LOVE WILL TEAR US APART 7" Factory FAC 23
Released 1980
Producer: Martin Hannett
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart 2 These Days 3 Love Will Tear Us Apart Groove notations (UK version only):
"Don't disillusion me" (side A), and "I've only got record shops left" (side B).
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART 7" Factory FACUS 23
US Promo / jukebox version
Matrix numbers: "FAC 23A" and "L5717" on side A, "FAC23C" and "L5717" on side B
Sometimes comes with a small pink jukebox slip with band name and song title.
Possibly 300 copies.We believe this is a special pressing for US jukeboxes but it could easily be a bootleg.
Thanks to Fabio for the cover scans
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart 2 These Days
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART 7" Tonpress S-590 (Polish import)
Released during the 1980s
Producer: Martin Hannett
Polish release
Different artwork to UK release
No labels - label information is stamped into the vinyl
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart 2 She's Lost Control Issued by the Polish Tonpress label under lincense from Factory.
Tonpress was a government controlled publisher in Poland in the 1970s and 80s which belonged to KAW - Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza (The National Publishing Agency). They released foreign albums under licence as well as Polish records. Tonpress ceased to exist in 1990 when the government passed the catalogue over to a number of privately owned music labels. Please see www.discogs.com for more info.
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (2007 re-issue) 7" London records FAC 23
Released September 2007
Producer: Martin Hannett
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart 2 These Days 3 Love Will Tear Us Apart The photograph of the steel plate has been re-photographed - making the titles look smaller.
This 7" does not have the original groove notations.
The Factory style label has a dedication "FOR AHW" printed where the date would normally be. Tony Wilson died in August 2007.
The B-Side of the single credits both tracks - the original didn't
Back sleeve is a generic white with the usual London print typeface and info.
Love Will Tear Us Apart" 7" Edigsa (promo only) 19P0095 1981
7" single
Spanish promo issue
Rleeased 1981The original pack was made up of 3 items:
1) An outer white envelope sleeve:
2) Inside this was a 7" picture sleeve with the front cover design lifted from the original 12" issue sleeve.
Some copies have a blue "DE MAXIMO INTERES" stamp on the back.
3) Also included were 5" size inserts with pictures of the Love Will Tear Us Apart (12") and Closer sleeves.
Over the years many copies have lost their inserts and / or one of the sleeves. Complete copies are rare.
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART (2007 re-issue) CD Single London Records FAC 23CD
Released September 2007
Producer: Martin Hannett
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart - original (1980 single A-side version, not the faster Pennine version) 2 Love Will Tear Us Apart - 95 Don Gehman remix, also known as the Permanent mix 3 Atmosphere (original version).
