Initial run is issued in France with a 5.000 copy limited edition 24 page extra booklet featuring an extensive interview (in French) of Barney Sumner, Phil Cunningham, Steven Morris & Peter Hook by David Blot + reproductions of covers of previous New Order albums.
onelittle, Jun 08, 2005
New Orders record covers are as celebrated as their music. The infamous Peter Saville designed almost all of them, from Joy Divisions "Unknown Pleasures" in 1979 onwards.
So, naturally, New Order turned to Saville to design the cover for "Waiting For The Sirens Call". The world-weary designer had, of late, been giving interviews professing his boredom with music and the music industry, but all the same, complied. His design: a striking Photoshop comp of a lady rising out of a huge tidal wave. Everyone was happy.
Then on the 26th December 2004, the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake disaster occured; a tsunami that killed over 200,000 people. The record company, management and band looked at the artwork, and panicked. They needed a new sleeve, quick...
Savilles response to their new request, writ large in striking simple red letters: