The highly acclaimed U.K. post-punk band Joy Division was originally called Warsaw. Formed in Manchester, England in the late 1970s, the group consisted of Ian Curtis on vocals, Bernard Albrecht (aka Sumner, aka Dicken) on guitar, Peter Hook on bass and Stephen Morris on drums. Hook, Albrecht and Curtis hooked up at a local concert and later formed the group Warsaw. The band’s name was taken from a David Bowie-Brian Eno composition, “Warszawa”. The 5 bonus tracks on this album are demos cut by the group at Pennine Studios in Manchester on July 18, 1977 with Steve Brotherdale on drums. The first eleven tracks presented here were the result of a recording session for that album that took place in early May of1978. Rehearsals leading up to the session resulted in two new songs being added to the group’s existing repertoire: “Interzone” and “Transmission.” “Interzone” was based on the backing track of the song “Keep On Keepin’ On,” to which the band added their own lyrics. The result was a song distinctively their own. “Transmission” was written by the band during the final week of rehearsals. The first verse contains a quotation from Alistair Crowley’s The Book Of Thoth. The two recordings are interesting renditions of songs which would later became famous.
Label: Vinyl Passion – VP 90152 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue Country: Europe Released: Jun 14, 2024 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave, Punk, Post-Punk A1 The Drawback A2 Leaders Of Men A3 They Walked In Line A4 Failures A5 Novelty A6 No Love Lost A7 Transmission A8 Living In The Ice Age B1 Interzone B2 Warsaw B3 Shadowplay B4 As You Said Bonus Tracks B5 Inside The Line B6 Gutz B7 At A Later Date B8 The Kill B9 You're No Good For Me Copyright © – BCD B.V. Licensed From – Intermusic S.A. Recorded At – Arrow Studios Recorded At – Britannia Row Studios Recorded At – Pennine Sound Studios Bass – Peter Hook Co-producer [Co-produced By] – Bob Auger (tracks: A1 to B4) Drums – Stephen Morris (tracks: A1 to B4), Steve Brotherdale (tracks: B5 to B9) Engineer [Engineered By] – Bob Auger (tracks: A1 to B4) Engineer [Uncredited] – Paul Adshead (tracks: B5 to B9) Guitar – Bernard Albrecht Mixed By [Final Mix] – John Anderson (53) (tracks: A1 to B4) Producer [All Tracks Produced By] – Warsaw (3) Vocals – Ian Curtis Written-By [All Tracks Written By] – Warsaw (3) Tracks A1 to B3 recorded at Arrow Studios, Manchester, England, May 1978. Track B4 recorded at Britannia Row, March 1980. Tracks B5 to B9 recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Manchester, England, July 18, 1977 (The band having changed name from Warsaw to Joy Division at the beginning of 1978, the songs from the two 1978 sessions are credited to Joy Division above despite being wrongly credited all to Warsaw on this edition). All of side A + side B tracks 1-3: RCA album sessions 05/1978; Side B track 4: Komakino flexi uncredited 3rd track "As You Said"; Side B tracks 5-9 Warsaw demos 18 July 1977 © 2024 Sound Factory.B.V. Made in The Netherlands