COLLECTED THE ALAN WILDER/DEPECHE MODE HISTORIC EQUIPMENT, VINYL & MEMORABILIA AUCTION

auction.recoil.co.uk omegaauctions.co.uk COLLECTED The AlAn Wilder/depeche Mode hisToric equipMenT, Vinyl & MeMorAbiliA AucTion saturday 3 rd september 2011 COLLECTED The AlAn Wilder/depeche Mode hisToric equipMenT, Vinyl & MeMorAbiliA AucTion saturday 3rd september 2011 at 3.00pm Zion Arts centre, 335 stretford road, hulme, Manchester, M15 5ZA on VieW Friday 2nd september 11.00am - 8.00pm saturday 3rd september 10.00am - 2.45pm catalogue £5.00 omega Auctions Telephone: +44 161 865 0838 email: office@omegaauctions.co.uk www.omegaauctions.co.uk HISTORY - ALAN WILDER FOREWORD After classical training from an early age, Alan Wild-er’s career in music began at the age of 16 when he secured the position of studio assistant at dJM studi-os in london’s West end. Following 3 years of moder-ate success in a variety of different bands, he joined Depeche Mode in 1981 after replying to an advert in Melody Maker. depeche Mode’s trademark sound has earned them worldwide success and been credited by industry and media alike as a prominent and distinctive influence on the development of the electronic and dance mu-sic movements. Alan Wilder’s training and studio ex-perience made him a vital player in this success and his mantle as dM’s ‘musical director’ has long been acknowledged throughout the music industry. The band’s steady rise from synth pop ‘teeny bop-pers’ to chart-topping stadium act was dramatically demonstrated in 1989 with their sell-out ‘concert For The Masses’ show to 80,000 people at The rosebowl stadium in pasadena (the culmination of a 101- date world tour) and their popularity further elevated the following year, when approximately 20,000 fans attempted to gain entrance to Wherehouse records in los Angeles to see their heroes sign copies of the new record ‘Violator’. A riot spilled out onto the streets and the lApd, who were called out in full force, described the incident (which made news worldwide) as comparable to a presidential visit. The Mode embarked on their most adventurous tour to date in 1993, enduring a gruelling 15 months on the road to promote their 8th studio album ‘songs of Faith And devotion’. Following this globally successful outing and well-publicised problems within the internal workings of the band, Alan Wilder decided to leave depeche Mode in 1995. “since those heady dM years, i have concentrated fully on my once side project recoil (which originated in 1986). The most significant work has evolved since 1996. Free from former commitments, I began operating from my own studio, ‘The Thin line’, and at my own pace, gradually piecing together what would become the ‘unsound Methods’, ‘liquid’ and ‘subhuman’ albums. over the course of the last 12 years i have been ably ac-companied by paul Kendall who brings his idiosyncratic view to the whole procedure. The recent ‘selected’ collection is made up of my personal favourites, remastered and edited together into what i consider a cohesive and total listening experience. The idea to take the project out on the road evolved as we started discussing promotion and i realised that i wanted to do something more challenging this time. The events were not so much ‘live’ band but more art installation. paul and i just extended what we do in the studio into the live setting where we add spontaneous effects and extra parts to a pre-prepared bedrock. For ‘A Strange Hour’, I turned to various filmmakers from as far as Russia, via the Czech Republic and Hungary, all the way to Argentina. We worked very fast, and in the modern way, by creating a central server where everybody could upload their work for others to see, react to and feedback on. This for me typifies the whole essence of what recoil is all about - a collective but with a focused direction - and a very thrilling process it was too, watching and hearing it all come together from our base in the uK. We spent most of 2010 bringing recoil to a worldwide live audience for the very first time. one of my new year’s resolutions for 2011 was to start streamlining my set-up at The Thin line studios. My needs have altered a bit since laptops, soft synths and plug-ins have come to the fore, and even though I’m emotionally attached, passing on some vintage gear and historical items seemed like a good way to start. since my teenage years i’ve been an avid collector of interesting and unique musical instruments, including a ‘stein-way’ Grand piano, vintage keyboards, synthesisers such as the ‘Mini-moog’, ‘Arp Odyssey’, a ‘Wurlitzer’ electric piano, plus ‘Manley’ valve amps, valve-driven ‘Telefunken’ amps and a ‘Manley’ limiter/compressor. There is one very special guitar and various ‘emulators’ which were featured during the Mode tours, and i even have my old stage clothing, touring wardrobe, the ‘devotional’ drum kit, drumming extras and other artefacts available. i also decided that, since i was having a clear out, why not include some extra memorabilia and pass on some of the stuff I have collected over the years – the additional memorabilia such as Gold & Platinum award discs, leather clothing, rare acetates & test pressings, artwork, posters and tour merchandise covers my entire musi-cal career, focusing mainly on the years between 1982 & 1995. I found it an evocative and cathartic experience to sift through all the collectables - the actual sorting and cataloguing process brought back great memories and i was able to re-live some key moments which i had inevitably forgotten about, reminding me of how lucky i have been to have enjoyed such a career, doing some-thing i’m passionate about. My team and i spent weeks scouring the web, my own archives, photographs and diary entries, plus anything else we could find to make the descriptions as detailed and accurate as possible. Many items are very collectable and hold special value having been used extensively in the recording sessions for classic depeche Mode and recoil albums, as well as live performances on the ‘black celebration’, ‘Music For The Masses’, ‘World Violation’ and ‘devotional’ tours. Finally, i have managed to forge a great relationship with omega in order to create an all-inclusive fan-friendly event, incorporating a film presentation (‘Alan Wilder - Collected’) about the fascinating history of everything in the sale, a workshop and q&A session with myself & paul Kendall, plus some other surprises. i hope you’ll agree that this all makes for something quite unique. I think you will enjoy what’s on offer and good luck with your bidding! AUCTION INFORMATION Lot 1 Description MISC EQUIPMENT - Akai ME30P Midi programmable patch bay - serial number: 10850-00912. in very good condition, fully functional. Entrance to the viewing gallery/auction room at the Zion Arts Centre requires registration and an oficial cata-logue (cost £5). each registered bidder may bring a guest. Guests will not be able to bid unless registering in their own right. Please note that guests will also require an oficial catalogue. How to bid: In person you can bid in person on saturday 3rd september at the Zion Arts centre but will need to be registered. We recommend that you pre-register in advance in order to confirm your place. Once registered, you will be issued with a bidding number. Entrance to the viewing gallery/auction room will require a bidder number and an oficial catalogue (cost £5). Absentee Bid If you are unable to attend the sale you can place a bid in advance with Omega Auctions – this is referred to as an “absentee bid”. In order to place an absentee bid, please send an email to ofice@omegaauctions.co.uk by 8.00pm on Friday 2nd september. Live bidding via the-saleroom.com The auction will be broadcast live over the internet. register with the-saleroom.com and sign up to this auction to bid live online on the day of the sale. Telephone Bid if you are unable to attend the sale and wish to bid on any item which is estimated to sell for over £500, you can reserve a telephone line in order to bid over the phone during the live auction. We will call you approximately 5 lots prior to the lot you wish to bid on and will bid on your behalf under instructions received from you over the phone during the bidding process. Telephone lines are limited, so please reserve in advance to avoid disap-pointment. Charges • Registration fee for all bidders is £1 and is payable via debit/credit card • For those attending the Zion Arts Centre an oficial catalogue is required to gain entry (£5) • The buyer’s premium for this sale is 15% of the hammer price For example, if you bid up to £100, you will pay £100 + 15%, so £115 in total • Credit card payments incur a 2% charge Payment payment for items purchased is by cash (sterling or euros), credit card, debit card, bank Transfer or cheque. notes: • If paying by cheque or bank transfer, funds will need to clear before items can be collected/shipped • Credit card payments will incur a 2% charge detailed information on how to bid, together with Terms & conditions of sale are available from omega Auctions at www.omegaauctions.co.uk All major lots come with a signed letter from Alan Wilder. Additional information, particularly for the equipment lots (1-49, 51-70e), may be available via www.auction.recoil.co.uk Where estimates are not listed, guide prices are available from omega Auctions on request. 3 MISC EQUIPMENTr- Akai ME35T Audio/Midi trigger i unit - serial number: 41150-00970. in very good condition, fully functional. 4 MISC EQUIPMENTr- Akai ME35T Audio/Midi trigger i unit - serial number: 41150-00953. in very good condition, fully functional. 5 MISC EQUIPMENTr- Akai ME35T Audio/Midi trigger i unit - serial number: 41150-00949. in very good condition, fully functional. 6 erly. ideally mainndrive band for spindlesneedst replacement. , in productions1985-86. e see www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. Alan`s comments: “This is a period piece and has value as a novelty collector’s item. I can remember sitting with Daniel Miller in the mid- effects, the kind we hadn’t heard ibefore when using a sample as a source. It’s low-fi quality gave it an other-worldly quality. The discs 7 software disc, operation manual & power supply cable. Dates produced: 1988-1993.dSee www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. Alan`s comments: “The entire Akai sampler range, starting with the S1000 and then S1100 and S3000 was used extensively on DM and famous ‘Violator’ and ‘SOFAD’ drums were sampled using the Akai which was particularly good at stacking and triggering sounds tightly 8 SAMPLER - Akai S1100 Digital sampler (16Mb) - serial number: 50855-00316.. Veryi good condition, fully functional. includes operation 9 SAMPLER - Akai S3000XL lDigital sampler (32Mb) - serial number: c9655-00237. in excellent condition, fully functional. includes opera- 11 cently tested). includes operation manual, patch book, Midi interface instructions :& power supply cable. dates from circa 1978, usA. Midi cess, Arp responded with a compact user-friendly studio synthesiser of their own with the odyssey. An almost equally legendary machine smaller and more affordable package. The Odyssey is a 2-oscillator analog synth (with duo-phonic capability). It comes well equipped function. It also added a few new features such as a high pass filter in series with the low pass, oscillator-sync capability and pulse-width sweeping sounds or noises. overall look and quality were further updated to with the orangef& black color-scheme. see www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details.e thelArp on some ofI the earlier Recoil irecordings such as ‘Hydrology’ andt‘Bloodline’. iI can’t pretend I was ever a skilled operator f(unlike 14 MICROPHONES - C - Ducer: APT (Audio Percussion Trigger) unit & 2 x C - Ducer Tape microphones - serial number: ApT208. Good condi- see www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. estimate £250 - £350 17 OUTBOARD FX . - Drawmer DL221 Dual rcompressor/limiter - industry i standard dual mono/stereo compressor/limiter, widely used since 18 includes operation manual & power supply cable. see www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. estimate £200 - £300 19 includes operation manual & power supply cable. see www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. estimate £200 - £300 20 includes operation manual & power supply cable. see www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. estimate £200 - £300 21 unused) & 2 x pairs (used) Zildjian drumming gloves. All in good condition, fullytfunctional. extra info: release: Japan pat: 1522359, us Violation’ and ‘Devotional’ tours. The pads were custom mounted on the ‘Pearl’ stands and I would have these set up next to the druml kit 22 (the power supply hums, so could be easy to fix). Includes original flight case & power supply lcable. Manufactured by Emu Systems Inc., Alan`s comments: “As used on ‘Construction Time Again’ - its sounds are all over that album. Listen to ‘Everything Counts’ , Something use and featured it’srown sequencer. It’s very disappointing to me that I couldn’t get it to respond when I tried it recently but I’m assured 27 extras, r30gpre-loaded fsound banks for tracks played on `MusicIfor the Masses` and `Devotional` tours, 21 x 3.5-inch tdual-sided flop- tric tbass, i etc.). in . addition, eaa laminated `devotional` tour set list, xoperations manual l& power supply cable. Manufactured by emu 1994, they were probably the most versatile of samplers from the 1980s. From the very first Emulator 1, I have used them all and been the ‘Motorbike Idling’ sound (which later became the mainstay rhythm lbehind the song ‘Stripped’), I was fhooked. . All over ‘Construction list all the songs the Emulators have been used on sufice it to say that, compared to the vastly complicated Synclavier (which did sound Celebration’, ‘Music For the Masses’,‘Violator’ and ‘SOFAD’. As each model appeared,fwe acquired one (oriseveral) right up to the E111 and tour.e As mentioned, it is fully functional and has the live sounds internally programmed as iwell as a laminated set list attached to it. The my performances during the ‘Music For The Masses’ tour, as well as a large library of factory and self-made sounds. So if you want to see estimate £2500 - £3000 28 SAMPLER - Emulator II Model 6028 8 bit sampler, plus set of Recoil/DM performance floppy discs & large sample library collection (total Visually very good with brand new LCD display fitted. Includes power supple cable & case with 121 floppy discs. Manufactured by Emu Systems 121 x 5"" floppy discs, each containing unique library samples and original Recoil patches. See www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. tivated by sampling technology ever lsince. tI remember when we first inserted thefhuge floppy discI into the Emu 1 and listened to the Again’ you can hear the Emulator with it’s grainy 8bit samples (later improved on lother models of course). Think of the intro to ‘Everything the Emulator was almost always the sampler of choice. We continued to use them extensively on ‘Some Great Reward’, ‘Black Celebration’, live use. They could prove troublesome on stage, the Emax being by far the only fairly reliable model for that purpose. My machines are all Most appealing here is the collection of discs containing all kinds of interesting things. This Emulator 11 is the sampler on which the very 4’ disc plays back the very sequence used in the original recording. I also found DM’s ‘Christmas Island’, ‘Shake The Disease’ and there are estimate £2000 - £3000 29 cosmetically excellent although in need of repair and service. includes power supply cable and hard drive (separated). Manufactured by disk, 16-voiceipolyphony and a ’SCSI interfacelto iallow the connection of an external hard disk or CD-ROM player. The filters are still ana- 30 nal drive (works via SCSI with external drive). Includes operation manual, power supply, software versionl4.0e, 64 channel card and 128Mb see www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. 33 tion. manual & framed original warranty certificate with serial number & model number.lManufactured, by The Packard Company, Indiana, Alan`s comments: “A harmonium such as this was used to create the alternative version of `Enjoy The Silence`i (L12 BONG 18) - featur- particular instrument but when I saw it, I just had to have it. I was transported back to my youth when I would spend weekends at my breathy sound of the old beast and trying to imagine who could have invented such a contraption. I’m loath to part with this fine exam- intrigued. It is quite hard work keeping pumping away with the feet while you play but the up side is a great work-out for the old calves estimate £600 - £1000 34 excellent condition, fully functional. Manufactured by: David Knight (based on Gretsch). Includes `Bulldog` Depeche Mode flight case and 6-strings, including the cleanly plucked harmonicstand swinging, half-Johnny Cash/half-Goth acousticl riff that drovef 1990’s ‘Personal e vocal duties - ensures that they play a far more integral role than many listeners might realise. says Martin “i started playing guitar however, so wei decided to become an all-electronic band. it wasn’t until a few years later that we realised we were really restricting an avid collector of guitars, gizmos, synths and effects via eBay. tDespite his eBay prizes, Gore’s favourite guitar remains his beloved lime Alan`s comments: “This guitar is one of two identical replicas which were manufactured specifically for the ‘World Violation’ and ‘Devo-s the inevitable scratches that would have occurred asta result of the friction from Martin’s metallic jangling stage clothing! I don’t think 35 OUTBOARD FX - Korg DVP-1: Digital Voice Processor (Vocoder) - serial number: 000147. in excellent condition, fully functional. includes 37 fully functional. includes operation iinstructions & lpower supply cable. Full implementation of Apple’s logic control. digidesign pro Tools Automation controls. Full Meter Display with track names and parameters. 7-segment Timecode display. Software-specific Lexan overlays. 38 OUTBOARD FX - Manley:l Stereo variable MU 10DV limiter/compressor - Model: stereo variable Mu. serial number: Mslc 6810. and contributed to mosti hit records over the last decade. i"Mu" is tube-speak forrgain. It works by using thei "remotei cut-off" or re-biasing peak-reducing and compression action constantly being re-biased by the vacuum tube rectified side-chain control voltages which cause most for a variety of applications, from drums to guitars to vocals. The results can be heard on all Recoil material since ‘Liquid’.” n to 39 CONSOLE/MONITORING - Manley designer ref. 300 Series amplifier - serial number: MAn 3005001. in excellent condition, fully func- old VTl factory back before the Manley-VTl split that took place in 1993. They were, at the time, Manley`s second-to-largest models in ingi ofl ‘SubHuman’ where I could really test the ,full frequency range and power of that i album. Recently refurbished, with isome calibra- -40 CONSOLE/MONITORING - Manley designer ref. 300 Series amplifier - see description for item 39. estimate £2000 - £3000 41 wheel. Tested and i working, although oscillator 3 needs calibration. includes operation manual, midicinterface instructions, wooden/ the Rolls Royce of analogue keyboard-based synthesisers. Specifically designed for touring musicians, the Minimoog exported electronic since. Dates from circa 1975, retro fit midi `in` z& midi `thru` by Kenton, Surrey, UK. nSee www.auction.recoil.co.uk for further details. Alan`s comments: “This was my first synthesiser bought around 1977, pre-Mode, when I was a member of Dafne & The Tenderspots. It Wurlitzer electric piano and gave me a whole wealth’of new sound possibilities. It is still probably my all-time favourite synthesiser idue mounti version calledi the Midi Moog came along, I stopped carting around the Minimoog, but I remain just as attached as I always was to 44 SYNTHESISER - OberheimvOB-8 Synthesisern- . serial number: 032002. condition: visually excellent, power supply tested, digital cir- onysand is highly programmable, making it a popular classic. It features a 61-note. piano keyboard, LFOcmodulation, filters, r external the voices which need attention. I iwas surprised as it has been looked after well and, cosmetically, it’s in superb physical shape. I used this loved the fact that I could actuallyrstore patches for the first time and it introduced me to the Oberheim sound which has a unique quality. 45 CONSOLE/MONITORING - Quad 405-2 Current dumping amp- no serial.number. in very good condition, fully functional. includes opera- 46 MISC EQUIPMENT - Roland Model A110 Midi display unit - serial number: 871351. in excellent condition, fully functional. includes power ... - tailieumienphi.vn