A Factory Sample is a 7-inch double sampler EP released in January 1979 by Factory Records of Manchester, England. Funded by a small inheritance which had recently been bequeathed to Tony Wilson, it was the first vinyl recording to be released by the label, assigned the catalogue number FAC-2 (FAC 1 was a poster designed by Peter Saville for a concert at The Russell Club). The cover of the EP, designed by Saville, is made of silver glassine, sealed inside a thin plastic bag.
The Joy Division tracks were later re-released on the band's 1988 compilation album Substance.
The Cabaret Voltaire tracks were later re-released on the 1990 double disc rarities compilation Listen Up with Cabaret Voltaire.
Track listing 2x7" vinyl (Factory FAC 2) Side A (Aside) Joy Division: "Digital" (Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner) – 2:50 Joy Division: "Glass" (Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner) – 3:51 Vinyl etching: EVERYTHING
Side B (Beside) The Durutti Column: "No Communication" (The Durutti Column) – 4:57 The Durutti Column: "Thin Ice (Detail)" (The Durutti Column) – 3:16 Vinyl etching: IS REPAIRABLE
Side C (Seaside) John Dowie: "Acne" (Dowie) – 1:43 John Dowie: "Idiot" (Dowie) – 1:53 John Dowie: "Hitler's Liver" (Dowie) – 2:27 Vinyl etching: EVERYTHING
Side D (Decide) Cabaret Voltaire: "Baader Meinhof" (Cabaret Voltaire) – 3:15 Cabaret Voltaire: "Sex in Secret" (Cabaret Voltaire) – 3:28 Vinyl etching: IS BROKEN
Credits Joy Division Ian Curtis – lead vocals Peter Hook – bass Stephen Morris – drums Bernard Sumner – guitar
The Durutti Column Colin Sharp – lead vocals Vini Reilly – guitar Dave Rowbotham – guitar Tony Bowers – bass Chris Joyce – drums Stephen Hopkins – keyboards
Cabaret Voltaire Stephen Mallinder – vocals, bass, keyboards Richard H. Kirk – guitars, keyboards, tapes Chris Watson – keyboards, tapes
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