Joy Division - In Completion (Rehearsals Demos & Rarities 1977-1980) Joy Division
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Joy Division formed in June 1976 following childhood friends Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook attending a now-legendary Sex
Pistols gig in Manchester.
Inspired by the raw energy of the performance, the pair decided to form a band, soon joined by
vocalist Ian Curtis and drummer Stephen Morris.
Initially performing under the name Warsaw, the group fused punk aggression
with a darker, more introspective edge, led by Curtis’s hypnotic presence as frontman.
In January 1978, they renamed
themselves Joy Division, borrowing the name from the sexual slavery wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the 1955
novel House of Dolls.
Joy Division disbanded in 1980 following Ian Curtis’s tragic suicide.
Throughout their all-too-brief existence, both Stephen Morris and manager Rob Gretton recorded the band’s rehearsals,
intended as a means of promotion and preservation.
Captured between 1977 and 1980, these recordings offer an unfiltered
glimpse into the band’s formative stages.
The tapes are intimate portraits of a group honing their craft.
They demonstrate the
band working through both new ideas and now-familiar material characterised by Curtis’s commanding vocals, Sumner’s jagged
guitar work, Hook’s melodic basslines, and Morris’s crisp, driving rhythms.
• Spanning the entirety of Joy Division’s lifespan, these rehearsal tapes are collated here on CD for the first time.
• From the earliest 1977 sessions as Warsaw to rehearsals just weeks before Curtis’s death in 1980, this collection charts
the band’s creative evolution and offers rare insight into the genesis of tracks that would go on to define a generation.
• For collectors and fans alike, these early versions are not mere curiosities - they are vital artefacts that capture the raw
intensity and enduring brilliance of Joy Division’s legacy.
Track List
Disc 1
1. Reaction - Joy Division
2. Inside the Line - Joy Division
3. Leaders of Men - Joy Division
4. Novelty (Take 1) - Joy Division
5. The Kill - Joy Division
6. Novelty (Take 2) - Joy Division
7. At a Later Date - Joy Division
8. Ice Age - Joy Division
9. Inside the Line - Joy Division
10. Warsaw - Joy Division
11. Failures - Joy Division
12. No Love Lost (Instrumental) - Joy Division
13. Pictures in My Mind (Take 1) - Joy Division
14. Pictures in My Mind (Take 2) - Joy Division
15. Shadowplay (Instrumental) - Joy Division
16. Incubation (Early Version) - Joy Division
17. A Means to an End (Take 1) - Joy Division
18. A Means to an End (Take 2) - Joy Division
19. Misplaced (Take 1) - Joy Division
20. Misplaced (Take 2) - Joy Division
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