JOY DIVISION: AN IDEAL FOR LIVING. ENIGMA 1978

	£		854
	$		1,131

LIVING IN A COUNTRY TOWN WHERE NO ONE ELSE SHARED MY MUSICAL INTEREST, I ORDERED THIS RECORD BY POST IN 1978. IT IS HARD TO CONVEY HOW INNOVATIVE THESE TRACKS WERE, EVEN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THOSE REVOLUTIONARY PUNK/NEW WAVE TIMES. IN SPRING 1979 BUNKED UP WITH FRIENDS IN HAMMERSMITH, MY FIRST STAY IN LONDON, I CROSSED THE METROPOLIS TO NONDESCRIPT WALTHAMSTOW. THERE IN A SCOUT HUT, NO TICKETS, CASH (50p) ON THE DOOR, JOY DIVISION PLAYED A SHORT c. 20min. SET TO VERY FEW PEOPLE, MAINLY THEIR FRIENDS DOWN FROM MANCHESTER. YES, I WAS THERE, HAIRS STOOD ON MY NECK AND I KNEW I'D EXPERIENCED SOMETHING GREAT. WELL NOW I'M OLD & I HAVE THE MEMORIES, I CAN LET MY JOY DIVISION RECORD COLLECTION GO.

I HAVE TO ADMIT TO BEING AN 'ANORAK', LOVINGLY CARING FOR MY VINYL BUT THAT IS TO YOUR BENEFIT DEAR BUYER BECAUSE YOU WILL GET THIS RECORD IN GREAT/ EXCELLENT CONDITION. I HESITATE TO USE 'MINT' BECAUSE IT WAS PLAYED, BUT I TAPED IT TO SAVE THE VINYL. DON'T FORGET THESE RECORDS WERE HAND PACKED, THE SLEEVE HAND FOLDED, SO THERE ARE A FEW VERY MINOR SURFACE SCUFFS ON THE VINYL. I'VE CAREFULLY TRIED TO RID THE VINYL OF ALL DUST BUT UNSUCCESSFULLY. THE FOLDED SLEEVE IS NEAR PERFECT TOO, THEY CHOSE GOOD QUALITY PAPER WHICH HASN'T YELLOWED. I THINK THAT'S ALL. GOOD LUCK. I SHALL BE LISTING OTHER JD RARE RECORDS. I COULDN'T HAVE PARTED WITH THIS, EVEN LAST YEAR. 

I NEED TO CHECK ON THE POSTAGE COSTS.

THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS ITEM. I HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS RECORD. APOLOGIES, BUT I THOUGHT THAT I HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT I BOUGHT IT IN 1978, THEREFORE IT IS ORIGINAL AND GENUINE, 100%, AS ARE MY OTHER JOY DIVISION LISTINGS. I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT HAD BEEN COUNTERFEITED, NOW I AM AWARE OF THIS I WON'T TAKE RETURNS ON THIS RECORD. IF YOU WIN AND YOU WANT TO, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COLLECT AND VIEW IT BEFORE PAYING. AGAIN, I BOUGHT THIS RECORD IN 1978. IT IS AN ORIGINAL, GENUINE ITEM.     

THE INCISED MARKINGS BETWEEN THE RUN OFF GROOVES ARE; PSS  -  139  -  EP  .A .1      EG    ON SIDE ONE. AS WITH MOST RECORDS I'VE SEEN THERE IS A SERRATED VINYL RING AROUND THE LABEL. THE COPYRIGHT NOTATION RUNS ABOUT 1.5 mm INSIDE THE EDGE OF THE LABEL.

IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T ASK ME TO END THESE AUCTIONS EARLY. THANK YOU.

POSTAGE + PACKING COSTS: INLAND SPECIAL DELIVERY: £6 (INSURED FOR £500)    EU COUNTRIES: £8.50 (ALSO INSURED FOR £500)    USA: £10 (INSURED FOR £500)                                                               

OK. TODAY I SPENT THE DAY WITH A RARE FRIEND WITH A RECORD PLAYER, PLAYING SOME OF THESE JD RECORDS TO CHECK THEIR SOUND QUALITY. I'VE BEEN TAKEN ABACK BY THE DETAIL THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LISTING. TO START WITH, THE ORIGINAL SOUND QUALITY OF THE RECORDING ON THIS EP IS NOT BRILLIANT, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED BY THE RAWNESS, I LIKED IT. GENERALLY DUST PARTICLES DO CAUSE SOME 'POPS' BUT WE BOTH AGREED, A. IT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT WITH VINYL, EVEN BRAND NEW RECORDS & B. IT WAS A MINOR IRRITATION WHICH COULD BE RESOLVED WITH CAREFUL CLEANING. AT THE BEGINNING OF SIDE TWO, IN THE RUN IN GROOVE AREA THERE WAS A SECTION THAT 'HISSED' AS THE STYLUS RAN THROUGH IT FOLLOWED BY THREE DISTINCT 'POPS' (CAUSED BY SOMETING WE COULDN'T SEE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING PERMANENT) DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE MUSIC. APART FROM THAT I STILL STAND BY MY INITIAL CONDITION REPORT ie. EXCELLENT & WOW! WAS IT GOOD TO HEAR IT AGAIN, THE MUSIC IS BLOODY BRILLIANT, AND TO THINK IT CAUSED HARDLY A STIR TO THE MUSIC JOURNOS AT THE TIME, WELL WHAT DO THEY KNOW?

SORRY, I MEANT TO RETRACT MY REFUSAL TO TAKE THIS RECORD BACK. IF YOU HAVE A JUSTIFIED REASON TO BE UNHAPPY WITH THIS RECORD I WILL TAKE IT BACK, BUT PLEASE READ EVERTHING HERE SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING & ONLY BID IF YOU ARE SERIOUS. THANK YOU. 

I WAS IN THE BARBER'S THIS MORNING, JUST HAPPENED TO FIND A MAGAZINE PIECE ABOUT FEARNE COTTON AND HER LOVE OF VINYL RECORDS. SHE WAS DESCRIBING THE PLEASURE OF CAREFULLY REMOVING A FAVOURITE RECORD FROM IT'S SLEEVE, PUTTING IT ONTO THE TURNTABLE & HEARING THE FIRST 'CRACKLING' AS THE STYLUS PICKS UP THE RUN-IN GROOVES. SHE WENT ON ABOUT HER RECORD'S SCRATCHES AS ADDING CHARACTER & MEMORIES TO THE EXPERIENCE. I HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THE SOUND QUALITY & HAVE BECOME SOMEWHAT NEUROTIC ABOUT ALL THE VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THIS LISTING. I THINK IF ANYONE WANTS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT SOUND THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. I MAINTAIN MY ORIGINAL CONDITION REPORT & HAVE TRIED TO GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER SURELY THIS ITEM REPRESENTS SOMETHING MORE THAN THE MUSIC ON THE DISC, THE WHOLE PACKAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ARTEFACT/ RELIC FROM THE VERY FIRST BLOSSOMING OF A TRULLY GREAT BAND, IT IS COMING FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. IT WOULD'VE BEEN AMAZING IF I'D GOTTEN SIGNATURES AT OTHER PERFORMANCES THAT I ATTENDED BUT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CRASS. IT WAS A TIME BEFORE OUR CURRENT EMPTY WORLD OF GOOD- FOR- NOTHING CELEBRITIES, SO SAD TO SEE THE CLOWN THAT JOHNY'S BECOME.  ANYWAY, HERE'S TO IAN!!