Factory Records: Communications 1978-92

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▼ CD 1
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1Digital
engineer:
John Brierley and Chris Nagle
producer:
Martin Hannett and Laurie Latham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Cargo Studios in Rochdale, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Digital
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
Joy Division42:52
2Baader Meinhof
recording of:
Baader Meinhof
composer:
Richard H. Kirk (English electronic / industrial musician), Stephen Mallinder (member of Cabaret Voltaire) and Chris Watson (experimental electronic musician)
Cabaret Voltaire3:24
3All Night Party
A Certain Ratio3:15
4Electricity
engineer:
Paul Collister
co-producer:
Paul Collister and Orchestral Manoeuvres
recorded at:
Henry’s Studio in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Electricity
writer:
Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) and Andy McCluskey
publisher:
Dinsong Music, EMI/Virgin Music Publishing Ltd. and VC II
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark3:45
5She's Lost Control
producer:
Martin Hannett
recorded at:
Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
She’s Lost Control
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Fractured Music (publisher) and Zomba Management and Publishers Ltd.
Joy Division54:55
6Time Goes by So Slow
recording of:
Time Goes by So Slow
composer:
Mike Finney and Steve Perrin
The Distractions3:22
7Transmission
producer:
Martin Hannett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
part of:
NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 20)
recording of:
Transmission
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
Joy Division4.653:36
8Sketch for Summer
recording of:
Sketch for Summer
composer:
Vini Reilly
The Durutti Column2:58
9English Black Boys
X-O-Dus4:46
10Love Will Tear Us Apart
producer:
Joy Division and Martin Hannett
bass:
Peter Hook
drums (drum set):
Stephen Morris (New Order)
guitar:
Bernard Albrecht
vocals:
Bernard Albrecht and Ian Curtis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 5), Q50 - December 2005 (number: 6), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 14), NME: Greatest “Indie” Anthems Ever: 2007 (number: 19), Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 41) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 179)
recording of:
Love Will Tear Us Apart
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Fractured Music (publisher) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Joy Division4.453:26
11Shack Up
producer:
A Certain Ratio (English post-punk band) and Tony Wilson (Factory Records)
cover recording of:
Shack Up
writer:
Joseph Anthony Carter and Moe Daniels
publisher:
United Artists
A Certain Ratio3:15
12Girls Don't Count
Section 254:29
13Sex Machine
recording of:
Sex Machine
Crawling Chaos5:40
14Flight
producer:
Martin Hannett
recording of:
Flight
writer:
Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio), Jeremy Kerr, Martin Moscrop, Peter Terrell and Simon Topping
A Certain Ratio6:05
15Night Shift
The Names3:37
16Ceremony (original version)
recording of:
Ceremony
additional lyricist:
Peter Hook and Bernard Sumner
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Be Music (New Order’s own publishing company) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
New Order4:37
17Dolphin's Spurt
Minny Pops2:51
18It's Hard to Be an Egg
John Dowie3:10
19Deaf
Crispy Ambulance53:57
20Dirty Disco
Section 255:20
▼ CD 2
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1Everything's Gone Green
producer:
Martin Hannett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1987)
recording of:
Everything’s Gone Green
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Be Music (New Order’s own publishing company), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
New Order35:34
2Watching the Hydroplanes
Tunnelvision3:52
3Messidor
recording of:
Messidor
composer:
Vini Reilly
The Durutti Column2:31
4Knife Slits Water
A Certain Ratio7:36
5Art on 45
Royal Family and the Poor4:49
6Taste What's Rhythm
Swamp Children6:06
7Temptation
recording of:
Temptation (New Order)
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Be Music (New Order’s own publishing company) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
New Order8:58
8Cool as Ice
52nd Street7:48
9Blue Monday
producer:
New Order (UK synth pop band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1987)
samples:
Uran by Kraftwerk
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 61) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 235)
recording of:
Blue Monday
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Fractured Music (publisher), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
New Order3.87:29
10Yashar (John Robie remix)
remixer:
John Robie
recording of:
Yashar
composer:
Richard H. Kirk (English electronic / industrial musician), Stephen Mallinder (member of Cabaret Voltaire) and Chris Watson (experimental electronic musician)
Cabaret Voltaire7:31
11Love Tempo
Quando Quango7:55
12Talk About the Past
engineer:
Chris Jones (UK producer/engineer, keyboards for Revenge), Stewart Pickering and Tim Oliver (UK producer and engineer)
producer:
Oz (producer for Factory Records)
piano:
Vini Reilly
recording of:
Talk About the Past
writer:
Carolyn Allen, Steven Allen (co-founder of The Wake), Alex "Mac" MacPherson (The Wake bassist) and Gerard "Caesar" McNulty
The Wake6:25
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1Confusion
recording of:
Confusion
writer:
Arthur Baker (American record producer and DJ), Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Be Music (New Order’s own publishing company), Shakin’ Baker Music and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
New Order8:13
2Reach for Love
Marcel King5:28
3Looking From a Hilltop
Section 258:11
4All at Once
recording engineer:
Chris Jones (UK producer/engineer, keyboards for Revenge)
producer:
Be Music and Michael Johnson (UK recording engineer and producer)
recording of:
All at Once
writer:
Stockholm Monsters
Stockholm Monsters2:57
5Tell Me
Life3:10
6A Little Mercy (Duet)
The Durutti Column2:33
7Hymn From a Village
recording of:
Hymn From a Village
writer:
Tim Booth, Paul Gilbertson, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott and Gavan Whelan
James2:54
8Trickery
Kalima4:29
9Sounds Like Something Dirty
producer:
A Certain Ratio (English post-punk band)
recording of:
Sounds Like Something Dirty
writer:
Andy Connell, Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio), Jeremy Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Tony Quigley
A Certain Ratio6:57
10Genius
Quando Quango6:26
11Freaky Dancin'
recording of:
Freaky Dancin’
Happy Mondays3:46
12When It All Comes Down
Miaow3:30
13Brighter
The Railway Children4:55
14Compressor
Biting Tongues4:53
15True Faith
producer:
Stephen Hague and New Order (UK synth pop band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1987)
recording of:
True Faith
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Hague, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Be Music (New Order’s own publishing company), Cut Music (UK publisher), MCA Music Inc. (US-based music publishers), Notting Hill Music (publisher) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
part of:
American Psycho
New Order3.755:54
1624 Hour Party People
engineer:
Dave Young (engineer)
recording of:
24 Hr Party People
writer:
Paul Davis (UK keyboardist for Happy Mondays), Mark Day (from Happy Mondays), Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan
Happy Mondays4.54:38
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1Fine Time
producer:
New Order (UK synth pop band)
recording of:
Fine Time
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
New Order44:46
2W.F.L. (Think About the Future)
engineer:
Laurence Diana
remixer:
Paul Oakenfold
recording of:
W.F.L. (Think About the Future)
composer:
Paul Davis (UK keyboardist for Happy Mondays), Mark Day (from Happy Mondays), Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan
publisher:
London Music
Happy Mondays3.657:13
3Seven Reasons
Revenge4:09
4Hallelujah (club mix)
recording of:
Hallelujah
composer:
Paul Davis (UK keyboardist for Happy Mondays), Mark Day (from Happy Mondays), Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (renamed as Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. since 2019/05/16)
Happy Mondays6:29
5Getting Away With It
recording of:
Getting Away With It
composer:
Johnny Marr, Bernard Sumner and Neil Tennant
Electronic5:16
6Step On
assistant recording engineer:
Dave Burnham (UK recording engineer)
recording engineer:
Ray Blair
producer and mixer:
Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne (producer)
bass guitar:
Paul Ryder
drums (drum set):
Gary Whelan
guitar:
Mark Day (from Happy Mondays)
keyboard:
Paul Davis (UK keyboardist for Happy Mondays)
lead vocals:
Shaun Ryder
performer:
Bez (UK percussionist Black Grape/Happy Mondays)
arranger:
Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne (producer)
cover recording of:
He’s Gonna Step on You Again
lyricist:
Shaun Ryder
writer:
Christos Demitriou and John Kongos
Happy Mondays3.655:19
7Shall We Take a Trip
producer:
Ian Broudie
Northside4:25
8World in Motion
engineer:
Mike “Spike” Drake
producer:
Stephen Hague and New Order (UK synth pop band)
background vocals:
Keith Allen (Welsh actor), Peter Beardsley, England National Football Team, Paul Gascoigne, Steve McMahon, Chris Waddle and Des Walker
spoken vocals:
Nigel Patrick (actor) and Kenneth Wolstenholme (football commentator) (in 1990)
spoken vocals [rap]:
John Barnes (English footballer, vocals on “World in Motion”)
vocals:
Keith Allen (Welsh actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company - file no releases here!) (in 1990)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 69)
recording of:
World in Motion
writer:
Keith Allen (Welsh actor), Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
is based on:
The B-Side
New Order34:33
9Kinky Afro
assistant recording engineer:
Dave Burnham (UK recording engineer)
recording engineer:
Ray Blair
producer and mixer:
Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne (producer)
bass guitar:
Paul Ryder
drums (drum set):
Gary Whelan
guitar:
Mark Day (from Happy Mondays)
keyboard:
Paul Davis (UK keyboardist for Happy Mondays)
guest vocals:
Rowetta
lead vocals:
Shaun Ryder
performer:
Bez (UK percussionist Black Grape/Happy Mondays)
arranger:
Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne (producer)
recording of:
Kinky Afro
lyricist:
Shaun Ryder
composer:
Paul Davis (UK keyboardist for Happy Mondays), Mark Day (from Happy Mondays), Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan
Happy Mondays4.554:00
10Home
The Durutti Column5:40
11Get the Message (DNA remix)
Electronic5:28
12Take 5
Northside4:12
13Moves Like You (remix)
recording of:
Moves Like You
composer:
Cath Carroll and Sim Lister
Cath Carroll6:33
14Tasty Fish (12" mix)
The Other Two3:51
15Sunshine and Love (Lionrock remix)
remixer:
Lionrock
recording of:
Sunshine and Love
writer:
Paul Davis (UK keyboardist for Happy Mondays), Mark Day (from Happy Mondays), Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder and Gary Whelan
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Happy Mondays7:20