Factory: Communications 1978-92 (LP8)
Various ArtistsLPA (1978-79)
- JOY DIVISION - Digital
- CABARET VOLTAIRE - Baader Meinhof
- A CERTAIN RATIO - All Night Party
- OMD - Electricity (Factory version)
- JOY DIVISION - She’s Lost Control
- THE DISTRACTIONS - Time Goes By So Slow
LPB (1979-80)
- JOY DIVISION - Transmission
- THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Sketch For Summer
- X-O-DUS - English Black Boys
- JOY DIVISION - Love Will Tear Us Apart
- A CERTAIN RATIO - Shack Up
LPC (1980-81)
- SECTION 25 - Girls Don’t Count
- CRAWLING CHAOS - Sex Machine
- A CERTAIN RATIO - Flight
- THE NAMES – Nightshift
LPD (1981)
- NEW ORDER - Ceremony (original version)
- MINNY POPS - Dolphin’s Spurt
- JOHN DOWIE - It’s Hard To Be An Egg
- CRISPY AMBULANCE - Deaf
- SECTION 25 - Dirty Disco
LPE (1981)
- NEW ORDER - Everything’s Gone Green
- TUNNELVISION - Watching The Hydroplanes
- THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Messidor
- A CERTAIN RATIO - Knife Slits Water (LP version)
LPF (1982)
- ROYAL FAMILY AND THE POOR - Art on 45
- SWAMP CHILDREN - Taste What’s Rhythm
- NEW ORDER - Temptation
LPG (1982-83)
- 52ND STREET - Cool As Ice
- NEW ORDER - Blue Monday
LPH (1982-84)
- CABARET VOLTAIRE - Yashar (John Robie remix)
- QUANDO QUANGO - Love Tempo
- THE WAKE - Talk About The Past
LPI (1983-84)
- NEW ORDER - Confusion
- MARCEL KING - Reach For Love
- SECTION 25 - Looking from A Hilltop (Megamix)
LPJ (1984-85)
- STOCKHOLM MONSTERS - All At Once
- LIFE - Tell Me
- THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Without Mercy (Duet)
- JAMES - Hymn From A Village
- KALIMA – Trickery
LPK (1985-87)
- A CERTAIN RATIO - Sounds Like Something Dirty
- QUANDO QUANGO - Genius
- HAPPY MONDAYS - Freaky Dancin’
- MIAOW - When It All Comes Down
LPL (1987)
- THE RAILWAY CHILDREN - Brighter
- BITING TONGUES - Compressor
- NEW ORDER - True Faith
- HAPPY MONDAYS - 24 Hour Party People
LPM (1988-89)
- NEW ORDER - Fine Time
- HAPPY MONDAYS - W.F.L. (Think About the Future)
- REVENGE - Seven Reasons
LPN (1989-90)
- HAPPY MONDAYS - Hallelujah (Club mix)
- ELECTRONIC - Getting Away With It
- HAPPY MONDAYS - Step On
- NORTHSIDE - Shall We Take A Trip
LPO (1990-91)
- ENGLAND NEW ORDER - World In Motion
- HAPPY MONDAYS - Kinky Afro
- THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Home
- ELECTRONIC - Get The Message (DNA remix)
LPP (1991-92)
- NORTHSIDE - Take 5
- CATH CARROLL - Moves Like You (remix)
- THE OTHER TWO - Tasty Fish
- HAPPY MONDAYS - Sunshine and Love (Lionrock remix)
As part of our Factory Records 40th Anniversary celebrations we will be releasing an 8LP Boxed set version of FACTORY: Communications 1978-92 on 8th November 2019.
Originally released as a limited edition four CD collection in 2009, a tribute to the great Factory Records label as well as a dedication to the label's founder, the late Tony Wilson. The project celebrates 30 years of arguably the most important label in UK pop history, collating rare and obscure tracks from a diverse range of acts.
Features 63 tracks including cuts from New Order, Joy Division, the Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Electronic, a Certain Ratio, Section 25 and many others.
Sleeve notes written by Paul Morley.