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Licht Und Blindheit

JOY DIVISION Licht Und Blindheit (Incredibly Rare 1980 French-only first press 7" vinyl EP, featuring 'Atmosphere' & 'Dead Souls', the now legendary release on the tiny French imprint, Sordide Sentimental, run by Jean-Pierre Turmel & Yves vonBontee. Comes housed inside a 12" x 8" individually numbered three-panel textured folder, complete with the English translation booklet & 'Avertissement' insert. This copy is numbered 397 of 1578. See 'more info' for full condition details... SS33002)

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Release Year 1980 - 45 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)
Record Label Sordide Sentimental
Complete Stock List Go to Joy Division
Product Catalogue No SS33002
Music Genre Factory, NME Indie/Alternative Artists, Electronica, Indie
Country Comes from France Comes from 'France'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Released in March 1980 on the tiny French imprint Sordide Sentimental run by Jean-Pierre Turmel and Yves von Bonteean, this is an absolute classic single and the first release of Atmosphere on seven inch.

Limited to just 1578 copies, each one of the lavish packages was individually numbered. This low numbered example is numbered No. 000397.

Following the death of Ian Curtis two months later, this was released in the UK but with an alternate version of She's Lost control as the B Side.

Condition:

The picture folder shows just minor edge scuffing with no folds or creases.

The internal gatefold contains a narrative in French by Jean-Pierre Turmel and a picture of the band by Anton Corbijn. The centre has a tracing paper pocket which housed the 7-inch itself, a fold-out English translation of the narrative by Paul Buck and a smaller blue insert with just 'AVERTISSEMENT' and 'GESAMTKUNSTWERK' text. Both inserts remain near 'as new' & all text inside the gatefold is bright and sharp.

The glue holding the pocket edges has turned the same brown that every other genuine copy displays - also, the glue holding the rice paper pocket intact has slightly come unstuck one side [this could easily be repaired].

The labels are silver on black with a serrated anti-skate ring around the label edge. The disc runs at 33RPM, making this technically an EP called Licht Und Blindheit, although it is often referred to as 'Sordide Sentimental', which was actually the label.

The vinyl on this copy is Near Mint & shows few signs of play.

A spectacular copy of this Joy Division 'Grail' release.

Tracklist:
Face A: Atmosphere 4:09
Face B: Dead Souls 4:53

Matrices (hand scratched):
MPO SS33002A T_
MPO SS33002B T_

Both tracks produced by Martin Hannett
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7" RECORD  
Recording Artist Joy Division
Product Title Licht Und Blindheit
Product Information Joy Division Licht Und Blindheit France 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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