Joy Division - Amsterdam - 11 Jan 1980 - mp3

Many thanks to the sharer from Holland for making this available.

This is presumably a copy of a radio broadcast from 1985, containing five songs. The mentioned person just transferred the tape to digital format.

I compared the quality of one of the songs against a total of six flac versions on my computer, and reckon this one to be the sharpest of the lot.

The flac version will follow at a later date.

Enjoy.........!

Link: here
(30mb)

Joy Division - Newcastle - 4 Oct 1979 - flac

Unearthed by the Russian JD fans...

"Joy Division in concert were simply astonishing. I've never experienced anything like it. I was 15 years old and into the post punk type of thing. I'd known for a while that Joy Division were coming to Newcastle and wanted to see them - I'd heard a few things on John Peel and caught the end of a TV appearance on Something Else some time earlier. The Buzzcocks were generally viewed as a pop band by this point, who often had good support bands. The previous year I'd gone to see Subway Sect support them at the City Hall - unfortunately they were not very good in comparison with their John Peel session and singles.


"My friends and I got to the City Hall late, and had just got to our seats as the hall lights went down. The stage was very dark I recall, and as they began to play, I wondered when the lights were going to come on properly (they never did!). The first thing that struck me was the power of the drums - I'd never felt such deep bassy drums at a concert, one's whole body felt the beat. Ian Curtis was at the front of the stage, what seemed like the very edge - he appeared to be on a brink of a cliff. He couldn't have been more than 25 feet from where I was sitting. The others were just figures in subdued light - maybe it was blue, I cannot recall.


"When Ian Curtis started singing, it was loud and even deeper than the drums, and it caught you in the diaphragm - incredible feeling. I don't think he did "the dance" until a few tracks into the short set, but when he did, staring into the audience, it sent shivers down my spine, and I realised that I was witnessing something extraordinary.


"A few of us stood up out of our seats at that point (we had been told to remain seated), and bouncers attacked many of us, including my friend about three rows in front of us - the memory of a bouncer leaping over rows of seated people to attack my friend, while Ian Curtis did his dance above on the stage during "She's Lost Control", is something that will stay fixed in my visual memory forever.


"Hooky was pretty animated on a few tracks, and I recall a broken bass string hanging down from his guitar - not something you usually saw at concerts. "Colony" also stood out as fantastic and alien-sounding. The set seemed to be over very quickly, and there was a feeling of...well, I suppose it was "shock" more than anything at watching Joy Division perform.


"The Buzzcocks seemed to come on almost immediately to play their pop songs. When audience members stood up, unchallenged by the bouncers this time, I just walked out of the hall into the rain - it was October and sleety - down to the bus station. It didn't seem right watching any other band, especially the poppy Buzzcocks, after what I had just seen.


"Those are my memories of the night - the first time I've ever written it down in the 30 years since. I know I cannot really convey what it was like and wish I could recall more, but that is about all I can really remember now."

Profound thanks to Adrian for the reminiscences.

Link: here
(160mb)

Joy Division - Rehearsals 1977-78 - mp3

Two songs commercially available removed.

Reaction
Inside The Line
Leaders Of Men
Novelty #1
The Kill
Novelty #2
Pictures In My Mind #1 (removed)
Pictures In My Mind #2 (removed)
Shadowplay (Instrumental)


Link: here

Pictures in My Mind: can be bought!

Joy Division - Manchester - 28 Sep 1979 - flac

As below...

Link: here
(105mb)

Joy Division - Rehearsals 1977-78 - mp3

Reaction
Inside The Line
Leaders Of Men
Novelty #1
The Kill
Novelty #2
Pictures In My Mind #1 (removed)
Pictures In My Mind #2 (removed)
Shadowplay (Instrumental)

Link: here

Pictures in My Mind: can be bought!

Joy Division - Manchester - 28 Sep 1979 - ogg

As posted elsewhere in cyberspace, apparently better quality recording.

Should there be problems downloading or opening the archive, it works with winrar...download available at download.com.

Link: here
(20mb - yes, twenty...)

Joy Division - Leaders of Men

Eternal gratitude to Michael for this bootleg.
Finally something really special...

1 Reaction  
2 Inside The Line  
3 Leaders Of Men  
4 Novelty  
5 At A Later Date  
6 Tension  
7 The Kill 
8 Lost
9 Reaction (rehearsal)
10 Inside the Line (rehearsal)
11 Leaders Of Men (rehearsal)
12 Novelty (rehearsal 1)
13 The Kill (rehearsal)
14 Novelty (rehearsal 2)

mp3@256kb: here (68mb)

Joy Division - Band on the Wall - 13 Mar 1979 - flac

Last posting for this summer, finally sourced the lossless version of this great concert, from the world's greatest band... Shame about the distortion, but if you can blend it out, New Dawn Fades and I Remember Nothing shine through. True gems.

The Blog returns at the end of August.

Link: here
(250mb)

p.s. If you have any concerts not listed here, especially the lossless concerts of JD from Newcastle and the audience Birmingham ones (also the BBC Substance doc from the late 1980's), I would be very grateful to post them (note I cannot reply to any post until the blog returns).

Joy Division - From Joy Division to Happy Mondays - 2007 - Video

Reposting of this interesting documentary as a single download.

Link: here
(720mb)

Joy Division - All God's Angels Beware - flac

The world's greatest band and two of their 1979 concerts.

What more needs to be said?

Link: here
(450mb)

Joy Division - She's Lost Control - 20 Jul 1979 (What's On Granada TV)

I don't know who is so keen to stop this imperfect clip being shown, or for that matter why.


It is also possible to leave a comment at the end of this posting on why, or send the blogger an email explaining what the issue is.


Maybe it would be amusing to have one of those naff "online polls" to vote on who it could be: the record company, another blogger, Bernhard Sumner, some "band friend" etc.


Honestly........








Please note: this is the ultra-rare TV screening from 20 July 1979!!


Download: here (24mb)

Best to download it quickly before it gets banned for some reason or other.....


Download: here

Joy Division - Here Are The Young Men - AUDIO

NEW LINK!!

A You Tube user has evidently been at work with the HATYM video and got more colour out of at least some parts of it.

What's more, the audio has been tweaked too - the result is staggeringly loud!

So loud, in fact, that I went to the trouble of ripping and uploading it.

This is my favourite Joy Division concert, meaning the Manchester nights. I will never forget the first time I watched it and being simply stunned by Curtis's dancing.

Here, there is power as never seen since. Just jaw-dropping.

Here is the second clip - Dead Souls. Wow...........





And here is the audio file:

Link: Audio
(78mb @ vbr)

Joy Division - Rainbow - 9 Nov 1979

This is the same version as already posted in lossless format, but is a bit louder and more bassy.

Sounds just wonderful.....

New Link:

Link: here
(128kb - 29mb)

Joy Division - "J'attendais, que vienne un guide"

"Qui me prenne par la main."

Two audio documentaries in French on Joy Division:

Link: here (37mb)

Joy Division - Entre la 61 y la 49 (Spanish)

80-minute radio documentary on Joy Division en espanol.

Link: here (40mb)

Joy Division - Paris Upgrade - flac

Just found: those songs that were missing from the official release, upgraded in June of this year, and cut to fit into your purchased version of the concert.

Amazing quality: light years ahead of my vinyl bootleg version. Well worth having, to put it mildly!

Link: here (170mb)

Joy Division - Newcastle - 4 Oct 1979 - 128kb (repost)

Reposted concert - does anyone
have a better version?

And if anyone attended any of the Joy Division concerts, would they consider writing down their memories? I would love to publish them here...

"Joy Division in concert were simply astonishing. I've never again experienced anything like it. I was 15 years old and into the post punk type of thing. I'd known for a while that Joy Division were coming to Newcastle and wanted to see them- I'd heard a few things on John Peel and caught the end of a TV appearance on Something Else some time earlier. The Buzzcocks were generally viewed as a pop band by this point, who often had good support bands. The previous year I'd went to see Subway Sect support them at the City Hall- unfortunately they were not very good in comparison with their John Peel session and singles. 

"My friends and I got to the City Hall late and had just got to our seats as the hall lights went down. The stage was very dark I recall and as they began to play I wondered when the lights were going to come on properly (they never did!). The first thing that struck me was the power of the drums- I'd never felt such deep bassy drums at a concert, one's whole body felt the beat. Ian Curtis was at the front of the stage, what seemed like the very edge- he appeared to be on a brink of a cliff. He couldnt have been much more than 25 feet from where I was sitting. The others were just figures in subdued light- maybe it was blue, I cannot recall. 


When Ian Curtis started singing it was loud and even deeper than the drums and it caught you right in the diaphragm- incredible feeling. I dont think he did "the dance" until a few tracks into the short set, but when he did, staring into the audience, it sent shivers down my spine and I realised that I was witnessing something extraordinary. 


A few of us stood up out of our seats (we had been told to remain seated) at that point and bouncers attacked many of us, including my friend about three rows in front of us- the memory of a boucer leaping over rows of seated people to attack my friend, while Ian Curtis did his dance above on the stage during "She's Lost Control", is something that will stay fixed in my visual memory forever. 


Hooky was pretty animated on a few tracks and I recall a broken bass string hanging down from his guitar- not something you usually saw at concerts. "Colony" also stood out as fantastic and alien sounding. The set seemed to be over very quickly and there was a feeling of ..well I suppose it was "shock" more than anything at watching Joy Division perform. 


The Buzzcocks seemed to come on almost immediately to play their pop songs. When audience members stood up, unchallenged by the boucers this time, I just walked out of the hall into the rain- it was October and sleety- down to the bus station. It didnt seem right watching any other band, especially the poppy Buzzcocks, after what I'd just seen.

"Those are my memories of the night- the first time I've ever wrote it down in the 30 years since. I know I cannot really convey what it was like and wish I could recall more, but that is about all I can really remember now."

Thanks to Adrian for the remeniscences.

Link: here

Joy Division - Bournemouth - 2 Nov 1979 - flac

Lossless version of the concert listed below.
Sound not appreciably better, but lossless is lossless...

Parts: one, two (235mb)

Joy Division - Futurama Leeds - 8 Sep 1979 - flac

Posted earlier in dead mp3 format, this lossless version is louder and a lot clearer.

Cool concert!

Parts: one, two

Joy Division - Live Transmissions - 1979/80 - 256kb

Another mixed bootleg, released in 2004.

 The first songs were recorded at the Moonlight in Aprl 1980

The remaining songs originate from the Rainbow Theatre in 1979.

Link: here (115mb)