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FACTUS 50CD Real or Fake?

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The top one is legit, however the bottom is a little suspect. It's possible they are both real, however there are plenty here who know loads more than me. Your thoughts?

Also note the spines are different:

The top reads 'FACD. 50 MOVEMENT'

The bottom reads 'FACTUS 50 CD NEW ORDER - MOVEMENT'

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From Niagara:

"US CD mispressed cover... this mixed up happened on the first run of the *second* pressing of Movement. The first pressing was on Rough Trade, just like the LP. In between the time of RT loosing the NewOrder contract and WB picking up the remainder (just Movement and the JD catalog at that point), there were these intermediate pressings. If you are able to compare, the CD graphics are just like the Factory pressings, but written in white instead of black. The CD from RT has really big letters. Soon after the first batch, the cover was corrected. The dots and lines were just done mirrored. So, this is a kind of mispress, but not as rare as the Rough Trade CD (my guess)."

This might answer you question? From what Fernando says above, I'd say both are legit...

Also, from the discog:

CD: US 1988 (Factory/Rough Trade FACTUS 50 CD)
CD: US 1989 (Factory/Rough Trade FACD 50) [reissue; mispressed cover]
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Mystery solved. Thanks for your informative response, Mr. King. :thumb:

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DO you have both of those CD's the, or are they off ebay or something (the pictures)

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Retroesque wrote: DO you have both of those CD's the, or are they off ebay or something (the pictures)

He owns the one on the bottom, the top one is mine.

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