This is an ORIGINAL cassette taken from a New Order recording session.

In 1988, I was a simple bricklayer working in Box, Wiltshire, UK. Just around the corner from the executive houses I was building was Peter Gabriel's Real World studios.

Incredibly, I just wandered in there one lunchtime to find an empty studio full of instruments, where New Order were recording. This cassette found it's way into my possession from that very studio!

The cassette is labeled A&M Studios and has "*New Order* (Various Takes)" typed on both sides. On Side 1 is hand-written "Ideas from Recording etc Jun/Jul etc". On Side 2 is hand-written "Rehersal [sic] - 25/4/88".

Side 1 starts off with some rather tinny jamming, samples, etc. However, the sound quality soon improves and there are lengthy jams, short snippets of conversation (presumably from Peter Hook and Barney Sumner) and various samples of instrumentation, including a couple of rough takes of complete songs. Most of the music has no vocals, but there are a couple of tracks with vocals. Not being a huge New Order fan, I'm afraid that I can't say whether these are early rehearsals of known songs or unreleased rarities!

Side 2 consists of numerous remixes of Blue Monday (I know that song!). They all differ in as far as they have odd samples, loops and synthesizer parts incorporated. It is also interspersed with some rough jams by the boys (and girl!), some bass lines by Hooky and a bit of noodling from Barney.

This tape is totally original and a one-off. I have not made any copies, so it is a totally unique piece of New Order memorabilia. You can see it on eBay at:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&it...ageName=STRK:MESE:IT

This message has been edited. Last edited by: oohaahcantona,

That would be a STOLEN cassette then.

I'm sure that New Order and their management team would be delighted to learn that this long lost item has at last been recovered.

Also, I believe that eBay have rules against dealing in stolen goods.

I'm afraid that's where you're wrong. The tape was given to me by the engineer that day. So that makes it legally mine!

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Originally posted by oohaahcantona:
I'm afraid that's where you're wrong. The tape was given to me by the engineer that day. So that makes it legally mine!

You lying fcukwit, one minute it was an empty studio, the next an engineer happened to give you a cassette, why the fcuk would he do that?, what else did you help yourself to?

Who's the fcukwit now then? I've got over £200 and you've got nothing. If you would have put your energy into organising a group of people to buy the tape, instead of whingeing like a girl, you could have masturbated over it to your hearts content. Oh well! And don't bother responding to this as I won't receive it. This forum has now served it's purpose for me. Thank you and goodnight.

Pity you left an e-mail address really then pal - expect a call from the band's management very soon!

Look forward to it, although I thought you were called Real World Studios, and I'm not too sure how you can call an e-mail address! Fool.

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