A small story attached to this, whilst at College someone gave me a tape that had a load of new bands on I’d never heard of before (Skinny Puppy, Front 242 etc..) and there was also this track. I managed to lose the box with the tracklist on and for quite a while someone who heard it said it was a long lost Depeche Mode track from their early stuff (Broken Frame era) I believed them and eventually, after about 6 months, found the box and identified the track by a band called as a German synth quartet, Camouflage.
Depeche Mode – copyists ? Certainly the 7″ sounds like it was recorded in 1983/4.
So thanks Mike for this Promo with some more mixes by Justin Strauss released in 1988 and sounding like Depeche Mode from , er, 1988! Much improved with slight Acid House touches and borrowing the bassline of “Strangelove.”
The “Acid Commandment” is my fave from the remixes, quite a deep acid house track which even use the “Acccieeed” sample! Very squelchy!
NEW LINK 2022
And the 7″ plus various other bits and pieces
Atlantic – DMD 1268
| A1 | The Great Commandment (Justin Strauss Remix) | 7:18 |
| A2 | The Great Commandment (Just Right Dub) | 5:35 |
| A3 | The Great Commandment (7” Edit) | 4:02 |
| B1 | The Great Commandment (Acid Commandment) | 6:44 |
| B2 | The Great Commandment (Deep Commandment Dub) | 6:41 |
Here is the original , very raw and basic version from September 1987. The original trio of Heiko Maile, Marcus Meyn and Oliver Kreyssig
It has a Kraftwerk type Bridge type and some guitar samples and obscure vocal / conversation parts. Both mixes are pretty different with Radio mix going more down the DM route.
A dark and mysterious instrumental lurks on the B-side. Backwards vocal parts and an air of the exotic. Love it !!
https://pixeldrain.com/u/RCeR2QFF
https://krakenfiles.com/view/Y0wbbtVPHD/file.html
https://qiwi.gg/file/bYHA9451-Camouflage-TheGreatCommandmentMetronome885651-11987
Metronome – 885 651-1
| A | The Great Commandment (Extended Dance Mix) | 5:58 | |
| B1 | The Great Commandment (Extended Radio Mix) | 5:37 | |
| B2 | Pompeji | 5:23 |
Here is the US 12″ which includes the John Luongo remix (with Gary Hellman) a commercial take but with plenty of layers to discover
https://pixeldrain.com/u/EUmNx5Yc
https://krakenfiles.com/view/KEZrujX9SA/file.html
https://qiwi.gg/file/2BP34571-Camouflage-TheGreatCommandment-RemixAtlantic0-864741988
Atlantic – 0-86474
| A1 | The Great Commandment (Justin Strauss Remix) | 7:18 | |
| A2 | The Great Commandment (Just Right Dub) | 5:35 | |
| A3 | The Great Commandment (Original 7″ Single) | 3:12 | |
| B1 | The Great Commandment (Acid Commandment Vocal) | 6:44 | |
| B2 | The Great Commandment (Great Commandment Luongo Mix 12″) | 6:10 | |
| B3 | Pompeji | 5:23 |
And finally the US Promo CD with yet 2 more variants. With I guess a Radio version at 3:14 with a quicker fade out. The other mix starts with some dramatic sampled sounds, the pick of all the mixes.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/924zN9A8
https://krakenfiles.com/view/UPOEEWa7kh/file.html
https://qiwi.gg/file/bqQP2604-Camouflage-TheGreatCommandmentAtlanticPR2508-21988
Atlantic – PR 2508-2
| 1 | The Great Commandment (Single Version) | 3:14 | |
| 2 | The Great Commandment (New 12″ Mix) | 6:15 |
myvinyldreams 
Can you re up this one? Sounds interesting.
Just done it, bizarre the link has expired, suppose to last 30 Days! Very Strange!
please re-up TAI
TIA
If you could re-up that would be great thanks
sorry – all fine now
reup?
No worries, re-upped for ya! One of the Commandments must be that the link expires in 7 days 🙂
Greatest Depeche Mode song ever (by a non-DM band)!!! Love the Acid Remix … Aciiiieed … I wish some label would put out a Justin Strauss compilation already … that man remixed every great song of the 80s
Clearly the greatest Depeche song not written by Depeche! Their first 2 albums are as great as Depeche’s Black Celebration and Music For The Masses! THANK YOU for all the great remix vinyls!