Photographer and now director Anton Corbijn's film about Joy Division Control and the Russell Gee documentary Joy Division herald the re-release of the original Joy Division discography.
Joy Division, hailing from the industrial heartland of Manchester, were one of the most influential bands of the cutting edge of the late 70s/1980, propelled by the mythos of the singer's Ian Curtis suicide. Their seminal 1979 album produced by the genius Martin Hannett Unknown Pleasures with its trademark cover has been released from its dark murky depths and given a polish that brings it into Closer territory [ which in turn along with Still are getting the remastering treatment. The original mix of Unknown Pleasures is still very listenable by all means - and Robert Palmer of New York Times fame did hail this album]. Along with each of the albums [ Still being a compilation of previously unreleased studio material and live off the floor tracks or soundchecks ] is a bonus concert performance that shows Joy Division at its most powerful and raw, with Unknown Pleasures is a concert from April 1980 at The Factory itself. It is still astounding to hear the power of the band in concert "glory", and makes you wonder after all the other two albums get released how much more material is there still in that Factory vault?
We will leave a note that watch Control and listen to or watch any footage of Joy Division concert recordings [ concerts of Joy Division have been out there in bootleg or domestic release for decades ] the recreated Joy Division in the film does a fine job in their moments onstage.
Disc 1
1. Disorder
2. Day of the Lords
3. Candidate
4. Insight
5. New Dawn Faces
6. She's Lost Control
7. Shadow Play
8. Wilderness
9. Interzone
10. I Remember Nothing
Disc 2
1. Dead Souls [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
2. Only Mistake [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
3. Insight [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
4. Candidate [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
5. Wilderness [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
6. She's Lost Control [Live at the Facory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
7. Shadowplay [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
8. Disorder [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
9. Interzone [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
10. Atrocity Exhibition [Live at the Facory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
11. Novelty [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
12. Transmission [Live at the Factory, Manchester: April 11, 1980]
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