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Added 27th October 2007 by Steve McGarry

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Record / CD / Tape
Joy Division
1978

This was the sleeve I designed for the 12" version of "An Ideal For Living." I think the band had been unhappy with the sound quality of the 7" version, so they had remastered it for this release. It was Rob Gretton's suggestion to feature scaffolding, and we spotted this on a building that was being renovated just off Fountain Street. I hired a photographer called D.B. Glen, who worked in-house at a commercial studio in Manchester, and we did a quick shoot.
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“a classic! there's a small sketch in one of Rob's notebooks which looks like a rudimentary workout of this image. i wonder if he drew it before or after your design, steve?”
11 Nov 2007
“I don't honestly know. I remember that he definitely already had the scaffolding idea in mind, and that we scouted the Fountain Street location together to discuss what the finished thing would look like. He wasn't with me for the photoshoot, so we must have agreed beforehand exactly how it would look. The type on the front was Letraset ( I describe what that is on the posting about The Tunes EP sleeve) and the back text was handwritten on a sheet of transparent Mylar overlay over the artwork. The idea was that Rob could then see how the finished sleeve would look, and he had the choice of going with the handwritten version or waiting another couple of days and paying to have the type set professionally at a typesetters. It was quicker, cheaper and easier to just go with the handwritten text, I think.”
11 Nov 2007
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