NEW ORDER Re-releases Update

New Order, Power, Corruption & Lies (Factory, 1983)

"This is a very difficult one, we are aware of the problems and because we did not have finished product to listen to? It has, shall we say……slipped through the net?? My great friend Claude Flowers has taken it on himself to sort this mess out personally, but please be aware, that after the fact it is going to be very difficult, unfortunately because many of you have purchased them already (a great compliment in itself) we are doing all we can to try and get fresh masters made and available, somehow to try and remedy the situation, so please bear with us.

I have said before how difficult it is compiling this stuff, the masters Steve and I listened to, were all basically from people's collections, so it was then left to someone? In the library department to compile, as much as possible from original masters, this is where it seems to have gone wrong, unfortunately it is industry standard these days to not have production masters of the cd's or the sleeves, much to Pete Saville's amazement, but that's just the way it is, hopefully they might resurrect the process after this. Here's hoping, Hooky." [Peter Hook Official MySpace]