A History In Cuttings

Unknown publisher


Thanks to Korova

 
No copyright details provided, this is not an "official" or approved issue.
Several editions of this stapled together collection of photocopied music paper and magazine cuttings from different countries appeared in the early 1980s. It possibly originated from The Netherlands. 

It started out as a slim lyrics collection, but more and more pages were added with each subsequent edition, also covering New Order.
One early version came with a cassette and a pirate Ideal For living 7" single. The later editions also include gig guides and nice pictorial bootleg discographies of both bands, and a staggering number of reviews, interviews, features, retrospectives etc from 1977-1984. 

Later still, probably when the volume got too big for the staples that held it together A History In Cuttings Part 2 came out.

As this "book" is not printed but consists of photocopies the quality leaves something to be desired, but all the useful information contained within it makes it well worth having all the same. Not too easy to find though (and out of print).