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BBC Studios - John Peel Session I
Maida Vale, London
UK
Exercise One * # $
Insight # $
Transmission # $
She Lost Control # $
Broadcast 02/14/79.
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
# Released on Peel Sessions and The Complete BBC Recordings (2000 deleted Fuel US 11-track CD album).
$ Officially re-released in 2008 on The Best Of...
Eden Studios - Genetic Records Demos
London
UK
Insight *
Glass *
Digital
Ice Age *
Transmission *
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
Exercise One surfaced along this demos, nevertheless belongs to 03/14/79 Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham, UK.
Marquee
London
UK
She's Lost Control
Shadowplay
Leaders Of Men
Insight
Glass
Digital
Ice Age
Transmission
Opening for The Cure.
The same day as Eden Studios - Genetic Records Demos session.
Available sources:--
Band On The Wall Public House
Manchester
UK
They Walked In Line
She's Lost Control
Shadowplay
New Dawn Fades
Day Of The Lords
Insight
Disorder
The Only Mistake
I Remember Nothing
Sister Ray
This date remains uncertain.
March 13th 1979: Band On The Wall gig, as documented on the reproduction of the flier presented here: http://iancurtis.org/gigs/13-03-1979.html as it makes sense that any showcase of their new Unknown Pleasures material would first be presented in a venue at their hometown that they've performed at many times before, but this by no means is conclusive.
Other possible dates:
October 16th 1978
February 10th 1979
July 03rd 1979
The July 03rd 1979 date that has been commonly given out is incorrect.
Bowdon Vale Youth Club
Altrincham
UK
Exercise One #
She's Lost Control *
Shadowplay *
Leaders Of Men *
Insight
Disorder
Glass
Digital
Ice Age
Warsaw
Transmission
I Remember Nothing
Encore:
No Love Lost
Available sources:
v1: Audience recording, missing Exercise One.
v2: Soundboard recording, No Love Lost cuts short.
v3: * Malcolm Whitehead's "Joy Division" 8mm film (09/13/79)
# Exercise One: maybe this track is not recorded from this performance.
Strawberry Studios - Unknown Pleasures sessions
Stockport
UK
Disorder *
Day of the lords *
Candidate *
Insight *
New dawn fades *
She's lost control *
Shadowplay *
Wilderness *
Interzone *
I remember nothing *
Autosuggestion **
From safety to where...? **
Exercise one ***
The kill ***
Walked in line ***
The only mistake ***
From March 30th 1979 to mid-April.
* Released on the official Unknown Pleasures and Heart & Soul box set.
** Released on the official Earcom 2: Contradiction, Heart & Soul box set and Substance.
*** Released on the official Still and Heart & Soul box set.
Pennine Sound Studios - Piccadilly Radio Session
Oldham
UK
These Days *
Candidate *
The Only Mistake *
Chance *
Atrocity Exhibition
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
Chance is the working title for Atmosphere.
The Factory I (Russell Club)
Hulme, Manchester
UK
unknown setlist.
NOTE: This master show record is made for info purposes only to avoid mistaken entries.
The Factory I (Russell Club), July 13th, 79 is the right date for this entry.
The right entry for this show show can be found
HERE.
The right recording (July) may circulate under the 06/13/1979 date (June), as the unofficial "Russel Club-June 13 1979" has got the date misprinted on the sleeve, being July 13th, 79 the correct one.
All tracks from The Factory I (Russell Club), July 13th, 79 have been officially released, Shadowplay too in 2007 Unknown Pleasures Expanded Collector's Edition.
This error is often found along 3 tracks from the fourth NEW ORDER Peel Session (recorded May 1982, broadcast June 1st 1982), sometimes released on the misdated copies.
Please update your lists adding up the right master show entry.
The Odeon
Canterbury
UK
Disorder
She's Lost Control
Shadowplay
Wilderness
New Dawn Fades
Glass
These Days
Something Must Break *
Interzone
Atrocity Exhibition
JD played along The Cure and Back To Zero.
* The only time performed live.
Available sources:--
Roots Club
Leeds
UK
Dead Souls
Shadowplay
She's Lost Control
Candidate
These Days
Disorder
Interzone
Glass
Transmission
Atrocity Exhibition
E: No Love Lost
Available sources: Audience recording with an internal cut in "Atrocity Exhibition".
The Factory I (Russell Club)
Hulme, Manchester
UK
Dead souls * #
The only mistake * #
Insight * #
Candidate * #
Wilderness * #
She's lost control * #
Shadowplay #
Disorder * #
Interzone * #
Atrocity exhibition * #
Novelty * #
Transmission ** #
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
** Released on the official Atmosphere.
# Officially Released in 2007 on Unknown Pleasures Expanded Collector's Edition (remastered).
Supporting act: Crispy Ambulance
This recording may circulate under the 06/13/1979 date, as the unofficial "Russel Club-June 13 1979" has got the date misprinted on the sleeve, being the July 13th, 79 the correct one (07/13/79, this one).
Central Sound Studios - Transmission Session I
Manchester
UK
Transmission #
Novelty #
Dead souls *
Something must break *
She's Lost Control (demo/unfinished rehearsal version)**
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
** Just a rehearsal for 'What's On' Granada TV show.
# Intended to be a new single, these aren't the same versions as Transmission Session 2.
This session took place in Mid-July, July 15th is an approximate date to maintain the database.
What's On - Granada TV
London
UK
She's Lost Control
Imperial Hotel
Blackpool
UK
Dead souls
Glass
Disorder
Autosuggestion
Transmision
She's lost control
Shadowplay
Atrocity exhibition
Supporting act: Final Solution, Glass Torpedo, Section 25, Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark.
Available sources: two different audience recordings, v1 being complete and poor sound; v2 better sound, mising half of first track and supposedly recorded by a member of Section 25.
Strawberry Studios - Transmission Session II
Stockport
UK
Transmission *
Novelty *
Something must break ** #
From July 28th to August 4th, 1979.
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set, Substance, Permanent and Transmission 7" & 12".
** Released on the official Heart & Soul box set, Permanent and Still.
# This song was recorded at Central Sound Studios - Transmission Session 1 07/15/79. This is just a new keyboard remix.
Prince of Wales Conference Centre, YMCA
London
UK
Dead Souls
Disorder
Wilderness
Autosuggestion #
Transmission
Day Of The Lords
She's Lost Control
Shadowplay
Atrocity Exhibition
Insight
# Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
JD played along with: Essential Logic, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes.
Available sources: aud (complete, confirmed), sbd (complete, confirmed).
Eric's (matinee performance)
Liverpool
UK
Transmission **
Dirty Disco (S25) #
Disorder
New Dawn Fades
Glass
Shadowplay
Colony *
Interzone
Ice Age **
# Track 2, sometimes credited as "Gimme Some Lovin", "Gimme Your Heart" or "Untitled" is Section 25's "Dirty Disco", coupled with a bit of Sister Ray, as the bass amp had packed up.
* It was the debut performance of "Colony".
JD played along with: 48 Chairs, Swell Maps.
Available sources: aaud (complete concert) / ** "Ice Age" is cut which is a feature of the source as well as the very beginning of "Transmission" is missing.
Joy Division played two shows this Saturday, a matinee at 5 PM for those under 18 (a tradition at Eric's) and an evening performance.
Eric's (evening performance)
Liverpool
UK
Insight
Autosuggestion
Digital
She's Lost Control
Day Of The Lords
Wilderness
Atrocity Exhibition
Transmission
New Dawn Fades (instrumental)
Interzone *
Dead Souls
Available sources: --
* Hook alone.
Nashville Rooms
London
UK
She's Lost Control
Exercise One *
Disorder *
Colony *
Candidate *
Autosuggestion
Ice Age
* Only these four tracks have surfaced.
JD played along with: Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark, A Certain Ratio.
Available sources: aud (incomplete concert).
Open Air Pop Festival
Plank Lane, Leigh
UK
Disorder
Leaders Of Men
Colony
Insight
Digital
Dead Souls
Shadowplay
She's Lost Control
The Sound Of Music
Transmission
Interzone
Leigh Open Air Pop Festival, aka "Zoo Meets Factory Half-Way", this event was given the FAC 15.
JD played along with: The Distractions, Echo and The Bunnymen, OMD, A Certain Ratio, Teardrop Explodes, Lori and The Chameleons, Eltifits, Beechwood.
Available sources:
-Audience recording v1: missing "The Sound Of Music", and the beginning of "Transmission". Source C-90 analog tapes, and contains the full sets of OMD and the Bunnymen. This v1 often cuts before the end of "She's Lost Control" (35 mins. aprox), worse SQ.
-Audience recording v2: missing "Transmission" and "Interzone". "The Sound Of Music" is cut short after 23 seconds (29 mins. aprox), better SQ.
The Electric Ballroom
London
UK
The Sound Of Music
Wilderness
Colony
Day Of The Lords
Shadowplay
Transmission
Interzone
Disorder
She's Lost Control
Insight
Joy Division headlined their own show (played in front of 1200 people, their largest audience ever).
Supporting act: Scritti Politti, The Monochrome Set, A Certain Ratio.
Available sources: aud.
Something Else BBC 2
London
UK
Transmission *
She's Lost Control *
Recorded live for Something Else BBC2 September, 4th 1979
BBC2 TV Broadcast September, 15th 1979 (09/15/79)
* Released on the official "Complete BBC Recordings" (audio) (2000 deleted Fuel US 11-track CD album).
Can be found on: "Here Are The Young Men" (FACT 37v) (released 08/18/1982) 100% out of circulation (video), "Substance" (Official release) and "Remains" (CD-r), aka Heart & Soul Cd 5, supposedly a collection of tracks that were left of the official "Heart And Soul" box set of rarities, nevertheless these tracks may be found among other official releases, as noted above.
All tracks are officially re-released in 2008 on The Best Of... (audio)
Futurama One Festival, Queen's Hall
Leeds
UK
I Remember Nothing
Wilderness
Transmission
Colony
Disorder
Insight
Shadowplay
She's Lost Control
Atrocity Exhibition
Dead Souls
"The World's First Science Fiction Music Festival" aka Futurama. JD was the 13th band on stage.
JD played along with: Wire, The Cure, Punishment of Luxury, Cabaret Voltaire, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Public Image Limited, A Certain Ratio, Scritti Politti, The Monochrome Set, Teardrop Explodes, Echo and the Bunnymen, etc (total: 17 bands).
Something Else BBC 2
London
UK
Transmission *
She's Lost Control *
NOTE: This date refers to the broadcast day, please DO NOT ADD your shows here.
The right performance date is September, 4th 1979, the right entry for this show show can be found
HERE.
Recorded live for Something Else BBC2 September, 4th 1979.
BBC2 TV Broadcast September, 15th 1979 (09/15/79)
* Released on the official "Complete BBC Recordings" (audio) (2000 deleted Fuel US 11-track CD album).
Can be found on: "Here Are The Young Men" (FACT 37v) (released 08/18/1982) 100% out of circulation (video), "Substance" (Official release) and "Remains" (CD-r), aka Heart & Soul Cd 5, supposedly a collection of tracks that were left of the official "Heart And Soul" box set of rarities, nevertheless these tracks may be found among other official releases, as noted above.
All tracks are officially re-released in 2008 on The Best Of... (audio)
Nashville Rooms
London
UK
Atmosphere
Wilderness
Shadowplay
Leaders Of Men
Insight
Colony
Transmission
Disorder
She's Lost Control
Atrocity Exhibition
Glass
Exercise One
Available sources:
v1: Audience: Wilderness cuts on.
v2: Soundboard: missing Atmosphere.
The Factory I (Russell Club)
Hulme, Manchester
UK
Atmosphere
Wilderness
Shadowplay
Insight
Colony
Twenty Four Hours
...
Interzone
She's lost control
...
Encore:
Transmission
Atrocity exhibition
Soundcheck:
Twenty Four Hours
(Incomplete setlist)
Supporting act: Teardrop Explodes, Foreign Press.
JD's final performance at this venue before its first shut down.
Available sources: first six songs (mixing desk recording), encore (aud).
Mountford Hall, Liverpool University
Liverpool
UK
Wilderness
Ice Age
Candidate
Shadowplay
Insight
She's Lost Control
Twenty Four Hours
Disorder
Transmission
Warsaw
This was the opening night of the 26 date Buzzcocks tour in Britain which Joy Division played support to [one date was cancelled].
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79, 1/25)
Available sources:-- (complete concert / unsurfaced).
City Hall
Newcastle
UK
Disorder
Shadowplay
Colony
Day Of The Lords
Glass
Transmission
She's Lost Control
Atrocity Exhibition
Odeon
Edinburgh, Scotland
UK
Leaders Of Men
Digital
Day Of The Lords
Transmission
Shadowplay
She's Lost Control
New Dawn Fades
Disorder
Encore:
Transmission
.
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79, 5/25)
Electric Ballroom
Camden, London
UK
I Remember Nothing
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Wilderness
Colony
Insight
Day Of The Lords
Shadowplay
She's Lost Control
Transmission
Disorder
Atrocity Exhibition
Interzone
.
Second break from Buzzcocks tour.
Supporting act: A Certain Ratio, The Distractions.
Apollo Theatre
Manchester
UK
Dead Souls * #
Wilderness #
Colony @
Autosuggestion @
Love Will Tear Us Apart *
Shadowplay *
She's Lost Control *
Transmission @
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79, 15/25)
Available sources:
* "Here Are The Young Men" (FACT 37v) 100% out of circulation.
# "Substance 1978-1988" (FAC 277) promo compilation. Never officially released.
@ These 3 tracks remain unsurfaced.
Apollo Theatre
Manchester
UK
The Sound Of Music *
Shadowplay @
Colony @
Day Of The Lords *
Twenty Four Hours @
Disorder @
Walked In Line *
I Remember Nothing *
Transmission *
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79, 16/25)
Available sources:
* "Here Are The Young Men" (FACT 37v) 100% out of circulation.
@ These 4 tracks remain unsurfaced.
Cargo Studios - Sordide Sentimental session
Rochdale
UK
Atmosphere * #
Dead souls * # @
Ice age * @
October and November 1979.
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
# Released on the official Licht und Blindheit, Permanent and Substance.
@ Released on the official Still.
Atmosphere is the title for Chance, first recorded at Pennine Sound Studios (06/04/79).
Civic Hall
Guildford
UK
No Love Lost
These Days
Disorder
Candidate
Shadowplay
Auto Suggestion
Warsaw
Transmission
Sound of Music
Soundcheck:
Auto Suggestion
These Days *
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79)
* incomplete on the only known version of this show surfaced in 2008.
Source: analogic audience audio tape.
Winter Gardens
Bournemouth
UK
I Remember Nothing *
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Interzone
Colony *
Insight
These Days *
Digital
Transmission
Atrocity Exhibition
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79, 20/25)
* Tracks released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
Available sources: aud (complete concert).
Pavilion
Hemel Hempstead
UK
Dead Souls
Wilderness
Twenty Four Hours
New Dawn Fades
Digital
Disorder
Interzone
Colony^
Soundcheck:
New Dawn Fades*
Dead Souls
The Only Mistake
Love Will Tear Us Apart
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79)
* - 4 Takes Performed (3 of them incomplete)
^ - w/ False Start
Source: analogic audience audio tape (Interzone fades out / missing Colony)
Rainbow Theatre
London
UK
The Sound Of Music
Shadowplay
New Dawn Fades
Colony
Insight
Love Will Tear Us Apart
She's Lost Control
Transmission
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79, 24/25)
Available sources:
Audience v1: incomplete concert, "Transmission" is missing.
Audience v2 & v3: worse than v1, but complete.
Unofficial "Shadowplay" LP is misdated to the next night, the 10th Nov, 1979. This performance's opening was "The Sound Of Music", "Exercise One" wasn't performed. Unofficial "Live Transmissions" does not feature "Transmission" (source v1).
Rainbow Theatre
London
UK
(intro) #
Dead Souls
Wilderness
Twenty Four Hours
Day Of The Lords
These Days
(Interzone - false start)
Interzone
Disorder
Atrocity Exhibition
(Buzzcocks' 5th British Tour 10/02/79 - 11/10/79, 25/25) Last date on the tour with the Buzzcocks.
# Intro to "Dead Souls": mellotron intro, a track called "On The Way" off the OST to the Werner Herzog film, "Nosferatu", composed and performed by Popol Vuh.
Known sources: aud (complete concert, "Atrocity Exhibition" and/or "Day Of The Lords" cut short).
BBC Studios - John Peel Session II
Maida Vale, London
UK
Love Will Tear us Apart * # $
24 Hours # $
Colony * # $
Sound of Music # $
Broadcast 12/10/79.
* Released on the official Heart & Soul box set.
# Released on Peel Sessions and The Complete BBC Recordings (2000 deleted Fuel US 11-track CD album).
$ Officially re-released in 2008 on The Best Of...
Love Will Tear us Apart: first studio recording of this song.
Les Bains Douches
Paris
France
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
* Released on the official The Fractured Music Archive Volume Two: Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979
and Fractured / ReFractured Box Set.
Supporting act: no support band.
Available sources:
-Audience recording: all 16 tracks, a brief internal cut in "Warsaw".
-First FM Broadcast: from "Insight" (incomplete) to "Twenty Four Hours"
-FM Rebroadcast: from "Disorder" to "Twenty Four Hours" + "These Days" and "A Means To An End".
This rebroadcast is available on the officially released *
# 1st time performed live.
"Leftovers"
Compilation
Compilation
Digital
Atrocity Exhibition
Transmission
Novelty
Track 1:
Genetic Records demo session
Eden Studios, London
Sunday, March 4, 1979
producer: Martin Rushent
Track 2:
Piccadilly Radio session
Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham
Monday, June 4, 1979
producer: Stuart James
Tracks 3 & 4:
first 'Transmission' recording session
Central Sound Studios
Manchester Mid-July 1979,
producer: Martin Hannett