Unknown Pleasures At 40 - Joy Division's Masterpiece

[Joyrex]

NME has published an interview with the surviving members of Joy Division on the 40th anniversary of their masterwork, Unknown Pleasures:

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/joy-divisions-unknown-pleasures-at-40-how-they-made-the-proto-goth-masterpiece-2508945

Vinyl Factory has also an article on the surviving band members request for modern directors to create music videos for the songs from Unknown Pleasures - the first one created and available is for "I Remember Nothing" (embeds are not allowed for this video, so you'll have to click through):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYo6jfIxtao

[oscillik]

The only difference between this pressing and the one that came out a few years ago, is the different colour pressing and inverted album art.

[beerwolf]

One of the greatest albums ever, even right now you tune into BBC6 most bands are copying them. One day for certain reasons (I was on my back with sciatica) I had BBC6 tuned in and endured for almost a whole day. The best tune of the whole duration which blew everything away was when Lamacq played Twenty-Four Hours from the Peel session. Okay that's not on Unknown Pleasures, but I remember just thinking even all these years later almost no bands can touch them. Of course there's other bands in this league like The Cure etc.

Not a vinyl fiend, my early 90's cd still sounds great! And surprisingly remains unscathed....

[Joyrex]

The story about having to pay taxes on the bootleg shirts is mildly amusing

[auxien]

Closer is a better album

[Roo]

Yep, Closer is in another league entirely.

[Lada Laika]

Closer fanclub check-in #3.