¿Cómo fue posible que un sello discográfico independiente haya perdido dinero por un tema que batió récords de venta? [..] ...Y en eso se convirtió la portada del sencillo. Una réplica en tarjeta de 12” x 12” de un disquete de 5”, con orificios exactamente en el mismo lugar que el original, con una funda interior plateada». Sin embargo, debido a que era un paquete muy caro y ambicioso, New Order y Factory Records perdieron 30 centavos por cada copia de las 3 millones que se vendieron en todo el mundo.
Comentarios
El mío en forma de floppy anda por aquí.
#2 otro más por mi casa jajaja
#3 a ver si lo reproduzco. Recuerdo que tenía un peso considerable.
Wikipedia:
Packaging
The 1983 edition artwork is designed to resemble a 5+1⁄4 inch floppy disk. The sleeve does not display either the group name nor song title in plain English anywhere; the only text on the sleeve is "FAC SEVENTY THREE" on the spine. Instead the legend "FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER" is represented in code by a series of coloured blocks. The key enabling this to be deciphered was printed on the back sleeve of the album, Power, Corruption & Lies.[24] "Blue Monday" and Power, Corruption & Lies are two of four Factory releases from this time period to employ the colour code, the others being "Confusion" by New Order and From the Hip by Section 25.
The single's original sleeve, created by Factory designer Peter Saville and Brett Wickens, was die-cut with a silver inner sleeve.[24] It cost so much to produce that Factory Records actually lost money on each copy sold. Matthew Robertson's Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album[25] notes that "[d]ue to the use of die-cutting and specified colours, the production cost of this sleeve was so high that the single sold at a loss." Tony Wilson noted that it lost 5p per sleeve "due to our strange accounting system"; Saville noted that nobody expected "Blue Monday" to be a commercially successful record at all, so nobody expected the cost to be an issue."[26] In Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records, Saville states "I am so bored with this story. We didn't even know how many of these expensive covers were ever made anyway."[27]
Robertson also noted that "later reissues had subtle changes to limit the cost" (the diecut areas being replaced with printed silver ink).[26] Saville commented in 2013 that the printers "banged out a cheaper version. I don't know how many thousands were sold [the original] way, or whether Factory were charged the full price for something they didn't get, which would be very Factory."[28] Peter Saville Associates charged Factory £538.20 for the sleeve design.[29] The artwork was so late that Saville sent it straight to the printer, unreviewed by either the band or the label.[30] The 1988 and 1995 versions were packaged in conventional sleeves.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(New_Order_song)