The Blue Monday Diaries (Paperback)

Day-by-day, minute-by-minute, this is a uniquely personal account of the making of Power, Corruption & Lies, New Order's acclaimed second album, and 'Blue Monday', the classic electroanthem that it spawnea. Created by Michel Butterworth, who was there at the invitation of the band to witness it all firsthand. Blue Monday' became the fastest selling 12" single ever and the pressing of the vinyl in 1983 - in the shadow of Ian Curtis' tragic passing - marked a thrilling new phase in the career of the band and the history of music in general. Three decades an author Michael Butterworth-the trusted friend who gained access to a string of notoriously private sessions at London's Britannia Row Studies-breaks the silence to reveal exactly what went into the recording of this timeless track. Committed to creating an authentic record of the band's arduous creative process, without the aid of a tape recorder. Butterworth worked alongside his friends for the duration. From beneath a perpetual fug of dope smoke, speed and alcohol, within the confines of the band's miniscule rented flat, he acted as New Order's designated scribe, censoring not a single detail in their 24-hour schedule. Obsessively detailed, mundane and illicit by turns, The Blue Monday Diaries provide a uniquely intimate insight into the personalities of the band - as well as the process of making music - that no Joy Division or New Order fan should be without.