Factory Communications 1978 - 92 (8LP Black)
Lift lid box with 8 x 180gram black heavyweight vinyl and 40 page booklet, previously released on CD.
Factory Communications: 1978-92 is an 8LP black vinyl boxed set with a 40 page booklet. 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)
- Joy Division - Digital
- Cabaret Voltaire - Baader Meinhof
- A Certain Ratio - All Night Party
- OMD - Electricity (Factory version)
- Joy Division - Shes Lost Control
- The Distractions - Time Goes By So Slow
Side 2 (1979-80)
- Joy Division - Transmission
- The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer
- X-O-Dus - English Black Boys
- Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
- A Certain Ratio - Shack Up
LP 2: 1980-81
Side 3 (1980-81)
- Section 25 - Girls Dont Count
- Crawling Chaos - Sex Machine
- A Certain Ratio - Flight
- The Names Nightshift
Side 4 (1981)
- New Order - Ceremony (original version)
- Minny Pops - Dolphins Spurt
- John Dowie - Its Hard To Be An Egg
- Crispy Ambulance - Deaf
- Section 25 - Dirty Disco
LP 3: 1981-82
Side 5 (1981)
- New Order - Everythings Gone Green
- Tunnelvision - Watching The Hydroplanes
- The Durutti Column - Messidor
- A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water (LP version)
Side 6 (1982)
- Royal Family and the Poor - Art on 45
- Swamp Children - Taste Whats Rhythm
- New Order - Temptation
LP 4: 1982-84
Side 7 (1982-83)
- 52nd Street - Cool As Ice
- New Order - Blue Monday
Side 8 (1982-84)
- Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar (John Robie remix)
- Quando Quango - Love Tempo
- The Wake - Talk About The Past Side 9 (1983-84)
LP 5: 1983-85
Side 9 (1983-84)
- New Order - Confusion
- Marcel King - Reach For Love
- Section 25 - Looking from A Hilltop (Megamix)
Side 10 (1984-85)
- Stockholm Monsters - All At Once
- Life - Tell Me
- The Durutti Column - Without Mercy (Duet)
- James - Hymn From A Village
- Kalima Trickery
LP 6: 1985-87
Side 11 (1985-87)
- A Certain Ratio - Sounds Like Something Dirty
- Quando Quango - Genius
- Happy Mondays - Freaky Dancin
- Miaow - When It All Comes Down
Side 12 (1987)
- The Railway Children - Brighter
- Biting Tongues - Compressor
- New Order - True Faith
- Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
LP 7: 1988-90
Side 13 (1988-89)
- New Order - Fine Time
- Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Think About the Future)
- Revenge - Seven Reasons
Side 14 (1989-90)
- Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club mix)
- Electronic - Getting Away With It
- Happy Mondays - Step On
- Northside - Shall We Take A Trip
LP 8: 1990-92
Side 15 (1990-91)
- England New Order - World In Motion
- Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
- The Durutti Column - Home
- Electronic - Get The Message (DNA remix)
Side 16 (1991-92)
- Northside - Take 5
- Cath Carroll - Moves Like You (remix)
- The Other Two - Tasty Fish
- Happy Mondays - Sunshine and Love (Lionrock remix)