JOY DIVISION WARSAW The Ideal Beginning 7” EP 1981
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Ultra Rare Semi Official first pressing (with 'FRANCIS' inscribed in the run out groove) of The Ideal Beginning 7" EP on the Enigma label, by Warsaw, Joy Division's earlier incarnation.
I bought this at a record fair in Manchester at the time of its release in May, 1981.
The following text is from the Joy Division Central website and, in turn, their reference to Neil Woodvine's early 90s Joy Division publication, the latter clarifies the details of this 'semi official' EP. 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 collectible. It was done with the approval of the group's management. They did it just the same as they did the Sordide Sentimental deal. Enclosed in a sleeve designed after An Ideal For Living the EPs 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." Limited to 2000 copies and released in 1981, this contains early Warsaw recordings by Joy Division
The ‘Culturesound Records' credit remains one of the great unsolved Joy Division mysteries - some think the original 'Ideal For Living' sleeves were printed before the EP labels and the band changed their minds about the name...naturally they couldn't afford to reprint 1000 fold-out covers but went with Enigma
The Vinyl is in Fantastic Condition
A couple of very faint surface lines
I have only played it a few times
The fold out poster is in lovely condition
A few creases and light wear some rubbing in top right corner please take a look at the images.
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