New Order - Blue Monday


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Label: Factory
Catalog#: FAC 73
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country:UK
Released:07 Mar 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop
Credits: Artwork By - Peter Saville
Engineer - Michael Johnson
Engineer [Assistant] - Barry Sage , Mark Boyne
Producer - New Order
Notes:Published by B Music 1983.
A Factory Record.

There are three UK 12" sleeves: die-cut with silver inner, die-cut with black inner and plain black with just the colour coding.

The coloured strip is not random - it spells out the Catalog#, band name and both song titles.
The back cover of "Power, Corruption and Lies" has the same colour coding, done with the alphabet (a decoder ring).

Run-off groove notations:
Side A: FAC-73-A-1 MT.1 Strawberry Out Voted!
Side B: FAC-73-B-1 MT.1 Strawberry Ho.El + Tel!

also
Side A: FAC-73-A-1 MT.4 Strawberry Out Voted!
Side B: FAC-73-B-1 MT.6 G2 Strawberry Ho.El+Tel!

also
Side A: FAC-73-A-1 MT.-5 Strawberry Out Voted!
Side B: FAC-73-B-1 MT.6 G2 Strawberry Ho, El + Tel!

also
Side A: FAC-73-A-1 MT.6 Strawberry Out Voted!
Side B: FAC-73-B-1 MT.6 G2 Strawberry Ho, El + Tel!
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Tracklisting:

A   Blue Monday (7:29)
B   The Beach (7:19)
User Reviews:
sebfact, Apr 24, 2008

From the very first moment I heard "Blue Monday", I knew something really really BIG will happen. And indeed, this track took me light years away from what I was hearing before - just like it took New Order lihght years away from the ashes of Joy Division. This track was absolutely ground breaking and expanded my interest in the music to come: Disco/High Energy first and then House, Detroit, Acid. Its always been and still is a 100% sure shot dancefloor filler. And nowadays, after 25 years of existence, a lot of the younger clubbers arent aware of the original release date and it blows them away when they realise that often the track is older than themselves. This piece is a timeless gem and so good it cant even be spoiled by Techno djs. Its one of these records where the original will always be better than the copy/remix/cover. A true and eternal masterpiece and will definitely be part of the ten records Id take with me to a remote island...

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