Tag Archives: New Order

80s Soundtrack Week: Thursday – “Married To The Mob” US CD

In the mid-80s I was a huge fan of director Jonathan Demme. He came up through the Roger Corman system and I first saw his work with the quirky “CB craze” movie “Handle With Care [a.k.a. “Citizen’s Band”] which my … Continue reading

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80s Soundtrack Week: Monday – “Pretty In Pink” US CD

I was going to talk about one of the records coming up this week, then I realized that it had been a bit since I had run a Theme Week here @ PPM and figured that I could work this … Continue reading

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Want List: Does Boxed “Movement” By New Order Excite?

It’s been a decade since the “definitive” New Order back catalog has been exploited. Rhino must be getting twitchy! I saw with some interest the 2xCD versions that came out in 2008 and featured a bonus disc of all of … Continue reading

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REDUX: The Blue Monday Ripoffs

March 3, 2014 It was almost 31 years prior to the day when  the seminal New Order single “Blue Monday” was initially released. The 12″ sporting a floppy disc inspired sleeve was issued by Factory on March 3, 1983 and … Continue reading

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Record Review: New Order – Touched By The Hand Of God

New Order: Touched By The Hand Of God UK CD5 [1987] Touched By The Hand of God [Twelve inch mix] – 7:04 Confusion [Dub 1987] – 5:23 Temptation [Original Mix] – 7:01 This was a single that seemed to come … Continue reading

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Salvation! Original Soundtrack

Various Artists: Salvation! OST US CD [1988] New Order: Salvation Theme Jumpin’ Jesus: You Can’t Blackmail Jesus Cabaret Voltaire: Twanky Party New Order: Touched By The Hand Of God [soundtrack version] Dominique: Play The Beat The Hood: Nightmare New Order: … Continue reading

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Finest Remixes [part 7]

Here are a couple more mandatory mixes as I have but minutes to blog today. New Order | True Faith [Remix] | 1988 Mixer Shep Pettibone was all but impossible to avoid if you bought any 12″ daaaaaaaance music in … Continue reading

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