release date: Sep. 1981
format: vinyl (FAC 33/12)
[single rate: 4 / 5] [4,16]
producer: Martin Hannett
label: Factory Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: A) 1. "Ceremony" (4,5 / 5) - - B) 1. "In a Lonely Place"
First single release by New Order on Factory Records. This version is a an alternate recording of "Ceremony" now featuring Gillian Gilbert on guitar. The sound differs from the original recording, which was made with little attempt to differ from the sound of Joy Division. Ian Curtis (lead vocalist) wrote and sang the lyrics for Joy Division (the songs appear in a live version on the Joy Division double live album Still) but Bernard Sumner eventually performed the vocal part after Curtis' death.
[ live version from Still, another live version featuring Ian Curtis ]
