Manchester's post punk funk legends A Certain Ratio have announced plans to reissue their back catalog through Mute. This is exciting news for fans of the influential yet massively underrated Factory band as many gems in their back catalog have been out of print and/or incredibly hard to find, particularly on vinyl.
The first three reissues arrive November 24th - The Graveyard And The Ballroom (1979), To Each (1981), and Force (1986). The releases will be available on limited edition vinyl, CD, cassette, and digital album download and are available to pre-order now. The remainder of ACR's catalog will be released in 2018 with the next three releases - I'd Like To See You Again, Good Together, and acr: mcr - arriving February 23rd.
Pre-order The Graveyard And The Ballroom, To Each, and Force here.
A Certain Ratio also announced plans to play a hometown show in support of the reissue campaign on December 16th at the O2 Ritz in Manchester. No further dates have been announced.
"all the energy of Joy Division, but with better clothes" ~ 24 Hour Party People
Published September 15th, 2017