Released November 1986 Producer Joy Division Release date September 1990 Genre Post-punk | Recorded January 1979 Artist Joy Division Label Strange Fruit Records | |
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The Peel Sessions
(1986) The Peel Sessions
(1987) Similar Joy Division albums, Post-punk albums | ||
Joy division the peel sessions full album
The Joy Division Peel sessions are a series of sessions recorded by English post-punk band Joy Division for John Peel's radio show on BBC Radio 1 between January and November 1979.
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The Peel Sessions EP (1986)
The first EP, The Peel Sessions, was released in 1986 by record label Strange Fruit. It features the recordings made for John Peel's show transmitted on 14 February 1979, and was recorded at the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 31 January 1979. None of the songs had been released before the transmission. This version of "Transmission" is one of the few recordings avaliable when both Curtis and Sumner play guitar at the same time.
The EP spent thirteen weeks on the UK Indie Chart, peaking at number 4.
Track listing
All tracks written by Joy Division.
The Peel Sessions EP (1987)
The second EP, also titled The Peel Sessions, was released in 1987 by Strange Fruit. It features the recordings made for John Peel's show transmitted on 10 December 1979, recorded at the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 26 November 1979. None of the songs had been released before the transmission.
The EP spent seventeen weeks on the UK Indie Chart, peaking at number 3.
Track listing
All tracks written by Joy Division.
Peel Sessions compilation (1990)
A compilation of both EPs, Peel Sessions, was released in 1990 by Strange Fruit.
The US cover does not have the famous "Tube" photo by Anton Corbijn. There is also a French release which has a different cover.
Track listing
All tracks written by Joy Division.
Songs
1Exercise One2:32
2Insight3:56
3She's Lost Control4:12