Joy Division Debut EP Reissued for Record Store Day
Joy Division‘s 1978 debut EP An Ideal for Living will be reissued with new artwork for this year’s Record Store Day, according to a post on the group’s Facebook.
The new version was remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London by the band’s longtime engineer, Frank Arkwright. Its re-imagined artwork pays tribute to the scaffolding that appeared on the EP’s 12-inch release, which followed up the original 7-inch. The new An Ideal for Living EP will be available as a limited edition record at select retailers during this year’s Record Store Day, which takes place on April 19th (you can check out a full list of participating stores in the U.S. and U.K. on the event’s site).
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Joy Division are yet another big name to join the ever-growing roster for this year’s Record Store Day : Bruce Springsteen is readying American Beauty, a new four-song EP; R.E.M. will drop Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions from their performances on the MTV show; the Flaming Lips have two releases planned, including their hour-long 2011 single “7 Skies H3”; and Jay Z and Linkin Park are set to reissue their 2004 collaboration Collision Course.
Other notable releases include Green Day‘s 18-track disc of demos (which includes previously unreleased songs), LCD Soundsystem‘s final concert as a five-LP set, a vinyl box set of Soundgarden singles, and Neil Young‘s Official Release Series Discs 5 – 8 box set, which features limited-edition, analog-remastered vinyl releases of Time Fades Away, On the Beach, Tonight’s the Night and Zuma. Public Enemy MC Chuck D will take up the mantle of this year’s Record Store Day ambassador.