‎– Blue Monday

Label:

‎– FAC 73

Format:

, 12", 45 RPM, Single

Country:

Released:

Genre:

Style:

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Tracklist

A

7:29

B

7:19

Companies, etc. Published By – Mastered At – Mastered At – Credits Design [Uncredited] – Engineer – Engineer [Assistant] – , Producer – Notes

Published by B Music 1983.
A Factory Record.

First edition. Later UK editions can have a die-cut cover with thin matte black inner sleeve, or a die-cut cover with thick glossy black inner sleeve, or a plain black with just the colour coding and different inner sleeves.

The coloured strip is not random - it spells out the Catalog#, band name and both song titles.
The back cover of "Power, Corruption and Lies" has the same colour coding, done with the alphabet (a decoder ring).

First pressing: 60,000 copies (30,000 pre-sales).
Initial A1/B1 pressings are characterized by a heavy and opaque vinyl. Runout space is 0.35 inches. The first edition thick silver inner sleeve has straight top corners.

"Outvoted" in the runout refers to an error made by the Strawberry engineer, who brought up the fader too late and missed the first drumbeat. New Order took a vote as to whether the mistake should stay, and the yes vote prevailed.

MINT vinyl (with some superficial sleeve scuffs) and MINT cover

I am the original owner who worked at an indie record store in late 70's /early 80's and spent many a pay check collecting vinyl!

Part of my large private collection of mostly MINT, NEVER PLAYED records which have been stored safely since purchase and kept in a smoke free / pet free environment.

Rest assured the items I am selling are in the condition stated, and most never even hit the shelves of the store I worked in as I would buy straight out of the box and handle with care!

Regarding vinyl, if you would like the item taken out of the jacket cover to avoid any potential seam splits, please advise otherwise item will be packed as is but securely and in most cases should not be an issue with seam splits.

 

SHIPPING:
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CANADA - $16.50 and each additional vinyl record only extra $3. (double albums count as 2 records etc.).

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International Bidders:

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Ships from a smoke free/pet free home in heavy duty mailer.

Thanks and good luck!