JOY DIVISION - CLOSER (LP) JD-10006-A/JD-10006-B 1985
Brazilian pirate issue of Closer with Love Will Tear Us Apart as an extra track, see below for more info. The sleeve is the same as the legitimate version but the labels are different.
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 Label scan - featuring LWTUA |
Atrocity Exhibition Heart And Soul Isolation Twenty-Four Hours Passover The Eternal Colony Decades A Means To An End Love Will Tear us Apart
Joy Division albums weren't available in Brazil in the early 80s, so someone issued this pirate copy of Closer with LWTUA as a bonus track. This album apparently sold really well, and when a Brazilian record company finally got around to issuing the JD albums they decided to include LWTUA on the official version too.
Footnote: Official Brazilian pressings are normally licenced to the Stiletto label (if our Portuguese is correct) and issued by Estúdio Eldorado LTDA. or BMG Ariola.
CLOSER (LP) Fact 25 2005
European pirate edition of Closer released
December 2005.
No matrix numbers
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End
The back cover is different to legitimate editions - with song titles in large text.
CLOSER (LP) Fact 25-P 2006
Pirate picture disc edition of Closer released
April 2006.
Matrix numbers: Fact 25-P A1 (side A), and Fact 25-P B1 (side B).
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End This LP was later included in The Early Years Box
CLOSER (LP) Fact XXV 2006
Pirate edition of Closer released winter 2006
Red vinyl and salmon pink vinyl
No matrix numbers
The catalogue number on the label - 19L0094 is thesame as the official
Spanish issue
10 tracks including Love Will Tear Us Apart as a bonus
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End 10 Love Will Tear Us Apart The next listing appears to be a pic disc version of this ....
CLOSER (LP) Factory Fact XXV 2006
Pirate picture disc edition of Closer released
winter 2006.
Known as the US edition
No matrix numbers
Came in a picture sleeve
10 tracks including Love Will Tear Us Apart as a bonus
This appears to be a pic disc version of the version above
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End 10 Love Will Tear Us Apart
CLOSER (LP) Fact 25 2006
Pirate edition of Closer released 2006
On salmon pink vinyl and red vinyl (two red vinyl versions; one has
white labels with the cat.no 19L0094 printed on them, limited edition
colour vinyl notice on the front cover; the other has tan labels with
the cat.no FACT 25 printed on them, and no limited edition colour vinyl
notice on the front cover (the latter version turned up in 2008).
Also released on yellow vinyl (two versions; the first is on solid
slightly marbled yellow vinyl, white labels with the cat.no. FACT 25
printed on them, limited edition colour vinyl notice on the front cover,
released 2007; the second is on semi-transparent yellow
(greenish-yellow) vinyl, tan labels with the cat.no FACT 25 printed on
them, and no limited edition colour vinyl notice on the front cover,
released 2008. Even a green vinyl pressing turned up in 2008; tan labels
with the cat.no FACT 25 printed on them, and no limited edition colour
vinyl notice on the front cover.
Matrix numbers: F 25 A and F 25 B
Text top right of front cover reads "Limited edition coloured vinyl"
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End
The back cover is different to legitimate editions - with song titles in large text.
The next two listings appear to be versions of this (ie the US and Brazillian mispress picture discs) ...
CLOSER (LP) Factory Fact XXV 2006
Pirate picture disc edition of Closer released
winter 2006.
Matrix numbers: F 25 A/B (very faint!)
Known as the US mispress
Came in a clear plastic sleeve
Lists 10 tracks including "Love Will Tear Us Apart" but only 9 songs on
disc.
Appears to be a pic disc version of the coloured vinyl pirate
above
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End
The next listing appears to be another vesrion of this ...
CLOSER (LP) Factory Fact XXV 2006
Pirate picture disc edition of Closer released
winter 2006.
Matrix numbers: F 25 A/B (very faint!)
Known as the Brazillian mispress (even though there doesn't appear to be
a corresponding Brazillian version that wasn't mispressed)
Came in a clear plastic sleeve
Lists 10 tracks including "Love Will Tear Us Apart" but only 9 songs on
disc.
Appears to be a pic disc version of the coloured vinyl pirate
above
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End
CLOSER (LP) Fact 25 2009
Pirate version of Closer released 2009.
The sleeve looks the same as the official 1980 Factory UK
vinyl release; "A Factory Records Product" and "FACT XXV" etc,
there are no additional or different catalogue numbers or markings on
the cover. Same 9 songs as the original.
Matrix: JDC 02 SIDE-A- and JDC 02 SIDE-B-
Single sheet insert with printing on both sides, one side has the song
lyrics. It's easy to tell this fake from any official pressings or other
fake "Closer" LP issues as none of them have a lyric insert.
Available on black vinyl and marbled grey vinyl.
Country of origin is probably Germany
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End
CLOSER (LP) Fact 25 2012
2012 reissue of the above in pink tinged sleeve.
Matrix: JDC 02 SIDE-A- and JDC 02 SIDE-B-
Limited to 100 copies
Single sheet insert with printing on both sides, one side has the song
lyrics.
Marbled greenish / grey vinyl
Country of origin is probably Germany
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End
CLOSER (LP) FACT 25 2011
Pirate edition of Closer released in 2011
Green vinyl and mustard yellow vinyl
Matrix numbers FACLP 25-A-1 and FACLP 25-B-1
White labels with black text, song titles listed on labels
10 tracks including Love Will Tear Us Apart as a bonus
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End 10 Love Will Tear Us Apart
The sleeve looks like it's been copied from or at least based on the original Brazilian pressing and it has "Stiletto/Estúdio Eldorado Ltda." along the bottom on the rear like the original Brazil pressing, but with the added band name on the front and song titles listed on the back
See also Unknown Pleasures 2009 pirate
CLOSER (2CD) WPCR 12840-1 Warner Music Japan 2008
2008 pirate copy of the official Japanese digipak release.
Gatefold card sleeve "vinyl replica" packaging, which is thinner than
the official Japanese issue with the same catalogue number
2 booklets & obi
"Collectors edition"
Country of origin: unknown
Closer
1 Atrocity Exhibition 6 Heart & Soul 2 Isolation 7 Twenty Four Hours 3 Passover 8 The Eternal 4 Colony 9 Decades 5 A Means To An End Live University Of London Union
1 Dead Souls 7 Colony 2 Glass 8 These Days 3 A Means To An End 9 Love Will Tear Us Apart 4 Twenty Four Hours 10 Isolation 5 Passover 11 The Eternal 6 Insight 12 Digital
See also Closer Live - a
pirate LP featuring live versions of all tracks