The Other Two - letter in NME

LOVED IT AND LEFT IT

Can you shed some light on 'Loved It (The Other Track)' from the debut album by THE OTHER TWO (pictured below). On first listen it sounds like just another instrumental with clever speech samples but I can definitely hear various quotes from Bernard Sumner, Hooky, Stephen, Gillian, Rob Gretton and Tony Wilson, such as "It was a big mistake", "How's it been hanging?', "It was the chairman of the board', "Not my idea" and "Any of you miserable musicians want any more?' plus a few others. My guess is that it's an obituary to Factory, possibly even to New Order. Am I right?

Mark McNaughton, Rame Cross, Penryn, Cornwall

According to those closest to New Order, the speech tracks stem from Channel Four's Play At Home, a series featuring bands in their 'home' environments — the Bunnymen at Liverpool Cathedral, New Order at the Hacienda etc. 

Far from being an obituary to Factory, the completed instrumental was first recorded for a freebie CD that acted as an invitation to a party celebrating the opening of the new Factory Headquarters (also known as Fac 251) on a site in Manchester's Princes Street they purchased in September 1988 at a price of £100,000. 

However, it took forever refurbishing the place and a further £600,000 was reportedly spent turning it into "a lavishly minimalist building" which, according to a published report in December, 1992, was ultimately valued at just £250, 000 following the company's collapse.