thanks for the responses and great pictures everyone.

does anyone listen to these cassettes, or are they just for show.

i've never listened to any of them, or opened up the boxes more than twice now. once when i bought them.

and now to take a picture of what was inside.

did people actually send the postcards.



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https://www.discogs.com/...-Low-life/release/114331



New Order ‎– Low-life
Label:
Factory ‎– Fact 100c
Format:
Cassette, Album
Box Set
Country:
UK
Released:
1985
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop
Tracklist
A1 Love Vigilantes
A2 The Perfect Kiss
A3 This Time Of Night
A4 Sunrise
A5 The Perfect Kiss (Fac 123)

B1 Elegia
B2 Sooner Than You Think
B3 Sub-Culture
B4 Face Up
B5 The Kiss Of Death
B6 Perfect Pit


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My Substance has also discoloured in a different way to the rest of the white New Order ones, and it is one that I had from brand new

I bought Substance on normal cassette (in the fat double cassette box version) for all the extra b-sides, but it got chewed within a couple of weeks, after non-stop play, so took it back
They only had the white linen box versions in stock by then so it was a good swap

I already had the Brotherhood one, which I got in the sale when RE Cords in Derby closed down

Then got Movement next from Virgin (when Virgin was a department in the local Debenhams!)

PCL & Low Life I picked up later in life when I started to collect the boxes. Got them all now, the Wim Mertens one being the hardest to get

Yeah, the cool thing about collecting is you pay through your hooter for stuff you never play cos you already bought it and don't wanna risk damaging.
I remember seeing these cassettes but I never had any money back then.

Definitely this, I think they used to say it was because the tape is thinned out to make longer reels that still fit in the casing and not put additional weight strain on the cassette motors. But then if the tape jolts at any point as the motor strains, because it's thinner it's more likely to then have a loose section that gets caught in the pinch roller

Yeah I think that’s why Dec Hickey as he said in his book only used 60 minute tapes for recording gigs as, I guess other bootleggers also did. Less chance later on of the tape meeting a nasty and premature end.

i am the most paranoid person ever. so that's why i never played those cassette tapes.

also, the commercial ones i did have were copied on a tape dubbing machine,
so i would never wear out the latter originals. (of course i had cheap US cassettes that I did wear out).

(not necessarily this model)


but later on i got smarter, and even bought Metal tapes for recording stuff from vinyl and other sources,
still have those and they sound great.




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here's my small cassette collection : the new zealand blue monday one is harder to find, and maybe the world UK one with the exclusive mix on it.






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Edited by user 03 February 2021 14:14:20(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

^ I think what negative means is there is an exclusive mix on the cassette but it’s not of World. it’s an exclusive mix of Vicious Circle, different from on the World CD single? I do have that World cassette single, will have to dig it out & listen to and check again on the Vicious Circle mix.It’s a different mix from the one on the CD single.I

Edit: oh hang on, I’m getting mixed up with the Ruined In A Day cassette single , so no I don’t know about an exclusive mix on the World cassette single ( which in fact I DON’T have)

Edit 2: Actually I DO have the World cassette single, just dug it out but it doesn’t have an exclusive mix on , it has the radio edit and Perfecto edit . Maybe the radio edit is exclusive?



I also have a few those above but not the Bue Monday New Zealand.I have the Select magazine Fac 305C cassette with the exclusive Hague mix of BLT

Here’s a selection of my NO, Electronic and Revenge cassettes. I have the Select mag 305C one too but it must be in another box upstairs somewhere.



Oh and also the Music Complete cassette that was in the Japanese box edition

Edited by user 03 February 2021 16:09:51(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

^ Ah ok, yes that 5.53 edit of the Perfecto mix isn't something i'm sure i've ever heard.The standard full length Perfecto is around 7.34 and as you state, the standard Perfecto edit indeed 4.04.

Anyone confirmed the 5.53 timing of this version? Sometimes times are misstated on sleeves. Could be just another early fade I guess.

^ I disagree agree with you Michael on your Vicious Circle opinion. I like both versions of it.