JOY DIVISION: Full-Set of Joy Division 1979 Autographs RARE IAN CURTIS AUTO

	C$		3,000
	$		2,175

JOY DIVISION: Unique, Similar to a “Time Capsule” a Full-Set of Joy Division 1979 Autographs, With The Closest Thing to “Picture-Proof” That There is.

This item is one of a complete private Joy Division/Related collection of fine quality being offered to the public. Packing And Shipping Are Free. All items without exception will be posted tracked and signed for, as soon as payments are cleared, and tracking numbers will be promptly given to the buyers.

With these items of unique, delicate and exceptional quality, No Returns will be accepted, so kindly be very clear about what you are biding for, this way you may fully enjoy your purchase, and not deprive another bidder from it.

All remaining information is in the description below, and various offered items will be known to some of you, however, always do your research well to know more.

Description:

These autographs are most likely destined to someday become Joy Division’s most reputable Autographs. They have NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE in public, ultra special, authentically autographed-set by Bernard Albrecht, Peter Hook, Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris, with the closest thing to “Picture-Proof” that there is.

This can only be described as a Joy Division “Time Capsule” of no comparison, with every item kept so well and extremely appreciated over the years, and an original Eric’s Club, Liverpool July/August 1979 Flyer has been added for completion.

These two photographs with their negatives are the only known existing (Clear Images) of WARSAW/Joy Division at Eric’s Club, Liverpool, a place they Gigged at nine times. The negative-film if developed fully would add more, as these old 1979 developed at “Boots Pharmacy” photos are somewhat over-cropped.

With all understanding and evidence of the origins of these two Eric’s Club, Liverpool photographs, they were taken on the same day as were the Joy Division autographs obtained (The Evening Gig on 11th August 1979) by a young man who with his friends frequented Eric’s Club regularly, and were Joy Division fans.

The third (Never Publicly Seen Before) photograph taken from the same reel of photograph film (without its negative/lost) is very important because it helps identify clearly when these Eric’s Club, Liverpool photographs were made.

The third (Never Publicly Seen Before) photograph is just days after the (Eric’s Evening Gig of 11th August 1979), as this third photo was taken on 8th September 1979 at the “Futarama Festival” with Ian and Bernard on stage performing, and the Futarama hanging scaffolding/spotlights rigs are very visible behind/above them, as seen also in the well-known Kevin Cummins photos of that event. This photo also goes to show how enthusiastic the young man was about Joy Division.

Now to highlight why these two Eric’s Club, Liverpool photographs are from the Evening Joy Division Gig at 8:30pm and not the Matinee one which was at 5:00pm for the younger audience, as Joy Division played two Gigs on that day.

On the Evening of that day 11th August 1979, Ian was witnessed to be very much unwell on stage, and his condition worsened dramatically as the Gig progressed, and from the available account, the Gig wasn’t completed, and ended abruptly.

So, now that you know these simple details, take a good thoughtful look at Ian on stage, to see this picture in a different light/mindset, and why it’s from the Evening.

As with another autograph-set offered in this collection, the autographs are of an excellent, perfectly clear and balanced aesthetic quality, with the most relevant autograph of Ian Curtis in the most excellent place “Sandwiched” in the middle of the other autographs, and all slanting with a collective harmony upwards as if they are telling their now well-known story of the incredible Joy Division unity that was able to make their unique music.

Eric’s Club, Liverpool in those days was very accessible, and any audience member with a passionate intent to meet any band member was able to easily do so between the toilets, changing room and the stage, the below recollection at its end has reference to these items, and comes from one member of this group of friends who is also talking about his Joy Division autograph-set that is being offered in this collection, in a different listing. His Joy Division autograph-set is the most well-known set, prior to the public seeing these listed items for the first time.

To have a better understanding, these are the acknowledged Eric’s Club Gig dates: (WARSAW - 27th August 1977) - Joy Division 15th July 1978 - 9th September 1978 - 4th November 1978 - 16th February 1979 - 3rd May 1979 - 11th August 1979, Two Gigs - 8th December 1979.

Related Story/Provenance as Submitted by One of The Friends:

Back in 1978, some friends and I decided to be brave and head to a Punk Rock club we’d heard of in Liverpool (Eric’s). I used to be able to call all the Gigs I went to back then, but now I struggle.

It may have been “Magazine” headlining, it may have been “Rich Kids” it may have been someone else. But whoever it was Joy Division were the support band. In fact, if it wasn’t for seeing “Black Sabbath” a few months earlier, Joy Division would have been the first band I ever saw.

Anyway, Joy Division came on, and even with my limited Gig experience it was plain to see that they were a really good band, with really good songs. It probably wasn’t apparent what they would become, but they stood out even then.

After this, we went to Eric’s pretty much every week, and Joy Division were back a month or two latter. I can remember “Ice Age”, “Transmission” and “She’s Lost Control” from these Gigs.

At some point I went to London for a week with my parents and scoured the record shops at Portobello Road. I saw the “An Ideal For Living” 7in EP there and snapped a copy up, as they didn’t seem to have it in Probe Records in Liverpool. I loved Eric’s so much that I actually made my parents come back from London early so I could go again.

Joy Division were meant to be supporting John Cooper Clarke that weekend, so we went to see them again. I cornered Ian Curtis in the toilets and got him to sign the record and a piece of paper. It must have been one of the first autographs he had done, he was the first to sign it and he didn’t sign near his photo, just in the middle of the sleeve. The other members signed by theirs, maybe I just surprised him!

John Cooper Clarke failed to turn up for the Gig, so the owner of Eric’s gave us half of our money back, so we saw Joy Division for 50p! A month or two later they played their first headline Gig at Eric’s to about 30 people. And played a blinder!

I saw a lot of bands at Eric’s, and Joy Division stood out amongst the likes of The Clash, The Cure, Wire and even early Gigs from The Specials, Human League and The Bunnymen.

One of the lads I used to go to Eric’s with has a set of autographs, and some photos of Joy Division from there that have never been published anywhere. I can remember one of Ian Curtis almost swallowing the microphone.

To Note:

Ian Curtis (AUTHENTIC) autographs are “ULTRA RARE”, and to know them from experience is very important, so this presented collection has offered to everyone a knowledgebase to look back at.

By now, with all the past decades of worldwide internet sale possibilities, and the staggering amount of awareness relating to the value of authentic Joy Division Autographs/Items, it can be very safely assumed that (ALL) their authentic autographs have shown-up, if there is “One More”, then it really needs to be looked at Very Closely.

The facts speak for themselves to this effect, WARSAW/Joy Division had a very short life as a group, by the time they were a little more known, and anyone noticed them, their state of affairs were in tatters, every Gig they did and coming close to the audience was like walking a tightrope, to complete any Gig or recording safely was with a saved breath and a sigh of relief.

It can be said from experience and observation reflected in this collection, that all the very few known authentic Joy Division autographs were obtained by the very few people who had really noticed and liked Joy Division before the Joy Division world was properly turned upside-down. And the few authentic Joy Division autographs after that were just fragments of incomplete band signatures.

To highlight these facts even more, it’s enough to just look at these old authentic autographs offered in this collection to see that all of them had on the back sticky-tape or glue-tack, indicating that they were obtained by individuals who really did like Joy Division, so they displayed their autographs that they had put-in a sincere effort to obtain.

In conclusion, if there were a very few more once obtained by less interested individuals Joy Division autographs, then it can be safely assumed that these autographs “If Any” ended-up in the dustbin.

***More Joy Division Autograph Information is in The Signed “Transmission” EP Listing***