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| Released | 24 January 1979 |
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| Recorded | July and October 1978 |
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| Length | 27:40 |
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| Label | Factory |
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Another Close Shave
(1977)
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A Factory Sample
(1978)
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It's Hard to be an Egg
(1981)
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Extended Play
(1978)
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A Factory Sample
(1978)
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Baader-Meinhof" / "Sex in Secret
(1979)
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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 concert at The Factory). The cover of the EP 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.