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in celebration of the release of the film Closer, the 2nd appearance of the Ian Curtis story at the cinema this decade, i am delighted to see that the magnificent Joy Division single Love Will Tear Us Apart has been reissued on 7" and CD.

that fine source of music Record Store have both versions available at a very nice cost and shipping price - sadly no bundle of the two, but as regular readers of this site will know that's not an issue, it is only the 7" i want anyway!

if you are reading this and have no idea who Ian Curtis is, well, what can i say? go and read up on him on the interweb net, or rather see the excellent film 24 Hour Party People as soon as possible! i will get around to seeing Closer one of these days, but for now 24 Hour Party People remains for me a good, broad introduction to the man and his band, as well as putting the tale of Joy Division within the context of the extraordinary, explosive and fantastic music scene they were part of.

as Love Will Tear Us Apart should be in every record collection, i would say that now is as good a time as any to get a copy of it. obviously i would advise on the 7", but if all you have is a CD player, you can always get the CD single shipped from the above link too!!!

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!