Section 25Looking From A Hilltop

Label:

Factory – FAC 108

Format:

Vinyl , 12", 45 RPM, Single

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Synth-pop

Tracklist

A Looking From A Hilltop (Restructure) 4:38
B Looking From A Hilltop (Megamix) 8:07

Companies, etc.

  • Lacquer Cut AtCTS Studios
  • Pressed ByMVS (Record Pressing) Ltd.

Credits

  • Lacquer Cut ByMel*
  • Plated ByRW (8)
  • ProducerDojo*

Notes

Info on labels:
A: Restructure from FACT 90
B: Megamix from FAC 108 A

Durations not printed on release.
Single-sleeve outer jacket with no inner sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side A): FAC 108 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label, Side B): FAC 108 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Variation 1): FAC 108 A1 ZEN MEL/cts RW MVS II
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Variation 1): FAC 108 AA2 MEL/cts GL MVS S2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Variation 2): FAC 108 A1 ZEN MEL/cts RW MVS I0
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Variation 2): FAC 108 AA2 MEL/cts GL MVS SI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Variation 3): FAC 108 A1 ZEN MEL/cts RW
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Variation 3): FAC 108 AA2 MEL/cts GL

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Looking From A Hilltop (12", 45 RPM, Single, Repress) Factory FAC 108 UK Unknown

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Reviews

  • Spatzo-'s avatar
    Spatzo-
    Found this at Lou's records the day after hearing it at a club in pacific beach, ca. circa 1985. It has aged well.
    • jancito303's avatar
      jancito303
      Edited one year ago
      Yeah, the B-side sounds very New Beat indeed. And better than 99% of the New beat that came out around its peak in 88.
      • CRONK1980's avatar
        CRONK1980
        Heard this for the first time on 6 music nearly 40 years after its release , wow love it , i thought it was a new release by some young DJ type bloke.
        • eurobeat70065's avatar
          eurobeat70065
          This was one of my favorite late night tracks when I DJ'd in the 80's at Neo Beach in New Orleans
          • HighwireDays's avatar
            HighwireDays
            Edited 9 years ago
            I had always thought of the Orb's "Little Fluffy Clouds" as the ultimate headphone mindfuck song (and still do), but these tracks are right up there at that impossibly lofty level. They put to shame most of today's "I Love The '80s Strikes Back" practitioners of this sound. By the way, the place rot get both of them digitally is on the CD version(s) of From The Hip.
            • 8892sales's avatar
              8892sales
              Edited 10 years ago
              As far as I'm concerned the Megamix of this release is pure, proper electro. Although the vocal whisperings can be pushing it into the realms of synth-pop it's not enough to escape the electro labyrinth imo. Although I can understand why the previous reviewer's comment about it being a proto new beat is also relevant.

              This can be played alongside any Afrika Bambaataa And Soul Sonic Force classics, Man Parrish, Two Sisters, Egyptian Lover, Unknown DJ, Kraftwerk, Cybotron, Model 500 etc or any other electro / electro funk / electro rap / techno electro numbers one wishes to throw at it. Absolutely timeless.

              Just a few examples where sections of the track have been sampled:

              Intellectial Harmonious Sanction EP 'Drift & Dream (Easy Street Records) & (R & S Records) (1991)
              Joey Beltram's Direct - Project Breakdown (Allabi Records) (1990) & Joey Beltram - Fuck All You Mother Fuckers
              • Betabox's avatar
                Betabox
                Edited 11 years ago
                The B side Megamix version sounds very New Beat, 4 years avant la lettre...
                • Jav's avatar
                  Jav
                  Edited 3 years ago
                  Those that have this record know what an amazing track this is. The remix is an electronic masterpiece; bass heavy, industrial with lush keyboards and all-sorts of futuristic sounding bleeps...The vocal side is synth music of the highest order.

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