The Last Performance

and that was it. at least it was professionaly recorded. However, it would had been nice had they not fucked up Ceremony. I blame Martin Hannett (who recorded it). Here is the complete gig, soundboard version. A Means to an End is my favorite Joy Division song, and I still can't decide if this rockin' live version is better than the album version. Both are scorchers.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3TIMU83T

Here Are the Young Men (Audio)

Various Performances found on this CD. Decent sound, and includes the Apollo gigs in October, Shadowplay on Granada, and some other stuff.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YGQ1NHW9

Leigh Festival

Joy Division's performance on August 27th, 1979 at the Leigh Festival. Very average recording, and difficult to make out at points. I've uploaded it because it also includes an interview with Ian Curtis on Radio Blackburn.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QM5677HP

Rainbow Theater

Joy Division's performance at the Rainbow Theater on November 9th, 1979. Quality on the first night is about a 7-, and quality on the second is about a 5, horrid, so i'm not even going to upload it. There are about 10 Joy Division recordings that aren't even listenable, so i'm not going to upload them, it's a waste of bandwith and time.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6ECVFM69

Hempel

Joy Division's performance on November 5th, 1979. Quality rates about a 7+, but I really love this gig. Great version of New Dawn Fades and She's Lost Control, plus you get the soundcheck, which I always love.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P4B0U5ZN

Nashville Rooms (Aug)

Joy Division's performance at the Nashville Rooms on August 13th, 1979. This is supposedly the gig Annik first attended. Also, the bootleg is only 4 songs long as apparantly, the taper was asked to leave. Sad, because the quality is about a 7+. At least he recorded Candidate.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HYMS5SAT

Joy Division's performance on August 11th, 1979. Quality about a 7-. Not much else to say other than the end of Ice Age is cut, and Joy Division actually played two performances this evening, which was rare for them.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=93L0CBRH

Imperial Blackpool

Joy Division's performance on July 27th, 1979. There are four recordings of this show, and i'm not sure which one this is. The quality ranges from a 6-7+. Not a bad gig at all. Any show that starts with Dead Souls is cool in my book.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CBCB78V3

Roots Club

Their performance on July 11th, 1979 at the Roots Club. JDC rates this about a 6-7 and I agree. It's got some nice qualities (Candidate), but it's not the greatest recording.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KYHXQOSH

Substance

FACT250. Recorded 1977-1980. The great thing about Joy Division is when people state they only had two albums, they are excluding the bands singles, which, as a collection make one of the greatest albums by ANY band.

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Love Will Tear Us Apart 12" (Original UK Vinyl Rip)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MRJY4XJ3

She's Lost Control 12" (Original UK Vinyl Rip)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AJX44V95

Transmission 12" (Original UK Vinyl Rip)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EOJ78VN3

Substance (Original FACT LTD Pressing)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S4YZPI9W

Substance (Heart & Soul Remaster)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IPFM45O3

Substance (Recycle Series AAC)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QXUEU8EW

Substance (Recycle Series FLAC - incomplete)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=13VXDV6N

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Some difference in the uploads. Such as the mixes of She's Lost Control differ from the H&S version, the version that appears on the original FACT disc and the 12" Single. H&S is the only way to get As You Said. I've excluded the Ideal for Living EP tracks as the mastering is really weak on the H&S version. The only way to get the alternate LWTUA is the 12" Single. The Recycle set is remastered from the 1991 Japan box and blows everything else out of the water in terms of mastering. It's also the only way to get mant of the tracks in their correct speed such as Dead Souls, Ice Age, She's Lost Control and a few others. It makes a huge difference on quite a few tracks.

High Wycombe

Joy Division's performance on February 20th, 1980. This is probably the best audience recording available. Duncan's original master was used to see a completely new remaster and then released with the Still Collector's Edition. Includes the full eight song set, plus a six song soundcheck. Excllent show, Hooky has even said this version of LWTUA is a personal favorite.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R4CW0JUE

London University

Joy Division's performance on February 8th, 1980. This is Duncan's master cassette, remastered for teh Closer Collector's Edition. They have quite a few technical problems, but this is proably the third best audience recording. The drums really make it.
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0279ESTT

The Factory, Manchester

Joy Division's performance on July 13th, 1979. Remastered and officially released with the Unknown Pleasures 2007 Collector's Edition. This is my favorite Joy Division show. I never cared for the H&S tracks, but here they went back to the master, and the sound is amazing

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LDE67NTJ

Still

FACT 40. Released October 8th, 1981. Half studio CD, half live CD. The third LP released by Joy Division, over a year after Ian Curtis' death.
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Original Factory Comm. LTD Pressing
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QVDADTK2
Heart & Soul Remaster (Studio tracks only)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KMPFKGIG
2007 Collector's Edition Remaster
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PV2DJ13X
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Hopefully soon I will have a nice shiny mint vinyl rip. Until then, the CDs will have to do. But as a special bonus. Each upload comes with the live version of 24 Hours, not available since the intial run of pressings in 1981. Why they never released it again so fans could have JD's complete final concert is beyond me, but here it is, ripped from a mint copy of the original vinyl and remastered by the lovely folks at Recycle.

Closer

FACT 25. Released July 18th, 1980, two months after Ian's death. Recorded March 18th-30th at Strawberry Studios. Produced by Martin Hannett.
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Original UK Vinyl

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VSW0MZVN

Factory Communications LTD (Original Pressing)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W438JT92

Heart & Soul Remaster

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WOA33E52

2007 Collector's Edition Remaster

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CQL3D4GM

Decades (1991 Japanese Remaster)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUSMY6MO

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Bar none, this is the greatest album ever recorded. Of course, the vinyl sounds the best. As a bonus, i've also uploaded Decades from the 1991 Japanese Remaster. It's the only track from Closer that I have sourced from this set (not including the pitch-corrected version of Colony).

Unknown Pleasures

FACT 10, Released June 1979. Recorded April 1-17th, 1979. Produced by Martin Hannett. Joy Divisions first official LP.

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Original UK Vinyl (Porky Prime Cut)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B6DL1LYP

Original Factory Communication LTD disc

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DR5QOHPJ

Heart & Soul Remaster

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WNRHJW60

2007 Collector's Edition Remaster

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N1OKH6D0

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i've decided to put up all the different versions. The Vinyl sounds the best, with the original Fact. disc coming in second. The rest are just for completists. The main difference between the rips are the drums. On the vinyl, they come across perfect while all CD versions contain a reverbs due to sloppy mastering. I always listen to the vinyl, and it's an excellent rip.

Futurama - Leeds

Joy Division's performance on Spetember 8th, 1979. Not my favorite recording at all, way too distant.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L6GROLC1

Plan K 1980

Janurary 17th, 1980. This concert was videotaped, but they wont release it. The audio doesn't sound that great either, so i'm not sure why i'm uploading it. Here it is anyway.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8XF84191

Malvern

April 5th, 1980. Sourced from the Winter Gardens bootleg, not a bad show at all. I love the shows from February-May 1980. Another show that could use a generation upgrade. I bet the master sounds fantastic, wherever it is....

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B4T4AMRX

Guilford

November 1st, 1979. This concert surfaced in 2008, and was recorded by a friend of Steve Morris, and was worked on by the guy who did the Moonlight Shows and the 2007 reissues. We get another Candidate.
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DEHQSILV

Literature

Random stuff. Heart & Soul booklet, articles, interviews, lots of pictures, scans.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OYM7HGIU

Bournemouth

November 2nd, 1979. Great sounding show. Two different sources. Used the Heart & Soul tracks as they sound better than the Winter Gardens CD, but H&S only has three tracks, so it's a hodgepodge. Supposedly a Duncan recording. Would be nice if he'd just release his master.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q9ZTZPV4

Electric Ballroom

Joy Division's two performances at the Electric Ballroom in Auguest and October of 1979. Both very decent sounding Joy Division concerts. Both are audience recordings that suffer from generation loss. We take what we can get though.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QXUEU8EW

Additional Material

Some things I left out of the Warsaw post. Joy Division's very first set of Warsaw demos. Ceremony/In a Lonely Place, At a Later Date (Live), and surely something else.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CT2GMWD8

Atjanta Theater

April 1980. Joy Division's second to last concert. This is from the "good" source, the A Journey that Leads to the Sun bootleg.'' There is another recording which is inferior, but more commonly ciruclated. Still, like a bunch of other shows, it would benefit heavily from the master upgrade.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MPYYPMPD

Nashville Ballroom

Very nice early gig from Joy Divison. September 22nd, 1979, mixing desk tape. Remastered by tir13een. She's Lost Control is arresting.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DIY64CNF

Prince of Wales

August 2nd, 1979. This is not the best tape, but it's certainly worth a listen. Autosuggestion alone is worth the download.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H9ZFH1JO

The Cover Project

Ninety-six Joy Division covers. Roughly 40 of them are Love Will Tear Us Apart. I searched far and wide for anything I could find.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YLE3CDW7

Preston

full of technical problems for sure, but it's still a great manic performance.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KNXSG9ZX

FLAC

The Factory, Hulme - 9/28/1979

this surfaced just last year. It's an old school Joy Division soundboard, and is reasonably clear. One of the better older recordings thats for sure, and even the cleanest early soundboard (the rest do sound like shit).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=13VXDV6N

RECYCLE - FLAC

A little while ago, a famous blog started remastering all the Joy Division singles and select b-sides. Huge efforts were made to ensure the best sound quality possible, plus exclusive never before heard tracks were offered as bonuses. It had been known that even on Joy Division's official releases, several tracks were not mastered at the correct speed. The Recycle Project fixed this and now for the first time, She's Lost Control, Ice Age, Dead Souls, These Days and Colony can be heard at the correct pitch. Also included are three exclusive live tracks (including two posted here previously in m4a only) graciously remastered and presented here in FLAC. Note: the tracks were originally sourced from the long OOP 1991 Japanese Remaster boxset. All of the songs from the blog have not been made available in FLAC and probably wont ever, but they were kind enough to give us the pitch corrected tracks, the A-sides, select b-sides, and the exclusive live tracks including Twenty Four Hours from the original pressing of the Still (LP) vinyl, and hasn't been made available since. Until now.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=13VXDV6N

Dead Souls has never sounded better.

and here is the complete 8 part series n AAC. 60 tracks, restored original artwork, the works. Just not lossless......

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QXUEU8EW

New Order plays Joy Division

New Order breaks out a Joy Division song every now and then. Here is a collection of all my favorites. You get She's Lost Control, Heart & Soul, Warsaw and about 10 more.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZST925WQ

Bowden Vale

Joy Division's legendary performance at the Bowden Vale Youth Club. This show was also videotaped. This recording is from the mixing desk and is not one of my favorite recordings but it is indeed the best early recording of the band.

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V4O33ATL

The Lyceum

Joy Division's performance at the Lyceum, in London, on Feburary 29th, 1980. This is a hodgepodge of a few different sources. The soundcheck comes from Duncan's master. Three tracks from the concert comes from Heart & Soul, one track from a matrix of Duncan's master and newly discovered partial soundboard recording. The guy at PoIT did the work and let me say that it is hands down the greatest single recording of a live Joy Division song.

Everything is so clear and the drums and bass thump like the should. It sounds absolutely beautiful. If we could have gotten the whole show it really would have sold some high numbers. What if.....

the rest of the CD represents some shady bootleg CD. It is the "worst" of the four sources. I've included an MP3 set of yet another audience records. For comparisons sake.

It took forever for me to compile the best lossless source I could find, but I found it, and here it is. Though it would be a dream come if Duncan's master started circulating. I'm sure quite a few people have it already.

And another note for the people at Power of Independent Trucking blog. Can you squeeze anything else out of the sounboard? These Days sounds fucking phenomenal.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AB55KN2C

The Effenaar

Joy Division's performance on Janurary 18th, 1980 in Eindhoven, Holland. The complete 16 song set is one of the better Joy Division recordings, also not officially released in full. An audience recording that has actually fooled people as a soundboard, it's definitely one full of energy. Ice Age is a particular favorite.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XVLSIFQU

Paradiso

Joy Division's Performance at the Paradiso, in Amsterdam, January 11th, 1980. This version is special because it's sourced from the Dutch Radio Broadcast, the original radio disc. So this is the only pre-fm Joy Division show ever, and the sound quality is absolutely amazing. The complete 17 song set, although Passover is missing the first two minutes. It's like that on all known recordings. This is the best version of this concert, or any other Joy Division concert, and absolutely trumps the master soundboard that started circulating last year.

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Moonlight

Joy Division's first two nights at the Moonlight Club. They played three, but the last night only exists in horrid quality. This particular upload is the M2 Remaster, done by the guy who worked on the 2007 reissues. Sister Ray was left off, so I included an mp3 done by a special someone who matrixed the Still version with the audience recording, so you have the complete show. If you want Sister Ray in FLAC, download Still. This is one of the better non-released Joy Division concerts.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DT0RZJ47

Everything Else

Included here are the RCA Demos (from the WARSAW CD), The Genetic Demos, The Central Sound Demos, two Unknown Pleasures outtakes, two early Warsaw demos, and the live recording of Leaders of Men from 1977 that Hooky broadcasted over the radio.

I will upload the very first Warsaw demos later.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3UQCDLUG

Les Baines Douches

Joy Division - Les Baines Douches - Dec 18th, 1979

This is a matrix of all known broadcasts, including the recent 2010 Broadcast. There is zero DJ Chatter, as i've patched it over using the other sources. This is the ultimate version of this concert. The complete 16 song set.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SNRWF54Q

Joy Division - Three Singles - Vinyl

All three are the original UK 1st Pressing Vinyls. They all sound phenomenal.

She's Lost Control - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AJX44V95

Love Will Tear Us Apart - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MRJY4XJ3

Transmission - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EOJ78VN3

Radio - Live Transmissions

Joy Division's complete set of radio sessions. Includes both Peel sessions, their performance of Transmission and She's Lost Control on SomethingElse, an interview with Morris and Curtis, and the bands Piccadilly Radio Session (only presented in part on Heart & Soul, presented here in full, all remastered, so dump your H&S version).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CWJHYIK8

Joy Division - An Ideal for Living EP

thier first release. Sourced from the 91 Japanese Remaster of Substance, and pitch-corrected. Not a favorite, but it holds a special place in every fan's heart.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IHJ9AUXF

new blog

New Blog that I have created. Will be uploading music. Stay tuned.