Warsaw Vinyl

The highly acclaimed U.K. postpunk 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 bands name was taken from a David BowieBrian 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 groups 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.