Joy Division
only released two albums but they led the way out of punk
rock and towards Madchester. This is a site for Joy
Division fans with listings for all releases, concerts,
books, videos etc
Everything on
this site is Copyright Mark Price (and associates) 1998 -
2021 unless otherwise stated. We are normally sympathetic to
the use of short extracts for non commercial use on
application but such permission is not implied.
Discography- our ever expanding list of Joy
Division CDs, LPs and singles. With advice on
what to buy.
Imperial
Hotel Blackpool listing updated with the
poster, which was designed by Larry
Cassidy of Section 25 who promoted the
gig. Thanks to Section 25, Karl Whiting,
and @SynecdocheHK
"I went to see JD after the Iggy Pop gig at the
Apollo. I had to walk and bumped into another chap
who was doing the same. Support for Iggy that
night was the Psychedelic Furs and they were
already at the New Osborne when we arrived. Just
in time to see JD come on stage after paying my
£1.25 on the door. Hard to recall the set but I'm
pretty sure Dead Souls was in there (first song?)
as I still remember "They keep calling me" ringing
out as it was my first JD gig".
Tony Nuttall was Ian's best
friend growing up and he's kindly allowed
us to share this photo taken in
Hurdsfield, Macclesfield in 1961/62.
Tony, his sisters, and Ian on the right.
Thanks also to Joy
Division Day by Day on Facebook
Boris Terlet bought this poster
at a Brussels' record store last week. The
problem is the band's European dates are
well documented and La Gare, Lauwe,
Belgium wasn't one of them.
It's dated Friday 15th September
with an entrance fee in French and Belgian
Francs equating to roughly £5.
The 15th fell on a Friday in
1978, 1989, 1995 and 2000 and the poster
can't be after that as French and Belgian
Francs were replaced by the Euro.
So,
what are the possibilities?
A planned gig on a 1980 Europen
tour? Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon once
stated they had plans to do a European
tour with Joy Division in Summer / Autumn
1980. However, the 15th wasn't a Friday in
1980. Also Ian Curtis died in May that
year so it's unlikely that posters would
be printed before then with a firm date,
ticket price and starting time.
A
tribute night?
Maybe. The price is about right but the
poster doesn't state this.
A
fake? There's money in
fake posters for gigs that actually took
place but not so much for ones that
clearly didn't.
Bruce Crawford's photo of
Stockport fly posters, including Buzzcocks
and Joy Division at Manchester Apollo,
nicely sums up the spirit of 1979.
18
Oct
Unseen photos
surface
More unseen photos of Ian Curtis
have surfaced. Venue and date unknown. If
you recognise these please get in touch
15
Oct
Unknown
Photographers
Every now and then photos surface
without any information about the
photographer. If you know who took these
photos at Futurama and the Town Hall High
Wycombe, please get in touch.
Futurama Festival 8 September 1979 Update: Photographer is Peter
Bodenburg
JOY DIVISION: THE VOX PHANTOM VI
SPECIAL GUITAR OWNED BY IAN CURTIS AND
PLAYED IN THE VIDEO FOR "LOVE WILL TEAR US
APARt"
1967,
British-made, serial no.76634 stamped on
the neckplate, pentagonal mahogany body
finished in white with Jennings' Bigsby
B5-type tremolo, Tune-o-matic roller
bridge, three pickups with six push-button
controls, including the misprinted
'Replat' for 'Repeat', and five rotary
controls, original strap buttons, back
with cavity for PP3 battery conversion,
laminated scratchplate, one-piece maple
neck with zero-fretted rosewood
fingerboard and original frets, dot
markers, headstock with Phantom VI Special
decal, chrome truss rod cover and
non-original Schaller machineheads, in
hard rectangular, plush-lined case,
accompanied by a copy of 12" single for
the 40th anniversary of "Love Will Tear Us
Apart" on vinyl, and a letter of
provenance from Ian's daughter Natalie
Curtis, CITES license no.592982/010
Provenance:
Owned and played by Joy Division frontman,
singer-songwriter Ian Curtis (b.1956-d.1980).
Used by fellow band-mate Bernard Sumner
following Ian's death, and later gifted to
Ian's daughter Natalie Curtis, in circa 2002.
Bootleg listings added for Asylum
Doors, Twenty Four Hours, Live at Malvern
Winter Gardens, April 5th 1980, and All
Love Lost. Click images for more info:
Listings added for the 2019
Europa and Eindhoven bootlegs. These were
extremely limited editions featuring
essentially the same records but Europa
was pressed on different vinyl colours
and Eindoven was black vinyl with a
free CD and postcard / photo inserts. The
CD was also released separately.
11
Apr
One LP two titles
Listings added for the 2014
Ceremony and Live bootleg LPs. These are
the same record in two different sleeves:
