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Joy Division Radio Documentary
This Day In Music have produced a three part radio documentary about
Joy Division:
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Singularity 12"
£10.41
Singularity CDS
£5.86
Music Complete
CD £5.99
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| 1 Sept |
Stephen Morris to publish autobiography
in 2018
Little, Brown imprint Constable have acquired the rights to Stephen
Morris’s memoirs which promise to be part memoir, part visual scrapbook, part aural history, according to The
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New Blue Plaques for Strawberry
Studios
Strawberry Studios, where Joy Division recorded Unknown Pleasures,
Transmission and Love Will Tear Us Apart are getting two updated blue plaques as part of the Studio's 50th anniversary
celebrations.
The first plaque went up today at the back of the building and the second will be formally unveiled as part of
the 50th anniversary celebrations,
which will include an exhibition at Stockport Museum throughout 2017.
The new plaques add Joy Division, Martin Hannett and The Smiths to the previously commemorated Paul McCartney,
Neil Sedaka, Stone Roses and the Syd Lawrence Orchestra
The new plaque
The old plaque is removed
"Why had those early Factory releases had that magical Hannett
sound? The young genius had been able to plug in his digital thingy into the outboard racks of a major world-class
thirty-six track studio that was in Stockport - Stockport ladies and gentleman, Stockport, because 10cc were a
Manchester band and they had taken the proceeds of the delicious I'm Not In Love and had reinvested in their home.
Reinvested. Built a fuck-off studio. Respect." Tony Wilson |
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| 20 July |
Marquee 4th March 1979 - music paper advert added thanks to Mark Gale
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| 9 July |
YMCA, Prince Of Wales Conference Centre 2nd August 1979: - original ticket on sale on Ebay for £250
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| 3 July |
Another Ideal For Killing -
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| 24 May |
Setback for Macclesfield Joy Division exhibition
Incubation Arts's plans to create a permanent Joy Division exhibition in Ian Curtis's home
town of Macclesfield have suffered a setback after a grant application to the Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund was
refused. The grant was to secure permises for the exhibition and an arts centre in Charles Roe House, which has
subsequently been sold to a private bidder who plans to turn it into a doctor's surgery.
Incubation Arts are continuimng to fundraise and are looking for alternative venues
We wonder if the new owner of Barton Street would be interested ...
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Today we remember Ian Curtis who died 18th May 1980
Also spare a thought for Joy Division fan Cornelia F who
died 18th May 1993
Both of these tragedies could have been avoided. If you are having a tough time on this poignant day there are
people out there who want to help you:
The Samaritans:
In the UK and ROI 116 123
In
the USA 1 (800) 273-TALK
Leicester 29 October 1979 - unpublished Ian Curtis photo added to listing thanks to Guy A
Photo (C) Guy A and used here with permission |
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| 13 May |
Joy Division
Undercover: 6 tracks footage. Live at "De Peppel" in Zeist, April 30th 2016 |
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| 4 May |
Tribute Band of the Week: The Golden Dawn, from Italy
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| 28 April |
Love Will Tear Us Apart - pirate
catchup - listings updated:
US pirate 12" reissues - bootleg listing updated
with more rreissues and cover photos improved
Pirate 12" 6 track - listing added
Cleopatra pirate 7" - listings added
Cleopatra pirate 12" - listings added |
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| 17 April |
New Division (Italy)78 -
new tribute band added |
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| 6 March |
Liverpool Eric's gig listings
corrected and updated:
13th July 1978 -
New listing added. This previously undocumented gig was Joy Division's first at Eric's
15th July 1978 -
Joy Division supported Rich Kids at Eric's as previously documented - but only at the afternoon show. Germs supported
Rich Kids in the evening.
27 August 1977
- Joy Division (Warsaw) definitely did not play Eric's that night - Generation X did.
Many thanks to Lesley Kazan-Pinfield, Mark
Woodley, amnd Steve for the above information and images
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Ian Curtis O Level results and
Upper Fifth Divinity Prize 1972 - school report added thanks to Rico and Tim Bayes
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| 21 Jan |
Eric's November 1978 -
flyer scan added thanks to John Pollard and Julian Saunders
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| 9 Jan |
Manchester Free Trade Hall June
1979 - ticket scan added thanks to James Barlow
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| 17 Dec |
Ian
Curtis Radio Blackburn Interview - new unpublished information about the interview
added plus a transcript of the interview itself. Thanks to Steve Barker and Mark Gale |
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| 15 Dec |
The Blue Monday Diaries - In
The Studio With New Order
Michael Butterworth, Plexus Publishing, December 2015, £14.99
Day-by-day, minute-by-minute, this is a uniquely
personal account of the making of Power, Corruption & Lies, New Order’s acclaimed second album, and ‘Blue Monday’,
the classic electro anthem that it spawned. Created by Michael Butterworth, who was there at the invitation of
the band to witness it all firsthand. ‘Blue Monday’ became the fastest selling 12” single ever and the pressing
of the vinyl in 1983 – in the shadow of Ian Curtis’ tragic passing – marked a thrilling new phase in the career
of the band, and the history of music in general.
Three decades on, author Michael Butterworth – the trusted friend who gained access to a string of notoriously
private sessions at London’s Britannia Row Studios – breaks the silence to reveal exactly what went into the recording
of this timeless track. Committed to creating an authentic record of the band’s arduous creative process, without
the aid of a tape recorder, Butterworth worked alongside his friends for the duration. From beneath a perpetual
fug of dope smoke, speed and alcohol, within the confines of the band’s miniscule rented flat, he acted as New
Order’s designated scribe, censoring not a single detail in their 24-hour schedule.
Obsessively detailed, mundane and illicit by turns, The Blue Monday Diaries provide a uniquely intimate insight
into the personalities of the band – as well as the process of making music – that no Joy Division or New Order
fan should be without.
‘Well-written, friendly and very easy to live with.’ – Peter Hook
‘I really enjoyed it . . . brought back a lot of memories.’ – Stephen Morris
‘An important part of musical history.’ – Peter Saville
Published December 2015, paperback, 192 pages ISBN 978-0-85965-546-0 |
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| 7 Nov |
Love Will Tear Us Apart - reissue of the so-called Record Store Day 2015 single added |
| 6 Nov |
Komackino LP - listing updated. Labels are on the wrong sides on the original. Thanks to Daan for the
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New Order's Music Complete enters UK Album Charts at No2
Deluxe Vinyl Box Set version available for £65.00
8 piece deluxe vinyl collection
New album on double clear vinyl
Extended versions of all 11 brand new tracks on 6 pieces of vinyl
Coloured vinyl 12”s plus 1 sided black etched vinyl
Packaged in an archival acid free box, using 1300 micron grey white board and a wire stitch. Box is debossed on
the lid and base
Art Direction by Peter Saville
200 copies will be signed by all 5 members of New Order
Substance 2015 reissues - listing added
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Radio
Blackburn interview - listing updated with plausible recording date thanks
to Mark Gale and the On The Wire - Radio Lancashire Blog
So
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Still 2015 reissue - listing added
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| 30 Aug |
Unknown Pleasures 2015 reissue
- listing added
Closer 2015 reissue - listing added
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| 22 Aug |
Record Store Day 2015 - Love Will Tear Us Apart picture disc added to listings. Whether this is unofficial, semi-official
or official remains to be seen.
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So This is Permanence - Spanish version added
Interview picture disc - Iron Maiden mispress added
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Futurama 1978 - flyer and ticket scans added thanks to Steve
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| 19 July |
The Venue 1978 - poster scan added thanks to Gary Smith
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| 16 July |
Canterbury Odeon June 1979 - ticket scan added thanks to Mike S
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| 11 July |
Canterbury Odeon November 1978
- ticket scan added thanks to Mike S who has it for sale on Ebay
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| 8 July |
De Montford Hall Leicester - ticket scan added thanks to Paul who has it for sale on Ebay
Click image to go to Ebay listing |
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Joy Division official site launched
Joy Division Official features a news section, an extensive band biography, discography, photo gallery and a
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Articles and Interviews
Sometimes people contribute to this site by
writing articles about Joy Division or doing interviews for us. Traditionally we have announced these on the front
page of the site for several weeks and then allowed them to become more difficult to find as time goes on. Now
we are gathering them in one place in recognition of the effort put in by the fan community. See bottom left of
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Bristol Trinity March 1980 - colour concert photo added thanks to in Your Face Photo
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| 19 June |
Autosuggestion LP - listing added. A good exmpla of a bootlegger using different sleeves, vinyl colour and
labels to give the impression of several separate releases
The Warsaw gigs at Rafters 31
May 1977 and 30 June 1977 have often been mixed up. We've unravelled
the truth thanks to Nick Blakey, Mark Woodley and kevin Cummins
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Rhino to reissue four Joy Division albums on vinyl from June 2015
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” on June
27th, Rhino have announced the re-issue of four iconic Joy Division releases on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl.
The studio albums UNKNOWN PLEASURES (1979) and CLOSER (1980) will be available on June 29th. They will be followed
on July 24th by STILL (1981) and an expanded version of SUBSTANCE (1988), both available as a double-LP set.
Each design replicates the original in painstaking detail, including the gatefold covers used for Still and Substance.
The music heard on the albums was remastered in 2007 when Rhino introduced expanded versions of the albums. The
lone exception is Substance, which features audio remastered in 2010 for the +- singles box and for the first time
on vinyl, the expanded tracklist from the original CD release, plus two additional songs: “As You Said” and the
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Ian Curtis's house has sold and may yet become a museum
Ian Curtis's Macclesfield home has been bought by musician Hadar Goldman
at nearly double the asking price as he paid £75,000 in compensation and legal fees to halt its sale to a
private buyer.
According to the Manchester Evening News
Hadar, who plays electric violin in the band Ciam, felt he had to get involved after a crowdfunding event failed
to raise enough revenue to buy the building and turn it into a museum.
Mr Goldman says any museum would be tasteful and preserve Joy Division's heritage: "The Joy Division legacy
deserves to be taken into the 21st century, to raise awareness into one of the most seminal bands in the history
of contemporary music. It will be developed using both heart and soul.”
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18th May
If you're in Macclesfield paying your respects to Ian Curtis today please
Tweet us your pictures, and remember there's the Martin O'Neill exhibition
and, if you're lucky enough to have tickets, Peter Hook and the Light are performing the Complete Works
of Joy Division. You may also like to spare a though for Cornelia F,
a Joy Division fan whose last wish was to be interred close to Ian Curtis.
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Record Store Day Saturday 18th April 2015
This year's Joy Division release for Record Store Day appears to be a 7" picture
disc on Italy's Radiation Records. It is not listed on the official Record Store Day web site, apparantly because
it was a late addition.
Images thanks to Discogs
Tracks:
A. Love Will Tear Us Apart
B. Leaders Of Men
Radiation Records, C.ne Casilina 44 - Roma 00176 Italy
Licensed by San Huan Music Group USA
Catalogue No: RADRSD003
RRP £14.99
The PR reads: The latest issue in Radiation's Record Store Day exclusive Picture disc series, this is a fully licensed,
limited, hand-numbered edition of 500 copies only 7" with two classic Joy Division tracks.
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Peter Hook & The Light Perform The Complete Works Of
Joy Division
Monday 18th May Christ
Church Macclesfield
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Crowdfunding campaign set up to turn Ian Curtis's house into a museum
Joy Division fan Zak Davies has started a campaign to buy Ian Curtis's former
home and turn in into a museum in his memory
He plans to raise a minimum of £150,000 to cover the following costs:
£115,000 on the purchase of the property
£30,000 on the renovation to the original interior
£5,000 on any legal costs
Not everyone welcomes the scheme - Incubation Arts have been working for some time to establish a similar museum
elsewhere in Macclesfield and one-time owner of the house Dorothy Bentley-Smith would prefer the property to remain
residential.
Media coverage has inevitably tended to focus on Ian's death rather than the fact that he wrote his best work in
the triangular room at the front of the house. See pic below.
Links:
Zak's crowdfunding
page
Manchester Evening News article on Zak's campaign
Manchester Evening News article about opposition with bizarre reference to seances and
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Ian Curtis's Barton Street home is up for sale
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| 24 Jan |
Let The Movie Begin - purple vinyl reissue added
Let The Movie Begin - "Japanese" CD release added
In The Studio With Martin Hannett
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| 23 Jan |
The Sound of Music - 2012 reissue added
The Sound of Music - 2012 bundled reissue added
Day of The Lords LP - 2012 version added along with all colour vinyl variations for the original
Hand of Doom LP - listing added
Paradiso LP - listing added
A Retrospective Part II - confusing track listing information updated and corrected
Die Kalten Winde Des Winters
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Warsaw Newcastle 1977 and Joy
Division Blackpool 1979 - Martin from Noth East Punk
shares his recollections
Touching From a Distance - 2014 edition added
Dutch Atmosphere 12" - added
Record
Store Day 2014 12" - misprinted UK version with no text on sleeve
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| 17 Jan |
Pirate Unknown Pleasures - Tonpress pink tinted sleeve added
Cover Versions - Page updated
Blackpool July 1979 - Sounds gig listing added thanks to Steve Benham
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| 12 Dec |
Pirate Closer - pink tinted sleeve, listing added
Pirate Unknown Pleasures - plain white "test pressing" of picture disc version added |
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Ian Curtis Facsimile £125
To
complement publication of So this is Permanence, Ian Curtis’s collected lyrics and notebooks in facsimile form,
Faber Social is offering a limited edition print of She’s Lost Control exclusive to customers on the website.The
print of the song, written and recorded in 1979, is signed by Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Deborah
Curtis and Jon Savage, editors of the volume of Curtis’s lyrics. The run is limited to 20 copies only and comes
in a specially designed presentation envelope. A fantastic gift or purchase for the Joy Division completist, the
handwritten lyric taken from one of Ian Curtis’s three surviving notebooks represents the genesis-point of one
of the signature tunes in the Joy Division catalogue.
 
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20 facsimiles at £125 each, available to buy from the Faber & Faber website here.
– signed by Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Deborah Curtis and Jon Savage
– exclusive high-quality print reproduction of ‘She’s Lost Control’ lyrics as per notebooks
– 300gsm silk board presentation sleeve |
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Ian Curtis school poem up for auction November 23rd
A piece of Ian Curtis's personal history comes up for auction at TracksAuction.com this Sunday. A poem penned
while he was still at achool ariound 1966/67.
The auction catalogue reads:
An original handwritten poem by the lead singer of Joy Division, Ian Curtis. Ian wrote the poem at school circa
1966/1967. The poem is written on a piece of lined paper and is glued into a school book called Our Book Of Epitaphs
along with poems from the other pupils in the class. It reads, “An Epitaph for an Electrian (sic), Here lies Fred
the electrian (sic), who went on a very fateful mission, he got a shock when tampering with a fuse, which went
from his head right down to his shoes, by I. Curtis”. Ian has also drawn a small picture of a man and a tombstone.
The poem comes with a letter from the owner who was a fellow pupil. It reads, “I grew up on Hurdsfield Estate,
Macclesfield where I attended Hurdsfield Junior School. I started Hurdsfield Junior School in 1963 where I met
Ian Curtis, he was a fellow pupil in my class and we went through school together. Mr Young was our teacher when
this piece of work was carried out, he himself has got a poem in the book along with myself and all the other pupils
in the class. This poem was written in 1966 or 1967. I was presented with the book at the end of the school year
for being head boy. At the time the head teacher was called Mr Tattasall. Ian Curtis lived on Grey Stoke Road,
Hurdsfield Estate, I lived on Delemere Road, Hurdsfield Estate, Cheshire”.
The poem measures 16.5cm x 9.5cm (6.5 inches x 3.75 inches), the book measures 28.5cm x 22cm (11.25 inches x 8.75
inches). The condition of the poem is excellent. There is some wear and aging to the book and a vertical crease
down the last 5 pages and back cover. A few of the poems have also become detached from the book. The condition
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So This is Permanence - pictures
of limited edition version added thanks to John Gardner.
French and German listings added. |
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So This is Permanence listing
added
Chapter and Verse listing added
Scrapbook updated |
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| 2 Nov |
Jon Savage Interview
Lee McFadden interviews Jon Savage for Joy Division Central about So
This is Permanance.
Many thanks to both of them. And thanks too to Deborah Curtis for making these private notebooks available giving
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Joy Division in Yorkshire
Julian has massively updated his article with new photos and information
about the good Mood Club, The Coach House and St Georges Hall. For those of you who are familiar with the origional
article we've highlighted the new text in green for the time being. Many thanks to Julian for this excellent piece
of work.
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So This is Permanence: - our review
This is a big 274 page 28 x 21cm hardback which is big on content. We'd hoped this would
be packed with unpublished images of Ian's notebooks and we're not disappointed.
Focussing on his lyrics there's an initial section with the finished songs featuring the handwritten version on
one page and the typed up version opposite. This is followed by a large section with handwritten lyrics to unfinished
songs, early versions and other prose. Finally there's a section with other items from Ian's archive - book covers,
letters from fans, pages from fanzines etc.
This is clearly a labour of love and Jon Savage explains in the intro how they selected the images for the book
- generally the most complete version in Ian's notebooks.
"His lyrics tell much more than a conversation with him ever could" - Deborah Curtis
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Ian Curtis - 1977 Office Party photos surface
Photographs of Ian Curtis showing his lighter side at an office party circa 1977 have surfaced on the Invincible Error Tumblr account. The photos had previously been posted on Instagram
by someone who obtained them from a work colleague. If that's you please get in touch
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Chapter and Verse - New Order, Joy Division and Me - our
review
Bernard Sumner's book has arrived and first impressions are good. More than 340 pages with
a printed picture cover inside a picture dust jacket and it's a nice solid object too.
We follow Bernard from a strict and often painful upbringing in Salford against the background of a society moving
from the friendly communities of the Victorian "slums" and his bombsite playground to the soulless urban
renewals of the high rise flats. His family and the neighbourhood were not without their eccentricities and Bernard
needed to keep his wits about him from an early age - not least to avoid antique swords in the wrong hands.
£13.60 & free delivery on Amazon
But just as the new flats represented an environment superficially for the better while
actually making life harder, Bernard found this echoed in his own life as he progressed through a dull school career
towards the disappointing world of paid work.
The story of his school days will resonate with many a man of Bernard's age. Then, as a teenage scooter boy, his
love of music developed and he and close friend Hooky started going to concerts including "short-arse"
Lou Reed and ultimately the life changing Sex Pistols Manchester Free Trade Hall concert where his life started
to break away from his potentially mediocre destiny.
Then we have a sizeable chunk of 70-odd pages covering the Joy Division story and it's nice to see that the staple
of so many Joy Division books, the useful but space-consuming gigography, is absent. This is no deep concert-by-concert
fact strewn book about Joy Division for the obsessive fan, nor does it repeat the often told soundbites with which
we are all over familiar. It's somewhere in between and somehow different.
He tells us about his thought processes behind the controversial Ideal For Living Sleeve and the Joy Division name
as well as revealing small details like the "opportunity" to overdub a saxophone onto the RCA demos.
There's even a transcript of the now famous Ian Curtis hypnosis recording.
He also covers the split with Hooky.
Overall it's a well written and entertaining tome that casts warm light on Bernard's character more than anything
else. Well, it is his autobiography.
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New
Order sign to Mute:
New Order have signed a worldwide deal with Mute and their 10th studio
album will be on the independent label.
Speaking about the signing Daniel Miller explains: “This is an exciting new chapter for both Mute and New Order
and I feel privileged to be working with artists with such a long, creative and successful history. When the possibility
of us working together first came up, I was invited to hear some of the new material and immediately had no doubts
whatsoever that Mute would be the right home for New Order. We've already had a number of creative conversations,
and I am looking towards an exciting future”.
New Order are similarly thrilled with their new home "New Order are delighted to be signing to Mute. We couldn't
imagine a better place to be than working with Daniel Miller and his team. Mute has a superb roster of artists
and a history that complements our own. In many ways joining the label feels like we are coming home, returning
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So This is Permanence: Lyrics and Notebooks Published November
2014
Edited by Jon Savage with a foreword by Deborah Curtis, presents the intensely personal
writings of one of the most enigmatic and influential songwriters and performers of the late twentieth century,
Joy Division's Ian Curtis.
The songs of Joy Division, infused with the energy of punk but seeped in a resigned longing, were born of Manchester
in the late seventies - a once flourishing industrial city in decline. They were the songs too of Ian Curtis's
inner tragedies, as he battled depression, epilepsy and debilitating stage fright. Ian Curtis committed suicide
in 1980, on the eve of the band's first American tour.
Interspersed with the lyrics are previously unpublished facsimile pages of Ian's notebooks, which throw his highly
emotive lyrics into fascinating relief and cast light on the creative process of this singularly poetic songwriter. |
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Eric's August 1979 -
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Ian
Curtis's Birthday
Photograph (C) of Philippe Carly
www.newwavephotos.com
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Joy Division in Yorkshire
Julian's research for his Joy Division in Yorkshire article continues as new facts come to light and new people contact him with more information.
Today the Huddersfield Daily Examiner helped out with this appeal about the particularly mysterious Coach House
gig
Image and article thanks to Denis Kilcommons, Andy Hirst and the Huddersfield Daily Examiner |
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Chapter and Verse - New Order, Joy Division and Me
Bernard Sumner's long awaited autobiography will be released on September 25th
Pre order for £20 & free delivery on Amazon
Chapter and Verse includes a vivid and illuminating account of Bernard's Salford childhood,
the early days of Joy Division, the band's enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death
of Ian Curtis. Bernard describes the formation of New Order, takes us behind the scenes at the birth of classics
such as 'Blue Monday' and gives his first-hand account of the ecstasy and the agony of the Haçienda days.
Sometimes moving, often hilarious and occasionally completely out of control, this is a tale populated by some
of the most colourful and creative characters in music history, such as Ian Curtis, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton and
Martin Hannett. Others have told parts of the story, in film and book form. Now, for the first time, Bernard Sumner
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Annik Honoré 12 October 1957 - 3 July 2014
We are very sorry to hear of the death of Annik Honoré earlier today following a serious illness. Annik
was the co-founder of independent record label Les Disques Du Crépuscule and promoted a number of legendary
concerts at Plan K in Brussels. She was also Ian Curtis's girfriend and confidante.
Image thanks to Le Soir
She had the most dignity of anyone I ever met, protective of intrusion into her life, yes, but always balanced
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| 25 June |
Unpublished photos:
Band On The Wall 1978 - listing updated with the earliest fan photos that
have been unearthed so far plus recollections from the photographers and Mick Middles. Many thanks to Bernard &
Joe, Shug Sludden and Mick Middles
Photo (C) copyright Bernard & Joe and
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Vive
Le Rock - features three page Martin Hannett article "The Zero Theorem" by Hugh Gulland
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Assembly Rooms Derby -
Tony (Bigissue) Peppiatt was there and shares his memories |
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| 21 May |
Leigh Festival - listing updated
with a fan's recollections. Thanks to 1 Lucky Oldman |
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| 19 May |
Record Collector -
Joy Division feature on June's cover and there's a 6 page article on the making of Unknown Pleasures by Jake Kennedy
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Unpublished photos:
Previously unpublished Effenaar photos - added with many thanks to Dani Guth died 2014 and Mona Stein
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Record Store Day Releases -
stock images replaced with photos |
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| 2 May |
Unknown Pleasures -
pirate version on Factory/Stiletto added |
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| 1 May |
Paul Slattery inteview -
added thanks to Lee McFadden and Paul Slattery
Komakino - fanzine version
added - thanks to Julian |
| 26 Apr |
Record Store Day Releases -
new page added |
| 23 Apr |
Rehearsals - page added to
gather what information is known about Joy Division rehearsals - thanks to Fage
Misplaced - listing added |
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Joy Division in Yorkshire -
article added. About a year ago Julian, one of our messageboard regulars, started researching the Joy Division
shows in his home county and today we're pleased to publish the fruits of his labour. Thanks Julian.
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| 27 Mar |
Joy Division rehearsal recordings surface after 35 years:
Unheard Joy Division rehearsal outtakes have come to light nearly 35 years after they were first recorded and feature
three versions of ‘A Means to an End’ and an instrumental track.
The first documented live performance of ‘A Means to an End’ was at Les Bains Douches, Paris in December 1979 and
the only studio recording was made at Britannia Road studios in March 1980. The song was released on the Closer
album in July 1980 some two months after Ian Curtis’s death.
The 90 second instrumental is a historic find as it doesn’t sound like an early incarnation of any later Joy Division
song.
Unfortunately it is unlikely these Lo-fi recordings will feature on a future Joy Division release as the vocals
are low in the mix and in all probability this was a cassette tape from a rehearsal session |
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| 21 Mar |
Record Store Day April 19th 2014 -
Joy Division release confirmed as An Ideal For Living 12"
Un numbered limited edition of 7,500 copies.
New cover inspired by the original 12" scaffold sleeve
 
The new 2014 sleeve on the left - and the original on the right |
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| 2 Mar |
Malvern April added to listing thanks to Ben Walker |
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| 28 Feb |
Factory July 1978 -
Record Mirror gig listing added thanks to Dave McCarthy
Touching From A Distance -
Russian edition added thanks to Fage |
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| 26 Feb |
More tattoos added thanks to Jeremy Cox and Paul from Blackburn
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| 24 Jan |
Birmingham High Hall:
Joy Division's last ever concert venue is being demolished |
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