One for the Joy Division fan who has everything, this collection of a handwritten song fragments, archival JD advertising and more opens with the expected foreword by Deborah Curtis, widow of the band’s driving force Ian Curtis (1956 – 1980), in which she discusses his magnetism and creative brilliance and, just perhaps, hints at how cold and nasty he could be (especially when she can’t help but acknowledge that their best-known track, Love Will Tear Us Apart, is almost definitely about their marriage).Īfter that there’s a longer introduction by punk expert Jon Savage (who doesn’t quite know when to stop), and then we’re into 100+ pages of lyrics scribbled in Ian’s own hand, many of which are almost unreadable and require extensive deciphering, and they include Warsaw, Ice Age, Glass, Shadowplay, The Only Mistake, A Means To An End, Twenty Four Hours, Colony and more. Ian Curtis and editors Deborah Curtis and Jon Savage (Faber/Random House) 2014, 274pp, RRP $49.99
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