New Order - Ceremony - Original Uk Issue - Post Rock 12 EP
12"

New Order - Ceremony



Label: Factory

FAC. 33, Factory – FAC 33/12

Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Green Sleeve
Record is VG++
Cover is VG VG+

Original version of "Ceremony" (without Gillian Gilbert). Side A groove etching: "Watching Love Grow - Forever".
THIS RECORD IS THE ORIGINAL with the "watching love" etching


Country: UK

Released: 1981

Genre: Rock

Style: New Wave




Tracklist




A Ceremony
4:36



B In A Lonely Place
6:12





Companies etc▼

Mastered At – The Town House
Published By – Fractured Music


Credits▼

Producer – Martin Hannett
Written-By – Joy Division


Notes▼


This is the first edition sleeve for the release, featuring a forest green background with gold type. There were two different editions of the record released using this sleeve:

1) Original version of "Ceremony" (without Gillian Gilbert). Side A groove etching: "Watching Love Grow - Forever".
THIS RECORD IS THE ORIGINAL with the "watching love" etching

2) Re-recorded version of "Ceremony" (with Gillian Gilbert). Side A groove etching: "This Is Why Events Unnerve Me". This version of the record was also released in the new white & blue sleeve, but there were green sleeves left over from the original pressing which were used rather than being discarded.

"In A Lonely Place" is the same on both versions. Side B groove etching: "How We Wish We Were Here With You Now"

The cover and runoffs of the record states the catalogue number as FAC 33 (the same as the 7"), but the label states it as FAC 33/12 denoting the 12" release.


In spite of all the problems following the death of Ian Curtis (not least the difficulty in deciding who was going to sing in the new line-up), New Order hit their stride straight away with this superb debut single. At this stage they were still heavily reliant on traditional rock instrumentation and no-one could have predicted what the group would eventually become, but all the same it's a brilliant, energetic single and an essential link in the chain that would eventually lead to the full flourishing of New Order later in the decade.



New Order - Ceremony

this arrangement is a lesson in minimalism. It's so effective - A lesson in what can be done just with a beat and one other instrument, then bring other things in..