VARIOUS - 'USE HEARING PROTECTION: FACTORY RECORDS 1978-1979 - SEALED BOXSET, 2019

VARIOUS - 'USE HEARING PROTECTION: FACTORY RECORDS 1978-1979 - SEALED BOXSET, 2019 - Sealed and numbered boxset covering the golden era and lost artefacts of Factory Records, containing facsimile editions of the first 10 numbered Factory items: 4 records (FAC 2, FAC 5, FAC 6 and FACT10), 3 posters (FAC 1, FAC 3 and FAC 4), a short 8mm film (FAC 9), Factory stationery (FAC 7) and an egg-timer design (FAC 8), a 60 page book with text by James Nice, photos by Kevin Cummins and archival interviews with Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, Joy Division and more. Bonus items are a white label 12” single by The Tiller Boys (originally intended as FAC3 but ultimately not released), and a lengthy unreleased audio interview with Joy Division, Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton, conducted in August 1979 by journalist Mary Harron, restored across two CDs. Limited to 4,000 copies (numbered 2186). Catalog barcode on rear: 0190295 458225 (UK, 2019)