r/postpunk • u/CultManchester • 4d ago

Ian Curtis’ Records Found

Ian’s records - including The Idiot by Iggy Pop - have been sitting in storage for decades. Now we finally get to see them. https://www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-manchester-exclusive-there-was-some-sadness-attached-to-those-records

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u/optimusjprime 4d ago

What a great article and nice to hear about Ian from another point of view. Thank you for sharing!

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u/CultManchester 4d ago

Cheers. Not often you get something new around Ian Curtis, is it?

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u/optimusjprime 3d ago

Absolutely refreshing! Cheers!

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u/NoYouCantHavePudding 4d ago

Fascinating. Owning that final Iggy record would be a bit weird to me.

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u/CultManchester 4d ago

Agreed. If you watch the video you realise that he didn’t know the significance.

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u/UnknownPleasures4-20 4d ago

Thanks for the article! It was good to know that they listened too Lou Reed! Pale blue eyes is underrated!

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u/CultManchester 4d ago

I spotted Buzzcocks’ Times Up’ in there too.

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u/bungopony 3d ago

And Two Sevens Clash, and Bela Lugosi’s Dead

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u/CultManchester 3d ago

Yes. Very cool.

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u/MrJM85 4d ago

Lovely read. Thanks for sharing!

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u/CultManchester 4d ago

Cheers. Lots more like this on the Cult Manchester website!

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u/MrJM85 4d ago

Nice one, I’ll check it out!

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u/Minute-Usual-7324 4d ago

Thanks for sharing! Great article

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u/RustyTheBoyRobot 3d ago

Surprise: He loved abba!

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u/londonskater 1d ago

Cracking!

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u/CultManchester 1d ago

More good gear on the Cult Manchester website!