{"product_id":"factory-communications-1978-92","title":"Factory Communications: 1978-92","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released as a limited edition four CD collection in 2009, \u003ci\u003eFactory Communications: 1978-92\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to the label as well as a dedication to the founder, the late Tony Wilson. Making its debut on vinyl, the project celebrates arguably the most important label in UK pop history, collating rare and obscure tracks from a diverse range of acts. It features 63 tracks including cuts from New Order, Joy Division, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Electronic, A Certain Ratio, Section 25 and many others and includes sleeve notes written by Paul Morley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFactory records was founded in 1978 when former Granada TV presenter Tony Wilson teamed up with Alan Erasmus, soon to be joined by maverick producer Martin Hannett. The Factory name was first used for a club featuring local bands including The Durutti Column, Cabaret Voltaire and Joy Division. The founding members of the label decided to release an EP of music by the acts who had performed there; “A Factory Sample” - and Factory Records was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFactory was however much more than just it’s headline acts. \u003ci\u003eFactory Communications: 1978-92\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the label from the first release through an extremely diverse roster of acts from the cutting edge post punk of A Certain Ratio, Cabaret Voltaire, The Railway Children, OMD, James and Joy Division to obscurities such as Section 25, Biting Tongues, Crispy Ambulance, Miaow and Swamp Children via early dance culture - ESG and 52nd Street, to the full flowering of the ‘Madchester scene’, ending fittingly with the last Factory release, \u003ci\u003eSunshine and Love\u003c\/i\u003e by Happy Mondays. Sleeve notes written by Paul Morley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 1 (1978-79)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy Division - Digital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCabaret Voltaire - Baader Meinhof\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Certain Ratio - All Night Party \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOMD - Electricity (Factory version) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy Division - She’s Lost Control\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Distractions - Time Goes By So Slow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 2 (1979-80)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy Division - Transmission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eX-O-Dus - English Black Boys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Certain Ratio - Shack Up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 3 (1980-81)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 25 - Girls Don’t Count\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrawling Chaos - Sex Machine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Certain Ratio - Flight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Names – Nightshift\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 4 (1981)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order - Ceremony (original version)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinny Pops - Dolphin’s Spurt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Dowie - It’s Hard To Be An Egg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrispy Ambulance - Deaf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 25 - Dirty Disco\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 5 (1981)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order - Everything’s Gone Green\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTunnelvision - Watching The Hydroplanes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Durutti Column - Messidor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water (LP version)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 6 (1982)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoyal Family and the Poor - Art on 45\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwamp Children - Taste What’s Rhythm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order – Temptation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 7 (1982-83)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52nd Street - Cool As Ice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order - Blue Monday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 8 (1982-84)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCabaret Voltaire - Yashar (John Robie remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuando Quango - Love Tempo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wake - Talk About The Past Side 9 (1983-84)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 9 (1983-84)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order - Confusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcel King - Reach For Love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection 25 - Looking from A Hilltop (Megamix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 10 (1984-85)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStockholm Monsters - All At Once \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife - Tell Me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Durutti Column - Without Mercy (Duet)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames - Hymn From A Village\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKalima – Trickery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 11 (1985-87)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Certain Ratio - Sounds Like Something Dirty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuando Quango - Genius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappy Mondays - Freaky Dancin’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiaow - When It All Comes Down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 12 (1987)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Railway Children - Brighter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiting Tongues - Compressor \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order - True Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide 13 (1988-89)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Order - Fine Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappy Mondays - W.F.L. 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