Here are some of my favorite hits and misses from Factory (and beyond), spanning 1978 to 1992 (or so).
Playlist
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Digital by Joy Division on A Factory Sample [FAC2] (Factory Records) -
Sex In Secret by Cabaret Voltaire on A Factory Sampler [FAC2] (Factory Records) -
Electricity by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on 7" Single [FAC6] (Factory) -
Time Goes By So Slow by Distractions on 7" Single [FAC12] (Factory) -
Sex Machine by Crawling Chaos on 7" Single [FAC17] (Factory) -
It's Hard To Be An Egg by John Dowie on 7" Single [FAC19] (Factory) -
Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division on 7" Single [FAC23] (Factory Records) -
For Belgian Friends by The Durutti Column on A Factory Quartet [FAC24] (Factory Records) -
Night Shift by The Names on 7" Single [FAC29] (Factory Records) -
Dolphin's Spurt by Minny Pops on 7" Single [FAC31] (Factory Records) -
Deaf by Crispy Ambulance on 10" Single [FAC32] (Factory Records) -
Ceremony by New Order on 7" Single [FAC33] (Factory Records) -
Watching The Hydroplanes by Tunnel Vision on 7" Single [FAC39] (Factory Records) -
Messidor by The Durutti Column on LC [FACT44] (Factory Records [FACT44]) -
Dirty Disco by Section 25 on Always Now [FACT45] (Factory Records) -
Look Into My Eyes by 52nd Street on 12" Single [FAC59] (Factory Records) -
Blue Monday by New Order on 12" Single [FAC73] (Factory Records) -
Love Tempo by Quando Quango on 12" Single [FAC79] (Factory Records) -
Pretenders of Love by Shark Vegas on FAC.DANCE: Factory Records 12" Mixes & Rarities 1980-1987 (STRUT) -
Tell Me by Life on 7" Single [FAC106] (Factory Records) -
Brighter by The Railway Children on 7" Single [FAC167] (Factory Records) -
True Faith by New Order on 7" Single [FAC183] (Factory Records) -
Getting Away With It by Electronic on 7" Single [FAC257] (Factory Records) -
Kinky Afro by Happy Mondays on 7" Single [FAC302] (Factory Records) -
Moves Like You (Remix) by Cath Carroll on 7" Single [FAC307] (Factory Records)