Here's how I think it should look. Face it, this is a brilliant opportunity for any major label to bring out a comprehensive box set of CD reissues containing all the Factory releases that were (largely)never issued on CD format. Knowing the current record co's apathy, this may seem like pissing in the wind, but sod it, in an ideal world, this is what we should expect:
deep breath then.....
All CDs in miniaturised card covers with inner sleevs and not one crappy jewel box in sight.
CD one: CEREMONY
Outer Sleeve: the 7" gold embossed design
Inner Sleeve: the green 12" design on one side/blue and white 12" design on flip
tracks:
Ceremony (original "green" mix)/In A Lonely Place (original mix)/Ceremony (rerecorded "blue/white"mix)/
In A Lonely Place (rerecorded mix)
CD two: PROCESSION/EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
Outer sleeve: the same as the 7" version (whichever colour variation they want to use)
Inner sleeve: the Factory Benelux beige/red boxes one
tracks:
Everything's Gone Green 7" mix/Procession/Mesh/Cries and Whispers/Everything's Gone Green 12" mix
CD three: TEMPTATION
Outer sleeve: same as 12" sleeve
Inner sleeve: 7" sleeve detail
tracks:
Temptation 12"/Hurt 12"/Temptation 7" edit/Hurt 7" edit/(bonus track: Temptation 87 Substance version)
CD four: BLUE MONDAY 1983 / BLUE MONDAY 1988
Outer sleeve: same as die-cut floppy disk 12" (possibly) OR The concentric circles design
Inner sleeve: plain black or silver with colour coded edge
tracks:
Blue Monday (original full length)/The Beach (original full length)/Blue Monday 88 12" remix/Beach Buggy 12"remix/Blue Monday 88 7' edit
CD five: CONFUSION
Outer sleeve: same as original 12"
Inner sleeve: plain bright colour with FACD 93 embossed (possibly)
tracks:
Confusion/Confused Beats/Confusion Instrumental/Confusion Rough mix (all original 12" versions)/(bonus track: Confusion 87 Substance version)
CD six: THIEVES LIKE US
Outer sleeve: same as original 12"
inner sleeve: same as Benelux "Murder" 12"
tracks:
Thieves Like Us/Lonesome Tonight/Thieves Like Us (Instrumental)/Murder/ (possible bonus tracks: Thieves Like us (3.52 radio edit)/ Lonesome tonight (3.57 radio edit))
CD seven: THE PERFECT KISS
Outer sleeve: same as original 12" with embossed letters
Inner sleeve: the 7" Benelux sleeve with Barney on front and Hooky on rear
tracks:
The Perfect Kiss 12"/The Kiss Of Death 12"/Perfect Pit/The Perfect Kiss (7" edit 4.23 mins)
CD eight: SUBCULTURE
Outer sleeve: new design possibly (original 12" was just boring black card sleeve with centre label die-cut)
Inner sleeve: red or yellow with original typography as on 12"
tracks:
SubCulture 12" (remix)/DubVulture 12"/SubCulture 7" remix edit/(Bonus track: SubCulture - RM 1986 remix)
right - to be continued next post... a loo break beckons!!!
