Warsaw: Vinyl LP

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 Morris on 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 first eleven tracks presented here were the result of a recording session for that album that took place in early May of 1978. 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.

Tracklist:

Side A:

The Drawback
Leaders Of Men
They Walked In Line
Failures
Novelty
No Love Lost
Transmission
Living In The Ice Age

Side B:

Interzone
Warsaw
Shadowplay
As You Said

Bonus Tracks (Side B):

Inside The Line
Gutz
At A Later Date
The Kill
You're No Good For Me

The Bonus Tracks are:

Side B track 4: Komakino flexi uncredited 3rd track "As You Said";
Side B tracks 5-9 Warsaw demos 18 July 1977