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NEW ORDER Had A BLUE MONDAY Today 41 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

7 March 2024

Manchester‘s electro-pop-rock giants NEW ORDER released their most famous and
most successful single ever BLUE MONDAY 41 years ago today, on 7 March 1983
through iconic label Factory Records.

The single’s unique packaging was designed by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens.
It features a die-cut sleeve designed to resemble a 5+1⁄4-inch floppy disk. It cost
so much to produce that Factory Records actually lost money on each copy sold,
nobody expected Blue Monday to be a commercially successful record at all,
so nobody expected the cost to be an issue.

In the UK it has sold 1.16 million copies in all formats, including the 1988 and 1995
re-releases. Sales of the original 1983 12-inch release account for the bulk of the total,
at over 700,000 copies. It has more than 380 million streams, so far, on Spotify.

Bassist Peter Hook said afterward that the song was stolen from
the Donna Summer song “Our Love” a B-side that also appeared on
her Bad Girls album


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Boom boom boom.

How does it feel
When you treat me like you do.

NEW ORDER: Facebook

SUMMER PARTY PLAYLIST Part 9 – 15 Oldie Thrills

Posted on by JL

19 August 2023

Turn up the heat and feel the beat.

It’s PART 9 of Turn Up The Volume‘s yearly hot summer playlists.
This week 15 punk-rock-pop-dance-psych-and-other-hot-stuff oldies.

TRACK BY TRACK

1. W.L.F. by HAPPY MONDAYS (1989)

2. ‘Feel Every Beat’ by ELECTRONIC (1991)
Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner

3. ‘Thank You’ by THE CHARLATANS (1995)

4. ‘Junco Partner’ by THE CLASH (1979)

5. ‘Door Deep’ by SINEAD O’CONNOR (2005)

6. ‘Original’ by LEFTFIELD (1995)
The Curve‘s utterly cool Toni Halliday

7. ‘Waiting For The Siren’s Call’ by NEW ORDER (2006)

8. ‘Good Stuff’ by THE B-52’s (1992)

9. ‘I Want To Be Adored’ by THE STONE ROSES (1989)

10. ‘Presidici (Et Chapaquiditch)‘ by THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN (2022)

11. ‘Now’ by DEXYS (2022)

12. ‘Flame’ by SEBADOH (1999)

13. ‘Untouchable’ by GARBAGE (2001)

14. ‘Slow And Low’ by BEASTIE BOYS (1986)


15. ‘Sour Cherry’ by THE KILLS (2008)

ALL TOGETHER


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See/hear you next week, music junkies

TUTV: Facebook – Instagram – Twitter

NEW ORDER Had A 12″ BLUE MONDAY Today 40 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

7 March 2022

Manchester‘s electro-pop-rock giants NEW ORDER released their most famous and
most successful single ever BLUE MONDAY 40 years ago today, on 7 March 1983
through iconic label Factory Records.

The single’s unique packaging was designed by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens.
It features a die-cut sleeve designed to resemble a 5+1⁄4-inch floppy disk. It cost
so much to produce that Factory Records actually lost money on each copy sold,
nobody expected “Blue Monday” to be a commercially successful record at all,
so nobody expected the cost to be an issue.

In the UK it has sold 1.16 million copies in all formats, including the 1988 and 1995
re-releases. Sales of the original 1983 12-inch release account for the bulk of the total,
at over 700,000 copies. It has more than 370 million streams, so far, on Spotify.


The 7″ format

Bassist Peter Hook said afterward that the song was stolen from
the Donna Summer song “Our Love” a B-side that also appeared on
her Bad Girls album

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Gillian Gilbert (keyboards) revealed in 2013: “The synthesizer melody is slightly
out of sync with the rhythm. This was an accident. It was my job to program the entire
song from beginning to end, which had to be done manually, by inputting every note.
I had the sequence all written down on loads of A4 paper Sellotaped together the length
of the recording studio, like a huge knitting pattern. But I accidentally left a note out,
which skewed the melody.”

Boom boom boom.

How does it feel
When you treat me like you do…

NEW ORDER: Facebook

Happy B. HOOKY!

Posted on by JL

13 February 2023


(photo by Turn Up The Volume)

If there’s one bass player you always recognize when he pulls his strings it’s PETER HOOK also known as HOOKY. The man who created a sound that was fundamental and essential for Joy Division as well as for New Order. The man who plays his beloved instrument as if it has six strings instead of four. Hooky‘s resonance is unique and ageless as he still proves, for years now, with his band The Light, on stages around the globe.

Today the Manchester legend celebrates his 66th birthday.
Turn Up The Volume picked 3 great Hooky moments for this
festive occasion.

– LOVE WILL TEAR US APART –
(Joy Division classic played live with The Light)

– ATMOSPHERE –
(Joy Division classic – with awesome soul voice Rowetta)

– TEMPTATION –
(New Order gem)

PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT: Facebook

NEW ORDER – Definite Edition For Third LP ‘LOW-LIFE’ Out Now

Posted on by JL

30 January 2023

Manchester’s synth-pop heroes NEW ORDER start 2023 with
a Definitive Edition Boxset of their third LP LOW LIFE. One of
their best, released on 13 May 1985.

The box includes the original album on 180g vinyl LP and CD – remastered.
A second CD of unreleased audio, and 2 DVDs of live performances from
1984 and 1985, the singles, plus a hardback book.

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Order info here.

This live performance of Sunrise at the infamous Haçienda club
in Manchester in 1985 features on one of DVDs of the Box Set.

The Full Definitive Edition

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