A FACTORY SAMPLE

FACTORY RECORDS OF MANCHESTER

Absolutely genuine, complete and original issue of this very rare item

Printed sleeve is enclosed in plastic shrink wrap, all stickers are present, as are the trail-off groove notations

British issue, two 45's packaged in a gatefold sleeve

Hard to find in such complete and desirable condition

The tracks on this record are:

A Factory Sample

Joy Division - Tears In Their Eyes
(1. Digital 2. Glass)

The Durutti Column - Occasional Labour In Culture
(1. No Communication 2. Thin Ice (Detail))

John Dowie - A Piece Of The Cake; 3 Songs That Spell FAG
(1. Acne 2. Idiot 3. Hitler's Liver)

Cabaret Voltaire - Lips Of Sulphur
(1. Baader-Meinhof 2. Sex In Secret)

From wikipedia.org and joydivisioncentral.com:
Joy Division formed in Manchester in 1977. The band dissolved in May 1980 after the suicide of its lead singer, Ian Curtis. The remaining members reformed as New Order a couple of months later.

Though they found only modest success during their career, and released only two albums, Joy Division have since been acclaimed as one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era; Thom Jurek writes "They left just a small bit of music and an echo that still rings".

Joy Division were labelled by many as a dark and depressive band, due to the bleakness of their music and the suicide of Ian Curtis. The remaining members of Joy Division and people who knew the band have always denied this, however.

The group played their first gig as Joy Division on January 25, 1978.

At the Stiff Records Test / Chiswick Challenge at Rafters on April 14th of 1978, the band had an opportunity to impress not only Rob Gretton (who would become their manager) but also Tony Wilson, already a well-known presenter on Granada TV. During the evening Ian took the opportunity to harangue Tony Wilson for not giving Joy Division a slot on his TV show. The running order was rearranged so that Joy Division went on last. As a result the band were so wound up that both Tony and Rob Gretton were won over by the sheer energy of their performance

The Russell Club in Manchester had been taken over on Friday nights for gigs organised by Tony Wilson and friends. They called this venue The Factory. Joy Division's first Factory gig was on June 9th 1978. Peter Saville was asked to design the poster for the early Factory concerts, the first of many designs which became a feature of Factory's work in general and Joy Division's albums in particular.

In the summer of 1978 Joy Division were members of the Manchester Musicians Collective, which held court at the Band on the Wall. The band was now rehearsing at a disused warehouse, converted into a rehearsal studio complex by Tony Davidson, owner of the TJM record label (some accounts also involve Tony Davidson in the production of An Ideal For Living; in other versions he was approached but was not interested). The austere rehearsal room seemed to reflect and amplify the band's haunting sound, which was starting to move away from its punk roots.

Tony Wilson arranged for the band to appear on Granada TV on September 20th. They performed Shadowplay on the magazine program Granada Reports. A stark set, overlaid with bleak "centre of the city" shots taken from a Granada documentary programme, enhanced the impact of the music to make it a memorable performance.

Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus had decided to start up a record label. Like the Factory club, Factory Records was intended to encourage and promote local talent. Soon afterwards Peter Saville joined on a regular footing, and later Rob Gretton and Martin Hannett also became partners. Initially Factory's main band was Durutti Column, but when the new label decided to put together a sample of the work of several local artists, Joy Division were one of those asked to participate.

On October 11th they went into the Cargo Studios in Rochdale to record two songs for the compilation EP A Factory Sample. This was financed by Tony Wilson and sold out its only pressing two months after its release, in December 1978. This was the band's first session with Martin Hannett as producer, performing Digital and Glass. It was the first release to document the haunting and atmospheric sound that Joy Division had been developing since that past summer.

UK Double 7" Single With Gatefold Picture Sleeve With Sticker Inserts

Catalogue Number FAC-2

Record One: Mint- Condition
Record Two / Side One: Very Good Condition
Record Two / Side Two: Mint- Condition

Gatefold Picture Sleeve: Very Good+ Condition

Sticker Insert: Mint Condition

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