The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack
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The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack is an EP
released by New Order
in 2003. It was produced to accompany a Peter Saville exhibition, The Peter Saville Show, which appeared at London's Design Museum
in 2003. http://www.designmuseum.org/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions#
Peter Saville was a partner in Factory Records
and a graphic designer who designed many record sleeves for Joy Division
and New Order throughout their careers at Factory Records. The exhibition included this artwork and other graphic design from Saville's ongoing career. http://www.designmuseum.org/design/peter-saville
Although The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack is credited to New Order, only New Order members Stephen Morris, Peter Hook
and Phil Cunningham
were involved in producing the music http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=502037058&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 - Bernard Sumner
was not present for the recording. This was a compact disc
-only release, limited to 3000 copies. It was released by London Records
with the catalogue number "SAVILLE1."
It is a typical New Order
release—the sleeve of the CD has no printed information of its contents and the outer cover has two photographs, one on the front and one on the back. The front cover shows Peter at his drawing board, whereas the back shows a screen print frame for the Peter Saville Show exhibition poster. The inner sleeve (made of a slightly lighter weight card) shows two photographs (one on front and one on back) of the exhibition artwork in preparation. The disc itself states that The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack was written and produced by New Order
and mixed by Merv De Peyer. It also states that the design and photography was by the Graphic Thought Facility
. The only indication of a catalogue number is shown on the reverse (shiny) side of the disc. Around the centre hole clearly reads 'DISCTRONICS' and 'SAVILLE 1 01'.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released by New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
in 2003. It was produced to accompany a Peter Saville exhibition, The Peter Saville Show, which appeared at London's Design Museum
Design Museum
Design Museum is a museum by the River Thames near Tower Bridge in central London, England. The museum covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design. It was founded in 1989 and claims to be the first museum of modern design...
in 2003. http://www.designmuseum.org/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions#
Peter Saville was a partner in Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...
and a graphic designer who designed many record sleeves for Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
and New Order throughout their careers at Factory Records. The exhibition included this artwork and other graphic design from Saville's ongoing career. http://www.designmuseum.org/design/peter-saville
Although The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack is credited to New Order, only New Order members Stephen Morris, Peter Hook
Peter Hook
Peter Hook is an English bass player, musician and author.He was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them throughout their career until...
and Phil Cunningham
Phil Cunningham (rock musician)
Phil Cunningham is a British guitarist who is a member of the band Bad Lieutenant. He was previously a member of New Order, where he replaced Gillian Gilbert as a band member, but with a slightly different role, with less synthesizer and more guitar work.Cunningham was also a member of the...
were involved in producing the music http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=502037058&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 - Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner , also known as Bernard Dickin, Bernard Dicken and Bernard Albrecht is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer....
was not present for the recording. This was a compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
-only release, limited to 3000 copies. It was released by London Records
London Records
London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....
with the catalogue number "SAVILLE1."
It is a typical New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
release—the sleeve of the CD has no printed information of its contents and the outer cover has two photographs, one on the front and one on the back. The front cover shows Peter at his drawing board, whereas the back shows a screen print frame for the Peter Saville Show exhibition poster. The inner sleeve (made of a slightly lighter weight card) shows two photographs (one on front and one on back) of the exhibition artwork in preparation. The disc itself states that The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack was written and produced by New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
and mixed by Merv De Peyer. It also states that the design and photography was by the Graphic Thought Facility
Graphic Thought Facility
Graphic Thought Facility is a London-based graphic design agency.The studio was founded in 1990 by Royal College of Art graduates Paul Neale, Nigel Robinson and Andy Stevens...
. The only indication of a catalogue number is shown on the reverse (shiny) side of the disc. Around the centre hole clearly reads 'DISCTRONICS' and 'SAVILLE 1 01'.
Track listing
- "The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack" - 30:13