Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures" 40th Anniversary
Sun, Jun 23
|Waldo Pizza
Listen to lead-up music related to this amazing LP. Then enjoy the entire album on the best hi-fi stereo in KC, brought in exclusively for the show.
Time & Location
Jun 23, 2019, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Waldo Pizza, 7433 Broadway St, Kansas City, MO 64114, USA
About the event
TICKETS GO ON SALE MAY 18TH
Unknown Pleasures, the debut studio album by English rock band Joy Division, was released on June 15th 1979. The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport's Strawberry Studios in April 1979, and was produced by Martin Hannett, who incorporated a number of unconventional production techniques into the group's sound. The iconic cover artwork was designed by artist Peter Saville. It was the only Joy Division album released during lead singer Ian Curtis's lifetime.
Unknown Pleasures was initially printed in a run of only 10,000 copies, with 5,000 copies being sold within the first two weeks of release, and a further 10,000 copies being sold over the following six months. Initially, sales of Unknown Pleasures were slow until the release of the non-album single, "Transmission".
Unknown Pleasures failed to chart on the UK Albums Chart. However, following Curtis's suicide in May…
Tickets
Advance Ticket
$8.00
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