martin hannett
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Visionary producer Martin Hannett (1948-1991) is best known for a string of landmark recordings by Joy Division, New Order, Magazine, Durutti Column, Happy Mondays and many others, and was a early director of Factory Records. The following Hannett productions are available from LTM. To read a detailed professional biography click here. To order CDs and DVDs click here.


SECTION 25 ALWAYS NOW + SINGLES LTMCD 2308 £10
70 minute remaster of the cult, spacey 1981 debut album originally released as Fact 45, produced by Martin Hannett at Pink Floyd’s Britannia Row studio. This remastered CD includes 9 bonus tracks, including all tracks from the Girls Don’t Count (Fac 18) and Haunted (FBN 3) singles as well as rare compilation tracks and album outtake Human Puppets. The re-modelled artwork faithfully reproduces the original Peter Saville sleeve design and contains facsimilie memorabilia and detailed sleevenotes. 19 tracks in total. Full tracklist: Freindly Fires, Dirty Disco, cp, Loose Talk (Costs Lives), Inside Out, Melt Close, Hit, Babies in the Bardo, Be Brave, New Horizon, Haunted, Charnel Ground, Human Puppets, Knew Noise, Up to You, Girls Don't Count, Oyo Achel Ada, After Image, Red Voice.

Reviews: "Their most complete statement, several complementary shades of gloomy" (Q Magazine, 11/91); "A modern redevelopment of psychedelia" (Melody Maker, 1/92); "One of the best albums Britain's second city has unleashed" (Q magazine, 03/06); "Section 25 were great at grim insistance, and hard to top" (eMusic, 09/06)


THE NAMES SWIMMING + SINGLES LTMCD 2324 £10
Full length 17 track reissue from the acclaimed Belgian group. Between 1979 and 1982 The Names released a string of excellent singles, including Calcutta, the Astronaut and the classic Nightshift. Their sole album, Swimming, appeared in 1982 on Crepuscule, and like the preceding singles was produced by Martin Hannett. This CD combines the entire album with extra tracks including both sides of the Nightshift and Calcutta singles, plus the Astronaut and two tracks recorded for Crepuscule compilation albums. Full sleevenotes, memorabilia and original Benoit Hennebert artwork. Full tracklist: Music For Someone, Discovery, Floating World, The Fire, Life by the Sea, White Shadow, Calcutta, Postcards, (This Is) Harmony, Shanghai Gesture, Leave Her to Heaven, Light, Nightshift, I Wish I Could Speak Your Language, The Astronaut, Cat, I Wish I Could Speak Your Language (pre-mix version).

Reviews: “Intelligent and imaginative” (The Face, 7/1982); “Classic disaffected pop” (Top, 4/1991); “Exhibits many of the fine qualities of early 80s avant-rock: icy brutalism, spectral reverb, tormented vocals, techno-tribal rumbles” (Uncut, 12/2000)


VARIOUS ZERO: A MARTIN HANNETT STORY 1977-1991 CDWIKD 270 £10
Comprehensive overview of Hannett productions with archive images and detailed liner and recording notes. 21 tracks, 74 minutes of music. Full tracklist: Buzzcocks Boredom, Slaughter and the Dogs Cranked Up Really High, Jilted John Jilted John, John Cooper Clarke I Don't Want to be Nice, Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls Dream Sequence 1, U2 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Joy Division Transmission, Durutti Column Conduct, OMD Electricity, Magazine The Light Pours Out of Me, New Order In A Lonely Place, The Only Ones Oh Lucinda, The Names Nightshift, Basement Five The Last White Christmas, Psychedelic Furs Pretty in Pink, Section 25 Friendly Fires, Wasted Youth Rebecca's Room, Nico & The Invisible Girls All Tomorrow's Parties, Kitchens of Distinction Quick As Rainbows, Happy Mondays Wrote For Luck, World of Twist She's A Rainbow

Reviews: to follow!


VARIOUS FROM BRUSSELS WITH LOVE LTMCD 2479 £10
Originally released as a deluxe cassette/book package in November 1980, From Brussels With Love featured 22 exclusive tracks from the international avant garde and new wave, as well as the celebrated Factory Records roster. Then, as now, the contributing artists include Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Dome, The Durutti Column, John Foxx, Martin Hannett, Richard Jobson, Bill Nelson, New Order and Michael Nyman. The programme also includes extended interviews with Brian Eno and iconic French actress Jeanne Moreau. This new CD edition has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and features 76 minutes of material. The 20 page facsimile booklet features original artwork by Benoit Hennebert, Claude Stassart and Jean-Francois Octave, as well as archive images and detailed liner notes. To read liner note extract click here. Full tracklist: John Foxx A Jingle *1; Thomas Dolby Airwaves; Repetition Stranger; Harold Budd Children on the Hill; Durutti Column Sleep Will Come; Martin Hannett The Music Room; The Names Cat; Michael Nyman A Walk Through H; Brian Eno interview; Phill Niblock A Third Trombone; Jeanne Moreau interview; Richard Jobson Armoury Show; Bill Nelson The Shadow Garden; Durutti Column Piece For An Ideal; Kevin Hewick & New Order Haystack; Radio Romance Etrange Affinite; Gavin Bryars White's SS; Der Plan Meine Freunde; Gilbert & Lewis Twist Up; John Fox A Jingle *2.

Reviews: "This is a reminder - without really trying, without being obvious - that pop is modern poetry, is the sharpest, shiniest collection of experiences, is always something new" (NME (Paul Morley), 12/80)


DOCUMENTARY FILM SHADOWPLAYERS LTMDVD 2391 £12
Martin Hannett is discussed at length in this two hour documentary DVD, which traces the early history of iconic Manchester record label Factory Records between 1978 and 1981. Shadowplayers features new, candid interviews with Anthony H. Wilson (Factory founder), Peter Saville (designer), Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Martin Moscrop (A Certain Ratio), Vini Reilly (Durutti Column), Simon Topping (A Certain Ratio), Howard Devoto (Buzzcocks/Magazine), Vin and Larry Cassidy (Section 25), Lindsay Reade, Richard Boon, Chris Watson (Cabaret Voltaire), Alan Hempsall (Crispy Ambulance), Wally Van Middendorp (Minny Pops), The Names, Annik Honore (Factory Benelux), Richard Jobson, Killing Joke, Graham Massey (Biting Tongues/808 State), Ann Quigley (Swamp Children) and Stanton Miranda (Thick Pigeon), For further details click here.


CRISPY AMBULANCE THE PLATEAU PHASE + SINGLES LTMCD 2315 £10
Martin Hannett produced two tracks on this CD, The Presence and Concorde Square.


TUNNELVISION WATCHING THE HYDROPLANES (LTMCD 2409) £10
Martin Hannett produced two tracks on this CD, Watching the Hydroplanes and Morbid Fear.


BLUE ORCHIDS THE GREATEST HIT (LTMCD 2367) £10
Martin Hannett produced one track on this CD, a version of All Tomorrow's Parties credited to Nico and the Invisible Girls.

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STOCKHOLM MONSTERS ALL AT ONCE (SINGLES 1981-1987) (LTMCD 2337) £10
Martin Hannett produced one track on this CD, Fairy Tales.


ROYAL FAMILY & THE POOR TEMPLE OF THE 13TH TRIBE (BOUCD 6608) £10
Martin Hannett produced three tracks on this CD, originally released on the Factory Quartet album.

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