Counterfeit Guide
Joy Division — Closer
Factory FACT 25
Last updated June 4, 2026
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The UK first pressing on Factory, catalogue FACT 25, uses Peter Saville's design over Bernard Pierre Wolff's photograph of the Appiani family tomb. Original sleeves are printed on heavy stock with refined typography, and the centre labels and matrix carry the FACT 25 catalogue consistently.
Matrix / Runout
Runout in the style 'FACT 25 A' / 'FACT 25 B' with stamped/etched plant codes; genuine copies show period-correct UK pressing marks.
3 Tells That Reveal a Fake
- 1
Counterfeits reproduce the monochrome tomb photograph with crushed shadows and lost mid-tones, where the original is a finely graded image.
- 2
Fakes get Saville's elegant typography wrong, with mis-spaced letters and the wrong weight, on a thinner, glossier sleeve.
- 3
Bootleg centre labels and runouts omit the period-correct Factory and pressing-plant detail found on genuine 1980 copies.
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