Joy Division “The Peel Sessions”

Joy Division “The Peel Sessions” 1979/1986 release on Strange Fruit Records. Joy Division’s 4-song EP recorded and broadcast for BBC’s Radio One with John Peel went to #4 in the UK. At the time of the show in February ‘79, none of the songs had been released. It includes “Transmission,” Joy Division’s groundbreaking debut single on Factory Records which they released in October ‘79, “She’s Lost Control,” which is on Joy Davison’s debut Unknown Pleasures (June ‘79) and also was released as a 12″ single in 1980, “Insight” (also on Unknown Pleasures) and “Exercise One” which they recorded during the Unknown Pleasures sessions but did not appear on any physical releases until the 1981 Still compilation (Factory Records). The EP is fantastic: dark, lush, innovative and their live in-studio recording is pretty much flawless.