Joy Division ?– Unknown Pleasures import LP Zona, Lithuania 1992 Ed.
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Description
"It even looks like something classic, beyond its time or place of origin even as it was a clear product of both -- one of Peter Saville's earliest and best designs, a transcription of a signal showing a star going nova, on a black embossed sleeve. If that were all Unknown Pleasures was, it wouldn't be discussed so much, but the ten songs inside, quite simply, are stone-cold landmarks, the whole album a monument to passion, energy, and cathartic despair. The quantum leap from the earliest thrashy singles to Unknown Pleasures can be heard through every note, with Martin Hannett's deservedly famous production -- emphasizing space in the most revelatory way since the dawn of dub -- as much a hallmark as the music itself. Songs fade in behind furtive noises of motion and activity, glass breaks with the force and clarity of doom, minimal keyboard lines add to an air of looming disaster -- something, somehow, seems to wait or lurk beyond the edge of hearing. But even though this is Hannett's album as much as anyone's, the songs and performances are the true key. Bernard Sumner redefined heavy metal sludge as chilling feedback fear and explosive energy, Peter Hook's instantly recognizable bass work at once warm and forbidding, Stephen Morris' drumming smacking through the speakers above all else. Ian Curtis synthesizes and purifies every last impulse, his voice shot through with the desire first and foremost to connect, only connect -- as "Candidate" plaintively states, "I tried to get to you/You treat me like this." Pick any song: the nervous death dance of "She's Lost Control"; the harrowing call for release "New Dawn Fades," all four members in perfect sync; the romance in hell of "Shadowplay"; "Insight" and its nervous drive toward some sort of apocalypse. All visceral, all emotional, all theatrical, all perfect -- one of the best albums ever. " AMG
cover: VG+ srw, lower right corner creased // vinyl: Ex
Grading
nm :::: pretty much like new
nm- ::::::: few hardly noticeable flaws
ex :::: may have some, not many very minor imperfections. clean sound
vg++ :::: close to excellent, might have some hairlines, very subtle interference with sound here and there, slight ring wear on cover, some spotting, a very small seam split or writing are possible
vg+ :::: occasional interference, possibly light surface noise in few spots. There may be ring wear, minor splits on cover.
vg :::: occasional to frequent light surface noise. Cover: pronounced wear and seam splits.
cc - cut corner
srw - slight ring wear
sc - saw cut
toc - tear on cover
woc, wol - writing on cover or label
Vinyl is inspected under direct bright light.
Play-graded if needed.
All records are professionally cleaned on VPI machine.
Shipping records outside the cover to avoid seam splits.
We do combine!
Domestic $4.20 via Media Mail w/ tracking.
50 cents for each additional LP
International - 1st Class Mail (tracking available only to select countries)Worldwide -
$21 for 1-2 LP's.
3-4 LP's $33
5-6 LP's $45
It's likely that over 6 LP's will have to be shipped via more expensive Priority International.
Canada - $16
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