Master and Servant 100 chart anyway, albeit only at number 87 and for only a three-week chart stay). Reportedly, the song narrowly avoided a radio ban by the BBC as well. "Master and Servant" might have been banned if the one BBC staffer who wanted to ban the record had not been away on holiday at the time the other staffers voted on whether to add "Master and Servant" to their playlist. The production and mixing process of "Master and Servant" are remembered by Alan Wilder, Daniel Miller, and Gareth Jones, as among the longest that Depeche Mode ever endured. One famous story
The Hit Parade (group) The Hit Parade (group) The Hit Parade is an independent pop group from London, England that has released seven albums, thirteen 7" vinyl records, CDs and other printed materials. The Hit Parade's first recordings were made in 1984 by three school friends Raymond Watts, Matthew Moffatt and Julian Henry at Watts garage studio during his work with experimental groups Psychic TV and Einstürzende Neubauten in the 1980s. The Hit Parade's early singles "My Favourite Girl" and "The Sun Shines in Gerrards Cross" were played on BBC Radio 1 by DJs John Peel, David "Kid" Jensen and Janice Long but were