01. Joy Division – Transmission (Live The Factory Manchester 13th July 1979)
02. Buzzcocks – Hollow Inside
03. Blue Orchids – Dumb Magician
04. The Sound – Winning
05. Robyn Hitchcock – The Lizard
06. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Cutter
07. A Certain Ratio – Forced Laugh
08. Red Guitars – Good Technology
09. Josef K – Endless Soul
10. This Heat – Cenotaph
11. Scritti Politti – The ‘Sweetest Girl’
12. The Fall – Iceland
13. Crispy Ambulance – Bardo Plane
14. The Cleaners from Venus – Factory Boy
15. New Order – Ceremony
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