Warsaw - An Ideal For Killing

This old low-fi Spanish bootleg is doing the rounds again and has been repressed with a new catelogue number. I'm not too sure of the source, the guy in the shop said it came from the UK, but copies are appearing on eBay in the USA.

Like the original, it comes with an informative info sheet detailing the sources used, and is pressed on black vinyl with a blank label on both sides. Etched in the run-off is "An Ideal For Killing". The vinyl it self is fairly heavy in weight though is likely to have come from recycled sources rather than virgin plastic.

Sound quality is fairly poor. Plenty of bonus clicks, crackle and noise add to the bootleg experience with the added bonus of left hand channel hiss in places - strange really considering most tracks have found there way onto digital formats over the years.

An Ideal For Killing : Ripped from a white label vinyl album released in 2011 (Cat. No. PJD 013)

Tension Side

A1. Inside The Line

A2. Gutz
A3. At A Later Date
A4. The Kill
A5. You're No Good For Me
A6. At A Later Date (Live)
A7. Novelty

Reaction Side

B1. Warsaw

B2. No Love Lost
B3. Leaders Of Men
B4. Failures
B5. Ice Age
B6. Walked In Line
B7. The Kill (2)

Joy Division / Warsaw - Pictures On My Mind

An exclusive. Courtesy of a blog follower who wishes to remain anonymous, here is Warsaw (or were they Joy Division at the time?) performing previously unheard song, Pictures On My Mind.

It was taken from a tape of early rehearsals by the band probably at TJ Davidsons in Peter St. Manchester during 1977 or 1978.

Edit: Now On Megaupload

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Back in the early days of this blog, I also posted another early demo tape by the band. See here

Warsaw / Joy Division / New Order - Rehearsal Tapes

In January 2009, a Los Angeles internet DJ, played a tape he borrowed from journalist, Jon Savage. The tape contained unheard recordings of the embryonic Joy Divison and New Order.

Hopefully one day, these will be cleaned up and officially released, but for now these mono transfers from the radio will have to do.

1. Inside the Line - 1977 rehearsal recording at TJ Davidsons' rehearsal rooms in Manchester.

2. In A Lonely Place - 1980 rehearsal - the DJ claimed this was a 8th May 1980 rehearsal, others have hinted that it may be the first recording without Ian Curtis.

3. Homage - A 1980 recording and a very different take on the version known from the Western Works tapes.

4. Procession - A 1980 rehearsal with Steve Morris on vocals.

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