Throwback Thursday’s: Merry Xmas From The Haçienda & Factory Records 24 December 1982

It’s Thursday which means it’s time to travel back into the past. Since we are only days away from Christmas here is something appropriate.

New Order 
Merry Xmas From The Haçienda And Factory Records
24 December 1982

Tracklisting: 
1. "Rocking Carol" (a.k.a. We Will Rock You) 
2. "Ode To Joy"

Sourced from FAC 51B flexidisc 

Mono recording remastered by Bruce Bartlett, who did the previous New Order vinyl transfers in this blog. Limited edition of 4400 given away at the Haçienda, Christmas Eve, 1982. 

From Factory "We can't remember if this was Xmas present to the Hacienda regulars or just a crazy idea. Certainly it involved taking a New Order piece that they'd recorded for a local TV Xmas special the previous year and making a flexi out of it. As far as we remember it was Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", but we don't have a record player any more so we can't be sure." 

 * Download links will be removed on 1 January 2013 but you should grab it today as the world might very well end tomorrow!

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Listen: New Order - "Elegia" (full 18-minute version)

A bit of a Throwback Thursday coming to you on Friday this week. In 1985 New Order released a tribute to Ian Curtis in the form of “Elegia” the song was originally released on their album Low-Life as a 5 minute radio edit of sorts.  But now, the full 18-minute version is being released on vinyl. The track is out on a 3-track 12" EP via Slow to Speak and available via Dope Jams. The 12" also includes a Peel Session take on "5-8-6" off Power, Corruption & Lies, as well as Movement's "The Him", which was also written for Ian Curtis. Check it out below….