute – CDBONG 6 / Mute – Sire – 40299-2 (released 25 November 1991 / 26 November, as part of the box set 2 – Singles 7-12, and separately)

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Music video – Worldwide
Mute – no catalogue number (directed by Clive Richardson, released in August 1984)

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Depeche Mode – Master And Servant

• written by Martin Gore, except vc by Vince Clarke
• produced by Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones, and Depeche Mode
• highest chart position 9 (UK) 87 (US)
• the second single from the album Some Great Reward, also appears on the compilations The Singles 81→85, Catching Up With Depeche Mode, and The Best Of Volume 1, plus the box set Some Great Reward | The 12″ Singles
• 1984 Depeche Mode was Andrew Fletcher, David Gahan, Martin Gore, and Alan Wilder

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