WARSAW - WARSAW [LTD, Dolphin Coloured Vinyl]

Cat. no: VPG90152
Format: LP LTD, Dolphin Coloured Vinyl
Barcode: 8719039008278
Release Date: 21 Aug 2026
Genre: Rock

The highly acclaimed U.K post- punk band Joy Division was originally called Warsaw . Formed in Manchester, England in the late 1970s, the group consisted of Ian Curtis on vocals, Bernard Albrecht (aka Sumner, aka Dicken) on guitar, Peter Hook on bass and Stephen Morrison drums. Hook, Albrecht and Curtis hooked up at a local concert and later formed the group Warsaw. The band's name was taken from a David Bowie- Brian Eno composition, "Warszawa". The 5 bonus tracks on this album are demos cut by the group at Pennine Studios in Manchester on July 18, 1977 with Steve Brotherdale on drums. The frst eleven tracks presented here were the result of a recording session for that album that took place in early May of1978. Rehearsals leading up to the session resulted in two new songs being added to the group's existing repertoire: "Interzone" and "Transmission." "Interzone" was based on the backing track of the song "Keep On Keepin' On," to which the band added their own lyrics. The result was a song distinctively their own. "Transmission" was written by the band during the fnal week of rehearsals. The frst verse contains a quotation from Alistair Crowley's The Book Of Thoth. The two recordings are interesting renditions of songs which would later became famous.

Tracks: The Drawback / Leaders Of Men / They Walked In Line / Failures / Novelty / No Love Lost / Transmission / Living In The Ice Age / Interzone / Warsaw / Shadowplay / As You Said / Inside The Line / Gutz / At A Later Date / The Kill / You're No Good For Me