Unknown Pleasures At 40 - Joy Division's Masterpiece

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

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.

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....

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

Closer is a better album

Yep, Closer is in another league entirely.

Closer fanclub check-in #3.