Infos
IFPI L016 => Herstellungsland: Deutschland
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