Factory Records a fost o casă de discuri din Manchester activă între 1978 și 1992, care a definit epoca post-punk și new wave. Catalogul său cuprindea pionieri precum Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays sau A Certain Ratio.
Compilația pe vinil Factory Records (Communications 1978-92) ilustrează cei paisprezece ani de existență ai casei de discuri prin intermediul unei selecții de înregistrări cheie aranjate cronologic. De la lucrările timpurii ale Joy Division (Digital, Love Will Tear Us Apart) până la single-urile fundamentale ale New Order (Blue Monday, True Faith) și epoca madchester a Happy Mondays – acest box prezintă o trecere în revistă a unui sunet care a influențat generații de muzicieni. Alături de vedetele catalogului apar și nume mai puțin cunoscute precum Section 25, Cabaret Voltaire, The Durutti Column sau Quando Quango.
Melodii
1978-81
Joy Division– Digital 2:51
Cabaret Voltaire– Baader Meinhof 3:22
A Certain Ratio– All Night Party 3:13
OMD*– Electricity (Factory Version) 3:30
Joy Division– She's Lost Control 4:52
The Distractions– Time Goes By So Slow 3:19
Joy Division– Transmission 3:34
The Durutti Column– Sketch For Summer 2:56
X-O-Dus– English Black Boys 4:44
Joy Division– Love Will Tear Us Apart 3:24
A Certain Ratio– Shack Up 3:13
Section 25– Girls Don't Count 4:26
Crawling Chaos– Sex Machine 5:38
A Certain Ratio– Flight 6:03
The Names– Nightshift 3:35
New Order– Ceremony (Original Version) 4:22
Minny Pops– Dolphin's Spurt 2:49
John Dowie– It's Hard To Be An Egg 3:08
Crispy Ambulance– Deaf 3:55
Section 25– Dirty Disco 5:17
1981-84
New Order– Everything's Gone Green 5:30
Tunnelvision (2)– Watching The Hydroplanes 3:48
The Durutti Column– Messidor 2:28
A Certain Ratio– Knife Slits Water (LP Version) 7:32
Royal Family And The Poor– Art On 45 4:45
Swamp Children– Taste What's Rhythm 6:00
New Order– Temptation (Original 12-Inch Version) 8:52
52nd Street– Cool As Ice 7:44
New Order– Blue Monday 7:25
Cabaret Voltaire– Yashar (John Robie Remix) 7:27
Quando Quango– Love Tempo 7:51
The Wake– Talk About The Past 6:24
1983-87
New Order– Confusion (Original 12-Inch Version) 8:10
Marcel King– Reach For Love 5:24
Section 25– Looking From A Hilltop (Megamix) 8:07
Stockholm Monsters– All At Once 2:54
Life (3)– Tell Me 3:07
The Durutti Column– Without Mercy (Duet) 2:30
James– Hymn From A Village 2:50
Kalima– Trickery 4:25
A Certain Ratio– Sounds Like Something Dirty 6:56
Quando Quango– Genius 6:22
Happy Mondays– Freaky Dancin' 3:42
Miaow– When It All Comes Down 3:27
The Railway Children– Brighter 4:52
Biting Tongues– Compressor 4:49
New Order– True Faith 5:51
Happy Mondays– 24 Hour Party People 4:36
1988-92
New Order– Fine Time 4:42
Happy Mondays– W.F.L. (Think About The Future) 7:09
Revenge– Seven Reasons 4:06
Happy Mondays– Hallelujah (Club Mix) 6:26
Electronic– Getting Away With It 5:13
Happy Mondays– Step On 5:15
Northside (2)– Shall We Take A Trip 4:21
England New Order*– World In Motion 4:29
Happy Mondays– Kinky Afro 3:56
The Durutti Column– Home 5:36
Electronic– Get The Message (DNA Remix) 5:24
Northside (2)– Take 5 4:09
Cath Carroll– Moves Like You (Remix) 6:30
The Other Two– Tasty Fish 3:48
Happy Mondays– Sunshine And Love (Lionrock Remix) 7:17
