Considered to be among the band's strongest work, displaying the moment they completed their transformation from post-punk hold-overs to dance-rockers.
Joy Division legendary show at the Electric Ballroom, on a break from their tour with Buzzcocks, supported by A Certain Ratio. Classic early JD here in a high-quality long-lost recording.
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" on June 27th, Rhino is reissuing four iconic Joy Division releases on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl. The studio albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980) are being followed by Still (1981
Reissued with 2020 remastered audio. Since the demise of Factory records, this single has never been repressed or reissued before and is cut on 180-gram vinyl, featuring the original artwork on heavyweight board.
Joy Division recorded only two albums before singer Ian Curtis tragically took his own life in 1980. But what the Manchester quartet lacked in longevity, they made up for in quality. The two albums pioneered a new sound and mood for alternative music.
