JOY DIVISION Italian 1st Pressing CLOSER LP Factory/BASE RECS/ Rob Gretton Coll.
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Description
A 1980 Italian first pressing of Joy Division's album Closer, from the archive of the late Joy Division/New Order manager, Rob Gretton (1953-1999).
The album is housed in a clear outer sleeve with a label written by the Rob Gretton Collection archivist, reading:
Joy Division. Closer. UK Record in an Italian sleeve [this is an error, the disc appears to be a UK issue, but the labels say 'Made in Italy'] Fact 25 through Base Records, standard Italian outer sleeve in damaged shrinkwrap with split inner sleeve. 1980.
This was part of Gretton's personal collection, and we obtained it directly from Gretton's partner, Lesley Gilbert. Our accompanying letter of authenticity will note this extraordinary provenance.
Sleeve: NM in opened shrink wrap, with two price tags on back shrink, Disc NM, innersleeve split on three sides but intact.
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