Factory Benelux
(FBN 3-045: 708527180464)
Release date: 9/6/2019
Genre: Post punk
Discography FACT 45C Always Now Release date. Friendly Fires Dirty Disco C.P. Loose Talk (costs lives) Inside Out Melt Close. Hit Babies in the Bardo Be Brave New Horizon. Written by Section 25 Produced by Martin Hannett Engineer John Caffrey Recorded at Brittania Row Disegnatori: Grafica Industria e. Always Now (Fact 45) 'No one can escape this kind of war.' Section 25 Part Primitiv Rar. 5/13/2017 0 Comments Section 2. 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 5 is an English post- punk and electronic band, best known for the single. Their debut LP, Always Now, appeared in 1. Martin Hannett at Britannia Row studio. The pochette sleeve was among the most expensive and elaborate in the.
Always Now Section 25. Released September 1981. Always Now Tracklist. Friendly Fires Lyrics. Dirty Disco Lyrics. Lyrics (Missing Lyrics) 4. Loose Talk (Costs Lives.
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Factory Benelux is proud to present a deluxe 5 disc vinyl box set edition of Always Now, the debut album by cult Factory Records group Section 25, produced by legendary sonic architect Martin Hannett and sleeved by Peter Saville.
Recorded as a trio at Pink Floyd’s Britannia Row studio in London in January 1981, Always Now combined austere post-punk rhythm and noise with elements of Can, Krautrock and modern psychedelia. Key tracks include Friendly Fires, Dirty Disco and New Horizon, along with C.P. (a collaboration with Hannett) and Hit (extensively sampled by Kanye West for the track F.M.L. on his 2016 album The Life of Pablo).
Disc 2 gathers together several non-album singles from 1980 and 1981, including Charnel Ground, Je Veux Ton Amour and debut EP Girls Don’t Count – the latter produced by mentors Rob Gretton and Ian Curtis (of Joy Division).
Disc 3 offers a complete live show professionally recorded at Groningen (Netherlands) on 26 October 1980, as part of a Factory package tour.
Disc 4 is part-improvised second studio album The Key of Dreams, recorded and produced by the band themselves a few months after Always Now, and released by Factory Benelux in June 1982.
Disc 5 consists of further experimental material recorded in 1981 and self-released on a cassette called Illuminus Illumina. This final disc closes with an extended (and previously unreleased) live encore jam recorded with all four members of New Order at Reading University on 8 May 1981.
All tracks are newly re-mastered from the original quarter-inch tapes. The first 1000 copies of the box set are pressed in coloured vinyl: disc 1 (black); disc 2 (clear); disc 3 (yellow); disc 4 (red); disc 5 (silver). The outer case in printed in PMS 123 with spot varnish.
The 16 page booklet features unseen images by noted photographer Philippe Carly and texts by founder members Larry and Vin Cassidy. Also included is the first ever interview with guitarist Paul Wiggin, whose sudden departure in late 1981 saw Tony Wilson try (and fail) to recruit pre-Smiths teenager Johnny Marr as replacement.
“One of the best albums Britain's second city has unleashed” (Uncut); “In 1980 their bass-driven mantras were thoughtlessly dismissed as second-rate Joy Division, but hindsight judges them more kindly. The wind-dried skeins of their blasted guitar harmonics and skimped electronics gauntly cling to the songs’ skeletal frames. With telltale titles like Babies in the Bardo their Buddhist interests hang heavy over these early stirrings. But, combining a bass-led drone with a characteristic groaning vocal, Charnel Ground succinctly pins down Section 25's pre-disco appeal” (The Wire)
Vinyl box set tracklist: Disc 1: A1. Friendly Fires A2. Dirty Disco A3. C.P. A4. Loose Talk (Costs Lives) A5. Inside Out A6. Melt Close B1. Hit B2. Babies in the Bardo B3. Be Brave B4. New Horizon Disc 2: A1. Knew Noise A2. Up To You A3. Girls Don’t Count A4. After Image A5. Human Puppets B1. Charnel Ground B2. Haunted B3. Je Veux Ton Amour B4. One True Path Disc 3: A1. Loose Talk (Costs Lives) (live) A2. Human Puppets (live) A3. Knew Noise (live) A4. Friendly Fires (live) A5. Girls Don’t Count (live) B1. New Horizon (live) B2. Haunted (live) B3. You’re On Your Own (live) B4. One Step Backward (live) Disc 4: A1. Always Now A2. Visitation A3. Regions A4. The Wheel A5. No Abiding Place A6. Once Before B1. There Was a Time B2. Wretch B3. Sutra Disc 5: A1. Fallen Monument A2. Are You There? A3. Virtually Everything A4. Tape Loop A5. Subferior A6. In the Garden of Eden A7. Cry B1. Red Voice B2. Floating B3. Reading Uni Jam with New Order 1981
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Section 25 was a post-punk style band from the UK that formed in the late 1970s. They quickly became label mates with Joy Division on Factory Records which was no coincidence as the two bands shared a somewhat similar sound. Section 25 put out one 7″ before recording their debut LP, Always Now, which was released in 1981.
The music on Always Now is early post-punk that shares similarities to that of the early Cure, Bauhaus, and Joy Division. The guitars are a bit droning and feature some odd tunings. The bass lines have a bit of a goth feel to them and are pretty meaty and atmospheric at the same time. The vocals are a bit subdued and melodic, slightly buried in the mix. Similarities to Joy Division are hard to ignore which may be partially due to this album being co-produced by Martin Hannett who was responsible for producing Joy Division as well at the same time and that whole scene being rather small. Always Now is a really enjoyable album for that time period and the music still sounds as excellent today as it did three decades ago when the record was originally released.
Always Now has the distinction of being the most expensive to manufacture record on the Factory label. The record came housed in a fancy fold-out sleeve that was sort of like a matchbook. Inside was a full color inner sleeve that was printed to look like it was marble. I’m not sure how much the record cost when it was originally released but I’m guessing it was one of the more expensive records of its time, especially considering here in the USA it would have also been an import. As you can probably guess, the record has been out of print on vinyl for easily the last 2/3 of its life. Even the label ceased to exist a long time ago.This was a rather unlikely candidate for being reissued due to the elaborate packaging but Drastic Plastic Records was just dedicated enough (or crazy enough) to take on the task.
This new reissue preserves nearly all the original packaging. The deluxe fold-out cover has been reproduced exactly like the original with the only difference being the addition of a bar code on the back cover. They didn’t even add any of their own label information to the cover whatsoever. The inner sleeve features the same artwork as the original in full color. I’m not sure how it may differ from the original as I don’t have one to compare it to but it looks like a standard full-color printing job so it may not have been as expensive as the original but it still looks great. The label looks just like the original did too except they changed the label info and catalog number to reflect the new label. The record is pressed on 180gm black vinyl which is about the best way you could top off a quality package.
The mastering job, as usual, would easily rival the original or even top it. The record sounds incredible. Everything sounds clear and full and better than it would on any CD version that’s for sure. Any fan of early post-punk, goth, and alternative music needs this album in their collection. I’m not sure how I managed to go so long without having my own copy but I’m sure glad I do now thanks to this amazing reissue!