JOY DIVISION Unknown Pleasures (1979 UK Factory 10-track LP, recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport with producer Martin Hannett, who carefully sculpted Curtis' despairing vocals, Bernard's riffs, Hook's upfront basslines & Morris' minimalist pounding into an eerie soundscape, replete with cavernous reverb & startling effects, still massively influential to this day! The run-out grooves read 'STEP', 'THIS IS THE WAY' & 'A PORKY PRIME CUT', complete with the G&L textured Peter Saville designed sleeve & round cornered inner. The sleeve is Excellent with faint shelf wear & a little minor foxing to the inner, the vinyl is nice & clean & grades Excellent with just the odd paper hairline not affecting play. Essential FACT10)
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