JOY DIVISION Unknown Pleasures 1979 UK ORIGINAL GREAT SOUND
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£ 138
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Sep 7, 2012
Sold Date
Aug 28, 2012
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£ 24
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10
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JOY DIVISION Unknown Pleasures 1979 UK ORIGINAL GREAT SOUND
A PORKY PRIME CUT, TEXTURED G&L COVER, CREAM INNER
JOY DIVISIONUnknown Pleasures
UK ROUGH TRADE (FACT 10) FIRST PRESSING (August 1979) OF JOY DIVISION'S SEMINAL "Unknown Pleasures" LP
LOVELY COPY - SEEN LITTLE PLAY - SENSATIONAL SOUND QUALITY
MATRIX NUMBERS AND ETCHINGS:
Inside (White Side) FACT 10 INSIDE 1 A , A PORKY PRIME CUT, STEP
Outside (Black Side) FACT 10 OUTSIDE 1 B, THIS IS THE WAY, A PORKY PRIME CUT
*NOTE: 'TOWNHOUSE' (instead of 'PORKY") IS THE 2nd PRESSING, AND NEITHER 'TOWNHOUSE' NOR 'PORKY' APPEAR ON RECENT REISSUES WHICH ARE OTHERWISE PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL AND OFTEN CONFUSED WITH THE ORIGINAL (these new reissues even contain the STEP/THIS IS THE WAY run-off etching)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY TEXTURED BLACK SLEEVE WITH "Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." IN THE BACK BOTTOM CORNER (not present on the reissues)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL SQUARE CUT INNER SLEEVE WHICH IS CREAM IN COLOUR AND PRINTED ON MEDIUM WEIGHT LIGHTLY GLOSSY CARD
It even looks like something classic, beyond its time or place of origin even as it was a clear product of both -- one of Peter Saville's earliest and best designs, a transcription of a signal showing a star going nova, on a black embossed sleeve.
If that were all Unknown Pleasures was, it wouldn't be discussed so much, but the ten songs inside, quite simply, are stone-cold landmarks, the whole album a monument to passion, energy, and cathartic despair. The quantum leap from the earliest singles to Unknown Pleasures can be heard through every note, with Martin Hannett's deservedly famous production -- emphasising space in the most revelatory way since the dawn of dub -- as much a hallmark as the music itself.
Songs fade in behind furtive noises of motion and activity, glass breaks with the force and clarity of doom, minimal keyboard lines add to an air of looming disaster -- something, somehow, seems to wait or lurk beyond the edge of hearing.
But even though this is Hannett's album as much as anyone's, the songs and performances are the true key. Bernard Sumner redefined heavy metal sludge as chilling feedback fear and explosive energy, Peter Hook's instantly recognisable bass work at once warm and forbidding, Stephen Morris' drumming smacking through the speakers above all else. Ian Curtis synthesizes and purifies every last impulse, his voice shot through with the desire first and foremost to connect, only connect -- as "Candidate" plaintively states, "I tried to get to you/You treat me like this." Pick any song: the nervous death dance of "She's Lost Control"; the harrowing call for release "New Dawn Fades," all four members in perfect sync; the romance in hell of "Shadowplay"; "Insight" and its nervous drive toward some sort of apocalypse.
All visceral, all emotional, all theatrical, all perfect -- one of the best albums ever.
Inside:
She’s Lost Control (3:40)
Shadowplay (3:50)
Wilderness (2:35)
Interzone (2:10)
I Remember Nothing (6:00)
Outside:
Disorder (3:36)
Day Of The Lords (4:43)
Candidate (3:00)
Insight (4:00)
New Dawn Fades (4:47)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and unmarked labels with one or two light spindles on the white side, none that I can see on the black side
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen. Under normal light the surfaces appear practically unmarked with fine hairlines/brush marks (from the inner) only evident under bright light
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT++
Stunning sound quality - crystal clear, deep, rich and up-front - impressively produced by Martin Hannett and cut by George Peckham (Porky).
My play-check at loud volume revealed practically nothing to fault - just a little surface on the some of the quietest sections (very minor and non-intrusive) - plays beautifully with no scratches, no loud clicks or pops and no groove-wear or distortion - lovely copy - clearly seen very little play - sounds sensational
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD++
Always a difficult sleeve to find in decent condition due to its untreated, textured and black nature but this one has held up remarkably well (very critically graded) with some rubbing to the bottom edge/corners (none to the top edge), slight ring/record impression and one small thumb crease to the back opening edge - overall, a fine example
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Very clean with only a couple of light marks but no seam splits or creasing - again, a very fine example
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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