Singer: Joy Division
Title: Closer
Label: Factory ‎– FACT∙XXV, Factory ‎– FACT. 25
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Date of released: 18 Jul 1980
Category: Rock
Style: Post-Punk, New Wave
Size MP3 zip: 1720 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1770 mb
Rating: 3.6✭
Format: MP3 RA MOD FLAC WMA MPC WAV AUD FLAC

Tracklist

A1	Atrocity Exhibition	6:03
A2	Isolation	2:53
A3	Passover	4:44
A4	Colony	3:52
A5	A Means To An End	4:04
B1	Heart And Soul	5:48
B2	Twenty Four Hours	4:26
B3	The Eternal	6:01
B4	Decades	6:08

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Factory Records
• Published By – Fractured Music
• Produced At – Britannia Row Studios
• Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Credits

• Design – Martyn Atkins, Peter Saville
• Engineer – John Caffery*, Martin Hannett
• Engineer [Assistant] – Michael Johnson
• Photography By – Bernard Pierre Wolff
• Producer – Martin Hannett

Notes

Produced at Brittania Row.
A Fractured Music
A Factory Record
Labels: 9/5/80
A Factory Records Product
Published by Fractured Music
Printed by Garrod And Lofthouse Limited

FACT 25 comes in two vinyl editions: Black and translucent dark red. It can only be differentiated when holding against a strong light source.
Apparantly, this is due to Martin Hannett, who ordered a second master cut after he found out that 5000 records were pressed without the initial master having been approved.

There also are two sleeve variations:
A thick and rough cardboard sleeve with rough inner sleeve and having rounded corners (this) or a plain carton sleeve with glossy inner sleeve and having straight corners. However, the two vinyl editions can come in either sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 1): FACT 25 A1 OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 1): FACT 25 B-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 2): FACT 25 A1 I OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 2): FACT 25 B-1 AA
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 3): FACT 25 A1 AT OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 3): FACT 25 B-1 BC
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 4): FACT 25 A1 1 OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 4): FACT 25 B-1 2
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 5): FACT 25 A1 BG OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 5): FACT 25 B-1 BJ
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 6): FACT 25 A1 I BE OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 6): FACT 25 B-1 AW
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 7): FACT 25 A1 I OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 7): FACT 25 B-1 2 AD
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 8): FACT 25 A1 BH OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 8): FACT 25 B-1 BI
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 9): FACT 25 A1 I 1 OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 9): FACT 25 B-1 2 S
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched - Variation 10): FACT 25 A1 I X OLD BLUE?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched - Variation 10): FACT 25 B-1 2 AD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FACT XXV	Joy Division	Closer ‎(LP, Album, Pic, Unofficial)	Factory	FACT XXV	US	2006
73394, FACT 25	Joy Division	Closer ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, TP)	Rhino Records , Factory	73394, FACT 25	US	2007
FACT XXV, 201882	Joy Division	Closer ‎(LP, Album)	Factory, Factory	FACT XXV, 201882	France	1981
992 527-1, FACT. 25, FACT∙XXV, CLSR OI	Joy Division	Closer ‎(LP, Album, Unofficial, Blu)	Stiletto , Factory , Factory , Factory	992 527-1, FACT. 25, FACT∙XXV, CLSR OI	2012
Fact 25c, FACT XXVC	Joy Division	Closer ‎(Cass, Album, RE + Box)	Factory, Factory	Fact 25c, FACT XXVC	UK	1985

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