UNKNOWN PLEASURES Joy Division 1980 LP Factory (US) FACTUS 1 Textured Cover VG+
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Description
Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division. It was released (in the UK) on 15 June 1979 through Factory Records. The album was recorded and mixed in April 1979, with producer Martin Hannett contributing a number of unconventional recording techniques to the group's sound. The cover artwork was designed by artist Peter Saville, using a data plot of signals from a radio pulsar. It is the only Joy Division album released during lead singer Ian Curtis's lifetime.
Factory Records did not release any singles from Unknown Pleasures. In January 1980 the album placed at No. 2 on the first publication of the Indie Albums Chart. It reached No. 71 on the Albums Chart when reissued in July 1980 just after the release of the subsequent album Closer, eventually reaching No. 5 in 2019 upon a later reissue. It has since received sustained critical acclaim as an influential post-punk album, and has been named as one of the best albums of all time by publications such as NME, AllMusic, Select, Rolling Stone, and Spin.
FUN FACT: The inner sleeve features a black-and-white photograph of a door with a hand near the handle. It was some years later before it was discovered that the photograph was Hand Through a Doorway, a well-known picture by Ralph Gibson.
In 2000, it was voted number 249 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
THIS COPY is the 1980 first U.S. release on Factory Records (U.S.) (See Notes, below).
The vinyl has only a few very light marks; per a test listen, none affect playback, which was perfect. The vinyl is in at least Very Good Plus [VG+] condition. (I think it is in excellent condition, but am being conservative ;-)
The original cover, which is made of heavy cardboard and is textured, has only the lightest signs of handling. Overall it remains in Very Good Plus [VG+] or better condition.
The original inner sleeve has virtually no flaws. It is in Excellent [EX] or better condition.
Notes
This version comes with a textured cover, made by using a standard-weight card sleeve with textured paper applied to it. A version with a thick card sleeve with a smooth finish was also released.
Printed inner sleeve.
Vinyl appears black but when held up to a light it may appear translucent purple, reddish/brown, brown, green or grey. Note that the light source can affect the color seen. Also exists in solid black (not translucent) vinyl. [this one looks black to me, but it does seem to be semi-translucent, maybe brownish? …maybe not.]
Some pressings may have the "Inside" and "Outside" labels switched on opposite sides.
[I don’t think that is the case here.]
Sleeve spine notation:
"JOY DIVISION UNKNOWN PLEASURES FACTUS1 A Factory Records (U.S.) Product"
I Remember Nothing (track B5) ends in a locked loop in the runout area.
[not sure what this means, both sides seem to end the same….]
Barcode and Other Idenitifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): SACC 008A Factus 1 LKULKA ▭◯▭ 9838ꔰ L-1835
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): SACC 008B FACTUS 1. 9839ꔰ L-1835-X I've been looking for a guide
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