Joy Division/Warsaw - The Ideal Beginning - With Insert
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Description
This is a very scarce Joy Division 12" which has 3 tracks recorded when the band was still known as Warsaw. The background to this recording is (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."
A few copies of this came with a four page photocopied insert featuring a Factory discography and a letter from Steve Morris circa 1978. The letter was probably originally part of the An Ideal For Living 7" EP music press promo pack. Apparently Joy Division were so impatient they sent it out to various music papers before they even got the folder covers back from the printers. See pic for details. (From Joy Division Central/bootlegs)
This was issued by: Anonymous
Cat no: ANON A/B
Year of Release: 1981
Record Condition - Sleeve ex, disc ex. Has been kept protected in plastic sleeve. Note - although the pics make the cover and insert a little on the yellow side, this is just due to my camera!
Please feel free to email me with any questions
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