NEW ORDER -"Blue Monday" / "The Beach" 12 inch EP Vinyl Record. Qwest 20332-0
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Mar 26, 2017 Sold Date
Mar 16, 2017 Start Date
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Description

  • Produced by New Order
  • Engineered by Michael Johnson
  • Assisted by Barry Sage and Mark Boyne
  • A Factory Record, Manchester for Qwest Records, USA
  • Sleeve Cover by Peter Saville
  • Die-cut sleeve cover cut-cut outs resembling a floppy disc with a matt black inner sleeve.
  • The biggest selling 12” of all time, ‘Blue Monday’ was also the scene of one the greatest design myths in modern music.
  • The coloured strip is not random - it spells out the Catalog#, band name and both song titles.Carrying over the colour code wheel design from Power Corruption and Lies, the die-cut floppy disc-inspired sleeve is said to have cost the label more to produce than to sell, with every single copy of the million selling 12” supposedly contributing a loss of up to 5p each. While simpler production methods meant the further represses weren’t so costly, the success of the release took everyone by surprise and running late with the design, Saville is said to have bypassed both band and label to send it directly to the printer. Reflecting the visual aesthetic of the emerging computer world, Saville’s reference to the floppy disc elevated functional design to the status art with almost imperceptibly clarity.
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