Category: New Order

September 22, 2014

New Order – Everythings Gone Green (Belgium 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1981

“Everything’s Gone Green” is the third single by the English alternative rock/electronic band New Order. It was released in December 1981 and reached number three on the UK Independent Singles chart, number twenty-nine on the New Zealand RIANZ Singles chart and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

As usual per New Order and Joy Division’s releases, the recording date and location of the music is not disclosed on the original sleeve. The single was originally released in Belgium on Factory Benelux and bears the catalogue number FBN-8. The single was later released in New Zealand in 1982 and was made available in the UK through import copies. The artwork was designed by Peter Saville with computer graphics on the cover designed by Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert.

SIDE A:
Everythings Gone Green 5:31

SIDE B:
Cries And Whispers 3:25
Mesh 3:00

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	Everythings Gone Green	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#34

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Factory Benelux ‎– FBNL 8
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Belgium
Released: Dec 1981
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Electro

CREDITS:
Producer – Martin Hannett
Written-By – New Order

NOTES:
First Edition 12″
Recorded in U.K.
Made in BNL.

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Speed Control: Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removeal: ClickRepair (DeClick Level 3)
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

November 4, 2013

New Order – Sub-Culture (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985

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“Sub-Culture” released in November 1985, is the tenth single by New Order.

It was the second and final single that also appeared on the group’s album release of the same year, Low-Life. A seven inch edit of the Robie remix taken from the Benelux version of the “Sub-culture” single appears on the group’s 1987 compilation, Substance.

The song has stirred some controversy with attempts to understand the lyrics being unsubstantiated by the group itself, particularly the use of the word shaft with its possible sexual connotations; i.e. “You’ll realize you can’t shaft without someone else”.

John Robie’s 12″ and 7″ single mixes provides a significant departure from the album version, using prominent vocals which feature Ish Ledesma of Foxy and Oxo with female backing singers. The version of the song Bernard sings in the remix has an altered line (whether it was intentional or not is unclear), changing the second verse’s line “A view without a room” into “A room without a view”. The remix was not very well received and garnered more attention for Robie’s extensive rework, that managed to be less-club friendly than the original album version despite his attempts to input greater melodic range. In spite of the poor reaction and sales, New Order and Robie collaborated for the band’s next two singles “Shellshock” and “State of the Nation” B-side “Shame of the Nation”.

On the UK Indepebdant singles chart the song reached #1 while on the UK Singles Chart it peaked at #63. In the US “Sub-Culture” reached #35 on the Billboard Dance chart and #18 for dance single sales.

SIDE A:
Sub-Culture (Remix) 7:25
Remix – John Robie

SIDE B:
Subvulture 7:55
Remix – John Robie

Sub-Culture 4:57

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (generic)

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Sub-Culture	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#35
1985	Sub-Culture	U.S. Billboard Hot Maxi-Singles Sales	#18

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Qwest Records ‎– 0-20390
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Mastered By – Herbie Jr.*
Producer, Written-By – New Order

NOTES:
A (Re)production of John Robie.
45 rotations per minute.
Original version on the Qwest album “LOW-LIFE”

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RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

October 16, 2013

New Order – Touched By The Hand Of God (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Touched by the Hand of God” was a single released by New Order in December 1987. The song had originally appeared on the soundtrack to the film Salvation! and the version released as a single was remixed by Arthur Baker. The B-side was a dub remix, titled “Touched by the Hand of Dub”, production duties are credited to New Order. Although not a track pulled for release from a studio album, “Touched by the Hand of God” does appear on the 1994 compilation The Best of New Order and in remixed form on the 1995’s The Rest of New Order. In the US, the song was released as the B-side to the group’s following single “Blue Monday 1988”, though it was billed as a Double A-side on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Maxi-Singles charts.

In New Zealand “Touched By The Hand Of God” peaked at #5, Australia #15, UK #20 and #1 on the US Dance Chart.

SIDE A:
Touched By The Hand Of God 7:02

SIDE B:
Touched By The Hand Of Dub 5:30

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	Touched By The Hand Of God**	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1
1988	Touched By The Hand Of God**	U.S. Billboard Hot Max-Singles Sales	#8

** Charted with “Blue Monday ’88”

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Factory ‎– Fac193
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Dec 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Design – Peter Saville Associates
Mixed By – Arthur Baker
Photography By – Trevor Key
Written-By, Producer – New Order

NOTES:
Touched by the Hand Of God From the Beth B Film ‘Salvation!’

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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

October 1, 2013

New Order – Run 2 (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“Run 2” was New Order’s third and final single from their 1989 album Technique. The album version was listed as simply “Run”.

“Run 2” was remixed by Scott Litt from the version on Technique, hence the appendage of “2” to the title. The main difference is that the song has been made more radio-friendly by editing down most of the long instrumental run-out and appending it with a final repeat of the chorus. Litt’s mix strips back much of the echo and layers of synthesizers, and in place centres the mix on Sumner’s vocal and the bass guitar of Peter Hook. Despite the effort taken to produce a radio single, only 20,000 of the Factory 12″ release were ever pressed. 500 7-inch records were also pressed, for promotional use. The single was only released in the UK.

John Denver’s publishing company filed a lawsuit, alleging that the guitar break in “Run” too closely resembled Denver’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane”. The case was settled out of court. The song has since been credited to New Order and John Denver.

“Run 2” is backed with the B-side titled “MTO”. This song recycles the line “You’ve got love technique” from the group’s previous hit single “Fine Time” (this is the only lyric in the track). It is speculated that “MTO” is an acronym for “Mid Tempo One” or “Much Too Old”, though it is also quite possible that the initial-ism’s usual meaning, “Made to Order”, is implied as a self-deprecating joke by the group. An extended mix of “Run 2” with additional beats by Afrika Islam and an alternate ‘minus’ mix of “MTO” by Mike ‘Hitman’ Wilson appear as B-sides on the 12″ version of the single.

Peter Saville, the single’s cover designer, claimed to have been inspired by the design of laundry powder packaging. The tiny print on the back of the sleeve says, “Cover by Peter Saville Associates after Bold.”

SIDE A:
Run 2 3:37
Remix – Scott Litt

Run 2 (Extended Version) 5:22
Drum Programming [Additional Beats] – Afrika Islam
Remix – Scott Litt

SIDE B:
MTO 3:43
Engineer – Chris Andrews
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Mike ‘Hitman’ Wilson*

MTO (Minus Mix) 5:24
Engineer – Chris Andrews
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Mike ‘Hitman’ Wilson*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Factory ‎– Fac273
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Aug 1989
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Leftfield, Acid House, Indie Rock
Credits: Cover [After Bold] – Peter Saville Associates
Mastered By – MAX*
Recorded By – Michael Johnson
Written-By, Producer – New Order

NOTES:
Limited edition of 20,000 copies.
MTO Additional Production and Remix for Real House Productions.

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SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi