JOY DIVISION The Ideal Beginning WARSAW - RARE 7" MINT

	£		99
	$		131

WARSAW / JOY DIVISION

A: Inside The Line
B1: Gutz
B2: At A Later Date

[ENIGMA, PSS 138, UK]

mega-rare very first pressing of this superb Joy Division 7" which features three tracks from their "Warsaw demo session" from July 1977. This 7" was only pressed in a limited edition of only 2000 copies and is extremely hard to find these days. Engraved matrix numbers are PSS-138-A and PSS-138-B and "FRANCIS" and the label has the different contours in the center leading to the hole in the middle; around the paper label on can see the serrated area - all signs that this is the original pressing and not any fake. I have never heard of any repress of this item, but if anyone has any info, please let me know ... Foldout sleeve and vinyl all in pristine NEARMINT/MINT condition - perfect. I only played this record once ... see photos and more details below.

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."

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