{"product_id":"unknown-pleasures-promotional-poster-factory-records","title":"'Unknown Pleasures' Poster","description":"\u003cp\u003ePromotional poster for the UK first release of \u003ci\u003eUnknown Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e, Joy Division's debut LP, issued by Factory Records in June 1979 under the catalogue number FACT 10. The cover — designed by Peter Saville and reproduced on this poster — is among the most recognized graphic statements of the post-punk era: a black sheet bearing stacked plots of successive radio pulses from the pulsar CP 1919, drawn from a diagram published in Harold D. Craft's 1970 Cornell University astronomy doctoral thesis, by way of \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy\u003c\/i\u003e (1977). Saville's design has remained continuously in print, reproduction, and homage for over four decades. The present example is the original UK Factory Records issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLITERATURE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA subsequent Australian release of the same design (GAP Records, under license from Factory Records, 1981) is illustrated in Krivine, Andrew. \u003ci\u003eToo Fast To Live, Too Young To Die: Punk and Post-Punk Graphics\u003c\/i\u003e. London: Pavilion Books, 2020, p. 302\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROVENANCE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToo Fast To Live\u003c\/i\u003e Collection\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joopiter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48502072180985,"sku":"JP0426045","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/2783\/5385\/files\/JP0426045_1.jpg?v=1784038864","url":"https:\/\/shop.joopiter.com\/en-kr\/products\/unknown-pleasures-promotional-poster-factory-records","provider":"Joopiter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}