Sold Date: May 19, 2016
Start Date: May 15, 2016
Final Price: £29.95 £25.00 (GBP)
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Comprehensive singles collection from New Order. Substance covers the cream of their output from 1981 to 1987, all in luscious extended 12" mixes, over a lavish two-disc set. Outer sleeve very good - very slight discolouration due to age, and a discreet name in top right corner (see photos), but no creases, bumps or marks; inner sleeves excellent; most importantly, discs near-mint, barely played. 
I love vinyl and treat it right. Your record will be carefully cleaned and delivered in a rigid cardboard mailer - for a happy ending and years of vintage tune enjoyment. Free post and packing and rapid dispatch. 

Sample sound Too many to mention. Here are a couple of favourites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUjUTG3hwyQ&index=3&list=PLD9201FA33448C0A9&ab_channel=NightmareMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KUiXtz10Ho&index=12&list=PLD9201FA33448C0A9&ab_channel=NightmareMusic

Product review  It's a simple concept-the first dozen singles by New Order collected, but it's also a totally entertaining seven-year history of the band that married British post-punk alienation to the relentless hedonism of the dance floor. The band's hits were always deeply unconventional (like the haunting "Blue Monday", essentially a seven-minute drum machine test with a short lyric that alluded to the Falklands War), but they were brilliant productions, layering dozens of electronic countermelodies and percussion tricks over Bernard Sumner's uncertain warble and Peter Hook's lead bass parts. Though they're audio snapshots of the dance beats of their time, they've held up both as club classics and as idiosyncratic rock songs. --Douglas Wolk