The Joy Division Peel sessions are a series of sessions recorded by English post-punk band Joy Division for John Peel's radio show on BBC Radio 1 between January and November 1979. The first EP, The Peel Sessions, was released in 1986 by record label Strange Fruit. It features recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 14 February 1979, and was recorded at the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 31 January 1979. None of the songs had been released prior to the broadcast.

Complete your Joy Division collection. but somehow,i prefer these sessions. bias laden i have to admit this. but missed that little quintessence,which was caught on the peel sessions.

The first EP, The Peel Sessions, was released in 1986 by record label Strange Fruit. It features the recordings made for John Peel’s show transmitted on 14 February 1979, and was recorded at the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 31 January 1979. None of the songs had been released before the transmission.

Listen free to Joy Division – Peel Sessions (Exercise One, Insight and more). Tracklist: 1. Exercise One (Peel Session) 2. Insight (Peel Session) 3. She's Lost Control (Peel Session) 4. Transmission (Peel Session) 5. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Peel Session) 6. 24 Hours (Peel Session) 7. Colony (Peel Session) 8. Sound of Music (Peel Session).

Joy Division were really picking up steam by the beginning of 1979; all the key relationships between Tony Wilson, Martin Hannett, and The Factory had been made and "A Factory Sample" was on its way to release. At the same time, John Peel was frequently playing the new 12" version of "An Ideal for Living" over the airwaves. He invited Joy Division into the studio for their first session.

Joy Division recorded its first John Peel Session in January and second in November of 1979. The group's first full-length release, Unknown Pleasures, would hit the streets between the two - around the same time Manchester's sewage system collapsed (at least the city had something to celebrate in its hometown band's brilliant debut). They were rendered somewhat redundant once combined into this recording.

The Joy Division Peel sessions are a series of sessions recorded by English post-punk band Joy Division for John Peel's radio show on BBC Radio 1 between January and November 1979. The Peel SessionsEP (1986). Pictures, videos, biodata, and files relating to The Peel Sessions (Joy Division) are also acceptable encyclopedic sources.