Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Genre
RockStyles
New Wave / Post-PunkYear
1979Labels
FactoryRelease Notes
Textured outer sleeve; printed inner sleeve with rounded corners.
Vinyl is opaque/solid black.
Back cover:
FACT 10 · A Factory Records Product.
Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Inner:
Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
FACT 10 · A Factory Records Product.
Some copies show upside down switched labels.
Side A is Outside (black label) and Side B is Inside (white label). Outside and Inside got mixed up by the (unknown) metalworker, assigning Outside to B and Inside to A in the runouts.
Sources provide inconsistent release dates, most commonly 14 or 15 June 1979.
Printed track durations that differ:
Track A4: 4:00
Track B1: 3:40
Artist Profile
British punk/post-punk/new wave band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. They were incorrectly named [a695777] on the flyer for their first gig alongside Buzzcocks and Penetration but announced themselves as [a310128] at the start of their first performance. Throughout 1977 they continued under this name up to the recording of the first EP but changed their name to Joy Division at the start of 1978, before releasing their first 7" EP "[r=498855]". Shortly after the suicide of Ian Curt
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