What was planned to be Joy Division's first LP (unreleased until 1994, except in bootleg form) sounds like an album from the punk era — raw and edgy, undisciplined but tuneful, unlike the group's proper debut, Unknown Pleasures. All of the tracks were later seen in different form, but Warsaw still manages to captivate through its pure energy. In addition to the twelve tracks from the bootleg recordings, the album also includes five tracks from July 1977, the most punk-inspired songs in the group's discography. — John Bush
import from portugal 1980 release 1994
tracks 01 - 11 recorded @ arrow studios manchester england may 1978
track 12 recorded @ britannia row march 1980
tracks 13 - 17 recorded @ pennine sound studios manchester england july 18 1977
Warsaw : Ian Curtis - vocals Bernard Albrecht - guitar Peter Hook - bass Stephen Morris - drums - tracks 01 -12 Steve Brotherdale - drums - tracks 13 - 17
transmission (this version) 1st verse has a quote from alistair crowley's 'the book of thoth'
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