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joy division were approached by rca records to record a cover of nolan "n.f." porter's "keep on keepin' on" and was afforded recording time at a professional manchester studio in return. joy division spent late march and april 1978 writing and rehearsing material.[21] during the stiff/chiswick challenge concert at manchester's rafters club on 14 april, the group caught the attention of tony wilson and rob gretton. curtis berated wilson for not putting the group on his defunct granada television show so it goes; wilson responded that joy division would be the next band he would showcase on tv.[22] gretton, the venue's resident dj, was so impressed by the band's performance that he convinced them to take him on as their manager.[3] joy division spent the first week of may 1978 recording at manchester's arrow studios. the band were unhappy with the grapevine records head john anderson's insistence on adding synthesizer into the mix to soften the sound, and asked to be dropped from the contract that they had recently signed with rca.[23][24]
joy division made their recorded debut on 3 june 1978 when the band self-released their debut ep, an ideal for living, and two weeks later a track of theirs, "at a later date", was featured on the compilation album short circuit: live at the electric circus (which had been recorded live on 2 october 1977).[25][26][27] in the melody maker review of the ep, chris brazier said that it "has the familiar rough-hewn nature of home-produced records but they're no mere drone-vendors—there are a lot of good ideas here, and they could be a very interesting band by now, seven months on".[28] the packaging—which featured a drawing of a hitler youth member on the cover—coupled with the nature of the band's name, fueled speculation about their political affiliations.[29] while hook and sumner later admitted to being intrigued by fascism at the time, morris insisted that the group's obsession with nazi imagery came from a desire to keep memories of the sacrifices of their parents and grandparents during world war ii alive. he argued that accusations of neo-nazi sympathies merely provoked the band "to keep on doing it, because that's the kind of people we are".[18]
in september 1978, joy division made their television performance debut on the local news show granada reports, hosted by tony wilson.[30] later in the month, joy division contributed two tracks recorded with producer martin hannett to the compilation double-7" ep a factory sample, the first release by tony wilson's record label, factory records. joy division soon joined factory's roster, after buying themselves out of the deal with rca.[31][32] rob gretton was made a partner in the label to represent the interests of the band.[33] on 27 december, ian curtis suffered his first recognisable epileptic episode. during the ride home after a show at the hope & anchor in london, curtis had a seizure and was taken to a hospital.[34] in spite of his illness, joy division's career continued to progress. curtis appeared on the front cover of the 13 january 1979 issue of the nme due to the persistence of music journalist paul morley; that same month the band recorded their first radio session for bbc radio 1 dj john peel. according to deborah curtis, "sandwiched in between these two important landmarks was the realization that ian's illness was something we would have to learn to accommodate."