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An Ideal For Living EP - Fully Autographed

JOY DIVISION An Ideal For Living EP (Super rare original 1978 UK 4-track 7" vinyl EP on the bands' own Enigma label, featuring Warsaw, No Love Lost, Leaders Of Men & Failures Of the Modern Man, housed in a fold-out 'Hitler Youth drummer boy' picture sleeve with original poly outer. This legendary item has its own place in the history of punk/new wave & has been FULLY AUTOGRAPHED by the entire band on the back in black ink! PSS139)
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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1978 - 46 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)
Record Label Enigma
Complete Stock List Go to Joy Division
Product Catalogue No PSS139
Music Genre Electronica, Factory, NME Indie/Alternative Artists, Indie
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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HISTORY
This 4-track 7" EP was recorded at the Pennine Sound Studio, Oldham in December 1977 when the band were still known as WARSAW. It was eventually released in early 1978 on the bands' own Enigma label, despite them not being happy with the sound quality, after the band name change to Joy Division.
This was their first official release, before they signed to the legendary Factory Records label.

The sleeve, which showed a controversial image of a Hitler Youth drummer boy alongside the 'Joy Division!' name, folds out into a 14" x 14" poster sleeve which was designed by band guitarist Bernard Albrecht (nee Sumner). Legend has it that the band had to fold the sleeves and add the vinyl 7"s themselves!

The 7" has been the subject of various bootleg 're-issues'.

CONDITION

The matt black label has silver lettering with the catalogue number PSS139

Matrix numbers (hand scratched) read:

PSS-139-EP-A-1 EG
PSS-139-EP-B-1 EG

The vinyl itself shows few signs of being played, although as mentioned above the band were not over happily with the actual sound quality of the EP, hence the reason that it was re-released on 12" vinyl for superior clarity.
It also looks to have been pressed on 're-processed' vinyl and some lumps & bumps are evident, although they are mostly inaudible & it plays without fault with just some light surface noise in places.
There are a couple of visible surface marks on side two but these are completely cosmetic & probably part of the 'quality' pressing.
The vast majority of these 'faults' are actually the result of the original pressing process & the vinyl used, so a 'better' sounding copy does not exist & explains the band's decision to subsequently re-release it!

The black & white sleeve folds out into a 1-sided 14" x 14" 'poster'. The overall condition is excellent with minimal discolouration, creases or marks.

AUTOGRAPHS

On the back of the sleeve, each member of the band - Bernard Albrecht, Stephen Morris, Ian Curtis & Peter Hook - have signed in black pen next to their individual pictures.
The autographs were obtained at The Band On The Wall club in Manchester in May 1978 & comes with a note from the original owner explaining how the autographs were obtained.

Possibly the ultimate Joy Division collectable in 'as good as it gets' condition AND it's autographed.

This is THE ONE!

7" RECORD  
Recording Artist Joy Division
Product Title An Ideal For Living EP - Fully Autographed
Product Information Joy Division An Ideal For Living EP - Fully Autographed UK 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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