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Genre:Rock Style:New Wave
Tracklist:
A1. Exercise One 3:05 A2. Ice Age 2:22 A3. The Sound Of Music 3:53 A4. Glass 3:55 A5. The Only Mistake 4:15 B1. Walked In Line 2:46 B2. The Kill 2:14 B3. Something Must Break 2:47 B4. Dead Souls 4:52 B5. Sister Ray 7:34 C1. Ceremony 3:50 C2. Shadowplay 3:54 C3. Means To An End 4:01 C4. Passover 5:05 C5. New Dawn Fades 4:01 C6. Twenty Four Hours 4:00 D1. Transmission 3:33 D2. Disorder 3:20 D3. Isolation 3:05 D4. Decades 5:22 D5. Digital 3:53
General notes about this release (please note: our version may differ a little. see the comments above):
Cardboard gatefold sleeve with embossed printing.
The records have grey paper labels and are housed in strong grey cardboard sleeves similar to the cover, with one rounded corner.
There are three other UK vinyl versions on Factory:
Initial run released in a hardbound linen cloth sleeve.
Limited edition white gatefold sleeve with blue letters.
Reissue with a standard gatefold sleeve (records unload to the outside).
Tracks A1, A5, B1 and B2 recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, during sessions for the "Unknown Pleasures" album.
Tracks A2 and B4 recorded in October–November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, during sessions for the "Licht und Blindheit" single.
Track A3 recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, during sessions for the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single.
Track A4 recorded in October 1978 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, originally released on "A Factory Sample" in 1979.
Track B3 recorded in July–August 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, during sessions for the "Transmission" single.
Track B5 recorded live at the Moonlight Club, London on April 3, 1980.
Tracks C1 to D5 recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on May 2, 1980.
Published by Sunbury Music Ltd.
A Fractured Music • A Factory Record
Track C6 unlisted.
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout FACT 40 A2 GG MVSS3 TOWN HOUSE THE CHICKEN WONT STOP Matrix / Runout FACT 40 B2 GG MVSS2 TOWN HOUSE -< -< -< -< -< -< Matrix / Runout FACT 40 C2 MVSS2 GG TOWN HOUSE -< -< -< -< Matrix / Runout FACT 40 D2 GG TOWN HOUSE MVSS3 THE CHICKEN STOPS HERE
Published By Fractured Music Published By Sunbury Music Ltd. Recorded At The Moonlight Club Recorded At Birmingham University Printed By Garrod & Lofthouse Lacquer Cut At The Town House Mastered At Gedmal Galvanic Ltd. Pressed By MVS (Record Pressing) Ltd.
