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Joy Division's First-Ever Official Live Collection!
16 Full Audio Concert Recordings Across 14 CDs!
Over 2.5 Hours of Live Video on 2 DVDs!
Includes 2 Previously Unreleased Shows + 3 Previously Unheard Recordings!
Years in the making, this landmark release from one of the most seminal bands of our time, brings together audio from 16 live performances across 14 CDs, meticulously sourced from audience recorded cassettes, soundboard tapes and broadcast recordings, all mastered at Abbey Road Studios.
Eternal (Live) documents some of Joy Division's most significant live performances of their career, including two previously unreleased shows, Hope & Anchor and Acklam Hall, and three previously unheard recordings, The Factory, Lyceum, Moonlight Club (2nd April). It also features the band's final live performance, at High Hall Birmingham in 1980, where they played "Ceremony" for the first and last time on stage.
There are two DVDs featuring over 2hrs 30mins of live shows, including the previously unseen Plan K, Brussels concert and two concerts and soundcheck from the Apollo Theatre, Manchester that have only been partially released on VHS (in 1982) and a brand new edit of Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film.
Housed in a 12" x 12" lift-off lid box with artwork by Warren Jackson, Peter Saville, Howard Wakefield and Brett Wickens, the cover photography is Sirius Through a Defocused Telescope, 2023 by Wolfgang Tillmans.
Eternal (Live) is completed by a 16-page booklet, including personal notes by Simon Armitage and photography by, amongst others, Anton Corbijn and Kevin Cummins.
Features
- 14CD & 2DVD Box Set
- Audio from 16 Live Performances
- Sourced from Audience Cassettes, Soundboard Tapes & Broadcast Recordings, All Mastered at Abbey Road Studios
- Over 2hrs 30mins of Live Footage, Including the Plan K Brussels Concert, 2x Apollo Theatre Manchester Concerts, a Soundcheck & a New Edit of Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film
- 2 Previously Unreleased Shows
- 3 Previously Unheard Recordings
- Joy Division's Final Live Performance, at High Hall in Birmingham in 1980, Where They Played "Ceremony" for the First & Last Time on Stage
- 16-Page Booklet with Personal Notes by Simon Armitage & Photography by Anton Corbijn & Kevin Cummins
- 12" x 12" Lift-Off Lid Box with Artwork by Warren Jackson, Peter Saville, Howard Wakefield & Brett Wickens
- Cover Photography (Sirius Through a Defocused Telescope, 2023) by Wolfgang Tillmans
Selections
Audio (14x CD)
CD 1: Hope and Anchor, London (1 March 1979)
- Exercise One
- She's Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Leaders of Men
- Insight
- The Only Mistake
- Disorder
- Glass
- Digital
- Warsaw
- Transmission
- I Remember Nothing
- Interzone
- Ice Age
Audio source: Mixing an audience recording by Jonathan Crabb, with a second audience recording (taper unknown). Both recordings previously unheard.
CD 2: Bowdon Vale Youth Club + Acklam Hall
Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham (14 March 1979)
- Exercise One
- She's Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Leaders of Men
- Insight
- Disorder
- Glass
- Digital
- Ice Age
- Warsaw
- Transmission
- I Remember Nothing
- No Love Lost
Audio source: "Exercise One" from a sound desk recording, with the rest of the show from an audience recording by Malcolm Whitehead.
Acklam Hall, London (17 May 1979)
- Disorder
- She's Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Wilderness
- Insight
- Candidate
- Digital
Audio source: An audience recording by Jonathan Crabb
CD 3: The Factory, Manchester (13 July 1979)
- Dead Souls
- The Only Mistake
- Insight
- Candidate
- Wilderness
- She's Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Disorder
- Interzone
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Novelty
- Transmission
Audio source: A previously unheard sound desk recording.
CD 4: YMCA, London (2 August 1979)
- Dead Souls
- Disorder
- Wilderness
- Auto-Suggestion
- Transmission
- Day of the Lords
- She's Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Insight
Audio source: Sound desk recording.
CD 5: Futurama, Leeds (8 September 1979)
- I Remember Nothing
- Wilderness
- Transmission
- Colony
- Disorder
- Insight
- Shadowplay
- She's Lost Control
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Dead Souls
Audio source: An audience recording by Duncan Haysom.
CD 6: Les Bains Douches, Paris (18 December 1979)
- Passover
- Wilderness
- Disorder
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Insight
- Shadowplay
- Transmission
- Day of the Lords
- Twenty Four Hours
- Colony
- These Days
- A Means to an End
- She's Lost Control
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Interzone
- Warsaw
Audio source: Radio broadcast recording, France Inter.
CD 7: Paradiso, Amsterdam (11 January 1980)
- Passover
- Wilderness
- Digital
- Day of the Lords
- Insight
- New Dawn Fades
- Disorder
- Transmission
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- These Days
- A Means to an End
- Twenty Four Hours
- Shadowplay
- She's Lost Control
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Atmosphere
- Interzone
Audio source: Radio broadcast recording, VARA.
CD 8: Effenaar, Eindhoven (18 January 1980)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Digital
- New Dawn Fades
- Colony
- These Days
- Ice Age
- Dead Souls
- Disorder
- Day of the Lords
- Auto-Suggestion
- Shadowplay
- She's Lost Control
- Transmission
- Interzone
- Atmosphere
- Warsaw
Audio source: An audience recording.
CD 9: The Warehouse, Preston (28 February 1980)
- Incubation
- Wilderness
- Twenty Four Hours
- The Eternal
- Heart and Soul
- Shadowplay
- Transmission
- Disorder
- Warsaw
- Colony
- Interzone
- She's Lost Control
Audio source: Sound desk recording.
CD 10: Lyceum, London (29 February 1980)
- Incubation
- Wilderness
- Twenty Four Hours
- The Eternal
- Heart and Soul
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Isolation
- Komakino
- She's Lost Control
- These Days
- Atrocity Exhibition
Soundcheck
- Heart and Soul
- Incubation
- Komakino
- Isolation (Instrumental)
- Isolation
Audio source: Sound desk recording (tracks 1-10), matrix sound desk / audience recording by Duncan Haysom (track 11), audience recording (tracks 12-16).
CD 11: Moonlight Club, London
2 April 1980
- The Sound of Music
- Wilderness
- Colony
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- A Means to an End
- Transmission
- Dead Souls
- Sister Ray
3 April 1980
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Glass
- Digital
- Heart and Soul
- Isolation
- Disorder
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Atmosphere
Audio source: An audience recording by Andy Hooper.
CD 12: Winter Gardens, Malvern (5 April 1980)
- Disorder
- Wilderness
- Twenty Four Hours
- Heart and Soul
- Atmosphere
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Isolation
- Interzone
- She's Lost Control
- Girls Don't Count with Section 25
Audio source: An audience recording by Tim Bayes.
CD 13: Ajanta Theatre, Derby (19 April 1980)
- Dead Souls
- Wilderness
- Digital
- Insight
- Passover
- Heart and Soul
- Isolation
- These Days
- Transmission
- She's Lost Control
- Colony
- Girls Don't Count with Section 25
Audio source: An audience recording by Tim Bayes.
CD 14: High Hall, Birmingham (2 May 1980)
- Ceremony
- Shadowplay
- A Means to an End
- Passover
- New Dawn Fades
- Twenty Four Hours
- Transmission
- Disorder
- Isolation
- Decades
- Digital
Audio source: Sound desk recording.
Video (DVD)
DVD 1
Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film (2026 Edit)
Rehearsal, 1979 & Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham (14th March, 1979)
- She's Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Leaders of Men
Something Else, BBC TV (15 September 1979)
- Transmission
- She's Lost Control
Plan K, Brussels (16 October 1979): 2 Versions
Original 1979 Audio Version
2026 Reconstructed Audio Version (except "Love Will Tear Us Apart") using audio from Les Bains Douches, Paris, December 1979 except tracks 6,11 and 12 from Paradiso, Amsterdam January 1980
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Wilderness
- Disorder
- Colony
- Insight
- Twenty Four Hours
- New Dawn Fades
- Transmission
- Shadowplay
- She's Lost Control
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Interzone
DVD 2
Apollo Theatre, Manchester (27 October 1979)
- Dead Souls
- Wilderness
- Colony
- Autosuggestion
- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Shadowplay
- She's Lost Control
- Transmission
Apollo Theatre, Manchester (28 October 1979)
- Sound of Music
- Shadowplay
- Colony
- Day of the Lords
- Twenty Four Hours
- Disorder
- Walked in Line
- I Remember Nothing
- Transmission
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