Joy Division – Closer

There are also test cuts by steve hoffmann out there for the 2007 remasters,that haven't been used officialy.a couple of them sold on ebay a couple of months back for a decent price.they should have a mention here too,imo.
Anyone that has info and/or thinks the same,please add your knowledge and opinions here.
http://lwtua.websitetoolbox.com/post/up-closer-unused-remasters-10041991?trail=125

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/joy-division-albums-remastered-and-expanded-out-september-17.124405/

l have a Brazil version in grey vinyl not on here is this unofficial?

June 15, 2019 - Found on a Flea Market in Berlin in a moldy Cardboard Box from a Cellar Dissolution after Trial with the Seller for 1,50 €.
Condition of Outer and Inner Shell (P) - Mold Stains, Kinks, Cracks, Water Damage on both Sides (Inside and Outside).
Condition of the Vinyl - LP (VG) - slight Scratches without Playback Error.
Innerprint on Side A: "OLDBLUE?FACT25A1"
Innerprint on Side B: "FACT25B-1"
Color: Black, red in Sunlight.

My copy is in dark green translucent vinyl, anyone else got the same?

Joy Division was as legendary, and in the spirit of the great bands that came out of the 60’s psychedelic movement. The difference being that this band was dead serious about their music, life philosophy and the quality of material that they put out. They have become a mythical band for a couple of reasons ... One, they only put out two actual albums as a group, Unknown Pleasures and Closer, along with a mini disc that came with the paper backed book regarding the history and times of Joy Division. Two, they played so seldom live, and in such a confined area, that their performances have become the stuff of legend. And three, at the time there was no one like them, period. They seem to have arrived developed and fully formed as a new species of music to be recorded with and then disappeared with the death of Ian Curtis. I would venture that there is still Joy Division material out there that has not surfaced as of yet, only time will tell.

To say that their music wasn’t happy would be an under statement. Their music was dark, moving, haunting, full of dispair, longing, self reflective and perhaps overindulgent (but that’s not a negative here, we all need to overindulge sometimes). Even their choice of name, Joy Division, comes from a dark period in European history, where women were used as sex slaves for the pleasure of the Nazi’s in concentration camps. Ian was also epileptic, and the strobbing lights during live performances often causing seizers while on stage, adding to the demented spectacle unfolding in theaters. All of this created more sensation then one could hope for, and with their release and charting of "Love Will Tear Us Apart," the band was bound for glory. But glory ment coming to the United States and shaking our shoals, Ian killed himself right before that was to happen. Nevertheless, this band has deeply etched their place on the musical landscape of this planet, and in the lives of so many listeners across the world.

Their music is heavily laden with atmospheric conditioning by synthesizers, bass lines in time with heart beats, guitars that moved left, right and back to center, all with the low lovely voice of Ian holding his own in the mist of all these emotional spirals. His vocals were never mixed front and center, they were always a part of the production, his lyrics and vocals being used as any other instrument might be. One had to really listen to understand what was being said, to the point that most often the listener just drifted off into their own world as the music and lyrics entered our brains on a subconscious level.

This wasn't late in the night music only, this was solitary morning music, sunny afternoon music, keep you awake during the small hours of the night music. This music was so dark and warm, so perfect all of the time, one could not help but be drawn in. But it wasn’t a place to stay, for if you stayed there too long there would be serious repercussions. Joy Division took you so deeply into regions of yourself, those places you wanted to see, places that you wanted to show to the world, but doubt, fear and the power of these places compels you to keep them hidden, even as Joy Division slides under fingernails and shows you the face in the mirror.

‘LOVE WILL certainly TEAR US APART’ ...

Review by Jenell Kesler

The ultim work of Ian Curtis is the beginning of the so called "New Wave" that New Order will explore later.
After an excellent album like "Unknown Pleasures" (1979) which was already innovative for this period, Closer is probably the most brillant innovation of Joy Division since their beginnings.
Even if the second part of the album (Heart & Soul to Decades) will always remain my favorite, listen to every song carefully, understand the powerful lyrics of a desesparate man, be the one who can't stop to listen to Joy Division !

Hello,
Groove notation on A side for mine is: FACT 25 A1 AP OLD BLUE?
Does anybody have the same

-seb-