A FACTORY SAMPLE (2 x 7") FAC-2
Counterfeit copy of A Factory sample
| Joy Division: | Digital | John Dowie: | Acne |
| Joy Division: | Glass | John Dowie: | Idiot |
| The Durutti Column: | No communication | John Dowie: | Hitler's liver |
| The Durutti Column: | Thin ice (detail) | Cabaret Voltaire: | Baader-Meinhof |
| Cabaret Voltaire: | Sex in secret |
How to spot this counterfeit copy:
1) No shrink-wrap. The original sleeve was a 14" x 14" bit of paper folded in half then shrink wrapped
2) No stickers
3) The matrix numbers are in large hand written characters
4) No groove notations. The original had "Everything is repairable everything is broken"
5) The counterfeit has thick paper (cardboard) sleeve, the original had a thin paper sleeve
A FACTORY SAMPLE 12" FAC-2
Pirate copy of the official Factory Sample double 7" EP - released as a 12".
We think this is probably a Greek pressing. We think it's probably a bootleg.
| Joy Division: | Digital | John Dowie: | Acne |
| Joy Division: | Glass | John Dowie: | Idiot |
| The Durutti Column: | No communication | John Dowie: | Hitler's liver |
| The Durutti Column: | Thin ice (detail) | Cabaret Voltaire: | Baader-Meinhof |
| Cabaret Voltaire: | Sex in secret |
This counterfeit is easy to spot as it is a 12" single instead of 2x7"
The cover is more or less the same as the original: front cover is both front and back of the original. The
back cover is like the inside cover of the original fold out, except it is regrouped (side 1 and 2 of the original
above side 3 and 4) to fit a 12" cover.
The labels are the "Use no hearing protection" logo with the band names on each side.
A FACTORY SAMPLE (2 x 7") FAC-2 2008
Counterfeit copy of A Factory sample
Released 2008
| Joy Division: | Digital | John Dowie: | Acne |
| Joy Division: | Glass | John Dowie: | Idiot |
| The Durutti Column: | No communication | John Dowie: | Hitler's liver |
| The Durutti Column: | Thin ice (detail) | Cabaret Voltaire: | Baader-Meinhof |
| Cabaret Voltaire: | Sex in secret |
How to spot this counterfeit copy:
1) This set comes in a poster sleeve. The original was gatefold and doesn't open up into a 14" x 14"
square.
2) This set is is not shrink wrapped (although it comes in a resealable plastic bag). Original was shrink wrapped
in thin crinkly plastic. Like a food bag.
3) Matrix etchings in slightly larger writing than the original.
4) This counterfeit copy has no raised serrated vinyl edge around the label - the oiginal does.
5) The stickers are a perfect copy but they look `new`. They do not have `fasprint ` or any other printing on the
reverse.