Joy DivisionCloser

Label:

Factory – FACT. 25

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Repress , Carlton Pressing

Country:

UK & Ireland

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

New Wave

Tracklist

A1 Atrocity Exhibition
A2 Isolation
A3 over
A4 Colony
A5 A Means To An End
B1 Heart And Soul
B2 Twenty Four Hours
B3 The Eternal
B4 Decades

Companies, etc.

  • Published ByFractured Music
  • Produced AtBritannia Row Studios
  • Printed ByGarrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Lacquer Cut AtThe Town House
  • Mastered AtGedmal Galvanic Ltd.
  • Pressed ByCarlton Productions

Credits

  • DesignPeter Saville (2)
  • EngineerMartin Hannett
  • Engineer [Assistant]Michael Johnson
  • Photography ByBernard Pierre Wolff
  • ProducerMartin Hannett

Notes

Outer cover:
Heavy cardboard with matt finish.

Inner sleeve:
Heavy cardboard with matt finish and square corners.

Either on translucent dark brown or black / opaque vinyl.
Double dipped labels, characteristic for Carlton Productions pressings.

Rear cover:
A Factory Records Product

Inner sleeve:
Produced at Brittania Row
Printed by Garrod and Lofthouse Limited.

Labels:
A Fractured Music • A Factory Record
9/5/80

Cat#:
FACT∙XXV on cover
FACT. 25 on labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variation 1): FACT 25 A2 GG TOWN HOUSE OLD BLUE?
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variation 1): FACT 25 B2 GG TOWN HOUSE
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variation 2): FACT 25 A2 GG3 TOWN HOUSE OLD BLUE?
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variation 2): FACT 25 B2 GG3 TOWN HOUSE

Other Versions (5 of 253)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Closer (LP, Album, Rounded Corners) Factory FACT∙XXV, FACT. 25 UK 1980
Closer (LP, Album) Factory FACT∙XXV, FACT. 25 Italy 1980
Closer (LP, Album, Stereo, Tranco Pressing) Factory FACT·XXV, FACT. 25 UK 1980
Closer (Cassette, Album, Orange Paper Labels) Factory FACT XXV MC Italy 1980
Closer (LP, Album, Misprint) Factory FACT∙XXV, FACT. 25 Italy 1980

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  • Teddymod's avatar
    Teddymod
    Not always Translucent red, there are also dark Vinyl copies of the Irish release.

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