A Factory Sample | |
Type: | ep |
Artist: | Various artists |
Cover: | A Factory Sampler.png |
Released: | January 1979 [1] |
Recorded: | Cargo Studios, Rochdale 11 October 1978 (Joy Division) |
Genre: | Post-punk, industrial, comedy |
Length: | 27:40 |
Label: | Factory Records |
Producer: | Martin Zero, Laurie Latham, C.P. Lee and Cabaret Voltaire |
Chronology: | Joy Division singles and EPs |
Prev Title: | An Ideal for Living |
Prev Year: | 1978 |
Next Title: | Transmission |
Next Year: | 1979 |
A Factory Sample is a 7-inch double sampler EP released in January 1979 by Factory Records of Manchester, England. Funded by a small inheritance which had recently been bequeathed to Tony Wilson,[2] it was the first vinyl recording to be released by the label (FAC 1 was a concert at The Factory). The cover of the EP is made of rice paper, dyed silver and sealed inside a thin plastic bag.
The Joy Division tracks were later re-released on the band's 1988 compilation album Substance.
The Cabaret Voltaire tracks were later re-released on the 1990 double disc rarities compilation Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire.[3]
"Digital" (Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner) – 2:50
"No Communication" (The Durutti Column) – 4:57
"Acne" (Dowie) – 1:43
"Baader Meinhof" (Cabaret Voltaire) – 3:15