Section 25 / From the Hip
Artist Section 25
Album Title: From the Hip
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative
Format CD (2)
Released 00/00/1984
Reissue Date 03/00/2014
Label Factory Benelux
Catalog No FBN 33 CD
Bar Code No 7 08527 00064 9
Packaging 6 Panel Digipack
Tracks
From the Hip (Disc 1)
1. The Process (5:24)
2. Looking From a Hilltop (4:23)
3. Reflection (4:44)
4. Prepare to Live (3:36)
5. Program for Light (4:00)
6. Desert (3:27)
7. Beneath the Blade (4:16)
8. Inspiration (8:10)
9. Looking From a Hilltop (Restructure) (4:38)
10. Looking From a Hilltop (Megamix) (8:10)
11. Dirty Disco II (5:28)
12. Dirty Disco II (Pre-Mix) (4:04)
13. Beating Heart (12" Remix) (5:04)
14. Back to Wonder (12" Version) (3:20)
15. Beating Heart (12" Version) (5:10)
Bonus Disc, Anniversary Edition (Disc 2)
1. Looking From a Hilltop (1984 BBC Session) (3:58)
2. Reflection (1984 BBC Session) (5:13)
3. Warhead (1984 BBC Session) (5:10)
4. The Process (1983 Demo) (4:13)
5. Looking From a Hilltop (1983 Demo) (4:41)
6. Prepare to Live (1983 Demo) (3:52)
7. Reflection (1983 Demo) (3:48)
8. Desert (1983 Demo) (4:09)
9. Program for Light (1984 Vocal Mix) (4:49)
10. Another Hilltop (Stephen Morris Remix) (9:14)
11. Reflection (Young Image) (4:42)
Date Acquired 01/22/2024
Personal Rating
Acquired from DarlaDiscogs (Discogs)
Purchase Price 15.00

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Notes

Notes:
Issued in a 6-panel digipak with a 12 pages booklet.
Tracks 1-9 and 1-10 released as a 12" Single on Factory Records (FAC 108) in June 1984.
Track 1-11 released on a 12" Single on Factory Benelux (FBN 45) in September 1985.
Track 1-12 is an alternative Mix of track 11 with the same production and engineering credits.
Tracks 1-13 to 1-15 released as a 12" Single on Factory Records (FAC 68) in June 1983.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-3 recorded for David 'Kid' Jensen on BBC Radio 1, first transmitted on 10 May 1984. ℗ 2014 BBC. Released by arrangement with BBC Worldwide.
Tracks 2-4 to 2-8 are demos recorded in May 1983 at Park Lane Studios in Preesall, Lancashire.
Track 2-9 is a Monitor Mix made at Revolution Studios for FACT 90 with an abandoned vocal by..].
Please note that this track was mastered from cassette and contains some audio imperfections.
Track 2-10 produced at West Orange Studio, Preston, in 2009 and remixed by [...], July 2010.
Track 2-11 engineered by [...] at West Orange in November-December 2013.

[Disc 1]
Produced by BE Music and S25
Written by Section 25
Original design by Key/PSA
Factory Benelux

[Disc 2]
© + ℗ 1984; 2014 S25 FBN
1-3 BBC Worldwide
FactoryBenelux

Credits:
Band – Angela Cassidy, Jenny Cassidy, Larry Cassidy, Lee Shallcross, Vin Cassidy
Design [Original FACT 90 Cover Design] – Peter Saville, Trevor Key
Design [Original] – PSA, Key
Engineer – Alan Gregson (tracks: 2-10), Bob Bee, Michael Johnson (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Stuart Pickering (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
Layout [FBN 33 CD Layout At Atomluft] – Martin Lewsley
Layout [FBN 33 CD Layout] – James Nice
Liner Notes – Angie Cassidy*, Bernard Sumner, Jon Savage, Vin Cassidy
Photography By [Booklet Photography (1984)] – Steve Farmery
Photography By [On Digipack Inner Panel] – A. Wilding
Producer – Alan Gregson (tracks: 2-10), Be Music (Bernard Sumner) (tracks: 1-9 to 1-15), Bernard Sumner (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8), Dale Griffin (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3), Dojo (Donald Johnson) (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12), Section 25 (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 2-10)

Companies, etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Section 25
Copyright © – Section 25
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Factory Benelux
Copyright © – Factory Benelux
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BBC Worldwide
Copyright © – BBC Worldwide
Published By – LTM Songs
Recorded At – Rockfield Studios
Mixed At – Revolution Studios
Recorded At – BBC Radio 1
Recorded At – Park Lane Studios, Blackpool
Produced At – West Orange Studios
Designed At – Atomluft
Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AE42794

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 7 08527 00064 9
Barcode (Scanned): 708527000649
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): AE42794-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): AE42794-02 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Discs 1 + 2): lFPI LQ57
Mould SID Code (Discs 1 + 2): IFPI 9723

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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by Andy Kellman:
Having dabbled with synth-driven pop and electro
elements for a couple of singles released after Key of Dreams, the Cassidy brothers decided to run further from their past and immerse themselves completely in technology while making a concerted attempt to be less dour. With the smart addition of Larry's wife Jenny Ross on vocals and keyboards (going by Cassidy could have meant confusion with the Partridge Family), the group recorded their third and best album with Bernard Sumner. Packed with a surprising amount of emotional range and sounds into eight songs, From the Hip succeeds in transporting the group out of the endlessly glum corner they had painted themselves into with a mix of the hopeful, the melancholy, the synthetic, and the organic. "Looking from the Hilltop" is the obvious highlight, a moody electro-pop classic sung by Ross that became a favorite at several New York clubs. "Reflection," a proto-twee pop song (also sung by Ross), slackens the tension of "Hilltop" with buoyant synth-percussion and a bright melody. The biggest gulf between songs exists with "Program for Light" and "Desert"; the former is a hyper-speed electro instrumental that races along until being interrupted by a thunderclap that ushers in the latter, which uses little more than echo-heavy piano, acoustic guitar, and hardly-sung vocals. The remaining songs at their worst serve the whole and act as bridges to make the album flow deceptively well. (Some ears may have trouble with Larry Cassidy's adjustment from moaning post-punk vocals to pop vocals -- he's no Martin Fry.) The flow could take several plays to become apparent, but it's time well spent. Les Temps Modernes' 1998 reissue nearly doubles the original version's running time with seven bonus tracks, including two additional mixes each of "Looking from a Hilltop," "Beating Heart," and the zip-bang electro revision of Always Now's "Dirty Disco," along with the 12" version of "Back to Wonder." The mixes of "Hilltop" don't add all that much value. "Beating Heart" (one of the finest New Order songs not written or recorded by New Order) and "Back to Wonder" (fragile, glistening pop) are excellent, however, and From the Hip in its initial format would have been much stronger with their presence.
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