Depeche Mode have announced the release of a massive download-only "box set". The career-spanning retrospective, appropriately titled ‘The Complete Depeche Mode’, is available now for download on US iTunes. Following on the heels of a more modest ‘Best Of’ collection released last November, the mega-retrospective contains 644 tracks. The set features all 11 of their studio albums, all of their singles and B-sides, and two live albums, as well as rare and previously unreleased material. In addition to album tracks it features rare and deleted recordings, 19 digital-only remixes, and previously unreleased rehearsal recordings. It comes packaged with a 62-page downloadable booklet featuring images by renowned photographer Anton Corbijn. Depeche Mode released their first single in 1981, and have spent more than 400 combined weeks on the UK charts.
NME
I bet you several other bands are going to follow suit! Hopefully The Police, Duran Duran and Go West will not be far behind!!!