Blackwing Studios
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Blackwing Studios was an English recording studio in south-east London most notable for early 1980s recording by Depeche Mode and Yazoo.
The site of Blackwing Studios in February 2010
The site of Blackwing Studios in February 2010
Speak & Spell (album)
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Speak & Spell is the debut studio album by the English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 29 October 1981 by Mute Records in the UK, and Sire Records in the US. It was the band's o
Blackwing Studios
…other Mute Records artists. At the rear of the church building was a bell tower that was used for storing master tapes. The first Depeche Mode album, Speak & Spell, was recorded at Blackwing using a TEAC eight-track recorder. The album was engineered by John Fryer. Yazoo named one of their albums, Upstairs at…
Depeche Mode in 1981; Speak & Spell was the band's only album with original songwriter Vince Clarke, pictured in the bottom-left.
Promotional poster for the album's release, including tour dates
A picture of Vince Clarke, pictured in 1986, five years after he left Depeche Mode