Warner music will issue a limited edition 40th anniversary version coloured vinyl edition of joy division s debut studio album unknown pleasures next month.
Unknown pleasures red vinyl.
A limited edition 40 th anniversary version of unknown pleasures will be released on june 14 th almost forty years to the day after it was originally released.
The original release of joy division s seminal album unknown pleasures was on 15th june 1979 and to celebrate this 40 year old record warner music are reissuing a special edition on 180g ruby red vinyl.
Pulsar in black on white on side a outside and white on black on side b inside.
Joy division unknown pleasures 40th anniversary limited edition this limited edition 40th anniversary version of the unknown pleasures lp will be pressed on 180g ruby red vinyl with an alternative white sleeve resembling the original design idea.
According to the band while the album s black sleeve has become one of the most iconic designs in popular music history the original design was supposed to be white with black accents.
Joy division unknown pleasures.
Pressed on ruby red 180g heavyweight vinyl.
Side b is inside white label.
The reissue will come housed in alternative artwork that still features the iconic waveform design but amended to more closely resemble the original specs by peter saville switching.
40th anniversary limited edition of the classic debut album.
Side a is outside black label.
Sticker on shrink wrap states.
The lp is pressed on 180g ruby red vinyl with an alternative white sleeve resembling the original design idea.
Vinyl is translucent red when held against a strong light.
Note this version has runouts according printed labels and sleeve.