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    Fac Dance Factory Records 12" Mixes & Rarities 1980-87

    Strut
    • section 25 – looking from a hilltop (megamix)
    • a certain ratio – wild party
    • royal family & the poor – art on
    • 52nd street – cool as ice (restructured by john "jellybean" benitez)
    • X-O-Dus – see them a'Come
    • 1. section 25 – looking from a hilltop (megamix)
    • 2. a certain ratio – wild party
    • 3. royal family & the poor – art on
    • 4. quando quango – atom rock (new york remix)
    • 5. 52nd street – cool as ice (restructured by john "jellybean" benitez)
    • 6. blurt – puppeteer
    • 7. swamp children – you've got me beat
    • 8. X-O-Dus – see them a'Come
    • 9. the duruti column – for belgian friends
    • 10. shark vegas – pretenders of love
    • 11. marcel king – reach for love (new york remix)
    • 12. abecedarians – smiling monarchs

    Another brilliant Strut comp focusing on the early output from Manchester's legendary Factory Records! Compiled by DJ History's Bill Brewster and includes extensive liner notes by the man himself.  Showcasing their post-Joy Division period of funky and more upbeat disco-not-disco, post-punk, electro-boogie and reggae killers! Long 12" versions and late night groovers! Essential!

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