Factory Communications 1978 - 92 (Limited Edition Silver 8LP)
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Factory Communications 1978 - 92 (Limited Edition Silver 8LP)

SKU: #0190295395827

Lift lid box with 8 x 180gram silver heavyweight vinyl and 40 page booklet, previously released on CD. Limited run of 500 units.

8LP Black available here.

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Factory Communications: 1978-92 is an 8LP silver vinyl boxed set with a 40 page booklet. Being released as a limited run of 500 units, this box is a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Factory Records.

Originally released as a limited edition four CD collection in 2009, a tribute to the great Factory Records label as well as a dedication to the label's founder, the late Tony Wilson. The project celebrates 40 years of arguably the most important label in UK pop history, collating rare and obscure tracks from a diverse range of acts.

The set features 63 tracks including cuts from New Order, Joy Division, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Electronic, A Certain Ratio, Section 25 and many others. Sleeve notes written by Paul Morley.

 

LP 1: 1978-80
Side 1 (1978-79)
  1. Joy Division - Digital
  2. Cabaret Voltaire - Baader Meinhof
  3. A Certain Ratio - All Night Party
  4. OMD - Electricity (Factory version)
  5. Joy Division - Shes Lost Control
  6. The Distractions - Time Goes By So Slow
Side 2 (1979-80)
  1. Joy Division - Transmission
  2. The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer
  3. X-O-Dus - English Black Boys
  4. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
  5. A Certain Ratio - Shack Up
LP 2: 1980-81
Side 3 (1980-81)
  1. Section 25 - Girls Dont Count
  2. Crawling Chaos - Sex Machine
  3. A Certain Ratio - Flight
  4. The Names Nightshift
Side 4 (1981)
  1. New Order - Ceremony (original version)
  2. Minny Pops - Dolphins Spurt
  3. John Dowie - Its Hard To Be An Egg
  4. Crispy Ambulance - Deaf
  5. Section 25 - Dirty Disco
LP 3: 1981-82
Side 5 (1981)
  1. New Order - Everythings Gone Green
  2. Tunnelvision - Watching The Hydroplanes
  3. The Durutti Column - Messidor
  4. A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water (LP version)
Side 6 (1982)
  1. Royal Family and the Poor - Art on 45
  2. Swamp Children - Taste Whats Rhythm
  3. New Order - Temptation
LP 4: 1982-84
Side 7 (1982-83)
  1. 52nd Street - Cool As Ice
  2. New Order - Blue Monday
Side 8 (1982-84)
  1. Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar (John Robie remix)
  2. Quando Quango - Love Tempo
  3. The Wake - Talk About The Past Side 9 (1983-84)
LP 5: 1983-85
Side 9 (1983-84)
  1. New Order - Confusion
  2. Marcel King - Reach For Love
  3. Section 25 - Looking from A Hilltop (Megamix)
Side 10 (1984-85)
  1. Stockholm Monsters - All At Once
  2. Life - Tell Me
  3. The Durutti Column - Without Mercy (Duet)
  4. James - Hymn From A Village
  5. Kalima Trickery
LP 6: 1985-87
Side 11 (1985-87)
  1. A Certain Ratio - Sounds Like Something Dirty
  2. Quando Quango - Genius
  3. Happy Mondays - Freaky Dancin
  4. Miaow - When It All Comes Down
Side 12 (1987)
  1. The Railway Children - Brighter
  2. Biting Tongues - Compressor
  3. New Order - True Faith
  4. Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
LP 7: 1988-90
Side 13 (1988-89)
  1. New Order - Fine Time
  2. Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Think About the Future)
  3. Revenge - Seven Reasons
Side 14 (1989-90)
  1. Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club mix)
  2. Electronic - Getting Away With It
  3. Happy Mondays - Step On
  4. Northside - Shall We Take A Trip
LP 8: 1990-92
Side 15 (1990-91)
  1. England New Order - World In Motion
  2. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
  3. The Durutti Column - Home
  4. Electronic - Get The Message (DNA remix)
Side 16 (1991-92)
  1. Northside - Take 5
  2. Cath Carroll - Moves Like You (remix)
  3. The Other Two - Tasty Fish
  4. Happy Mondays - Sunshine and Love (Lionrock remix)