New Order (circa 1982)

New Order, A Certain Ratio, More On Factory Records Dance Rarities Double Album

A new double album collection of Factory Records' 12-inch releases and rarities, which includes tracks from New Order, A Certain Ratio, Durutti Column and many more notable bands from legendary manager and label owner Tony Wilson's stable of artists from 1980-1987, will be released on October 11 as FAC.DANCE.

The project, compiled by Bill Brewster and released on Strut, might not quite parallel a night out with Wilson and label co-founder Alan Erasmus at their old Factory Records club (and eventual label) or the ill-fated Hacienda, but it's an excellent, edifying overview of the influential music which defined those venues, ranging from the sleek funk groove of Swamp Children to the thorny, breathless post-punk shuffle of A Certain Ratio.

FAC.DANCE will also feature band photographs of that era and original label artwork by Peter Saville, who designed virtually all (if not all) of Joy Division and New Order's album covers as well as titles by Pulp, OMD and Roxy Music.

Tracklisting for FAC.DANCE:

CD 1
Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop (Megamix) (8:12)
A Certain Ratio - Wild Party (4:17)
Quando Quango - Love Tempo (7:49)
52nd Street - Express (5:00)
Swamp Children - Little Voices (7:10)
Biting Tongues - Boss Toyota Trouble (5:30)
The Durutti Column - For Belgian Friends (Valuable Passages version) (5:22)
Royal Family & The Poor - Art On 45 (4:49)
A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water (12-inch version) (9:44)
Section 25 - Dirty Disco Blurt - Puppeteer (3:22)
X-O-Dus - See Them-A-Come (8.28)

CD 2
New Order - Confusion (Original 12" mix) 8.13
Shark Vegas - Pretenders Of Love (5:08)
52nd Street - Cool As Ice (Jellybean Mix) (7:29)
Streetlife - Act On Instinct (Hot Swedish Mix) (5:32)
The Hood - Salvation! (Nitromix) (12:05)
Abecedarians - Smiling Monarchs (6:47)
Quando Quango - Atom Rock (Mark Kamins Mix) 7:27)
Marcel King - Reach For Love (New York Remix) (5:26)
52nd Street - Look Into My Eyes (6:55)
Quando Quango - Genius (6:22)
Swamp Children - You've Got Me Beat (4:55)
The Durutti Column - Madeleine (3:00)

Digital only bonus tracks:
Minny Pops - Time (3.44)
Kalima - Black Water (6.35)
Royal Family & The Poor - Motherland (5:42)

Peter Saville, Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus