Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Label: |
Factory (US) – FACTUS 1 |
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Country: |
US |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Post-Punk |
Tracklist
| Outside | |||
| A1 | Disorder | 3:36 | |
| A2 | Day Of The Lords | 4:43 | |
| A3 | Candidate | 3:00 | |
| A4 | Insight | 4:00 | |
| A5 | New Dawn Fades | 4:47 | |
| Inside | |||
| B1 | She's Lost Control | 3:40 | |
| B2 | Shadowplay | 3:50 | |
| B3 | Wilderness | 2:35 | |
| B4 | Interzone | 2:10 | |
| B5 | I Nothing | 6:00 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Factory Records (U.S.) Inc.
- Published By – Fractured Music
- Recorded At – Strawberry Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Sonic Arts
- Mastered At – Greg Lee Processing – L-1835
Credits
- Design [Sleeve Designed By] – Peter Saville (2)
- Engineer – Chris Nagle
- Lacquer Cut By – LKulka*
- Photography By [Inner Sleeve, Uncredited] – Ralph Gibson (3)
- Producer – Martin Hannett
- Words By, Music By – Joy Division
Notes
This version:
- comes with a textured cover. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures with a thick card sleeve with a smooth finish was also released.
- lacks Record Technology Incorporated identifiers in the matrix found on Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
- has opaque, black vinyl that appears black even when held up to a strong light
- I Nothing (track B5) does not end in a locked loop in the runout area.
- 2.875" pressing ring
Printed inner sleeve.
Sleeve spine notation:
"JOY DIVISION UNKNOWN PLEASURES FACTUS1 A Factory Records (U.S.) Product"
- comes with a textured cover. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures with a thick card sleeve with a smooth finish was also released.
- lacks Record Technology Incorporated identifiers in the matrix found on Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
- has opaque, black vinyl that appears black even when held up to a strong light
- I Nothing (track B5) does not end in a locked loop in the runout area.
- 2.875" pressing ring
Printed inner sleeve.
Sleeve spine notation:
"JOY DIVISION UNKNOWN PLEASURES FACTUS1 A Factory Records (U.S.) Product"
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): SACC 008A Factus 1 LKULKA ▭◯▭ L-1835
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): SACC 008B FACTUS 1. L-1835-X I've been looking for a guide
Other Versions (5 of 261)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Unknown Pleasures (LP, Album, Textured Sleeve) | Factory | FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | |||
| Unknown Pleasures (LP, Album, Tranco Pressing) | Factory | FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | |||
| Unknown Pleasures (LP, Album, Textured Sleeve) | Factory | FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | |||
| Unknown Pleasures (LP, Album, Textured Sleeve) | Factory | FACT 10 | UK | 1979 | |||
| Unknown Pleasures (LP, Album, Textured Sleeve) | Factory | FACT 10 | UK | 1979 |
Reviews
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I grew up listening to the digitally remastered version of this album. I always felt like the album had either too much reverb or something went off during mastering to make it sound muddier than intended. Now that I own a near mint copy of this, I can confirm this is not the case.
The original mastering had really well defined bass, high frequencies with crisp clarity and not super overwhelming mid range. The guitar texture is much richer and the best part is how clear and airy Ian’s voice sounds. It’s scary sometimes since it feels like he is singing in my listening room.
I was happy with my 2007/2015 remastered copy but sometimes you don’t know what you are missing out on unless you get a taste of the real deal.
This is the real deal. -
Never heard an orginal UK pressing to compare but this one sounds pretty amazing to my ears.
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I Nothing (track B5) ENDS in a locked loop in the runout area.
My favourite pressing with tons of details, very fat bottom ends, open and alive sounding
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