Keeping Control: Independent Music from Manchester 1977-1981

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Orgasm Addict
Buzzcocks2:03
2The Bitch
recording of:
The Bitch
composer:
Mick Rossi (guitarist for Slaughter and The Dogs)
Slaughter and the Dogs2:21
3Fascist Pigs
recording of:
Fascist Pigs
writer:
Edmund Garrity and Vini Reilly
The Nosebleeds2:06
4City Drones
The Drones3:39
5Murder
The Panik3:04
6Nothing to Do
V22:32
7Jilted John
recording of:
Jilted John
lyricist and composer:
Graham Fellows
Jilted John2:57
8Central Detention Centre
recording of:
Central Detention Centre
lyricist and composer:
Chris Gill
Gyro3:38
9Lookin' at the Squares
Salford Jets2:19
10Kawalski of the Seaview Has Got the Best Hairstyle I've Ever Seen
John The Postman2:37
11Fuck You
recording of:
Fuck You
writer:
Bowers, Harding, Hibbert (English television writer and voice actor), Lee, Mitchell (UK drummer (Durutti Column)), Prior and White (70s/80s UK pedal steel guitarist)
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias2:17
12I Don't Want to Be Nice
producer:
Martin "Zero" Hannett
spoken vocals:
John Cooper Clarke (English poet)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Be Nice
lyricist:
John Cooper Clarke (English poet)
writer:
John Cooper Clarke (English poet) and Steve Hopkins (guitarist/keyboardist)
composer:
Steve Hopkins (The Invisible Girls, Smudeboy) and Martin Hannett
John Cooper Clarke3:53
13Pompous
The Teardrops3:08
14Slit Machine
The Passage1:32
15Sweet Tooth
Spherical Objects3:59
16Smiling in Reverse
Steve Miro2:35
17Digital
engineer:
John Brierley and Chris Nagle
producer:
Martin Hannett and Laurie Latham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company – file no releases here!) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Cargo Studios in Rochdale, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Digital
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
Joy Division42:51
18American Patriots
The Smirks4:03
19Lying on the Sofa
Notsensibles2:52
20Psycle Sluts
48 Chairs2:28
21UFO Part 2
Eddie Fiction4:09
22Warriors From Space
Mellotron2:58
23She's All There
Speed2:42
24Renegade
Genocide3:26
25Suicide
Sister Ray3:09
26I Bought Three Eggs
Eddie Mooney and the Grave2:31
27Gerry and the Holograms
Gerry & the Holograms4:08
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Flat of Angles
The Fall4:57
2Seaside Teaser
Steroid Kiddies2:42
3Back to the Sixties
Direct Hits3:12
4Crossfire
Foreign Press2:29
5Motorway Boys
Crispy Ambulance3:14
6Insects
I.Q. Zero2:04
7We Want It Legalized
Accident on the East Lancs2:51
8Who Is Innocent?
The Out3:25
9These Days
God’s Gift3:16
10Danger
Mud Hutters2:59
11Love in Decay
The Pathetix2:51
12Just Wanna Stay Free
Private Sector2:20
13Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Frantic Elevators1:43
14You're So Funny
Fast Cars2:20
15Ebony Eyes
Miss Kate2:48
16The Best Thing
Grow-Up2:22
17Dance Like You're Dead (demo)
Property Of2:25
18Doesn't Bother Me
The Distractions2:47
19Sketch for Summer
The Durutti Column2:59
20Riders in the Sky
Bet Lynch’s Legs3:03
21Storm Trooper
The Hoax2:00
22Metronome
Manicured Noise3:30
23A Song From Under the Floorboards
producer:
Martin Hannett
bass:
Barry Adamson
drums (drum set):
John Doyle (drummer)
guitar:
John McGeoch
keyboard:
Dave Formula
background vocals:
Barry Adamson and John McGeoch
vocals:
Howard Devoto
recording of:
A Song From Under the Floorboards
lyricist:
Howard Devoto
composer:
Magazine (70s/80s UK post-punk/new wave band)
Magazine54:11
24Walking Away
Vibrant Thigh3:25
25Play With Fire
The Enigma2:25
269.5
The Still2:17
27Boyfriends or Your Money Back
The Spurtz2:16
28Space Invaders
The Charlie Parkas1:51
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Puppet Masters
If Only3:21
2(I Wanna Be a) Policeman
The Cheaters3:05
3Must Have More Wheels
The Manchester Mekon3:26
4Apathetic Hell
Bathroom Renovations4:15
5Recorded or Live (demo)
The Liggers2:54
6Knew Noise
Section 254:45
7There Is No Shower
Diagram Brothers2:21
8Pieces of You
The Things2:04
9Familiar View
Dislocation Dance3:20
10The Music Room
Martin Hannett4:39
11The Flood (demo)
Blue Orchids4:05
12Haystack
Kevin Hewick3:39
13Magic (demo)
Electra Complex3:49
14Animal
The Hamsters5:42
15You Can Choke Like That
Biting Tongues4:06
16Wrap Up the Rockets
The Freshies2:58
17Hugo Blanco
Ludus4:41
18Temptation
The Mothmen3:54
19Waterline
A Certain Ratio4:09
20Lucky Grills
Bee Vamp1:19
21Everything's Gone Green
producer:
Martin Hannett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company – file no releases here!) (in 1987)
recording of:
Everything’s Gone Green
writer:
Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
publisher:
Be Music (New Order’s own publishing company), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
New Order35:33

Credits

Release

liner notes:Louise Alderman
TJ Davidson
miscellaneous support:Russell Beecher (credited for liner notes) (task: project manager)
remastering:Simon Murphy (mastering engineer)
compiler:Stephen Doyle
John Reed (British music journalist)
artwork:Keith Davey
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/27283920 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005963845 [info]

Release group

dedicated to:C.P. Lee