bass Pete Crooks
concept by [cover, uncredited] Anthony H. Wilson
drums Toby Toman
engineer Chris Nagle
engineer John Brierley
guitar, written-by Vini Reilly
plated by Eddy Gorecki
producer [switches] Martin Hannett
Phonographic Copyright (p) Factory Records (5)
Copyright (c) Factory Records (5)
Published By Movement Of 24th January
Recorded At Cargo Studios
Mixed At Strawberry Studios
Lacquer Cut At The Sound Clinic
Pressed By Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Pressed By WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
First issue housed in a sleeve made of sandpaper and with flexi-disc.

The sandpaper cover comes in various editions (3,600 editions altogether):
1. With spray-painted FACT 14 in black (this)
2. With spray-painted FACT 14 in white
3. With spray-painted title in black
4. Without spray-paint

Recorded over three days in August 1979 on 8-track equipment at Cargo, Rochdale.
Mixed at Strawberry, Stockport.
Published by Movement of 24th. January Music.
A Factory Records Product
℗© 1979

Thanks also to Gammer for his melody and Rowbotham, Reid and Debord for the marketing concept.

It was Tony Wilson who had the idea for the cover, following Situationist Guy Debord's book Mémoires also wrapped in sandpaper to destroy the adjacent books. Gammer refers to N.H. Gammer, founder of Gammer And His Familiars, Reilly's first band. Rowbotham refers to Dave Rowbotham, the former DC founder and guitarist. Reid refers to Jamie Reid, who apparently wanted to title the first Sex Pistols album Where's the Durutti Column?

The covers were assembled by Joy Division, A Certain Ratio and others. While Ian Curtis did the glueing, the other members of Joy Division watched a porn movie in the same room.

In 'D' is in fact another version of Sketch For Winter.

Reissued in July 1980 with a black picture sleeve but without flexi.
Matrix / Runout: FACT 14 4 PBG A1 SOUND CLINIC EG S-6 (Side A - variation 1)
Matrix / Runout: FACT 14 PBG B1 EG S-3 (Side B - variation 1)
Matrix / Runout: W-2 FACT 14 4PBG A1 SOUND CLINIC EG (Side A - variation 2)
Matrix / Runout: S-4 FACT 1̶4̶ ̶B̶1̶ 14PBG B1 EG (Side B - variation 2)
Matrix / Runout: FACT 14 4 PBG A1 W1 SOUND CLINIC EG (Side A - variation 3)
Matrix / Runout: S-6 FACT 14PBG B1 EG (Side B - variation 3)
Matrix / Runout: FACT 14 4 PBG A1 F̶A̶C̶T̶ ̶1̶4̶ ̶A̶1̶ SOUND CLINIC EG S-4 (Runout A etched, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: FACT 1̶4̶ ̶B̶1̶ 14 PBG B1 EG S-2 (Runout B etched, variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: LYN 7561 (Flexi)