Category: New Order

April 30, 2025

New Order – True Faith (US 12″) (1987)

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Released in July 1987, “True Faith” stands as one of New Order’s most enduring and critically acclaimed singles. Written specifically for their compilation Substance 1987, the track marked a creative peak for the band—seamlessly blending moody post-punk sensibilities with polished synth-pop and club-ready beats. It soared to #4 on the UK Singles Chart and became their first real breakthrough in the U.S., peaking at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Co-produced with Stephen Hague (best known for his work with Pet Shop Boys and OMD), “True Faith” is layered with shimmering synths, dynamic drum programming, and Bernard Sumner’s unmistakably detached vocal delivery. The lyrics, while cryptic, are widely interpreted as reflecting personal struggles, particularly with addiction and emotional disconnection.

The single’s success was amplified by its surreal, artful music video directed by French choreographer Philippe Decouflé, featuring colorfully costumed performers in bizarre, theatrical movement—a staple of late-’80s MTV.

Included here is the 12″ remix by Shep Pettibone, whose club credentials need no introduction. His rework maintains the song’s brooding elegance while enhancing its rhythmic pulse for the dancefloor—striking a balance between underground edge and commercial appeal.

This post is particularly special as it marks the first vinyl transfer using the Ortofon Concorde Music Black cartridge, bringing out an even greater level of clarity, warmth, and precision in this pressing. The result is a faithful and dynamic reproduction of one of the most iconic singles of the era.

SIDE A:
True Faith (The Morning Sun Extended Remix) 9:02

SIDE B:
True Faith (Alternate Faith Dub) 10:44
1963 5:31

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	True Faith	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#32
1987	True Faith	U.S. Billboard 12-Inch Singles Sales	#10
1987	True Faith	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Qwest Records – 0 – 20733, Qwest Records – 9 20733-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single, ARC Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:

Engineer – Steve Peck (tracks: A, B1)
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Shep Pettibone (tracks: A, B1)
Producer, Written-By – New Order, Stephen Hague

NOTES:
True Faith (The Morning Sun Extended Remix) is the same mix as “True Faith (Remix)” & “True Faith (Alternate Faith Dub)” is the same as “True Dub” from the UK remix 12″.

From the New Order album “Substance” on Qwest Records 1 – 25621

Made in USA

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Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
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SOFTWARE:
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September 22, 2022

New Order – Shellshock (US 12″ Promo)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1986

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Originally posted April 11, 2012

“Shellshock” is a single released by British group New Order in March 1986. The song originally appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Pretty in Pink one month prior to its single release. Production is credited to New Order and John Robie, and is loosely inspired by the 1983 Robie-produced R&B club hit, “One More Shot” – a studio project where Robie performed under the band name, C-Bank, and featuring vocals by Jenny Burton.

The single had differing B-sides; in the UK the 7″ came with the recycled “Thieves Like Us Instrumental” which also turned up in the movie Pretty in Pink (although not on the soundtrack), while the US 12″ promo included a “Dub Mix”.

“Shellshock” was an international hit, making the mainstream chart in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

The 12-inch boasts an extended remix of the song running nearly ten minutes, New Order’s longest single not based on a track from one of their studio albums (discounting remixes of legacy songs) behind the 22.5-minute uncut release of “Video 5 8 6”. For the release of the popular singles compilation Substance, the original Pretty in Pink soundtrack version was not used, as is widely believed, but an edited version of the 12-inch remix cut down to six-and-a-half minutes, omitting an entire verse of vocals. It is this version that appears most often on CD. The 9:41 single remix does not appear on any subsequent New Order compilations.

SIDE A:
Shellshock (Extended Version) 9:41

SIDE B:
Shellshock (Dub Version) 7:35

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	Shellshock	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#14
1986	Shellshock	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales	#26

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:A&M Records – SP-12174
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Producer – John Robie
Written-By – John Robie, New Order

NOTES:
Promotion Copy – Not For Sale
(Original version appears on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “Pretty In Pink” SP-5113)
New Order courtesy of Factory Records.

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DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
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March 27, 2020

New Order – Ceremony (UK 12″)

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“Ceremony” is a song by Joy Division, released as New Order’s debut single in 1981. The song and its B-side, “In a Lonely Place”, were written and recorded as Joy Division prior to the death of Ian Curtis. Both were re-recorded and carried over to Joy Division’s re-formation under the name New Order.

New Order released the song as a single twice, firstly in January 1981 and secondly in September 1981 featuring new member Gillian Gilbert.

After the death of Ian Curtis, the remaining members of Joy Division regrouped as New Order. Their first release was a re-recording of “Ceremony” as a stand-alone single backed with “In a Lonely Place”, with guitarist Bernard Sumner taking over lead vocals. Because Curtis had never transcribed the lyrics to “Ceremony” and because his singing was muted to the point of near-inaudibility on all surviving recordings, Sumner reportedly had to put them through a graphic equalizer to approximate the lyrics.

In January 1981, the first version of “Ceremony” was released on Factory Records (FAC 33). Initially released as a 7″ single, it was reissued as a 12″ two months later. Martin Hannett (Joy Division’s producer) produced the record and Peter Saville designed the sleeve artwork for both releases.

The 7″ record was issued in a stamped gold-bronze sleeve. The 12″ sleeve was a completely separate design: gold typography on a green background.

SIDE A:
Ceremony (Version 1) 4:35

SIDE B:
In A Lonely Place (Original Mix) 6:13

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	Ceremony	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#61

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Factory ‎– FAC. 33, Factory ‎– FAC 33/12
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Mar 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave

CREDITS:
Plated By – EG*
Producer – Martin Hannett
Written-By – Joy Division

NOTES:
Mastered At – The Town House

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Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
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October 16, 2019

New Order – True Faith (Australia 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

Originally posted November 21, 2011

“True Faith” is a song by New Order, co-written and co-produced by the band and Stephen Hague. It was the first New Order single since their debut “Ceremony” to be issued in the UK as two separate 12″ singles. The second 12″ single features two remixes of “True Faith” by Shep Pettibone. The single peaked at number four in the United Kingdom on its original release in 1987. The single also became the first New Order single to chart on the Hot 100 in the United States that same year and their first ever Top 40 hit, peaking at number 32.

As is the case for many New Order songs, the words in the title do not appear anywhere in the lyrics. The original lyrics included a verse that read “Now that we’ve grown up together/They’re taking drugs with me”. Hague convinced Sumner to change the latter line to “They’re afraid of what they see” because he was worried that otherwise it would not get played on the radio. When performing the song live, the band have always used the original line.

“True Faith” was used in the opening nightclub scene in Mary Harron’s film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel American Psycho and in James Bridges’s 1988 film adaptation of Jay McInerney’s novel Bright Lights, Big City. It also appears at the end of the 14th episode of the third season of the American TV series Queer as Folk and in the season finale of the first season of the series The Vampire Diaries.

The US and UK 7″ and 12″ singles contain the song “1963” as the b-side, however the Australian 12″ contains a remix of “Paradise” from the album Brotherhood.

SIDE A:
True Faith (Remix) 9:02
Remix – Shep Pettibone

SIDE B:
Paradise (Remix) 6:41
Remix [Assisted By] – Nick Mainsbridge
Remix, Edited By – Robert Racic

True Dub 10:44
Remix – Shep Pettibone

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	True Faith	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#32
1987	True Faith	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#3

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Factory Records Australasia ‎– Fac 183R
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: Australia
Released: Sep 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design] – Peter Saville Associates, Trevor Key
Mastered By – Å (3)
Written By, Producer – New Order, Stephen Hague (tracks: A, B2)

NOTES:
Released by Factory Records Australasia under license from Factory Records Manchester England.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
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SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi