Unknown Pleasures was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport over three weekends between 1 and 17 April 1979, with Martin Hannett producing. Gretton estimated that the album would cost £8,000 to produce however, Wilson said in 2006 that the up-front cost ended at £18,000. No one could use the word 'cockney' with as much contempt as Rob". Wilson added that one of Gretton's main reasons for approaching Factory was so "he wouldn't have to get on a train to London every week and 'talk to nuggets'. Wilson explained that Gretton had calculated that given Factory's 50/50 split of profits, the band could make as much money with the indie label as it could by signing to a major. However, the band's manager, Rob Gretton, approached Wilson about releasing an album on his Factory Records label. According to Hook, the band received a £70,000 offer from Genetic Records in London. They made their television debut on Tony Wilson's local news show Granada Reports in September 1978. The band's first release was the self- produced extended play (EP), An Ideal for Living, which was released in June 1978. Īfter signing a recording contract with RCA Records in early 1978, Joy Division recorded some demos however, they were unhappy with the way their music was mixed and asked to be released from their contract. To avoid confusion with the London punk band Warsaw Pakt, they renamed themselves Joy Division in late 1977. After a number of changes of drummer, Stephen Morris joined the band-at that time called Warsaw-in August 1977. Ian Curtis, whom Sumner and Hook already knew, applied and, without having to audition, was taken on. Forming a band with their friend Terry Mason on drums, Sumner on guitar and Hook on bass, they advertised for a singer. Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook had separately attended a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall on 4 June 1976 and both embraced that band's simplicity, speed and aggression. Joy Division formed in Salford in 1976 during the first wave of punk rock. It has since received sustained critical acclaim as an influential post-punk album, and has been named as one of the best albums of all time by publications such as NME, AllMusic, Select, Rolling Stone, and Spin. It is the only Joy Division album released during lead singer Ian Curtis's lifetime.įactory Records did not release any singles from Unknown Pleasures, and the album did not chart despite the relative success of the group's non-album debut single " Transmission". The cover artwork was designed by artist Peter Saville, using a data plot of signals from a radio pulsar. The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport's Strawberry Studios in April 1979, with producer Martin Hannett contributing a number of unconventional recording techniques to the group's sound. Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by English rock band Joy Division, released on 15 June 1979 by Factory Records.
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