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soundstory.bsky.social
On this date in 1983
#NewOrder
released the single
'Blue Monday' #FAC73
(still sounds like the future)
March 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
nickmotown.bsky.social
Oh yes. FAC73 👍
March 7, 2026 at 6:56 AM
peterlatimer6.bsky.social
Day 22 of #StandaloneSingles (reverse chronological order)

Blue Monday - New Order
12" single (FAC73)
1983

Could have picked from many NO songs, given their old school preference to separate singles from albums. This really did make a big impact on an impressionable 12yr old.
February 22, 2026 at 10:45 AM
jono-13.bsky.social
FAC73 and FAC93 for example..
April 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
factoryrecords.bsky.social
Fac 73 New Order Blue Monday 12"R single reissue 1988 #fac73 #factoryrecords #bluemonday
February 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
factoryrecords.bsky.social
Fac 73 New Order "Blue Monday" 12" single what you need to know is this record was issued many many times only the 1st cut out sleeve lost money but the 3 following issues as you can see did not I have 18 known matrix variants in my collection #fac73 #factoryrecords #bluemonday
February 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
gjh2541.bsky.social
FAC73

The soundtrack to a million student discos.

Probably introduced countless people to electronic music..
October 12, 2023 at 1:14 PM
webby1153.bsky.social
Fac73, one of my faves
February 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
factoryrecords.bsky.social
Fac 73 New Order "Blue Monday" 7" single reissue 1988 #fac73 #factoryrecords #bluemonday
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ceefaxsteve.bsky.social
I thought I told you to leave me while I walked down to the beach #FAC73
January 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
factoryrecords.bsky.social
Fac 73 New Order Blue Monday CDV rare variant single reissue 1988 #fac73 #factoryrecords #bluemonday
February 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
factoryrecords.bsky.social
Fac 73 New Order Blue Monday CD single reissue 1988 #fac73 #factoryrecords #bluemonday #CD
February 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
mcareaveyjb.bsky.social
I feel personally responsible for the demise of Factory Records, by selling the 12” inch of Blue Monday, FAC73! 😂
July 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
jerrod.bsky.social
Did you know how to translate the color code on the side of the floppy? On the back of their album Power Corruption and Lies is a color wheel which can be used to decipher it. It says FAC73 Blue Monday an” with “d The Beach New Order” on the back
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
joeyx.bsky.social
On this day, March 7th, in 1983: New Order and Factory Records released “Blue Monday” b/w “The Beach” 12” single (FAC73).

Today’s run-out grooves:
A: “Out Voted!”
B: “Ho El & Tel!”

1/
Die cut sleeve of the New Order 12" of "Blue Monday." It's a black sleeve with a color bar down the right side. The die cuts make the sleeve look like a floppy disk.
March 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
drsteviewer.bsky.social
Wendet man diese Legende auf das Civer von Blue Monday an so steht da auf der Vorderseite „FAC73 Blue Monday and“ und auf der Rückseite „The Beach New Order.“
July 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
burnt-toast-and.bsky.social
A half-obvious choice for #Poppelgangers day 1, but these are my archetypal week-starting choices of two-songs-with-the-same-name.

"How I hate Blue Monday" / "Tell me now, how should I feel?"

💿💿 Blue Monday - Fats Domino [1956] / New Order [1983]
🎞️🎞️ youtu.be/Fy5WM1xYbGo / youtu.be/c1GxjzHm5us
A black & white photo of Fats Domino playing piano at the Saville Theatre in London on 27th March 1967. The focus of the photo is Fats' hands, splayed across the keyboard. He's wearing a suit and tie and a very sparkly, jewelled, star-shaped watch. And he doesn't look particularly fat; he's a big man, but more broad-shouldered than fat. The 12" record sleeve for "Blue Monday" by New Order. A black sleeve, with holes cut into it to imitate a 5¼" floppy disk; parts of the record can be seen through the holes. There is a stripe of multicoloured squares down the right-hand side; this is a code that spells out FAC73 BLUE MONDAY AND (it then continues THE BEACH NEW ORDER on the back).
March 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
How does it feel
To treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are...

💿 #OTD in #Music #History 7 March 1983, #NewOrder released their trailblazing single #BlueMonday (#FAC73) on #FactoryRecords.

▶️ youtu.be/FYH8DsU2WCk
March 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
bohodelight.bsky.social
Spinning: New Order 'Blue Monday' 12" FAC 73 - the sleeve is a beaut!
#neworder #fac73 #bluemonday #vinylspins ❤️
I even framed the FAC wrapping paper it came in.
#factoryrecords
Get this down your lugholes! Loud!
December 30, 2024 at 1:40 PM
drsteviewer.bsky.social
Factory Records hat sämtliche Produkte die sie erschaffen haben nummeriert. FAC1 war ein Poster, Blue Monday halt FAC73, der Club Hacienda in Manchester war FAC 51 und der Sarg von Labelgründer Tony Wilson FAC 501 (ich bin sicher das hat er sich selbst zu Lebzeiten ausgedacht).
July 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
plasticface.bsky.social
It never sounds old and actually gets better with age. And that’s a Fac73
March 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
How does it feel
To treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are...

💿 #OTD in #Music #History 7 March 1983, #NewOrder released their trailblazing single #BlueMonday (#FAC73) on #FactoryRecords.

▶️ youtu.be/FYH8DsU2WCk
March 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
factoryrecords.bsky.social
Fac 73 New Order Blue Monday 12" white label variant matrix single reissue 1988 #fac73 #factoryrecords #bluemonday
February 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
factoryrecords.bsky.social
Fac 73 New Order Blue Monday 12"white label promo single reissue 1988 #fac73 #factoryrecords #bluemonday
February 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
weloveallthat.bsky.social
New Order - Blue Monday ("rare" 9'18" mix).
Contains Barney swearing part-way through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSSsa9cF-fg #happybirthday #fac73
December 4, 2024 at 1:29 AM