NEW ORDER – BLUE MONDAY 12″ – Nr MINT UK 1983 DIE-CUT SLEEVE FACTORY

New Order – Blue Monday / The Beach
(Factory Records  1983  FAC73)
Matrix No’s: A1/B2 – UK Pressing
“FAC-73-A-1 MT.3 MVS2 STRAWBERRY OUT VOTED! / FAC 73 B2  R-CUT  S-3  GG” in dead wax

Die Cut Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear & a few marks – at die cut section on back there is a crease and a really tiny tear
Black Inner Sleeve has a little rubbing & a few marks but no splits

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles at the very start of each side)

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesisers), Peter Hook (bass, synthesisers) and Stephen Morris (drums, electronic drums, synthesisers) – the remaining members of Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis – with the addition of Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, guitars, synthesizers).

“Blue Monday” is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order, later remixed in 1988 and 1995.

Blue Monday

All songs written and composed by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner; except where indicated.