Keeping Control: Independent Music from Manchester 1977-1981

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Orgasm Addict
Buzzcocks2:03
2The Bitch
recording of:
The Bitch
composer:
Mick Rossi (guitarist for Slaughter and The Dogs)
Slaughter and the Dogs2:21
3Fascist Pigs
recording of:
Fascist Pigs
writer:
Edmund Garrity and Vini Reilly
The Nosebleeds2:06
4City Drones
The Drones3:39
5Murder
The Panik3:04
6Nothing to Do
V22:32
7Jilted John
recording of:
Jilted John
lyricist and composer:
Graham Fellows
Jilted John2:57
8Central Detention Centre
recording of:
Central Detention Centre
lyricist and composer:
Chris Gill
Gyro3:38
9Lookin' at the Squares
Salford Jets2:19
10Kawalski of the Seaview Has Got the Best Hairstyle I've Ever Seen
John The Postman2:37
11Fuck You
recording of:
Fuck You
writer:
Bowers, Harding, Hibbert (English television writer and voice actor), Lee, Mitchell (UK drummer (Durutti Column)), Prior and White (70s/80s UK pedal steel guitarist)
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias2:17
12I Don't Want to Be Nice
producer:
Martin "Zero" Hannett
spoken vocals:
John Cooper Clarke (English poet)
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Be Nice
lyricist:
John Cooper Clarke (English poet)
writer:
John Cooper Clarke (English poet) and Steve Hopkins (guitarist/keyboardist)
composer:
Steve Hopkins (The Invisible Girls, Smudeboy) and Martin Hannett
John Cooper Clarke3:53
13Pompous
The Teardrops3:08
14Slit Machine
The Passage1:32
15Sweet Tooth
Spherical Objects3:59
16Smiling in Reverse
Steve Miro2:35
17Digital
engineer:
John Brierley and Chris Nagle
producer:
Martin Hannett and Laurie Latham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Factory Communications Ltd. (holding company – file no releases here!) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Cargo Studios in Rochdale, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Digital
lyricist:
Ian Curtis
composer:
Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris (New Order) and Bernard Sumner
Joy Division42:51
18American Patriots
The Smirks4:03
19Lying on the Sofa
Notsensibles2:52
20Psycle Sluts
48 Chairs2:28
21UFO Part 2
Eddie Fiction4:09
22Warriors From Space
Mellotron2:58
23She's All There
Speed2:42
24Renegade
Genocide3:26
25Suicide
Sister Ray3:09
26I Bought Three Eggs
Eddie Mooney and the Grave2:31
27Gerry and the Holograms
Gerry & the Holograms4:08
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Louise Alderman
TJ Davidson
miscellaneous support:Russell Beecher (credited for liner notes) (task: project manager)
remastering:Simon Murphy (mastering engineer)
compiler:Stephen Doyle
John Reed (British music journalist)
artwork:Keith Davey
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/27283920 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005963845 [info]

Release group

dedicated to:C.P. Lee