**ORIGINAL** Warsaw-The Ideal Beginning 7" Joy Division
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Warsaw- "The Ideal Beginning" 7" Ep
ORIGINAL 1981 release
1 of 2000 Pressed
THE IDEAL BEGINNING (7") PSS 138 Enigma 1981
Released April 1981.
Source: studio "The Warsaw Demo" July 18 1977.
Comes in a fold-out sleeve (similar to the original official An Ideal For Living 7" EP folder cover).
So, is it a bootleg?
According to Neil Woodvine's privately published 1992 "book" (a stapled together computer print-out) entitled Joy Division:
"In May 1981 a most interesting item surfaced. An EP, or more accurately, a pair of EP's, titled 'THE IDEAL BEGINNING' featuring four unheard tracks, At a Later Date, Gutz, The Kill and Inside The Line. Released in excellent quality stereo, at first whether this was a bootleg or an officially sanctioned release was unclear. A little detective work revealed the source to be Manchester's Chaos Cassettes who claimed that it was not so much a bootleg as 'An underground collectors edition'. John West, the man responsible for Chaos releases said "We only had 2000 pressed so that it would remain collectable. It was done with the approval of the group's management. They did it just the same as they did the Sordide Sentimental deal last year. They did it just to show people what early Joy Division were like". Enclosed in a sleeve designed after An Ideal For Living the EP's were issued on May 18th 1981, exactly one year after Ian's death. A bootleg in all but name, royalties of a fashion were paid to the band."
Hard economic times have forced me to sell my personal collection of rare records (my loss, your gain). The sleeve/foldoutposter is in EX+ condition. No edge wear. Slight yellowing. The vinyl is in EX+/NM- condition. This record has been in my
collection for 18 years. I've never played it so grading is based on visual inspection.
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