Various Artists – Factory Communications 1978-92 //Factory Records / Rhino// (Released 29th November)

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£127.99 – 8xLP Boxset

Factory Communications: 1978-92 is a tribute to the label as well as a dedication to the founder, the late Tony Wilson. 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.

Factory 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.

Factory Records was however much more than just its headline acts. Factory Communications: 1978-92 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, “Sunshine And Love” by Happy Mondays.

Tracklisting:

Side A (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 – She’s Lost Control
6. The Distractions – Time Goes By So Slow

Side B (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

Side C (1980-81):

1. Section 25 – Girls Don’t Count
2. Crawling Chaos – Sex Machine
3. A Certain Ratio – Flight
4. The Names – Nightshift

Side D (1981):

1. New Order – Ceremony (Original Version)
2. Minny Pops – Dolphin’s Spurt
3. John Dowie – It’s Hard To Be An Egg
4. Crispy Ambulance – Deaf
5. Section 25 – Dirty Disco

Side E (1981):

1. New Order – Everything’s Gone Green
2. Tunnelvision – Watching The Hydroplanes
3. The Durutti Column – Messidor
4. A Certain Ratio – Knife Slits Water (LP version)

Side F (1982):

1. Royal Family And The Poor – Art On 45
2. Swamp Children – Taste What’s Rhythm
3. New Order – Temptation

Side G (1982-83):

1. 52nd Street – Cool As Ice
2. New Order – Blue Monday

Side H (1982-84):

1. Cabaret Voltaire – Yashar (John Robie remix)
2. Quando Quango – Love Tempo
3. The Wake – Talk About The Past

Side I (1983-84):

1. New Order – Confusion
2. Marcel King – Reach For Love
3. Section 25 – Looking from A Hilltop (Megamix)

Side J (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

Side K (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 L (1987):

1. The Railway Children – Brighter
2. Biting Tongues – Compressor
3. New Order – True Faith
4. Happy Mondays – 24 Hour Party People

Side M (1988-89):

1. New Order – Fine Time
2. Happy Mondays – Wrote For Luck
3. Revenge – Seven Reasons

Side N (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

Side O (1990-91):

1. New Order – World In Motion
2. Happy Mondays – Kinky Afro
3. The Durutti Column – Home
4. Electronic – Get The Message (DNA remix)

Side P (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)