In order to avoid confusion with the London punk band Warsaw Pakt, the band renamed themselves Joy Division in early 1978, borrowing their new name from the prostitution wing of a Nazi concentration camp mentioned in the 1955 novel House of Dolls. In December, the group recorded what became their debut EP, An Ideal for Living, at Pennine Sound Studio and played their final gig as Warsaw on New Years Eve at The Swinging Apple in Liverpool. Billed as Warsaw to ensure an audience, the band played their first gig as Joy Division on 25 January 1978 at Pips Disco in Manchester. 1994 reissue of compilation of 1977 recordings by Warsaw, an early moniker for the Mancunian act Joy Division. Although the bands more famous moniker was not yet in place, their intensity and mystery was. From Peter Hooks bass and Bernard Sumners guitar to Ian Curtis haunting vocals, this collection is a candid audio view of a band just about ready to explode. This pressing features 17 raw, but respectable cuts, including five , Inside The Line, At A Later Date, Guts, The Kill and Youre No Good For Me. Others include Failures, Leaders Of Men, They Walked Inline, Novelty, No Love Lost, Transmission, Living In The Ice Age, Interzone, Warsaw and Shadowplay. If you want early joy division without the processed drums, intense reverb and the heavy darkness, this album is for you. I pretty much learned how to play GOOD punk guitar by listening to this music. Raw British tone with childlike blasts up and down the blues scales make this record full of energy and great sounding riffs. I especially like the version of interzone found here. It is much more stripped down and punk. The drums sound real and live, unlike that (...) drum machine tone on the later version. The vocals are similar to the Keith Morris era of black flag, high and dry. If you are into wire (pink flag) and gang of four (entertainment) -- (and for some strange reason arent hip to the warsaw trip), youve gotta get this. This is the material that would become Joy Division. Early may 78 recordings, Having just acquired Stephen Morris as a drummer, who skeleton-ized their style, completing it, giving some structure upon which to hang the flesh, blood and bile. The band would walk away from these sessions- in pert because a producer added some synth to the final mix, so as to temper the punk style. warsaw didnt like that, it would seem. ultimately, this was used to attempt to barter a deal with RCA- a project that was eventually abandoned... now its this import. When you compare this with what they were doing less than two years later on Closer, you kinda have to marvel. Such evolution is like time-lapse photography. It boggles the heart and soul... vinylrecords.ca/warsaw-warsaw-division-limited-1000-copies-1994-post-punk-p-17813.html
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