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Joy Division : Digital

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In December of 1978 the Manchester based Factory Records label released an EP titled A Factory Sample, the label's first official release. The bands sampled are Joy Division ("Digital" and "Glass") , The Durutti Column ( a pair of lost classics) , John Dowie ( who?)  and Cabaret Voltaire, all of whom played at a club known as The Factory in Manchester. The label would give us not just the bands above but also New Order, A Certain Ratio, Happy Mondays, Northside, and (briefly) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and James. Sadly, "Digital" is the last song Joy Division ever performed together, 16 days before singer Ian Curtis killed himself.