A Factory Sample

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A Factory Sample is a 7-inch double sampler EP. It was released in January 1979 by Factory Records of Manchester, England.

A Factory Sample
EP by
Various artists
ReleasedJanuary 1979
RecordedCargo Studios, Rochdale (11 October 1978)
GenrePost-punk, industrial, comedy
Length27:40
LabelFactory Records
ProducerMartin Zero, Laurie Latham, C.P. Lee and Cabaret Voltaire
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(1978)
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(1979)
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(1978)
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(1980)
John Dowie chronology
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(1977)
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(1978)
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(1981)
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
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(1978)
A Factory Sample
(1978)
Baader-Meinhof" / "Sex in Secret
(1979)

Track listing

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2x7" vinyl (Factory FAC 2)
Side A (Aside)
  1. Joy Division: "Digital" (Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner) – 2:50
  2. Joy Division: "Glass" (Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner) – 3:51
  • Vinyl etching: EVERYTHING
Side B (Beside)
  1. The Durutti Column: "No Communication" (The Durutti Column) – 4:57
  2. The Durutti Column: "Thin Ice (Detail)" (The Durutti Column) – 3:16
  • Vinyl etching: IS REPAIRABLE
Side C (Seaside)
  1. John Dowie: "Acne" (Dowie) – 1:43
  2. John Dowie: "Idiot" (Dowie) – 1:53
  3. John Dowie: "Hitler's Liver" (Dowie) – 2:27
  • Vinyl etching: EVERYTHING
Side D (Decide)
  1. Cabaret Voltaire: "Baader Meinhof" (Cabaret Voltaire) – 3:15
  2. Cabaret Voltaire: "Sex in Secret" (Cabaret Voltaire) – 3:28
  • Vinyl etching: IS BROKEN

Credits

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Joy Division

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The Durutti Column

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Cabaret Voltaire

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John Dowie Band

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