Joy Division - The Complete BBC Recordings

Primary Artist
Joy Division
Album Title
The Complete BBC Recordings
Release Date
October 24, 2000 
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Review by Jeremy Salmon
When Ian Curtis committed suicide by hanging himself in the kitchen of his ex-wife's home in 1980, he left behind a masterfully talented band and only two legitimate studio albums (if one ignores the aborted first attempt "ruined" by an overzealous engineer and some synthesizers). As with other influential acts, the subsequent years have been filled with releases of miscellaneous records, bootlegs, posthumous videos, and other collections. Two recorded performances of note were Joy Division's appearances on the John Peel show in January and November 1979. Read More