Rescued Joy Division And New Order Tapes Offered Up Online
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Written by Huw Baines
A treasure trove of recordings from seminal bands such as Joy Division and New Order has been offered to collectors online.
As Slicing Up Eyeballs reports, the tapes and reels were rescued from a skip by Julia Adamson, a former assistant to record producer Martin Hannett and member of the Fall.
Among them are recordings, and out-takes, from Joy Division - reportedly including a copy of the original master tapes of 'Unknown Pleasures' - New Order, the Psychedelic Furs, Magazine, Slaughter and the Dogs and the Durutti Column. Adamson posted a picture of the collection on Facebook and wrote:
“I have looked after these tapes for a long time and when I approached the artists (who were my first port of call) I was subjected to accusations and abuse… so I don’t really care anymore. I know they are worth something to a collector… and good luck to them. The quality of Unknown Pleasures far surpasses the mastering from vinyl over the years (they lost the master tapes long ago… these are copy masters… and outtakes… that I assure you are quite splendid).”
"The tapes have have always belonged to me, as I rescued them. I am keen for a collector to have them (the whole collection ideally) as they are very old and probably deteriorating and should be baked or whatever, nor do I really want to look after them anymore."
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