Originally Posted by: Moderne Decay I never got around to downloading the digital pre-release of Plastic when it came out, but was the ending of it any different than the album version? On the final release, Plastic blends into Tutti Frutti, so I'm wondering if the earlier version just abruptly ended or actually faded out.
It was the album version - no difference. It shouldn't be considered a single, it was merely a taste of the album.
Originally Posted by: Moderne Decay On a side note, I was just getting ready to compile a new personal NO compilation once I get my Singularity CD... so what is everyone's verdict on Procession being a single? I've always assumed it was the b-side of Everything's Gone Green for many years since Substance listed it as such. There's even a handful of vinyl copies which list the 7" version of EGG as the a-side. Did the Singles compilation perhaps get this wrong? Or is it considered a double a-side single, sort of like DM's Blasphemous Rumours + Somebody? I got rid of my Singles CD years ago, so I don't remember what was said about it in the liner notes, but it certainly sounded out of place on the album.
In the UK, Procession was released as the A-side of a 7", with Everything's Gone Green on the B-side. EGG was then re-recorded and released as the A-side on a 12" in Belgium by Factory Benelux, which was Factory's Belgian imprint. That 12" was only available as an import in the UK, so technically EGG was never an A-side on Factory proper.
The liner notes in Substance incorrectly attribute Procession as the B-side to FBN, when it doesn't appear on that 12" at all. Of course, Substance also famously swaps the titles of Mesh and Cries And Whispers.
So EGG is one of two instances in New Order's catalog where a B-side was so good, it was deemed worthy of being an A-side in it's own right (the other being 1963).
Edited by user 22 March 2016 09:39:31(UTC)
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