RELEASED ON 5.7.2024 ON VINYL PASSION VIA LAF
CATALOGUE NUMBER VPB90152
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 of 1978. 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.
Side A: The Drawback, Leaders Of Men, They Walked In Line, Failures, Novelty, No Love Lost, Transmission, Living In The Ice Age
Side B1: Interzone, Warsaw, Shadowplay, As You Said
Bonus Tracks (Side B) : Inside The Line, Gutz, At A Later Date, The Kill, You're No Good For Me
The Bonus Tracks are:
Side B track 4: Komakino flexi uncredited 3rd track "As You Said";
Side B tracks 5-9 Warsaw demos 18 July 1977