Warsaw - Warsaw

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:

A1        The Drawback
A2        Leaders Of Men
A3        They Walked In Line
A4        Failures
A5        Novelty
A6        No Love Lost
A7        Transmission
A8        Living In The Ice Age
B1        Interzone
B2        Warsaw
B3        Shadowplay
B4        As You Said
Bonus Tracks    
B5        Inside The Line
B6        Gutz
B7        At A Later Date
B8        The Kill
B9        You're No Good For Me