New Order remasters from Japan?

Moderator on the NewOrderOnline.com forum:

"Just been talking to someone involved with the remasters - expect some fucking brilliant stuff, stuff you've never heard, that's all I am gonna say."

I know, they had a quote from fucking Peter Hook about it all but I'm too fucking bloody bladdered and amazed to fucking deal with it all. Please, let some Virgos sort it out or something. Speak some reality into my brain, please tell me it's not real that I can buy a remastered version of Movement with bonus tracks. Tell me it's not real because I know it can't be. I'm dreaming. Please pinch me.

IT'S ONLY MY FAVOURITE BAND IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE NOTHING IMPORTANT

Hooky's comment: "Listening to the remastered New Order LPs, as I've been doing recently, getting ready for those coming out, I was amazed at how good they sound, how powerful. The remastering's really helped them, which has been great."

FUCKING POWER CORRUPTION & LIES

"caught me at a bad time/so why don't you piss off?"

Here's what a wonderful human being on the Factory mailing list posted called Alan Waites:

"You must be having a Blue Monday, still with Thieves like us, Run Wild it will be Murder Procession tonight, nevermind before going to sleep ask your partner for the Perfect Kiss on Your Silent Face and Dreams Never End unless Lonesome Tonight and Everything gone Crystal (eh) you will be so Shellshocked you will be wanting a Ceremony at 60 Miles an Hour, with no Regret you will be able to Run2 Fine Time Round and Round Everyone Everywhere this is a Slow Jam Brutal In a Lonely Place All Day Long Sooner than you Think Every Second Counts. Leave Me Alone Sunrise Let's Go.

Don't start me on Joy Division."

the tracklistings are on HMV japan. they're good, but they aren't EVERYTHING; basically b-sides and nothing that hasn't been released before except for Run2. So if those are final and confirmed, it's not the revelatory experience talked about above, but it's good.

I see. Thanks.

"nothing that hasn't been released before except for Run2."

Hahahahahahahaha. How many times have we been promised that? I won't believe it until it's in my hands…

Eh? Run2 was the single? As remastered 15 years ago on the 'best of'?
Or a different Run2?

http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2767674

Anyone fancy translating that tracklist?!

Bimble if you send me the money you're planning on spending on these I'll send you these beans you can plant in your backyard which sometimes, in the spring, grow into unreleased New Order demos

http://neworderonline.com/Forums/MessageList.aspx?ThreadID=42941

Aren't we supposed to be getting these at last as UK releases sometime next year? Could've sworn I read that somewheres.

er, at least.

or rather:

Release Date:22/10/2008

Movement (HMV Japan)
[Disc 2]
1. Ceremony
2. Temptation
3. In A Lonley Place
4. EGG
5. Procession
6. Mesh
7. Hurt
(WPCR13166)

PC&L (HMV Japan)
[Disc 2]
1. Blue Monday
2. The Beach
3. Confusion
4. Thieves Like Us
5. Lonesome Tonight
6. Murder
7. Thieves Like Us (Inst.)
(WPCR13168)

Low-Life (HMV Japan)
[Disc 2]
1. The Perfect Kiss
2. Sub-Culture
3. Shellshock
4. State of the Nation
5. Elegia
6. Let's Go
7. Salvation Theme
(WPCR13170)

Brotherhood (HMV Japan)
[Disc 2]
1. BLT
2. 1963
3. True Faith
4. Touched by the Hand of God
5. Blue Monday 88
6. Evil Dust
7. True Dub
(WPCR13172)

Technique (HMV Japan)
[Disc 2]
1. Don't Do It
2. Fine Line
3. Round & Round
4. Best & Marsh
5. World in Motion
6. Run 2
7. MTO
8. Vanishing Point (Inst.)
9. Fine Time
(WPCR13174)

but anyway these are about as good as I could expect, I'm not particularly interested in demos after the Cure reissues

I want all of these right now.

"Just been talking to someone involved with the remasters - expect some fucking brilliant stuff, stuff you've never heard, that's all I am gonna say."

Sounds like remixes, not remasters. :)

Hahahahahah John D. wants to sell me seeds to plant in my garden which will yield New Order demos! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

I mean it really doesn't get any better than that. Just sayin'.

All of the bonus stuff already appeared on Substance then.

inc. the fucking Salvation soundtrack tracks

... which are mediocre. i have the album.

Eh? Run2 was the single? As remastered 15 years ago on the 'best of'?
Or a different Run2?

isn't the "run 2" on the best-of just "run"? you'll know "run 2" if you've heard it: it's got a pointless drum break in it and sounds weedier.

i spent YEARS OF MY LIFE hunting down that 12". and it was one of the bitterest disappointments ever.

"Run2" is on the AU Best-of, as is the horrific single edit of "Perfect Kiss".

i know run was mislabelled as run 2 on some album(s) or other but i couldn't tell you which. there was a time when i maybe could have done; a rather tragic time, which i'm glad has passed :)

the version of Run2 on the best of is actually just the album version of Run. Run2 has never been officially released on cd.

there was no cd single for run 2? wow. i wonder why?
that weedy RUN 2 in ful here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7EgVkXeRl8&feature=related

ah full RUN 2 info here too btw:

http://www.niagara.edu/neworder/singles/run2.html

Looks like MTO (minus mix) is rare as hen's teeth too.

these are coming out in the U.S. on November 11, 2008 on World Entertainment.

in the UK some came out today (according to Amazon) and the others are out next week on Rhino.

found some info on these:

RHINO REISSUES A DECADE OF NEW ORDER

Double-Disc Collector's Editions of Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Technique Feature Original Factory Records Releases Remastered and Expanded with Non-Album Singles, B-Sides and Remixes

Each Available from Rhino November 11

LOS ANGELES -- After forming in 1980, New Order went on to develop a groundbreaking sound that mixed synthesizer-driven pop with electronic dance beats on a series of acclaimed and influential albums. The band -- Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert -- released a total of five albums during the '80s that helped blaze a trail for the alternative music movement that would peak a decade later. Rhino pays tribute to these musical pioneers with Collector's Editions of the band's first five albums: MOVEMENT, POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES, LOW-LIFE, BROTHERHOOD and TECHNIQUE. On November 11, all five will be available at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com, for a list price of $24.98.

Each will be reissued as a double-disc that contains a remastered version of the original Factory Records recording on the first disc, along with a bonus disc that collects the band's numerous non-album singles, b-sides and remixes.

After the tragic death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, the band's surviving members, Sumner, Hook and Morris, founded New Order with Gilbert and released its darkly melodic debut, MOVEMENT (1981). The album's eight songs show the band moving away from the past and embracing a new sound on "Truth," "Denial" and the opening track, "Dreams Never End." Among the bonus disc highlights is "Ceremony," a song written by Joy Division but never recorded in the studio that New Order recorded as its first single. Also included are later singles ("Temptation" and "Everything's Gone Green") that foreshadow the band's more dance-oriented direction.

New Order found its voice on the group's sophomore effort, POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES (1983). Featuring the original eight songs on the British release, the first disc offers exceptional dance-pop with "Your Silent Face" and "Age Of Consent." The bonus disc includes "Blue Monday" and its b-side "The Beach," which were released exclusively as a single in the U.K., but included on the U.S. version of Power, Corruption & Lies. The single became the best-selling, independently released 12" single of all time in the U.K.

The group achieved a high-water mark with its third release LOW-LIFE (1985), an eight-song album that perfected New Order's cutting-edge electronic sound with the singles "The Perfect Kiss" and "Sub-Culture." The bonus disc contains songs the band contributed to the popular film Pretty In Pink, including "Shellshock" (from the soundtrack) as well as an instrumental version of the album track "Elegia" that was heard in the film, but not on the soundtrack.

The band returned a year later with BROTHERHOOD (1986), an album highlighted by the brilliant single "Bizarre Love Triangle" along with the fan favorite "Weirdo" and the ballad "All Day Long." The bonus disc offers the 12" single versions of "Touched By The Hand Of God" and "Bizarre Love Triangle" as well as two remixes of "True Faith"; its b-side "1963"; and a new version of "Blue Monday" released in 1988.

New Order closed the decade with TECHNIQUE (1989), a nine-song album influenced by the exploding popularity of the acid house scene in Great Britain. Debuting at #1 in the U.K., the album delivered the singles "Run," "Fine Time" and "Round & Round" as well as "Vanishing Point," a song later used as the theme for a popular British television show. The bonus disc features the 12" single "World In Motion," the official song of the English national football team in 1990's World Cup competition. Also featured is "Fine Line," an instrumental version of the album track "Fine Time," as well as b-sides "Best & Marsh" and "MTO."

anyone hear them yet?

LOL at "All Day Long" being called a "ballad"

That 12" of "Touched" is the shit.

I am seriously torn

this thread should drop the "from Japan" part.

can't wait to get some feedback, looking at you - UK folks, and hear how these sound.

I will be getting these (and am UK based) but since they will be charging £14 a pop, I'll get them over the next 5 months I think. Thoughts on Movement to come next week!

£9.99 at HMV.com!

hooray going there then!

things have changed a little bit from the above track listing (thanks noworderonline):

The early Singles and b-sides. Both versions of Ceremony, the original Temptation 7" and 12", Everything’s Gone Green 12" and rarity Cries and Whispers.

Movement – bonus disc

1. Ceremony (04.25)
2. Temptation (7.01)
3. In A Lonely Place (06.14)
4. Everything’s Gone Green (05.32)
5. Procession (04.29)
6. Mesh (03.27)
7. Hurt (08.07)
8. Cries And Whispers (03.03)
9. Ceremony (Alt. Version) (04.36)
10. Temptation (?)

The 12" singles versions of Blue Monday, Confusion, Thieves Like Us and Murder. And their flips The Beach, Confused Beats, Lonesome Tonight and Thieves Like Us Instrumentals.

Power, Corruption & Lies – bonus disc

1. Blue Monday (07.32)
2. The Beach (07.22)
3. Confusion (08.15)
4. Thieves Like Us (06.38)
5. Lonesome Tonight (05.13)
6. Murder (03.57)
7. Thieves Like Us (Instrumental) (06.59)
8. Confusion (Alt Version) (07.36)

More 12" single versions of album tracks and their b-sides. The full 17 min Elegia. Let’s Go Instrumental and Salvation Theme from the film soundtrack.

Low-Life – bonus disc

1. The Perfect Kiss (08.49)
2. Subculture (07.26)
3. Shellshock (John Robie Remix) (06.28)
4. State Of The Nation (06.33)
5. Elegia (17.28)
6. Let’s Go (03.43)
7. Salvation Theme (2.16)
8. Dub Vulture (07.56)

The 12" Touched By The Hand Of God and Blue Monday 88 remix. Dance mixes from Shep Pettibone of Bizarre Love Triangle and True Faith, with its rare B-side Evil Dust.

Brotherhood – bonus disc

1. Bizarre Love Triangle (06.43)
2. 1963 (05.37)
3. True Faith (Shep Pettibone Remix) (09.03)
4. Touched By The Hand Of God (07.06)
5. Blue Monday '88 (07.10)
6. Evil Dust (03.43)
7. True Faith - True Dub (07.51)
8. Beach Buggy (07.20)

The 12" singles Run2 and Round and Round, and rare b-sides MTO, Best and Marsh and Vanishing Point Instrumental. The Steve Silk Hurley remix of Fine Time and b-sides Don’t Do It and Fine Line. New Order’s last release on Factory Records and only NO 1 UK Single, World In Motion in it’s Carabinieri mix.

Technique – bonus disc

1. Don't Do It (04.33)
2. Fine Line (04.45)
3. Round And Round (06.51)
4. Best & Marsh (04.32)
5. Run (II) (05.26)
6. MTO (05.27)
7. Fine Time (Silk Mix) (06.19)
8. Vanishing Point Instrumental (5.12)
9. World In Motion (Cabinieri Mix) (5.55)

he Steve Silk Hurley remix of Fine Time

dude i never knew this existed! is it any cop?

also, i've literally just remembered we were totally obsessed with 'don't do it' when i was about 16...

ANYONE HEARD THEM?

the Steve Silk Hurley remix of Fine Time

dude i never knew this existed! is it any cop?

Quite good. So is that Shep Pettibone remix of "True Faith."

Seems that some of the artwork may be getting a remaster too:

http://multimedia.fnac.com/multimedia/images_produits/ZoomPE/1/9/9/0825646936991.jpg

http://multimedia.fnac.com/multimedia/images_produits/ZoomPE/4/8/9/0825646936984.jpg

LOL the crushed tin can, look!

Shame the TITAANZINK text doesn't seem to be crushed too

So, out on Monday. Anyone seen or heard one yet?

hmm. i don't think there's a single track there i don't have. so the question is: are any of these worth getting for the quality of the remastered sound?

and i have to say: having spent more than half my life listening avidly to new order on everything from crappy copied C90 to the barrowland's massive fuckoff stack, i don't think i can be arsed.

(i mean: i listen to almost everything at 128kbps AAC anyway ... YES, I KNOW, SHOOT ME NOW.)

Yeah, I have it all too, so I'm mainly curious about the quality of the remastering, and also how it has been packaged.

DISC 1
1. Joy Division: Digital
2. A Certain Ratio: All Night Party
3. OMD: Electricity (Original version)
4. Joy Division: She's Lost Control
5. The Distractions: Time Goes By So Slow
6. Joy Division: Transmission
7. The Durutti Column: Sketch For Summer
8. X-O-Dus: English Black Boys
9. Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart
10. A Certain Ratio: Shack Up
11. Section 25: Girls Don't Count
12. Crawling Chaos: Sex Machine
13. A Certain Ratio: Flight
14. The Names: Night Shift
15. New Order: Ceremony (Original 7" version)
16. Minny Pops: Dolphin's Spurt
17. John Dowie: It's Hard To Be An Egg
18. Crispy Ambulance: Deaf
19. Section 25: Dirty Disco

DISC 2
1. New Order: Everything's Gone Green
2. ESG: Moody
3. Tunnelvision: Watching the Hydroplanes
4. The Durutti Column: Messidor
5. A Certain Ratio: Knife Slits Water (LP version)
6. Royal Family and the Poor: Art on 45
7. Swamp Children: Taste What's Rhythm
8. New Order: Temptation
9. 52nd Street: Cool As Ice
10. New Order: Blue Monday
11. Cabaret Voltaire: Yashar (John Robie Remix)
12. Quando Quango: Love Tempo
13. The Wake: Talk About The Past

DISC 3
1. New Order: Confusion
2. Marcel King: Reach For Love
3. Section 25: Looking from A Hilltop (12" Restructure)
4. Stockholm Monsters: All At Once
5. Life: Tell Me
6. The Durutti Column: A Little Mercy (Duet)
7. James: Hymn From A Village
8. Kalima: Trickery
9. A Certain Ratio: Sounds Like Something Dirty
10. Quando Quango: Genius
11. Happy Mondays: Freaky Dancin'
12. Miaow: When It All Comes Down
13. The Railway Children: Brighter
14. Biting Tongues: Compressor
15. New Order: True Faith
16. Happy Mondays: 24 Hour Party People

DISC 4
1. New Order: Fine Time
2. Happy Mondays: WFL (Think About the Future)
3. Revenge: Seven Reasons
4. Happy Mondays: Hallelujah (Club Mix)
5. Electronic: Getting Away With It
6. Happy Mondays: Step On
7. Northside: Shall We Take A Trip
8. England New Order: World In Motion
9. Happy Mondays: Kinky Afro
10. The Durutti Column: Home
11. Electronic: Get The Message (DNA remix)
12. Northside: Take 5
13. Cath Carroll: Moves Like You (Remix)
14. The Other Two: Tasty Fish (12" mix)
15. Happy Mondays: Sunshine and Love (Lionrock Remix)

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08 November 2008
Impending loudness

The Durutti Column played the Barbican Hall on Thursday 6 November; it was correctly described as an extremely rare London appearance.

At the (somewhat delayed) soundcheck Keir sat in for Bruce on drums which were placed firmly in the middle of the large Barbican Hall stage. Vini ran through the main riff of Jumping Jack Flash.

Shortly after the scheduled 19:30 on-stage time, The Durutti Column were introduced individually by name although only Vini appeared on stage at this time. Dressed in orange t-shirt, jeans and Converse, he thanked everyone for coming and, as ever, apologised for the impending loudness.

After a solo (and particularly well sung) Gun, Vini welcomed "Miss Poppy Morgan" on stage for two piano duets which he "hijacked" with his guitar.

Poppy then left, to be replaced by Bruce (black shirt, black waistcoat and matching black beret with poppy) and Keir. An extra-extended version of Otis was familiar but the quite gorgeous piano outro made this one of the best renditions in recent memory.

It should be pointed out at this stage that the splendidly warm acoustics of the Barbican and a front-of-house sound engineer who clearly knew what he was doing combined with a band who were clearly relishing (and enjoying!) the experience to produce quite delightful sounds. The top two tiers were not sold for this event so everyone was sat in the Stalls (which were about 90% sold).

The only hiccup came during Jacqueline when Vini jumped the gun and the whole initial drum solo was skipped. Perhaps this was to meet running time restrictions. However, the same thing happened at the Ruby Lounge, so maybe not.

The second half of the set comprised Woman, The Missing Boy, The Beggar [a squall of feedback came from Keir's bass which at Vini's suggestion he then plugged into the piano amp. Vini quipped that Keir was doing exactly what he was going to do in the next song] and we closed with Requiem for my Mother with Vini mentioning that they had to get off stage.

Setlist

Gun
Piano duet 1
Piano duet 2
Otis
Jacqueline
Woman
The Missing Boy
The Beggar
Requiem for my Mother

Hi to Iain and Bunny, Simon, Keir, Bruce, Vini and Poppy. Thanks to the Barbican for the tea.

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Smokin'

Mark Reeder's been very busy of late, what with his remix with Micha Adam of the Blank & Jones track Miracle Cure (with Bernard Sumner on vocals) and much more besides.

Mark now brings Cerysmatic up to date with the very latest:

"A different mix [of Miracle Cure] will appear on a B&J remixes album we've made, for release in spring of 2009. Also I've just remixed the new Pet Shop Boys/Sam Taylor-Wood single on KOMPAKT records I'm In Love With a German Film Star - it's the Rundfunk Radio Mix which is only on the 7" single.

"I also have made the Stuck in the 80s Remix on the 12-inch and CD single and a Rias Radio Mix version, which is not on any record and is only for radio play.

"Also coming soon are two tracks that I've remixed for Anne Clark (Full Moon and If...) off her new album."

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Now the party's over

Cerysmatic reader Fausto reports on Tuesday night's launch of 1 Top Class Manager at One Central Street in Manchester:

"We traversed the Pennines and missed Jon Savage due to the arrival of the fog. Pressed on anyway to keep up with the button badge collection, in keeping with those times. Vinyl Exchange appeared to be doing brisk business with the excellent book and various Manchester luminaries, including various members of New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Crispy Ambulance were in attendance to partake of cake and listen to Rob's favourite records and witness the home videos."

It was indeed a very good turnout with all the following in attendance: Crompton, Jon Dasilva, Tracey Donnelly, Alan Erasmus, Gillian Gilbert, Trevor Johnson, Bruce Mitchell, Stephen Morris, Martin Moscrop, Mike Pickering, Andy Robinson, Andy Signwriter, Mark Williams (Haçienda poster collector extraordinaire), Mick Middles etc.

Many thanks to Fausto.

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03 November 2008
Human Noise

Out now on Caroline True Records:

Human Noise 7" single
Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly) Impotent Fury Remixes

Manicured Noise
The Human League

Very Limited, White Vinyl Numbered 7" (500 copies) with unique artwork by Fred Deakin (Airside/Lemon Jelly).

A - Manicured Noise - Moscow 1980 (Impotent Fury Remix)
B - The Human League - The Dignity Of Labour Part 3 (Impotent Fury Remix)

In 2007 Fred Deakin, acclaimed electronic musician (Lemon Jelly), designer and DJ, selected Moscow 1980 from the Northern Stories 1978/80 album for his Triptyche mix set. A mutual affection between CTR and Fred for the Post-punk era was apparent. Very shortly afterwards came the lucky and unexpected unearthing of the long lost master tapes for the first Manicured Noise single, originally released in '80. Moscow was a double A side with Metronome.

Fred has reworked the track into a Nu-Balearic storm, infused with the spirit of the Thrashing Doves. The track recently gained much attention after BBCR1 play on a Rob-Da-Bank Nu-Balearic special.

On the B side is Fred's fluid interpretation of an early Human League cut, plucked from obscurity and crafted for the tail end of another turbulent decade.

The release comes in a special sleeve featuring original artwork by Fred.

Very Limited and Very Lovely.

--

Only 150 copies available by Mail Order:

Orders placed now will be despatched as soon as possible before the official release date Monday 17 November 2008. This single is not available on ebay or Amazon.

5.99 GBP inc UK P+P
6.25 GBP Europe-Airmail
6.75 GBP USA/Asia-Airmail

Please pay paypal:

jkertl✧✧✧@ya✧✧✧.c✧.u✧

Or: UK Cheque/PO

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LISTEN AT:

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01 November 2008
History lesson

Tractor were fortunate enough to have John Peel indulge them to write and record a suite of songs about Manchester's Peterloo Massacre.

Peel helped pay recording studio bills and even bought them equipment to launch several locations of recording studios around Rochdale where they continued to record themselves and other bands which has played a major part in Manchester's musical history.

They recorded a 21-minute suite of songs about Peterloo in 1973 and then, because of the campaign for a decent memorial to the victims of Peterloo, Tractor wrote new songs in the last few years to add to the suite of music which now runs as a whole album at around 41 minutes. The album will be released a few weeks before the 190th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre which is on the 16 August 2009.

This Sunday on the NW regional segment of the Politics Show on BBC 1, Tractor play an extract from one of the songs and members of the band and their producer Chris Hewitt talk about the politics of Peterloo and the parallels with Thatcherism and today and their idea of a Peterloo concert in the open air in Manchester somewhere near St Peter's Fields.

BBC One NW is available on satellite TV.

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DISC 1
1. Joy Division: Digital
2. A Certain Ratio: All Night Party
3. OMD: Electricity (Original version)
4. Joy Division: She's Lost Control
5. The Distractions: Time Goes By So Slow
6. Joy Division: Transmission
7. The Durutti Column: Sketch For Summer
8. X-O-Dus: English Black Boys
9. Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart
10. A Certain Ratio: Shack Up
11. Section 25: Girls Don't Count
12. Crawling Chaos: Sex Machine
13. A Certain Ratio: Flight
14. The Names: Night Shift
15. New Order: Ceremony (Original 7" version)
16. Minny Pops: Dolphin's Spurt
17. John Dowie: It's Hard To Be An Egg
18. Crispy Ambulance: Deaf
19. Section 25: Dirty Disco

DISC 2
1. New Order: Everything's Gone Green
2. ESG: Moody
3. Tunnelvision: Watching the Hydroplanes
4. The Durutti Column: Messidor
5. A Certain Ratio: Knife Slits Water (LP version)
6. Royal Family and the Poor: Art on 45
7. Swamp Children: Taste What's Rhythm
8. New Order: Temptation
9. 52nd Street: Cool As Ice
10. New Order: Blue Monday
11. Cabaret Voltaire: Yashar (John Robie Remix)
12. Quando Quango: Love Tempo
13. The Wake: Talk About The Past

DISC 3
1. New Order: Confusion
2. Marcel King: Reach For Love
3. Section 25: Looking from A Hilltop (12" Restructure)
4. Stockholm Monsters: All At Once
5. Life: Tell Me
6. The Durutti Column: A Little Mercy (Duet)
7. James: Hymn From A Village
8. Kalima: Trickery
9. A Certain Ratio: Sounds Like Something Dirty
10. Quando Quango: Genius
11. Happy Mondays: Freaky Dancin'
12. Miaow: When It All Comes Down
13. The Railway Children: Brighter
14. Biting Tongues: Compressor
15. New Order: True Faith
16. Happy Mondays: 24 Hour Party People

DISC 4
1. New Order: Fine Time
2. Happy Mondays: WFL (Think About the Future)
3. Revenge: Seven Reasons
4. Happy Mondays: Hallelujah (Club Mix)
5. Electronic: Getting Away With It
6. Happy Mondays: Step On
7. Northside: Shall We Take A Trip
8. England New Order: World In Motion
9. Happy Mondays: Kinky Afro
10. The Durutti Column: Home
11. Electronic: Get The Message (DNA remix)
12. Northside: Take 5
13. Cath Carroll: Moves Like You (Remix)
14. The Other Two: Tasty Fish (12" mix)
15. Happy Mondays: Sunshine and Love (Lionrock Remix)

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08 November 2008
Impending loudness

The Durutti Column played the Barbican Hall on Thursday 6 November; it was correctly described as an extremely rare London appearance.

At the (somewhat delayed) soundcheck Keir sat in for Bruce on drums which were placed firmly in the middle of the large Barbican Hall stage. Vini ran through the main riff of Jumping Jack Flash.

Shortly after the scheduled 19:30 on-stage time, The Durutti Column were introduced individually by name although only Vini appeared on stage at this time. Dressed in orange t-shirt, jeans and Converse, he thanked everyone for coming and, as ever, apologised for the impending loudness.

After a solo (and particularly well sung) Gun, Vini welcomed "Miss Poppy Morgan" on stage for two piano duets which he "hijacked" with his guitar.

Poppy then left, to be replaced by Bruce (black shirt, black waistcoat and matching black beret with poppy) and Keir. An extra-extended version of Otis was familiar but the quite gorgeous piano outro made this one of the best renditions in recent memory.

It should be pointed out at this stage that the splendidly warm acoustics of the Barbican and a front-of-house sound engineer who clearly knew what he was doing combined with a band who were clearly relishing (and enjoying!) the experience to produce quite delightful sounds. The top two tiers were not sold for this event so everyone was sat in the Stalls (which were about 90% sold).

The only hiccup came during Jacqueline when Vini jumped the gun and the whole initial drum solo was skipped. Perhaps this was to meet running time restrictions. However, the same thing happened at the Ruby Lounge, so maybe not.

The second half of the set comprised Woman, The Missing Boy, The Beggar [a squall of feedback came from Keir's bass which at Vini's suggestion he then plugged into the piano amp. Vini quipped that Keir was doing exactly what he was going to do in the next song] and we closed with Requiem for my Mother with Vini mentioning that they had to get off stage.

Setlist

Gun
Piano duet 1
Piano duet 2
Otis
Jacqueline
Woman
The Missing Boy
The Beggar
Requiem for my Mother

Hi to Iain and Bunny, Simon, Keir, Bruce, Vini and Poppy. Thanks to the Barbican for the tea.

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Smokin'

Mark Reeder's been very busy of late, what with his remix with Micha Adam of the Blank & Jones track Miracle Cure (with Bernard Sumner on vocals) and much more besides.

Mark now brings Cerysmatic up to date with the very latest:

"A different mix [of Miracle Cure] will appear on a B&J remixes album we've made, for release in spring of 2009. Also I've just remixed the new Pet Shop Boys/Sam Taylor-Wood single on KOMPAKT records I'm In Love With a German Film Star - it's the Rundfunk Radio Mix which is only on the 7" single.

"I also have made the Stuck in the 80s Remix on the 12-inch and CD single and a Rias Radio Mix version, which is not on any record and is only for radio play.

"Also coming soon are two tracks that I've remixed for Anne Clark (Full Moon and If...) off her new album."

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Now the party's over

Cerysmatic reader Fausto reports on Tuesday night's launch of 1 Top Class Manager at One Central Street in Manchester:

"We traversed the Pennines and missed Jon Savage due to the arrival of the fog. Pressed on anyway to keep up with the button badge collection, in keeping with those times. Vinyl Exchange appeared to be doing brisk business with the excellent book and various Manchester luminaries, including various members of New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Crispy Ambulance were in attendance to partake of cake and listen to Rob's favourite records and witness the home videos."

It was indeed a very good turnout with all the following in attendance: Crompton, Jon Dasilva, Tracey Donnelly, Alan Erasmus, Gillian Gilbert, Trevor Johnson, Bruce Mitchell, Stephen Morris, Martin Moscrop, Mike Pickering, Andy Robinson, Andy Signwriter, Mark Williams (Haçienda poster collector extraordinaire), Mick Middles etc.

Many thanks to Fausto.

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03 November 2008
Human Noise

Out now on Caroline True Records:

Human Noise 7" single
Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly) Impotent Fury Remixes

Manicured Noise
The Human League

Very Limited, White Vinyl Numbered 7" (500 copies) with unique artwork by Fred Deakin (Airside/Lemon Jelly).

A - Manicured Noise - Moscow 1980 (Impotent Fury Remix)
B - The Human League - The Dignity Of Labour Part 3 (Impotent Fury Remix)

In 2007 Fred Deakin, acclaimed electronic musician (Lemon Jelly), designer and DJ, selected Moscow 1980 from the Northern Stories 1978/80 album for his Triptyche mix set. A mutual affection between CTR and Fred for the Post-punk era was apparent. Very shortly afterwards came the lucky and unexpected unearthing of the long lost master tapes for the first Manicured Noise single, originally released in '80. Moscow was a double A side with Metronome.

Fred has reworked the track into a Nu-Balearic storm, infused with the spirit of the Thrashing Doves. The track recently gained much attention after BBCR1 play on a Rob-Da-Bank Nu-Balearic special.

On the B side is Fred's fluid interpretation of an early Human League cut, plucked from obscurity and crafted for the tail end of another turbulent decade.

The release comes in a special sleeve featuring original artwork by Fred.

Very Limited and Very Lovely.

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Only 150 copies available by Mail Order:

Orders placed now will be despatched as soon as possible before the official release date Monday 17 November 2008. This single is not available on ebay or Amazon.

5.99 GBP inc UK P+P
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Please pay paypal:

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01 November 2008
History lesson

Tractor were fortunate enough to have John Peel indulge them to write and record a suite of songs about Manchester's Peterloo Massacre.

Peel helped pay recording studio bills and even bought them equipment to launch several locations of recording studios around Rochdale where they continued to record themselves and other bands which has played a major part in Manchester's musical history.

They recorded a 21-minute suite of songs about Peterloo in 1973 and then, because of the campaign for a decent memorial to the victims of Peterloo, Tractor wrote new songs in the last few years to add to the suite of music which now runs as a whole album at around 41 minutes. The album will be released a few weeks before the 190th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre which is on the 16 August 2009.

This Sunday on the NW regional segment of the Politics Show on BBC 1, Tractor play an extract from one of the songs and members of the band and their producer Chris Hewitt talk about the politics of Peterloo and the parallels with Thatcherism and today and their idea of a Peterloo concert in the open air in Manchester somewhere near St Peter's Fields.

BBC One NW is available on satellite TV.

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It's not a resissue of Palatine, although there's overlap. It's this :

http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/2008_11_01_archive.html

Scroll down to 10th Nov entry

Oh fuck, sorry, I accidently pasted in tons of stuff. Anyway....

it's too hard to believe. Besides Rykodisc, Rhino are known for quality reissues, no?

well they used to be but the people who used to run Rhino are long gone, it's just a wing of Universal now.

hahahaha I was certain that was a DJ Martian post

Seems to me a lot of those double discs could have been single. I think I might get Brotherhood first because I never got around to getting the CD first time around. My local Reckless has them for a pricey $23.99, $19.99 at DeepDiscount, and £10.99 at CD Wow!, the best deal for us Yanks cuz of no tax or shipping, and the exchange rate when I made a purchase earlier this week was 1.5636, so $17.18.

another positive review, this time from the AV Club: http://www.avclub.com/content/music/new_order
what's going on here? are the reviewers lazy? or are the new order fans nitpicking? I guess it just seems funny that neither the pitchfork or AV club reviewers seem to have any problem whatsoever with this series of reissues ...

Well supposedly the master tapes of many of the B sides were lost and they had to copy them from vinyl.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20081010_hook.shtml

On double discs, hook said:

“It was done separately and always thought of separately, so I liked the idea of keeping the LP’s pure - not adding tracks to it and using the bonus CD to put your singles and extra tracks on.”

And double the price of course!

It's not a resissue of Palatine,

i know this, that's why i said retread. it's a great selection for someone who was new to the label or only had bits and pieces, but with the exception of the dowie track (to the best of my knowledge)0 it's all pretty much been reissued before. they REALLY need to do a reissue of the leftover obscurities.. there's heaps of them!

i got movement and PCL yesterday and listened to disc 1 of movement and both discs of PCL.

i heard exactly one crackle during the whole listen, and i think it was at the beginning of one of the final tracks of one of the PCL discs ... maybe the instrumental of "confusion"? or "ecstasy"? for all i know it was on the original tapes - it sounded more like the noise a rough tape edit makes rather than very obvious mastering noise or a defective disc.

anyway i don't know about the last three reissues, since there seem to be more problems reported on those than on the early ones, but as far as i can tell my $50 was well-spent.

the only one i'm really interested in is movement so if that one is mostly ok i'll drop the cash

I have advances of all of these, and a few listens (before learning of any alleged problems) turned up nothing. I haven't listened closely since hearing all the hubbub, but frankly if you have to listen super closely, on headphones, with the timecode of supposed errors on hand as a guide, then I'd say said errors are indeed the product of obsessive nitpicking. And of course, of all bands, New Order deserves nothing less!

i mean, it sounded good enough to me. i have a really clean stereo (w/ electrostatic planar speakers) so i think i'd notice if there was any *really* nasty noise on it. on the other hand, i'm not super-picky about noise. i'll buy old blue note CDs when people sell them used for the RVG remasters. i guess a certain amount of noise is just part of what gives recordings atmosphere? i thought it sounded louder and brighter but more dynamic than modern rock. it didn't sound as "old" anymore but it didn't sound completely "new" either. it sounds about as good as any recent small label indie-dance album or italo disco reissue sounds (think the sound quality of studio's "west coast").

that should read: "louder and brighter than the original CD pressings but still more dynamic than modern rock"

Tractor were fortunate enough to have John Peel indulge them to write and record a suite of songs about Manchester's Peterloo Massacre.

Does anyone know anything about this band? I've never heard of them and am rather intrigued. What do they sound like?

btw i read this on an amazon review for "technique"

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Initial post: Nov 14, 2008 10:41 AM PST
Ralph from Brooklyn says:
Rhino is offering refunds or exchanges for these cd's. No comment on corrected versions until after the holidays.

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In reply to an earlier post on Nov 14, 2008 5:37 PM PST
Darlene Rice says:
How did you find this out? There's nothing on Rhino's website regarding the issue.

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In reply to an earlier post on Nov 16, 2008 6:52 PM PST
B. Weeks says:
I read on NewOrderOnline.com that someone called Rhino's Customer Service and they are offering a refund and supposedly will have corrected versions in the new year sometime.

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In reply to an earlier post on Nov 18, 2008 12:05 PM PST
Ralph from Brooklyn says:
I e-mailed Rhino. That was the answer they gave.

Rhino did the dumb thing and waited to see if anyone would complain. (uh duh)

I hope Rhino wasn't just feeding a line, and that there are plans to correct all the reissues next year.

Yeah well, in the meantime, I recently paid quite a few bucks to have Movement on vinyl again at last. I'm pretty thrilled by this, can't wait for its arrival.

i once dj'd a halloween party. brought a big bag full of records but ended up playing both sides of movement instead. it worked. i had no idea it was hard to find. which color sleeve did you get?

I don't know, actually. I didn't care. I was just looking for a good quality vinyl copy.
I used to have the light blue version, and that dark blue "B" music design on the inner label might make me have an orgasm if I see it again. I probably won't get that lucky, though.

you played the whole of Movement at a party?

http://www.patkeck.com/images/FourSleepwalkers_copy.JPG

it was a halloween party. it fits, try it one year. best if its cold and foggy.

I can see that, certainly. Sounds like my kinda party.

"I.C.B." is kinda underrated as a dance track... especially for Halloween

my God that sounds like a really excellent party

I did have "Movement" but didn't 'get it' really, after "Power Cor" was one of my favs.

Then again, never really went JD way. Got the boxset, liked a good bunch of tracks a lot, the rest I could leave.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/21/new-order-reissues-recalled

Glad I held off on these, at least.

heh

New Order have announced that they will reissue their latest reissues,

really has any band been more reissued/repackaged than this one?

best of, rest of, retro, substance, collectors edition.

oh, the smiths. and depeche mode. dm must be the kings of this.

anyway, i am also glad that i held off.

glad I held off too. Even knowing all the issues, part of me upon seeing the lush deluxe packages for these albums still tempted me a little to at least pick each one up from the bin and sigh

haha me too. and even tho i don't really need them, im sure i'll think i'll be making some kind of "good deal" by getting the reissues of the reissues....

"Reissue!
Repackage!
Repackage!
Re-evaulate the songs!
Double pack with a photograph
Extra track and tacky badge..."

i am waiting for the brain-implant version endorsed by boingboing.

are these bad reissues being pulled from stores? amoeba still has them front and center.

yeah so did virgin megastore in denver last week ... with a suspiciously low price ... HMMMM.

any word on the corrected versions?

They'll be out sometime in April.

http://neworderonline.com/Forums/MessageList.aspx?ThreadID=45170

these are out, anyone heard the difference?

i was wondering this as well.

also how can you tell the diffence between the two? is there a sticker, different number or other? i just don't want to be burn as i have waited a very long time...

i need a edit button

the mis-pressings have the Deluxe Edition (or whatever it says) plastic slipcase and the extremely large white sticker on the front with the title and details, the newer ones have smaller stickers with the info and no slipcase.

thank you Mikebee1

so i went to Amoeba Hollywood yesterday and found two of these at a discounted rate. thanks to Mikebee i made sure these were the corrected version. i bought both Low-Life and listened to Power, Corruption & Lies on the way home. it sounded so crisp, clean and clear. i highly recommend picking up these re-issues as it felt like i was listening to the album for the first time. i had no issue with the second disc, so i know i have the corrected version.

the first discs in the sets of 2 were okay weren't they? wasn't it just the b sides cds that were the problem? or was it both? i must say technique 'deluxe edition' cd 1 sounded great last year.

There a couple problems that I heard of. There's a dropout in "Sunrise" that doesn't seem to have been fixed, and a few complaints of overcompression. There's a big list over here:

http://neworderonline.com/Forums/MessageList.aspx?ThreadID=43684

as you probably know, the New Order poll is coming up.

i got the Brotherhood 2CD set today, have two to go. hope to have them all before the countdown.

I'm not a vinyl purist, but Brotherhood really does need to be experienced as Side A and Side B.

New Order played 2 blocks away from me last night. Where was I? A Youth Lagoon show. ;_;

the mis-pressings have the Deluxe Edition (or whatever it says) plastic slipcase and the extremely large white sticker on the front with the title and details, the newer ones have smaller stickers with the info and no slipcase.

arrhhhh.
for years i have been holding off the reissues cos of the cock up.
should have checked ilm more closely as i have missed this nugget before.
feeling the need to get PC&L/Lowlife/Technique reissues ASAP now ..