Unknown Pleasures

Product Information

Often derided by critics weaned on supertramp and genesis who could be transported from hippy nostalgia by Hannett album production values, our reminiscence in time smiles on these early efforts. Comes in a thick textured rough cardboard cover with textured printed inner sleeve having rounded corners at the top.

Still my favorite vinyl version, but that may just be because it's the one I've been listening to for almost 40 years.Sounds brilliant to what my original copy sounded like, well I was 13/14 then no respect for vinyl and a terrible hi-fi! There is "HEYA HIFI" and a track listing of "Banganga" with A1 being "Oh My Mind" and B1 being "Mrs Moore". The vinyl for this release has several variations (hold up to a light source to see): Purple translucent or red translucent or green translucent or brown translucent. RCA was the home of Bowie and Iggy, 2 big heroes to this band, especially Ian, hence the determination to get on the label. Tracks A2 and B4 were recorded in October and November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, during the sessions for "Licht und Blindheit".

The song "Twenty Four Hours" was also performed live at Birmingham University, but was left off the CD release due to time constraints. Shadowplay" continues with vibrant energy, the audience nicely adds to the atmosphere, greeting Peter Hook's bass introduction to the song.

A2 / B2 Townhouse / GG matrix (MVS or Carlton Productions (some brown translucent) or Linguaphone (with 25mm pressing ring) pressings). From a live performance point, however, Joy Division are at best serving mere purpose of documentary evidence; those witnessing the energy and the charisma in the flesh may be right insisting on the unforgettable experience for all the right (or wrong) reasons, but from a level of just listening to it on record, Sumner and Hook's playing "skills" are at times insufferable, one can tell they struggle to keep up and maintain the "complete picture". Initially planned for release in August 1981 (hence the 1/8/81 on the centre labels), this was actually released on 8 October 1981.