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UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN (LTMDVD 2000) £12
Umbrellas in the Sun borrows its title from the groundbreaking 1981 video compilation of the same name released by chic Belgian indie label Les Disques du Crepuscule (TWI 099), and features selected clips from that project, as well as clips from A Factory Video (Fact 65), A Factory Complication (FBN 7) and A Factory Outing (Fact 71) plus previously unseen material. Featuring beautiful cover art by Crepuscule design genius Benoit Hennebert, the DVD contains 23 rare clips filmed between 1979 and 1987 and runs for over 2 hours. The audio soundtrack to all studio clips have been digitally remastered. The disc is Region 0 (multi-region), NTSC format. The definitive genre document!. To read detailed credits click here. Full tracklist: Antena The Boy From Ipanema; A Certain Ratio Back to the Start; Josef KSorry for Laughing; Cabaret Voltaire Sluggin Fer Jesus; Marine A Propositio dei Napoli; Section 25 New Horizon; The Names Nightshift; Durutti Column Marie-Louise Gardens; New Order Everything's Gone Green (live); Crispy Ambulance The Presence; Minny Pops Dolphins Spurt; Malaria! White Sky/White Sea (live); Tuxedomoon Litebulb Overkill/Jinx (live); Berntholer My Suitor; Thick Pigeon Wheels Over Indian Trails; Paul Haig Heaven Sent (live); Kalima Trickery; Stockholm Monsters Partyline; Swamp Children You've Got Me Beat (live); Kalima The Smiling Hour; Quando Quango Go Exciting (live); Marine Une Soiree Avec (28 minute film)

Reviews: "Uncut Recommends! Fantastic archive clips from early '80s indie darlings, from Josef K to A Certain Ratio via New Order. A fascinating historical document" (Uncut magazine, 07/05); "Umbrellas in the Sun is a wonderful document which captures a lost moment of art-into-pop infusion. Splendid - vintage videos can be embarrassingly dated, but the bulk of the material on Umbrellas gives off a sense of limited means, effectively used" (The Wire, 07/05); "5 stars. Most of the participants are steeped in deadpan disdain for their role as performers. But although the work here may occasionally be visually naive, it indicates a knowingness, an attitude towards making music that seems to look down from the past on our own times. ACR's Back to the Start video is superb, cutting between solemn shots of the band observing the rituals of the rhythm and children dancing as if their milk's been spiked. Josef K are waif-like, intense, mighty impressive, while New Order play Everything's Gone Green live in 1981, half-drowned out by the sequencer, unaware they were about to 'become' New Order. And the collection is alone worth purchasing for Cabaret Voltaire's hard-to-find Sluggin Fer Jesus clip" (Uncut magazine, 06/05); "Should be awarded a Nobel prize" (Word magazine, 06/05); "These 21 videos represent the symbiotic relationship between two '80s indie labels, one from Brussels (Les Disques du Crepuscule) and one from Manchester (Factory). Lots of deep shadow and self-consciously serious facial expressions" (Q magazine, 08/05); "Factory and its offshoots visually caught in time. Excellence and absurdity wander hand in hand within these sharp and low budget films, which, when bundled together, offer a refreshing glance back to an age of high camp, lo-fi posing" (Record Collector, 08/05); "Curveballs are thrown to make this journey worthwhile, with the naive imagination of Antena and Thick Pigeon, and an outstanding moment where a young-looking Vini Reilly is filmed in the beautiful setting of the Marie Louise Gardens" (Leonard's Lair, 07/05); "Memo - please pass a law the video clip budgets may not exceed 5000 euros. What years ago may have appeared clumsy simply delights today. Antena pose coquettishly, ACR ooze androgynous cool, Marine throw great shapes, Malaria! show once again that they may just have been one of the coolest bands of all time, and Durutti Column perform minimalist psychedelia in a public garden. A dream for today" (Spex, 07/05); "An absorbing two hours of anyone's time" (Whisperin' & Hollerin', 10/05); "Heureux LTM qui, a l'instar de Soul Jazz ou Vadim Music dans leurs styles respectifs, replacent dans nos oreilles des pans entieres de la musqie pop" (PopNews, 09/05)


THE NIGHT WATCH LTMCD 2326 £10
Classic 2001 LTM label compilation CD of catalogue, rare and unreleased tracks from Section 25, The Names, Tuxedomoon, Ultramarine, Berntholer, Crispy Ambulance, Josef K, William S. Burroughs, Steven Brown and Blaine Reininger, Paul Haig, Jazz, Jacques Derrida, Minny Pops, Jean Cocteau etc. Booklet includes archive photographs and full label history. Also includes free full-length 73 minute CD by Section 25, Illuminus Illumina (LTMCD 2322). Full tracklist: The Names Nightshift; Josef K Chance Meeting; Crispy Ambulance Concorde Square; Paul Haig Somewhere In Between; Berntholer You Grabbed Me; Ultramarine Saratoga; Section 25 Looking from a Hilltop; Paul Haig Paradise Angel; Brown/Reininger The Lorelei/Overture; Crispy Ambulance Bardo Plane; Jazz The Tether Ends Here; Tuxedomoon Shelved Dreams; Minny Pops She Said Go Go Go; William S Burroughs On the Nova Lark; Jean Cocteau La Toison d'Or; Jacques Derrida Deconstruction & Necessity; Tuxedomoon I Was an Apple in the House of Orange

Reviews: "A perfect balance of shadow and more shadow... Rather than blunting their impact, the passage of time has rendered these apocalyptic anthems more relevant than ever" (Seattle Weekly, 12/01); "A rogues' gallery of artisans operating outside the mainstream, from Josef K to Crispy Ambulance to beat deity William Burroughs. Commercial deadweights, sure, but aesthetic knockouts - four stars" (Uncut, March 2002); "Music fans everywhere are luckier for LTM, post-punk's chief archivists" (Washington City Paper, August 2001); "Collects the finest moments from LTM and is an interesting, eclectic mixture... a nice memento of an adventurous small label" (Record Collector, August 2001)


BLACK MUSIC LTMCD 2347 £10
Black Music follows on from The Night Watch and includes 68 minutes of material by Paul Haig, Ultramarine, The Wake, Biting Tongues, Blue Orchids, Department S, Cath Carroll, The Passage and Minny Pops. The exclusive tracks include contributions from Ludus, Section 25, Blaine Reininger and Crispy Ambulance. Initial copies include free 68 minute live CD by Crispy Ambulance titled Atlantic Crossing featuring live performances from shows in Manchester and New York in November 2002. Full tracklist: Crispy Ambulance Step Up! (remix); Department S Going Left Right; Blue Orchids Lover of Nothing; Stockholm Monsters Terror; Artery Afterwards; Section 25 Part Primitiv; The Wake Town of 85 Lights (edit); Cath Carroll True Crime Motel (version); Biting Tongues Love Out (edit); Ultramarine The Place; Paul Haig Flight X; Blaine Reininger Invisible; Minny Pops Tracking; Thick Pigeon Crime; The Passage My One Request; Ludus Rosa Luxemburg; Royal Family & the Poor Liber OV; Crawling Chaos Arabesque

Reviews: "Shows that there is far more to their roster of artists that the title suggests, Frequently excellent. To provide just a few examples: the mesmeric chill-out of Ultramarine, the almost-Spectoresque arrangement of the Wake's Town of 85 Lights, Blue Orchid's exultant Lover of Nothing, and Thick Pigeon's maverick way with a pop tune" (Leonard's Lair, 6/03); "LTM has quite quickly become a very excellent record label. As far as documenting scenes, they have very few equals, and their packaging is top-notch, loaded with historical information and an amazing amount of unreleased tracks. Black Music is a wonderful little sampler that documents not only LTM's wonderful past, but it also gives hints of what's coming soon. A wonderful document from a label that is fast becoming essential" (mundanesounds.com, 6/03); "Soothes your post-existentialist hangover" (Glasgow Herald, 7/03); "A perfect collection of oft-overlooked moments from the left field musings of the groups featured. A great introduction for the curious, the adventurous and those already in the know" (The Big Takeover, 8/03); "This compilation represents some of the best music that went beyond the reaches of conventional pop music, and what's cool is to see how blurred are the lines between what was and what is" (Exclaim!, 10/03)


COOL AS ICE (LTMCD 2377) £10 (double vinyl = £12)
Stone classic old school 80's electro and dance cuts produced by Be Music (New Order) and DoJo (Donald Johnson of A Certain Ratio), available both on CD and as a limited DJ friendly double vinyl set. Largely produced between 1983 and 1984 for release on Factory Records and Factory Benelux, an asterisk* in the following tracklist indicates the track was co-produced by Bernard Sumner and Donald Johnson. Nyam Nyam and the Be Music Theme were produced by Peter Hook, and Life and Thick Pigeon by Steve Morris and Gillian Gilbert. The collection has been digitally remastered and runs for 74 minutes. The vinyl version will be limited to just 1000 copies. CD booklet includes detailed sleevenotes (to read click here). Full tracklist: 52nd STREET CAN'T AFFORD (TO LET YOU GO); SECTION 25 LOOKING FROM A HILLTOP*; MARCEL KING REACH FOR LOVE*; QUANDO QUANGO LOVE TEMPO *; 52nd STREET COOL AS ICE*; PAUL HAIG THE ONLY TRUTH* QUANDO QUANGO ATOM ROCK*; NYAM NYAM FATE/HATE; LIFE TELL ME; THICK PIGEON BABCOCK + WILCOX; SECTION 25 BEATING HEART; BE MUSIC THEME

Reviews: "Album of the fortnight! The tracks by 52nd Street and Section 25 are brilliant" (DJ Magazine, 8/03); "Electroclash fans take note!" (Magnet, 03/05); "These are significant events in the British electronica timeline - Cool As Ice was effectively the first electro-funk single made in Britain. Four stars" (Uncut, 11/03); "Innovative electro and club curios. Marcel King should have had a major hit with Reach For Love" (Q Magazine, 10/03); "Essential - New Order's invisible history" (Les Inrockuptibles, 10/03); "Includes necessary club classics like Looking From A Hilltop, Love Tempo and Cool As Ice. A necesary compilation for those wishing to explore Manchester's very important contribution to dance music, and an amazing and often overlooked facet of one of the 80s most influential bands - New Order" (Other Music, 8/03); "A frankly magnificent compilation, at times this is new technology in search of itself. Reach for Love by Marcel King is pure Soul by any definition. Genius" (Glasgow Herald, 9/03); "Playful and ecstatic, and allows us to ponder what New Order might have sounded like if they'd come out of Manchester's R&B scene" (Exclaim!, 08/03); "Excellent. While we're familiar with the magic New Order frequently conjured when working on their own music, the majority of the 12 selections here leave you in little doubt of their capabilities on the other side of the studio glass. Crucial stuff abounds, especially 52nd Street (Can't Afford) and Quando Quango (Love Tempo). Rediscovery is essential." (Whisperin' & Hollerin', 8/03); "The familiar seal of quality is apparent all over this work, and the songs themselves still hold a lot of relevance" (Leonard' Lair, 10/03); "These tracks still sound fresh. Know why? Many of these songs have rhythms that have been sampled, borrowed or stolen, and these mixes prove that New Order were a significant force to be recknoned with in the underground dance world. This compilation certainly shows how ahead of the game they really were" (mundanesounds, 8/03)


TWICE AS NICE (LTMCD 2398) £10
Twice As Nice is the 2004 sequel to the acclaimed 2003 compilation Cool As Ice. These classic dance and electro cuts were produced between 1982 and 1986 for release on Factory Records and Les Disques du Crepuscule, by New Order members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Gillian Gilbert and Steve Morris, as well as Donald 'DoJo' Johnson (A Certain Ratio), Mark Kamins, Arthur Baker and John 'Jellybean' Benitez. The remastered CD runs for 73 minutes, and the booklet includes detailed liner notes. Full tracklist: 52nd Street Express (DoJo); Cheyne Call Me Mr Telephone (Mark Kamins); Quando Quango Low Rider (400 Blows Remix); Anna Domino Summer (Arthur Baker Remix); 52nd Street Look Into My Eyes (DoJo)#; Quando Quango Genius (Part 2) (Mark Kamins);Marcel King Keep On Dancing (Be Music/DoJo); Shark Vegas You Hurt Me (version) (Bernard Sumner/DoJo; New Order Video 586 (edit); Section 25 Sakura (Bernard Sumner); Thick Pigeon Jess + Bart (remix) (Be Music); Royal Family and the Poor Motherland (Remix) (Be Music); 52nd Street Cool As Ice (Jellybean Mix)

Reviews: "In the early 1980s, energised by hip hop and electro, New Order produced a string of acts for Factory under their studio moniker Be Music, the results of which were greeted with indifference in the UK. Quite why is hard to fathom since, as this CD attests, tracks like Sakura by Section 25 and Motherland by Royal Family and the Poor were taut, bewitching slices of robo funk that still excite today. The other producers herein (Arthur Baker, Mark Kamins and Donald Johnson) all had their moments too" (Uncut, 11/04); "Another winning collection. Let it be said that 52nd Street's contributions to the electro-dance/new wave sound is immeasurable, while surrounding songs by New Order, Thick Pigeon and Royal Family and the Poor are ripe even for today's upmarket dancefloors" (The Big Takeover, 9/04); "Genius Pt 2 is a cross-over hit that never was, between Art of Noise and Orbital. The advent of the sequencer is one of the main aural interest of this collection and its use in diverting the dancefloor's attention away from disco and funk to electro-pop, and eventually onto Acid to full House. Essential" (Whisperin & Hollerin, 10/04)



SOME OF THE INTERESTING THINGS... LTMCD 2467 £10
The Durutti Column perform live versions of Danny, Madness and For Belgian Friends on this souvenir CD recorded on the Crepuscule package tour Dialogue North-South in February 1982. Album originally released on Les Disques du Crepuscule (TWI 082) as Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See On A Long Distance Flight. All tracks are exclusive to this 76 minute compilation, which also features a deluxe booklet with many rare images and detailed liner notes. To read liner notes click here. To purchase CD click here. Full tracklist: Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *1; Richard Jobson - Etiquette, Pavillion Pole, India Song; Durutti Column - Danny, Madness, For Belgian Friends; Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *2; Paul Haig - Chance, Glory, Stories, Justice; Antena - The Boy From Ipanema, Silly Things; Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *3; The Names - Close To You, In Other Rooms, A Few Hundreds, Anything (With Passion), Spectators of Life; Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *4.

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