{"product_id":"always-now-deluxe","title":"Always Now (Deluxe)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFactory Benelux is proud to present a deluxe 5 disc vinyl box set edition of \u003ci\u003eAlways Now,\u003c\/i\u003e the debut album by cult Factory Records group Section 25, produced by legendary sonic architect Martin Hannett and sleeved by Peter Saville. Recorded as a trio at Pink Floyd’s Britannia Row studio in London in January 1981, \u003ci\u003eAlways Now\u003c\/i\u003e combined austere post-punk rhythm and noise with elements of Can, Krautrock and modern psychedelia. Key tracks include \u003ci\u003eFriendly Fires, Dirty Disco\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e, along with \u003ci\u003eC.P.\u003c\/i\u003e (a collaboration with Hannett) and \u003ci\u003eHit \u003c\/i\u003e(extensively sampled by Kanye West for the track \u003ci\u003eF.M.L. \u003c\/i\u003eon his 2016 album \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Pablo\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisc 2 gathers together several non-album singles from 1980 and 1981, including \u003ci\u003eCharnel Ground, Je Veux Ton Amour \u003c\/i\u003eand debut EP \u003ci\u003eGirls Don’t Count\u003c\/i\u003e – the latter produced by mentors Rob Gretton and Ian Curtis (of Joy Division). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisc 3 offers a complete live show professionally recorded at Groningen (Netherlands) on 26 October 1980, as part of a Factory package tour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisc 4 is part-improvised second studio album \u003ci\u003eThe Key of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, recorded and produced by the band themselves a few months after \u003ci\u003eAlways Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and released by Factory Benelux in June 1982. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisc 5 consists of further experimental material recorded in 1981 and self-released on a cassette called \u003ci\u003eIlluminus Illumina\u003c\/i\u003e. This final disc closes with an extended (and previously unreleased) live encore jam recorded with all four members of New Order at Reading University on 8 May 1981.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll tracks are newly re-mastered from the original quarter-inch tapes. The first 1000 copies of the box set are pressed in coloured vinyl: disc 1 (black); disc 2 (clear); disc 3 (yellow); disc 4 (red); disc 5 (silver). The outer case in printed in PMS 123 with spot varnish. The 16 page booklet features unseen images by noted photographer Philippe Carly and texts by founder members Larry and Vin Cassidy. Also included is the first ever interview with guitarist Paul Wiggin, whose sudden departure in late 1981 saw Tony Wilson try (and fail) to recruit pre-Smiths teenager Johnny Marr as replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Factory Benelux","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x5","offer_id":50506964074827,"sku":"1067055","price":74.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/fbba4277-4019-4ee9-864e-0a16233c2508_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727834503","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/always-now-deluxe","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}