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Peter Hook confirms that the remastered New Order Factory-era albums (Movement, Power Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood, Technique) are finished (at least on the mastering side of things) and will appear this September & October. (Initial release date for the first titles is September 22.) They will follow the same concept as the recent Warner Joy Division remasters: 2 discs, one being the album, the other being a live show from that era.

http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/2008_06_01_archive.html#6855068695222902575

So, September is going to be a bloody expensive month by all accounts! Shame there's no notice of extra tracks though - just a bonus live album. New Order were/are (delete as applicable...which is dependant on Hooky's mood swings) a great band, but live they were a bit of a shambles!

I would have passed on these entirely but then I read the small print in your post re 'live shows from that era'.

I then further read 'live they were a bit of a shambles' so to be honest I am totally undecided at this point.

thanks for the news Gazz.

I think they were/are always interesting live. More than Joy Div and some others I won't mention here...

Thanks for this news. Though New Order was an inspiration, their bickering has tainted my feelings for them. It's long overdue, but some stray tracks would have been nice.

Reissues should be handled like Elvis Costello's back catalogue was handled by Rhino in the US. Superb. If one is a fan to buy two discs, they should offer more than this.

It falls into the line of having 10 "best ofs" etc... A fan just looses interest with a shoddy treatment of a catalog like this.

Blue P

I see these have surfaced:

Movement

PCL

etc. etc...

....and 3 euros cheaper here

..anyone know if the versions of Tempation are the original 7/12" versions???

yes they are Mark .. more info here

Nice to see they've restored the front cover to PC&L, and all the additional tracks on the bonus discs (I wonder what happened to the proposed live sets?).

I've had a re-think on purchasing these though. Unlike the Foxx re-issues, there's nothing there really that I haven't got already (Technique's bonus disc aside).

I think I'll go for Movement just as a bit of comfort music for the dark winter months ahead. Plus the two Temptations are, erm, tempting.

PC&L = springtime
Lowlife = summertime

..well I've got to spread the purchases out somehow.

Movement (1981)– 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


Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)– 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)


Low-Life (1985)– 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)

Brotherhood (1986)– 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)

Technique (1989)– 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)

To save looking around I'm posting the Bonus Disc track-listings here. I'm still underwhelmed to be honest – two mixes of Confusion, but no 586?

Nice to see the inclusion of Run 2 though – I thought they’d never be allowed to re-issue that because of the court case ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_2 ) perhaps Denver’s estate have acquiesced?