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Factory
July 1980

AU

1981

( Factory/Gap Records FACOZ 1001 )[ Released  February 1981]

BZ

1980

( Stiletto Fact 25 ) [Matrix # 992-527-1 with "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as a bonus track]

CA

1980

( Polygram FACD 01 )

FR

1981

( Virgin 70162 )

FR

1983

( Virgin 201882 )

GE

1980

( Rough Trade RTD68 )

GR

1980

( Virgin VG 50086 )

HO

1980

IT

1980

( Base Records Fac25 )

JP

1980

( Columbia YX-7338 )

LI

1992

( Zona Records ZN006 )[Lithuania glossy cover, brown bag inner, no titles]

NZ

1980

( RTC Fac 25 ) [first pressing]

NZ

1980

( EMI 225GAP25 )

PL

1980

( Tonpress SX-T 108 ) [ltd pressing with red label]

SP

1980

( Edigsa 19L0094 )

SW

1980

( NCB 48508-1y )

UK

1980

( Factory FACT 25 )[Textured Sleeve]

UK

1980

( Factory FACT 25 )

UK

2007

( FACT 25 / London )[Released 17th Sept Heavyweight 180gm vinyl]

US

1981

( Factory US FACTUS 6 )[Release Jul 81] [Textured Sleeve]

US

1981

( Factory US FACTUS 6 )[Release Jul 81]
US 2007 ( Fact 25 / Rhino) [released 18th Sept 2007][Heavyweight 180gm vinyl]

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AU

1981

(FACTC25)

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UK

1980

( Factory FACT 25C )

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UK

1987

( Factory FACT 25C ) [ltd edition deluxe purple box]

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US

1987

( Factory US/Rough Trade FACTUS VIC )

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US

198?

( Qwest 9 25841-4 )

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AU

198?

( Festival Rec D30408 )

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CA

1987

( Polygram 830 685-2 ) [white color sleeve]

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EU

198?

( Centredate ltd5200152 )[unique yellow cover]

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GE

198?

( Rough Trade rtdcd68 23 )[first pressing]

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HO

198?

( Factory Fac252 )[yellow tint]

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JP

198?

( Columbia 25cy3102 )[first pressing]

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JP

1993

( Columbia POCD1880 )

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PL

198?

( Sonic Son11 )

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UK

1988

( Factory FACD 25 )[ Early copies came with a 'car-carrying ' sleeve]

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UK

1994

( London Records 520015 )

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US

1988

( Factory US/Rough Trade FACTUS 6CD )

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US

199?

( Qwest 9 25841-2 )[ Early edition with long box]

                                6 : 05       Atrocity Exhibition

                                2 : 52       Isolation

                                4 : 45       Passover

                                3 : 53       Colony

                                4 : 06       A Means To An End

                                5 : 50       Heart & Soul

                                4 : 26       24 Hours

                                6 : 04       The Eternal

                                6 : 08       Decades

-               Sleeve design by Peter Saville and Martyn Atkins ; photography by Bernard Pierre Wolf.

The picture on the album sleeve is from the Staglieno Cemetery in Genova, Italy

-              The album was scheduled for release on May 8 but was delayed until July 1980 due to a combination of the sleeves not being completed in time and of the producer Martin Hannett having to order another master cut after it was found that 5000 records were pressed without the master having been approved.

-                      Chart Position : UK : 6 ; 27/7/97, 8 Weeks.

-                      Run-out groove

A :’Old Blue ?’

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UK Tape LD

 

UK Tape LD

 

UK Tape LD

*     Issued in purple (rarest ), red (rare) and green translucent vinyl.

 

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UK

2007

( FACD 25 / London )[ Released 17th Sept]

    CD1                      6 : 05       Atrocity Exhibition

                                2 : 52       Isolation

                                4 : 45       Passover

                                3 : 53       Colony

                                4 : 06       A Means To An End

                                5 : 50       Heart & Soul

                                4 : 26       24 Hours

                                6 : 04       The Eternal

                                6 : 08       Decades

   CD2                             live University Of London Union 8th February 1980

1 Dead Souls

2 Glass

3 A Means To An End

4 Twenty Four Hours

5 Passover

6 Insight

7 Colony

8 These Days

9 Love Will Tear Us Apart

10 Isolation

11 The Eternal

12 Digital

 

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