Still the best selling 12 inch of all time and the band never made any money from it !
What are you currently listening to?
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Still the best selling 12 inch of all time and the band never made any money from it !
Terrarian
Player Valuation: £50m
Really, that's a bit mad
Tony Wilson stitched them up with the contract.
Tommy Chong
Player Valuation: £70m
I could be mistaken, but I'm sure they released an acoustic version of this song somewhere along the line?
Unless I heard it in a dream, I'm sure I heard it somewhere?
I think it was others doing covers of it mate ?
Tommy Chong
Player Valuation: £70m
Possibly mate. I just have distinct memory of hearing those first few chords followed by 'How does it feel?'
Unless it was in a movie I saw. What was the link between them and Joy Division?
Terrarian
Player Valuation: £50m
Doesn't ring a bell. I'm listening to substance at the minute
Terrarian
Player Valuation: £50m
Bernard Sumner wasn't it
New Order was the product of the death of Curtis and as @Terrarian says, Bernard Sumner wasn’t in Joy Division.
Tommy Chong
Player Valuation: £70m
You are correct. Just had a quick look on Wikipedia.
The lead singer of Joy Division offed himself and the rest of the band formed New Order.
Edit: @COYBL25 has the facts.
BigMick
Player Valuation: £20m
I think it was more that the Pete Saville designed original sleeve cost 10p more than the record sold for, so they lost money every time it sold! No-one expected it to be a best seller, and it cost Factory something like £50,000. Later pressings were made more cheaply and made money, which the legend suggests helped to fund the Hacienda.
Come to think of it, I remember that being covered in the documentary about the Hacienda.