Factory: Communications 1978-92

Factory Communications: 1978-92 is an 8LP vinyl boxed set with a 40 page booklet. Being released as a limited run, this box is a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Factory Records.

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 40 years of arguably the most important label in UK pop history, collating rare and obscure tracks from a diverse range of acts.

The set 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.

[LP1: 1978-80] A1. Joy Division - Digital / A2. Cabaret Voltaire - Baader Meinhof / A3. A Certain Ratio - All Night Party / A4. OMD - Electricity (Factory version) / A5. Joy Division - She’s Lost Control / A6. The Distractions - Time Goes By So Slow / B1. Joy Division - Transmission / B2. The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer / B3. X-O-Dus - English Black Boys / B4. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart / B5. A Certain Ratio - Shack Up

[LP2: 1980-81] A1. Section 25 - Girls Don’t Count / A2. Crawling Chaos - Sex Machine / A3. A Certain Ratio - Flight / A4. The Names – Nightshift / B1. New Order - Ceremony (original version) / B2. Minny Pops - Dolphin’s Spurt / B3. John Dowie - It’s Hard To Be An Egg / B4. Crispy Ambulance - Deaf / B5. Section 25 - Dirty Disco

[LP3: 1981-82] A1. New Order - Everything’s Gone Green / A2. Tunnelvision - Watching The Hydroplanes / A3. The Durutti Column - Messidor / A4. A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water (LP version) / B1. Royal Family and the Poor - Art on 45 / B2. Swamp Children - Taste What’s Rhythm / B3. New Order - Temptation

[LP4: 1982-84] A1. 52nd Street - Cool As Ice / A2. New Order - Blue Monday / B1. Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar (John Robie remix) / B2. Quando Quango - Love Tempo / B3. The Wake - Talk About The Past

[LP5: 1983-85] A1. New Order - Confusion / A2. Marcel King - Reach For Love / A3. Section 25 - Looking from A Hilltop (Megamix) / B1. Stockholm Monsters - All At Once / B2. Life - Tell Me / B3. The Durutti Column - Without Mercy (Duet) / B4. James - Hymn From A Village / B5. Kalima – Trickery

[LP6: 1985-87] A1. A Certain Ratio - Sounds Like Something Dirty / A2. Quando Quango - Genius / A3. Happy Mondays - Freaky Dancin’ / A4. Miaow - When It All Comes Down / B1. The Railway Children - Brighter / B2. Biting Tongues - Compressor / B3. New Order - True Faith / B4. Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People

[LP7: 1988-90] A1. New Order - Fine Time / A2. Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Think About the Future) / A3. Revenge - Seven Reasons / B1. Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club mix) / B2. Electronic - Getting Away With It / B3. Happy Mondays - Step On / B4. Northside - Shall We Take A Trip

[LP8: 1990-92] A1. England New Order - World In Motion / A2. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro / A3. The Durutti Column - Home / A4. Electronic - Get The Message (DNA remix) / B1. Northside - Take 5 / B2. Cath Carroll - Moves Like You (remix) / B3. The Other Two - Tasty Fish / B4. Happy Mondays - Sunshine and Love (Lionrock remix)