Location: The
Crocs - Glamour
Club 19 High
Street,
Rayleigh, Essex
SS6 7EW
/ UK
Audience: nominal
???
/ actual:
???
Rec of gig: ???
_
Comment: On
Saturday 27 June
1981 Depeche Mode played a
gig at Croc's in
Rayleigh.
The band had
played at the
venue a number
of times over
the previous
nine months,
gaining in
confidence and
professionalism
on each occasion.
However this gig
was particularly
special as they
were to be
filmed for ITV's
series '20th
Century Box'.
It took place
just two days
after their
first appearance
on UK national
television when
they performed
'New Life on
'Top of the Pops'
which had just
entered the top
40. This week
was the turning
point in Depeche
Mode's rise to
mass popularity.
Komentarz:
Pierwszy Koncert
po sesji
nagraniowej
singla
New Life.
Jednocześnie był
to ostatni
koncert w
'Krokodylach'.
Klub który potem
zmienił nazwę na Pink Toothbrush,
ale to inna
historia. W
klubie tym
zespół wystąpił
15 razy. Tak zapewnia
Fletch.
Przypuszczam, że
setlista była
podobna do tego,
co zespół grał w
czasie lipcowych
koncertów. Na
pewno grali
New Life
;-). Ich
ówczesny singiel
na szczytach
list przebojów.