Joy Division (band)

Joy Division was a rock music band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. The band dissolved in May 1980 after the suicide of its lead singer Ian Curtis. The remaining members reformed as New Order a couple of months later.

Discography

Singles/EPs

• An Ideal for Living: Warsaw/No Love Lost//Leaders Of Men/Failures (Jun. 1978, 7" EP, Enigma Records PSS 139, 1,000 copies; Sep. or Oct. 1978, 12" EP, Anonymous Records ANON 1, 1,200 copies)
• Transmission/Novelty (Oct. 1979, 7", Factory Records FAC 13; Dec. 1980, 12", Factory FAC 13.12)
• Licht und Blindheit: Atmosphere/Dead Souls (Mar. 1980, 7", Sordide Sentimental SS 33022, 1,578 copies)
• Komakino//Incubation/As You Said (Apr. 1980, 7" flexi disc, Factory FAC 28, 10,000 British copies, unknown number of American copies w/ The Other Sound fanzine)
• Love Will Tear Us Apart//These Days/Love Will Tear Us Apart version (Apr. 1980, 7", Factory FAC 23; Jun. 1980, 12", Factory FAC 23.12) UK #13
• Atmosphere/She's Lost Control (Aug. 1980, 12", Factory US FACUS 2)
• The Peel Sessions broadcast for Feb. 14 1979: Exercise One/Insight//She's Lost Control/Transmission (Nov. 1986, 12" EP, Strange Fruit SFPS 013)
• The Peel Sessions broadcast for Dec. 10th 1979: Love Will Tear Us Apart/24 Hours//Colony/Sound Of Music (Sep. 1987, 12" EP, Strange Fruit SFPS 033)
• Atmosphere/The Only Mistake (Jun. 1988, 7", Factory FAC 213-7)
• Atmosphere/The Only Mistake/Sound Of Music (Jun. 1988, 12", Factory FAC 213)
• Atmosphere/Transmission (live)/Love Will Tear Us Apart (Jun. 1988, CD, Factory FACD 213)
• Video 5 8 6 by New Order/As You Said (Jul. 1997, 12", Touch TONE 7.1)

Albums/Other Releases

• Unknown Pleasures (LP, Factory FACT 10, June 1979)
• Closer (LP, Factory FACT 25, July 1980) UK #6
• Still (rare tracks, outtakes and live) (2×LP, Factory FACT 40, October 1981) UK #5
• Substance, Joy Division 1977–1980 (singles and b-sides compilation) (CD, Factory FACD 250, June 1988) UK #7
• The Peel Sessions (LP, Strange Fruit SFRLP 211, 1990)
• Permanent (compilation, 1995) UK #16
• Heart & Soul (4 CD complete works, 1997)
• Preston Warehouse 28 February 1980 (live)
• Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 (live)
• Warsaw (Very early recordings, released in 1999)
• Fractured Box Set (Preston and Les Bains Douche live albums in special packaging!)
• Re - Fractured Box Set (Preston and Les Bains Douche live albums together with a third disc containing recordings from a concert in Amsterdam. Also contains simple poster and a T-shirt sporting the word 'Refractured' all contained in a special box. Released in 2004 in limited numbers)

Video

• Here Are the Young Men (VHS, Ikon FACT 37V; Beta, Ikon FACT 37B, August 1982)
• Punk (VHS, Compilation. WEA/Warner, in assosciation with Granada TV, 4 509 91011-3. Released 1992) Joy Divison perform "Shadowplay". Taken from Granada Reports, Granada TV, September 20, 1978.

Compilation appearances

• Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus (10" LP, Virgin VCL 5003, June 1978) — "At a Later Date"
• A Factory Sample (2×7", Factory FAC 2, January 1979) — "Digital," "Glass"
• Earcom 2: Contradiction (12"EP, Fast Product FAST 9B, October 1979) — "Autosuggestion," "From Safety to Where...?"

There are also a tremendous number of bootleg recordings, both live and studio.

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Reference: http://www.gerpotze.com/joydivision/hatym.htm

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