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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 13. June 15 1981

Factory Records

Factory Records

Joy Division cover art

Joy Division were a Manchester based group that formed in 1978. Their lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide last year. Since his death they have reformed under the name 'New Order'. At last Joy Division's first album Unknown Pleasures and the single (in both 12 and 7 inch versions) Love Will Tear Us Apart are being pressed and are available in New Zealand. Delays had been caused by Factory Records' insistence that the covers and the label designs be exactly reproduced. The simplicity and relevance of the record sleeves successfully transforms what is usually 'packaging' into an artistic statement.

The labels are interesting. Instead of side one and side two we have 'Outside' and 'Inside'. It's not just decoration. The brainwave motif on the otherwise completely black cover of the album reflects the dark psychological Odyssey of the music.