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Housed in a cardboard box with 40 page booklet.  
Factory Communications: 1978-92 is an 8LP black vinyl boxed set with a 40 page booklet. 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.
Track Listing LP 1: 1978-80 Side 1 (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 Side 2 (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 LP 2: 1980-81 Side 3 (1980-81) Section 25 - Girls Don’t Count Crawling Chaos - Sex Machine A Certain Ratio - Flight The Names – Nightshift Side 4 (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 LP 3: 1981-82 Side 5 (1981) New Order - Everything’s Gone Green Tunnelvision - Watching The Hydroplanes The Durutti Column - Messidor A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water (LP version) Side 6 (1982) Royal Family and the Poor - Art on 45 Swamp Children - Taste What’s Rhythm New Order - Temptation LP 4: 1982-84 Side 7 (1982-83) 52nd Street - Cool As Ice New Order - Blue Monday Side 8 (1982-84) Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar (John Robie remix) Quando Quango - Love Tempo The Wake - Talk About The Past Side 9 (1983-84) LP 5: 1983-85 Side 9 (1983-84) New Order - Confusion Marcel King - Reach For Love Section 25 - Looking from A Hilltop (Megamix) Side 10 (1984-85) Stockholm Monsters - All At Once Life - Tell Me The Durutti Column - Without Mercy (Duet) James - Hymn From A Village Kalima – Trickery LP 6: 1985-87 Side 11 (1985-87) A Certain Ratio - Sounds Like Something Dirty Quando Quango - Genius Happy Mondays - Freaky Dancin’ Miaow - When It All Comes Down Side 12 (1987) The Railway Children - Brighter Biting Tongues - Compressor New Order - True Faith Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People LP 7: 1988-90 Side 13 (1988-89) New Order - Fine Time Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Think About the Future) Revenge - Seven Reasons Side 14 (1989-90) Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club mix) Electronic - Getting Away With It Happy Mondays - Step On Northside - Shall We Take A Trip LP 8: 1990-92 Side 15 (1990-91) England New Order - World In Motion Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro The Durutti Column - Home Electronic - Get The Message (DNA remix) Side 16 (1991-92) Northside - Take 5 Cath Carroll - Moves Like You (remix) The Other Two - Tasty Fish Happy Mondays - Sunshine and Love (Lionrock remix)