Notes
Title and concept by Rob Gretton, Peter Hook, Steve Morris, Peter Saville and Bernard Sumner.
Track selection by Jon Savage, with assistance from Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner and Jon Wozencroft.
Designed by Peter Saville, Jon Wozencroft and Howard Wakefield at the apartment, and Richard Smith at Area.
The backside of the cover says that the compilation consist of 80 tracks when there in fact are 81 tracks.
Original Release Sources:
Disc One:
1 & 2 -- recorded at Cargo Studios, Rochdale; released on A Factory Sample (1/79) [reissued on Substance (7/88)]
3-12 -- recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport; released as Unknown Pleasures (5/79)
13-14 & 17-19 -- recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport & Central Sound, Manchester; released as Still (10/81)
15 & 16 -- recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport; released as untitled 7" vinyl (10/79) [reissued on Substance (7/88)]
20 & 21 -- recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport; released on Earcom 2: Contradiction (10/79) [reissued on Substance (7/88)]
Disc Two:
1 -- recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport; released on 12" vinyl (9/80) [reissued on Substance (7/88)]
2 -- recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham; released on Still (10/81)
3 & 4 -- recorded at Cargo Studios, Rochdale; released on Licht Und Blindheit (3/80) [3 reissued on 12" vinyl (9/80) & 4 reissued on Still (10/81); both reissued on Substance (7/88)]
5 & 6 -- recorded at Britiannia Row, London; released as 7" Flexi (4/80) [reissued on Substance (7/88)]
7-15 -- recorded at Britiannia Row, London; released as Closer (7/80)
16 -- recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport; released on Substance (7/88)
17 -- recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham; released on Substance (7/88)
Disc Three:
1-4 -- recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham; released on An Ideal For Living 7" vinyl (6/78) [reissued on 12" vinyl (10/78) & on Substance (7/88)]
5-7 -- recorded at Arrow Studios, Manchester; previously unreleased RCA demos
8 & 20-21 -- recorded live on the John Peel Radio Show; broadcast 2/79 & 12/79, released on The Peel Sessions (90)
9-11 & 14 -- recorded at Eden Studios, London; previoisly unreleased Genetic Records Sessions
12-13 & 15-19 -- recorded at Central Sound, Manchester and Strawberry Studios, Stockport and Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham; previoisly unreleased Piccadilly Radio Sessions
22 -- recorded at Britannia Row, London; released on 7" Flexi (uncredited track, 4/80) [reissued on Video 586 12" vinyl (9/97)]
23 & 24 -- recorded at Graveyard Studios, Prestwich; previously unreleased
Disc Four:
1-10 -- recorded live at The Factory, Hulme; previously unreleased
11 -- recorded live at Prince of Wales Conference Centre, YMCA, London; previously unreleased
12-14 -- recorded live at Winter Gardens, Bournemouth; previously unreleased
15-19 -- recorded live at Lyceum Ballroom, London; previously unreleased