Joy Division Ideal for Living original release & letter 1978 Sex Pistols Punk
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Mar 6, 2014 Sold Date
Feb 27, 2014 Start Date
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JOY DIVISION

'AN IDEAL FOR LIVING'   ENIGMA RECORDS PSS 139 100% ORIGINAL EDITION c.1978

 

MEGA RARE, ORIGINAL ENIGMA RECORDS  PRESSING OF THE BAND'S CLASSIC & LEGENDARY DEBUT SINGLE EP

RECORDED @ PENNINE SOUND STUDIOS, OLDHAM ON DECEMBER 14th 1977 WHILST THE BAND WERE STILL GOING UNDER THE PREVIOUS NAME OF WARSAW..

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING WITH THE SERRATED EDGE AROUND THE LABEL RUN OFFS & CORRECT 'DIPPED'  AREA RUNNING AROUND THE MIDDLE AREA OF THE LABELS..

THE PIC-SLEEVE ARTWORK IS UNDER CLOSE INSPECTION, MADE UP OF A SERIES OF TINY BLACK DOT'S WHICH LATER REPRODUCTIONS DON'T HAVE AND FOLDS OUT INTO A 14"x14"  SHEET OF THIN CARD WHICH LEGEND HAS IT, THE BAND THEMSELVES FOLDED UP INTO THE SLEEVE'S FOR EARLY DISTRIBUTION..

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS RE-PRESSING'S OF THIS VERY RARE & IMPORTANT RECORD OVER THE YEARS AND SOME HAVE COME QUITE CLOSE TO REPLICATING THE ORIGINAL RELEASE BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED AND THE ONE HERE IS AN ABSOLUTELY GENUINE ORIGINAL FROM BACK IN 1978 & WAS ACQUIRED BY ME FROM A FAN FROM THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA WHO BOUGHT IT WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED..

THE PICTURE SLEEVE CARRIE'S SIGNS OF AGE-RELATED WEAR (see pic's) AND HAS LOST IT'S PURE WHITENESS WHICH IN TRUTH, ISN'T A BAD THING AS MOST OF THE ORIGINALS SHOULD NO LONGER LOOK BRAND NEW UNLESS OF COURSE, THEY ARE COUNTERFEITS..

WHAT MAKES THIS PARTICULAR COPY VERY SPECIAL IS THAT IT COMES WITH AN ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM THE BAND'S MANAGER, ROB GRETTON  IN MID 1977 WHICH WAS WROTE WHEN HE WAS RUNNING THE FAN CLUB FOR THE MANCHESTER PUNK BAND SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS  WHICH WAS BEFORE HE BECAME THE MANAGER OF JOY DIVISION..

THE SHORT LETTER IS WRITTEN IN RED FELT-TIP PEN AS ROB DID WITH MOST CORRESPONDENCE TO DO WITH THE DOGS AND IS A 100% GENUINE & ORIGINAL ITEM OF JOY DIVISION EPHEMERA..

VG+/VG(vinyl)/VG+ CONDITION (see pic's)


POSTAGE - UK BUYERS = £2.75 1ST CLASS RECORDED DELIVERY (NEXT DAY SPECIAL EXTRA)

POSTAGE - FOREIGN BUYERS = DEPENDENT ON COUNTRY PLUS COST OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY

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