WARSAW EARLY JOY DIVISION THE IDEAL BEGINNING
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Description
Warsaw (Recorded before thier name change to Joy Division)
Comes with original Sleeve/s . 14''x14'' Warsaw on front when folded into the 7'' sleeve .
Recorded on the 18 th July , 'Stevie Dale' name credit on drums , Bernards credit printed as Barney Rubble and WARSAW DEMO (not on either ENIGMA labels) On back .
Totally different printing to sleeve front & back to the 4 TRACK 'JOY DIVISION' An Ideal for living' sleeve printed for the 78' 4 track 7 ''.
Lato A: Inside the Line
Lato B: Gutz and a At Later Date
So, is it a bootleg?
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.( any questions give us a shout.)IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH RECORD WILL GIVE REFUND BAR PP
