in a lonely place (detail)

what's the deal with this JD demo only being a fragment? was the rest of the demo lost or terrible quality or what?

There was a story floating around that it was deliberately faded before the hangman line as the record company felt it "inappropriate".

On the other hand, something had to give to get everything to fit on the disc.

i dont think so its all bullshit its a deliberate attempt to add to the ian curtis myth there is probably nothing wrong with it at all

It´s Hooky tape. It would be great if he gave us the complete one. I´ll talk with David Sultan about this.

The thing that pisses me off about the Joy Division demos for "Ceremony" and "In A Lonely Place" is that it was recorded at a place called Cemetery Studios, who's the prick that booked them in there?

Originally posted by Martin Davies it was recorded at a place called Cemetery Studios, who's the prick that booked them in there?

I think that was their name for their practice space. In any case those were of course recorded before Ian's death so there would have been no particular association at the time.

Not the Cemetary, It was recorded at 'The Graveyard' studios in Prestwich. The Graveyard gave it's name to the 'Graveyard & The Ballroom' by the mighty ACR (the other half from the Electric Ballroom I believe).

Thankyou teleharmonium and FDISK for clearing that up for me. Cheers. :)

Like you lot i'd love to hear the full version.i read in an interview that full version was 12 mins long!!! May be if we pester Hooky enough he'll put it out :D

Originally posted by Ian Baker Like you lot i'd love to hear the full version.i read in an interview that full version was 12 mins long!!!May be if we pester Hooky enough he'll put it out :D

Yeah, in the first of the Jack articles Hooky says that Martin Hannett had the original 8-track master, and it was indeed 12 minutes long. One day...