Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Joy Division

Joy Division

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...

, consisting of studio snippets and alternative mixes of Joy Division made by Martin Hannett

Martin Hannett

Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...

, their producer. Allmusic says "buyer beware; this is probably a last resort even for the utmost fan. Unless you have a craving to hear the original elevator lift recordings that were used on the beginning of Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures is the debut album by the English post-punk band Joy Division, released in 1979 through Factory Records. Martin Hannett produced the record at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England. The album sold poorly upon release, but due to the subsequent success of Joy Division with the...

"Insight" or song outtakes that sound nearly identical to the originals, there's not much material here that will interest the casual listener."

Track listing

CD (Interstate 10797) and double LP (Ozit)

1. "Synth Tone" – 0:16
2. "Hannett's Lift Recording 1" – 1:47
3. "Keyboard Doodles" – 4:20
4. "Lift Recording 2" – 2:36
5. "Number False Start 1" – 0:48
6. "Curtis, Hannett, Gretton Interplay, Chit Chat and Cup Smashing" – 1:13
7. "Hannett Speaks" – 0:34
8. "Number False Start 2" – 0:06
9. "From Safety to Where" – 2:28
10. "Autosuggestion" – 6:09
11. "Heart and Soul" – 5:51
12. "N4 Europop" – 6:10
13. "24 Hours" – 4:28
14. "Passover" – 4:46
15. "N4" – 6:08
16. "N4 (Vers. 2)" – 6:07
17. "The Eternal" – 6:20
18. "The Eternal (Vers. 2)" – 6:14