Joy Division co-founder and bassist Peter Hook’s passport, issued in July 1977 under his birth name, Peter Woodhead (Hook used stepfather Ernest Hook’s last name, but at this point was still legally Peter Woodhead.) The British Visitor’s Passport features an original photograph of the 21 year old Hook, and is signed and presumably filled out […]
An astounding Joy Division / Status Quo / Vertigo Records collectible from the archive of the late Rob Gretton, manager of Joy Division and New Order, and a co-owner of Factory Records. This is truly a one-of-a-kind rarity for both of these collectible artists, and this highly collectible record label. Read on… Visually, this […]
An extremely rare handbill advertising Joy Division’s first performance at Manchester’s Factory Club, on June 9, 1978; from the archive of Factory Records co-founder Tony Wilson. This show, Joy Division’s fifth after changing their name from Warsaw, was critically important for the group. It marked their earliest association with The Factory’s promoters, Tony Wilson and […]
A very rare concert poster advertising Joy Divison at The Factory in Manchester, England on July 13, 1979. This concert was Joy Division’s first hometown show after the release of their debut album, Unknown Pleasures. This poster, from the collection of Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton (1953-1999,) features artwork by writer/cultural critic/Joy Division associate […]
A scarce UK Joy Division promotional poster advertising the 1988 compilation album Substance, designed by Peter Saville. In overall excellent condition, with three small edge creases, a bit of minor creasing from having been rolled, and a barely noticeable thin impression. None of these will be noticeable when this is framed. 16″ x 23 “
A 1988 UK Joy Division promotional poster advertising the single “Atmosphere” from the compilation Substance, designed by Peter Saville. This poster was part of the archive of longtime Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton (1953-1999). We obtained this from Rob Gretton partner’s, Lesley Gilbert, and the extraordinary provenance will be noted in our written lifetime […]
A large and extremely rare UK promotional poster for the 1979 release of Joy Division’s debut album Unknown Pleasures. Legendary graphic designer Peter Saville based the Unknown Pleasures album cover on an illustration of a pulsar, from the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy, explaining the band “very astutely spotted this image as potentially a wonderfully enigmatic […]
A superb concert poster for an early New Order concert in Berlin, Germany at SO 36, on May 27, 1981. At the time of this show, New Order had only released one single, “Ceremony,” in January 1981. Their debut album, Movement, wasn’t released until that November, nearly six months after this show–so it made sense […]
From the collection of longtime Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton (1953-1999), an extremely rare large UK concert poster advertising the August 27, 1979 Zoo Meets Factory Half-Way festival in Leigh, England promoting bands on both Manchester’s Factory Records and Liverpool’s Zoo Records. The festival got it’s name, because Leigh was half way between Manchester […]
An ultra rare UK 12″ test pressing of Joy Division’s Factory Records debut single, “Transmission/Novelty”, from the collection of Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton (1953-1999). This 12″ is the earliest pressing from 1980, and is in Near Mint condition. The band name and title are written in an unknown hand on the original sleeve, […]
An original first pressing of Joy Division’s debut EP, An Ideal For Living, from the collection of Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton (1953-1999). While this EP doesn’t have the usual printed cover, its generic sleeve is signed “To Harold, with best regards, Peter Hook” and dated 15/2/1978 (February 15, 1978.) An Ideal for Living […]
A very rare concert poster advertising a show by Joy Divison at The Factory in Manchester, England on July 13, 1979. The poster features art by noted music writer, cultural critic and Joy Division associate Jon Savage; Savage’s oral history of Joy Division, The Searing Light, The Sun and Everything Else was released in April […]
From the archive of the late Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton, a rare 1981 UK white label test pressing of Joy Division’s double album Still. Both discs are in Mint to Near Mint condition, with the catalog number and side letters (A/B/C/D) written on the labels in an unknown hand. The original innersleeves have the […]
An impossibly rare original metallic foil promotional sticker made by Factory Records to promote the original release of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, in 1979. This unused sticker was owned by Joy Division’s manager Rob Gretton, and we obtained it directly from his estate’s archive. In excellent condition with some minor creasing. 3 1/16″ x 4″. […]
A rare vintage photograph of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, taken by Kevin Cummins for the Retna Pictures stock photo agency. This is an original hand-printed photograph, made from the original negative and printed near the time the photograph was taken. As a “vintage print”, it is much more collectible and valuable than a recent print. […]
A rare original 8” x 10” photograph of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, by reknown English photographer Paul Slattery. This live photograph is in excellent condition. Paul Slattery is a British photographer known for his photographs of the Sex Pistols, Clash, Smiths, Motorhead, Manic Street Preachers and Oasis. On the back are labels from the Retina […]