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Also included is another vinyl-only mix, the 'Fade (Part 2)' mix, which was the extra track on the 'Fade' 12' vinyl single, like 'Perfume (version)' spotlessly mastered from original vinyl.Ĥ) And yet another vinyl-only track, an alternate edit of 'Perfume' which was titled and released as the extra track on the Virgin re-release 12' as 'Perfume (summer version)'. Not a clue at all it's vinyl sourced.Ģ) The only two *released* BBC session tracks now are included - a track from their first Peel session in September 1990, and a track from a Mark Goodier session in October 1990.ģ) Remixes from their last-ever single, 'Fade', now included. And now here it is, in glorious mastered FLAC, mastered from original vinyl, and spotlessly mastered at that. All put together, the '(version)' variant is the perfect 'Perfume'. Secondly, the '(version)' variant has a quite lovely harmony/alternate vocal line from other singer Jane starting about midway through the track that all other variants sadly lack. How? By knifing out the sequenced drums and focusing on the nearly Steve Morris-esque drums buried in the 'original' mix. As brilliant as I believed the 'original' mix (simply entitled 'Perfume' no modifiers) to be, the '(version)' variant beats it in all possible ways. I'm speaking of a previously-unknown (to me) mix called, simply, 'Perfume (version)' which was tucked away as the extra track on the 12' vinyl release of their debut single. It's shameful.ġ) New mixes 'discovered' of their classic, best track 'Perfume', including one which very quickly became my by-a-thousand-miles favorite interpretation of the track. Their entire catalog - the whole damn thing - has been out of print for nearly every single one of these past twenty years.

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Someone needs to step in, license these records, and give them the proper reissue treatment they deserve. So that this band has been utterly neglected for the past almost 20 years is beyond my simple grasp. They even had half of Factory's nearly-in-house design team (Craig Johnson of Johnson and Panas, who did a LOT of design for Factory and Electronic in the later years of Factory's existence) which often gave Peter Saville a run for his money (see the 'Perfume' 12' cover, nearly iconic in its own right - which I've re-engineered below to serve as the cover for this compilation). They received dancefloor play at the Hacienda, and gigged there too (in fact the Hac is the reason I first became aware of this band, when a mate heard 'Perfume' there well before release in 1990 and couldn't stop gabbing about it for months upon return to the States). They had New Order's engineer producing their records (Michael Johnson), their original label came from a strong Factory/New Order background (their initial label Sheer Joy having been started by an ex-Factory Records employee), they had that really nice blend of electronics and acoustics so wonderfully exploited by the best New Order tracks. They had everything needed to be a mini-New Order (minus Hooky). They weren't simply a product of their time (listen to the music), they had gobs of talent, and the songs to go along with it. It's long been my opinion that that this band, with the right label or anything beyond total label indifference (hello Virgin), could have escaped Madchester intact as the Charlatans did. Let's do this Factory Records band (that never was on Factory, but reading the names of persons involved in all aspects of this band's existence you'd sure think they were a classic Factory act) justice as all their records are LONG out of print, and they need to be heard. If I do locate any additions to this compendium, I will certainly post them, fear not. So as long as we're fixing errors, we may as well post the 99.9% Complete Discography of this woefully underappreciated Manchester band, but this time we'll do it right and in FLAC no less.Īnd I'll come clean: The reason this is only 99.9% complete is that there are a couple questionable 7' edits out there that may or may not be relevant, and there is one last track available on some mega ultra rare compilation that they've all probably disintegrated by now (a track called 'Don't Fake Mine' - if any reader has it lossless, please let me know!). Oh, I didn't miss anything 'major', but I've since obtained at least another half-dozen tracks that should have been in the previous post.ĭon't let anyone tell you The Power of Independent Trucking doesn't fix its errors ) The discography was (relatively) nowhere near complete. Made some noise about posting a complete discography or somesuch. Way back in the beginning of time, I blogged this band.