release date: Dec. 1980
format: vinyl (FACT 13-12) / digital
[single rate: 4 / 5] [4,18]
producer: Martin Hannett
label: Factory Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: A) "Transmission" (5 / 5) (live) - - B) "Novelty" [from 'Warsaw' (rec. May 3 & 4, 1978): "Transmission"]
Single release by Joy Division released as 7'' single, Oct. '79 containing two tracks. Both of these had been recorded in '78 at a time when the band were in search for a proper deal with a record label. Actually, the two compositions figure on the tracklist of the officially unreleased (but what remains the much sought for bootleg album Warzaw) debut. This edition is, however, recorded and produced with Martin Hannett at Factory Records but really shows their potential at the early stages of the band. The A-side track also appear on the live album Still as well as on the first John Peel release.
My edition of the single is from the first pressing with embossed front cover.
