New Order: Substance (1987)

That photo is awful. I guess the light was too low. Anyway, my first copy Substance was the compact disc release, which contains twenty-four tracks, versus the twelve on the double LP. The CD edition has a bunch of b-sides, which are great to have. Some double cassette versions have even more tracks. I have never even seen a copy of the cassette version.

From Disocgs:

"Substance was the first widely released New Order compilation. Issued as a 12-track double LP, a 12-, 24- or 28-track double cassette, and a 24-track double CD, the compilation featured original 12" versions and B-sides, with a few exceptions: “Ceremony” is the 1981 re-recorded version with Gillian Gilbert; “Temptation” and “Confusion” are May 1987 re-recordings; and “The Perfect Kiss”, “Subculture”, “Shellshock”, and “Hurt” are edited versions. Additionally, all of the 24- or 28-track editions confuse the song titles “Cries and Whispers” and “Mesh”."

 And:

"Some copies came with a 4-panel insert/order form advertising the "SUBSTANCE 1987: THE VIDEO" VHS/Beta videocassette release, with a cost of $29.95, and "available no sooner than October 30, 1987". The eleven videos that this insert indicates were to be included are "True Faith, "Bizarre Love Triangle", "State Of The Nation", "Shellshock", "Subculture", "Perfect Kiss", "Thieves Like Us", "Confusion", "Blue Monday", "Temptation", and "Everything's Gone Green". However the video collection was not released until 1989 and contained seven videos including two for singles that were released after Substance 1987 ("Touched By The Hand Of God" and "Blue Monday 1988")."

My Canadian pressing did not include that flyer. It's a cool compilation, in whatever format.