Imagine gutting out a building for a new business venture, a situation where you don’t know if it’s going to be successful or not and stumbling on a briefcase filled with a million dollars. That is more or less what happened when world famous chef Jamie Oliver was cleaning out a basement of a renovating building in Manchester the other day.
Together with a collection of guns and jewelry, Oliver discovered a case filled with master tapes containing recordings by Joy Division and New Order. Was this building formerly the restaurant where Tony Wilson signed the Factory Records mission statement in his own blood, as depicted by Steve Coogan in “24 Hour Party People”? Was the basement late producer Martin Hannett’s secret stash area? Is this an elaborate hoax a la that Canadian baker who claimed his long lost demo was an unfinished Radiohead song?
According to Holy Moly, the haul is worth 1.1 million pounds, which he turned into the British treasury. With any luck, Peter Hook will eventually get a hold of the tapes and release a collection of Joy Division/New Order outtakes titled “In the Studio with Peter Hook and a Bunch of Twats.”
[Via NME]
Check out New Order performing their first post-Joy Division single, “Ceremony.”
New Order – “Ceremony”
February 15, 2012 at 3:30 pm, Andrea D'Alessandro Samain said:
that is… amazing. I was in manchester last week and went to the kevin cummins joy division exhibition- amazing!
February 15, 2012 at 3:36 pm, Kathleen King said:
wow jamie
February 15, 2012 at 4:36 pm, Roana Noland said:
That is Crazy Cool!
February 15, 2012 at 4:57 pm, Iain Welsh said:
probably the first time something palatable has come out of a Jamie Oliver restaurant.
February 15, 2012 at 10:05 pm, Louis Martinez said:
can't wait to hear the new songs.
February 16, 2012 at 10:08 pm, Jamie Jetton said:
Can you believe this? Incredible.
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