Disc: 1
1 Dream baby dream (Long Version) - Suicide
2 Holland tunnel dive - Implog
3 My cherry is in sherry - Ludus
4 Wave - Passage, The
5 Colours fly away - The Teardrop Explodes
6 Knife slits water (7") - A Certain Ratio
7 Windpower (High Power Extended Play) - Dolby, Thomas
8 Love hangover - The Associates,
9 Torch (12") - Soft Cell
10 I'm afraid of me (Extended Dance Mix) - Culture Club
11 Los niños del parque (12") - Liaisons Dangereuses
12 Is it all over my face? (Female Vocal) (12") - Loose Joints
13 Money's too tight (to mention) (Vocal - Long Version) - The Valentine Brothers
14 The message (12") - Grandmaster Flash / The Furious Five
Disc: 2
1 Night nurse (Version) - Isaacs, Gregory
2 Love has found its way - Brown, Dennis
3 Pony - Peacock, Annette
4 Behind a painted smile - Santing, Mathilde
5 Thank you - The Pale Fountains
6 Mad world (World Remix) - Tears For Fears
7 Slowdive (12") - Siouxsie & The Banshees
8 Tingle - Quando quango
9 Da Da Da (Deutsche Version) - Trio
10 See jungle! (Jungle boy) (12" Re-Mixed Version) - Bow Wow Wow
11 Eat your heart out (12") - Hey! Elastica
12 John Wayne is big leggy (7") - Haysi Fantayzee
13 The heavens are crying (7") - Blue Rondo A La Turk
14 Living on the ceiling (12") - Blancmange
15 Ball of confusion (that's what the world is today) - The Temptations
16 I need it just as bad as you - Lee, Laura
17 War - Starr, Edwin
18 Apache (12") - Sugarhill
Disc: 3
1 I'm sick of you - Iggy & The Stooges
2 You've got me beat - Swamp Children
3 Feels like winter again - Fiat Lux
4 Night people - Clarke, John Cooper
5 Fairy tales - Stockholm Monsters
6 Sorry for laughing - Josef
7 Art on - Royal Family & The Poor
8 The gospel comes to New Guinea (12") - Skidoo
9 Conspiracy - Higsons, The
10 Mack the knife - The Psychedelic Furs
11 Someone somewhere (In Summertime) (12") - Simple Minds
12 Glad to know you (12") - Jankel, Chaz
13 The look of love [Part One] - ABC
14 Tough (12" Vocal) - Blow, Kurtis
15 A night to remember (Remix) - Shalamar
16 Thunderbirds - Gray, Barry Orchestra
Disc: 4
1 Fading - Jah Wobble
2 Release the bats - The Birthday Party
3 Empire songs - Killing Joke
4 Marquis cha-cha - The Fall
5 It's been hours now - Dead Or Alive
6 Alice - Sisters Of Mercy
7 The back of love - Echo & The Bunnymen
8 I love a man in uniform - Gang Of Four
9 Harvest home (Single Version) - Big Country
10 Sakura (Matrixmix) - Section Twenty Five
11 Hungy, so angry - Medium Medium
12 Radio (Dub Version) - The Members
13 Cry boy cry (12") - Blue Zoo
14 Let me go! (12") - Heaven
15 The razor's edge (12") - Defunkt
16 Walking on sunshine '82 (Edit) - Rockers Revenge / Calvin, Donnie
17 Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
Four CDs in hardback book packaging. This set celebrates the roots of The Haçienda, coinciding with it's 40th anniversary. Combining key sides spun by DJs with period tracks from acts who played the venue in 82. The Haçienda's music policy, while erring towards independent music of all sorts, was eclectic - and that's reflected across the 60-odd tracks included. From the opening New York underground sound of Suicide to chart-toppers from Dexy's, via soul, post-punk, reggae, goth, disco and glam rock among many other styles, Haçienda 1982 accurately reflects the music heard during that seminal first (half) year. On 21 May 1982, a nightclub opened which would become iconic worldwide, forever associated with the music and popular culture of Manchester, and it's most famous homegrown label, Factory Records. In due course, The Haçienda would embody Manchester's spirit of independence playing a key part in the explosion of rave culture, 'Baggy' and eventually Britpop. Each disc is sequenced roughly in the order in which DJs would have played the songs, starting with the more downbeat or adventurous material and eventually building to classic dancefloor fillers. Elsewhere, a smattering of Manchester/Factory acts make their presence felt while underground club anthems abound, from The Valentine Brothers' original version of 'Money's Too Tight (To Mention)' (as covered by the city's own Simply Red) to Defunkt's 'The Razor's Edge' and 'The Gospel Comes To New Guinea' by 23 Skidoo. Equally, many mainstream pop stars played the club that year, from Soft Cell, Blancmange and Tears For Fears to the year's biggest breakthrough, Culture Club. Haçienda 1982 is endorsed by New Order's Peter Hook (who owns the rights to the club's brand), who has written a foreword.
