Comments on: Rhino Records Has Factory Records Die-Hards’ Number

By: BenRad

BenRad — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:09:49 +0000

Hopefully Rhino will fuck this up as badly as they fucked up the New Order reissues and I won’t have to buy this either. BAH!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:35:56 +0000

Beyond no Thick Pigeon (‘Subway’ would be a perfect disc closer), where the hell is Antena? What Swamp Children track can top ‘Achilles’? I mean, sure, it’s on Crépuscule, but doesn’t Factory Benelux count for something? No respect for the Belgians…

By: westartedthis

westartedthis — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:26:16 +0000

you obviously can’t make a factory records comp without joy division. but doesn’t everyone who would want to buy this already own JD’s complete discography, including rarities, possibly several times over? i balk at re-buying a bunch of joy division songs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:20:16 +0000

Only ONE song from the Mondays’ “Yes, Please”?!?!?. This is insufficient tribute to Shaun Ryder’s legendary Barbadian crack jag, the binge that killed the great label.

By: CloudCarrier

CloudCarrier — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:15:51 +0000

I'd click yes if only for a good remastering job, as even the post-Palatine discs I never stopped spinning (Too Young To Know, To Wild To Care & Different Colours, Different Shades on London in the mid-90's) sourced their material from vinyl, specifically for that tasty Crawling Chaos track, and even the Quando Quango if I'm not mistaken. I should just be thankful that a legit version of Marcel King's "Reach Out For Love" will be available again for all my nieces and nephews to buy for a few bucks, eventually, right? Shaun probably owns the rights to it by now, anyway.

Actually, if this includes one photo of Mark Robinson's bedroom ca. 1989, I will buy it immediately.

By: hndinglove

hndinglove — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:54:14 +0000

also, only one Stockholm Monsters track? travesty.

i already own New Order/Joy Division's discography like, three times over, so this set is pretty meh.

By: soundbitesnyc

soundbitesnyc — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:35:19 +0000

Yeah, this is pretty similiar to the Palatine tracklisting…

Disc: 1
1. Transmission – Joy Division
2. Electricity – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
3. All Night Party – A Certain Ratio
4. Sketch for Summer – The Durutti Column, The Durutti Column
5. English Black Boys
6. You’re No Good – ESG
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
8. Folklore – James
9. Flight – A Certain Ratio
10. New Horizon – Section 25
11. Ceremony – New Order
12. Happy Ever After – The Stockholm Monsters
13. Tingle – Quando Quango

Disc: 2
1. Shack Up – A Certain Ratio
2. Beach – New Order
3. Looking from a Hilltop – Section 25
4. Skip Scada – A Certain Ratio
5. Sparkle – Kalima
6. Reach for Love – Marcel King
7. Yashar – Cabaret Voltaire
8. Cool as Ice – 52nd Street
9. Confusion – New Order
10. N’Sel Fik – Fadela
11. Genius – Quando Quango
12. 24 Hour Party People – Happy Mondays

Disc: 3
1. Wilderness – Joy Division
2. Watching the Hydroplanes – Tunnelvision
3. Time Goes by So Slow – Distractions
4. Talk About the Past – The Wake
5. Party Line – The Stockholm Monsters
6. Kuff Dam – Happy Mondays
7. Age of Consent – New Order
8. Brighter – Railway Children
9. Otis – The Durutti Column
10. When It All Comes Down – Miaow
11. Seven Reasons – Revenge
12. Hymn from a Village – James

Disc: 4
1. True Faith – New Order
2. Think About the Future – Happy Mondays,
3. Together Mix – The Durutti Column
4. Shall We Take a Trip – Northside
5. World in Motion – New Order
6. World Is in Heaven [Classical Version] – Steve Martland
7. Getting Away With It – Electronic
8. Pulling My Fingers Off – Wendys
9. Moves Like You – Cath Carroll
10. My Rising Star – Northside
11. Step on Remix ’91 – Happy Mondays
12. Atmosphere – Joy Division

There was a lot of crap on Factory.

By: mike a

mike a — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:11:33 +0000

Other than a nice Seville cover, what does this offer that the Palatine box set didn’t?

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:26:54 +0000

@Dan Gibson: I'm doing the Bez dance in your general direction.

By: Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:59:46 +0000

@everyone dissing the Mondays: Heretics.

By: DocStrange

DocStrange — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:04:30 +0000

This pleases me. @Dickdogfood: Wasn't FAC 512 Tony Wilson's casket?

This is a nice tracklisting. I already own most of this stuff (yes, even The Other Two. "Tasty Fish" is a fantastic song) but i'll buy it for the stuff i don't.

By: Dick Laurent is dead.

Dick Laurent is dead. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:39:19 +0000

Musically I have no reason to buy this, ‘cept “Freaky Dancin”…but I am a sucker for Saville and good writing about Factory. I agree there’s too much Mondays on here though, I wrote them off after “Bummed” to be honest.

By: moomintroll

moomintroll — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:25:01 +0000

@10:02am: What, and miss out on the the John Barnes rap on "World In Motion"? Never!

By: 10:02am

10:02am — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:16:31 +0000

You can just throw that fourth disc right in the trash can’t you

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:14:17 +0000

They've left off Thick Pigeon.

Oh well, its not like I had the money to spend on it anyway...

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:56:57 +0000

Seriously, that is a lot of Happy Mondays. Like, perhaps too much. What a strange assortment of odds and ends. Here's hoping the liner notes gloss reasons behind the track selection? PAGING PAUL MORLEY.

(Oh. Hahah. He IS doing the liner notes!!)

Wait, Jon Savage curated the selection, but Morley's writing the liner notes? That's weird.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:48:36 +0000

Including Crawling Chaos -- nice.

I wonder if they're just going to rely on the LTM Recordings remasterings for the non-JD/NO/Happy Mondays stuff.

By: Dickdogfood

Dickdogfood — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:37:09 +0000

Will this be FAC 512?

By: 10:02am

10:02am — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:36:12 +0000

No Ike Yard?

By: dippinkind

dippinkind — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:34:10 +0000

if only the ratio of Miaow and Happy Mondays tracks were reversed (granted, that might end up being ALL the released Miaow tracks, including ones not on Factory, but there is supposed to be an unreleased album out there…)