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Round & Round
Factory Records Fac 263
Produced by New Order and Stephen Hague
February 1989
Tracklisting:
1. Round & Round (12" Version)
2. Best & Marsh
3. Vanishing Point (Instrumental 'Making Out' Mix)
4. Round & Round (Club/Ben Grosse Mix)
5. Round & Round (12" Remix)
6. Round & Round (Detroit Mix)
7. Round & Round (7" Version)
8. Best & Marsh (7" Edit)
1, 3, and 7 sourced from Factory UK CD single Facd 263
2 sourced from PolyGram Canada CD single 874 079-2
4 - 6 sourced from Factory UK 3" CD single Facd 263R
8 is an early fade of 2
Notes from the restorer:
Not too much to do here. For the most part, just a slight bit of EQ and volume adjustments on the UK CD singles, as well as fixing a couple of polarity issues.
The perfect blend of pop, dance, and rock, Round & Round shows the band at their best. The catchy melody and superb production is enough to allow me to forgive the heavy use of an orchestra hit in the track. I remember actually hearing this a lot on top 40 radio back in the day, which was quite rare for New Order.
According to Wikipedia, the song was inspired by their deteriorating relationship with Factory owner Tony Wilson. Drama begets pop music.
I don't really have much to add to this one. It's not one of my favorite singles, although I think the extended 12" version with the long lead-in is far superior to the version on Technique. I'm all about Best & Marsh (composed by request for the UK sports program of the same name) and the instrumental mix of Vanishing Point used as the theme to Making Out, a BBC dramedy that aired from 1989-1991.
Brilliant !!!!
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The interesting thing about the 7" and 12" mix (not the remix version, or the Detroit/Club mixes) is that they are entirely new recordings done with Stephen Hague. Hooky has different bass parts (Hague must have learned his lesson after True Faith, they're quite up front in the mix) and Bernard has some different vocals - or at least it's sung a lot more confidently.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge fan of Hague-work but in this case it entirely betters the original self-produced, Alan Meyerson-mixed, version on the LP.
Remember NME doing a sidebar bit on their 'Thrills' page back in the day listing all the different versions, with the last one being 'The endless cirles that New Order fans are being led in'... I could have sworn they managed to scrape together at least 10 different ones, although I guess it's possible they started making them up towards the end.
ReplyDeleteWow, I've been waiting for this one with great anticipation, for this was the very first CD I ever bought (Canadian version, that is)!
ReplyDeleteAs with all of your remasters, the sound is fabulous, and I thank you and your partner for putting this series together. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
One question: I notice on Discogs that there is a Qwest promo 7" with the 7" version on the A-side, and what appears to be a unique edit of the LP version on the B-side ( http://bit.ly/4yO91a ). Is there any chance that this version is in your remastering plans at some point?
There's not anything special about that edit, it just trims about 40 seconds out of the album version. I have it sourced from CD, and it'll probably show up on the expanded listening disc we're doing for Technique.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know the identity of the cover icon? I've always been curious; my guess would be a classical composer of note.
ReplyDeleteIgnore my last post...shoulda read the next entry first. Been a long day.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I've gone 20 years without ever hearing this Vanishing Point remix - made my day!
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ReplyDeleteGreat posts. I have FAC263DJ 12" which I understood has an unrealeased Ben Grosse mix on it, ido you know if its the same mix as the club mix?
Thanks
ES
It's exactly the same.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks
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