Joy Division – Still (UK)

Name: Joy Division - Still (UK)
Brand: Joy Division
SKU: 1799345743
Availability: InStock

€199,99

Ian Curtis‘ death prompted a flood of bootlegs and similar “tributes,” likely motivated more by profit than anything else. Seeking to trump this problem — though arguably coming from much the same standpoint — Factory issued Still in 1981, a haphazard if still useful collection of odds, ends, and more. Considering that the band’s many singles weren’t properly compiled until much later on Substance, Still makes only partial sense — the studio cuts were mostly outtakes, while the live songs had their own problems. Of the studio takes, only two tracks had seen formal release beforehand — the mesmerizing post-punk meets R&B groove of “Glass” and the searing “Dead Souls,” certainly both worthy of even more listens. Beyond that, things were more hit and miss, with strong instrumental performances given to slightly indifferent songs and vice versa. The anthemic “Something Must Break” is one of the best, while the nervous “Ice Age” is an agreeable enough thrash and “The Only Mistake” a melodramatic but still effective effort. Other numbers like “The Sound of Music” and the heavily compressed pound of “Walked in Line” sound more like sketches on the way to becoming truly great songs. A live ringer concludes the studio half, a fair enough take on the Velvet Underground‘s “Sister Ray” (at under half the length) which concludes with Curtis‘ wry joke, “You should hear our version of ‘Louie, Louie’!” The remainder of Still is a rather morbid gift for fans — a middling recording of the final Joy Division show, mere days before Curtis‘ death. A fierce, invigorating rip through “Ceremony,” formally recorded later as New Order‘s first single, suffers from Curtis‘ vocal going missing at the start, while the remainder of the show finds the singer either too detached or too harsh, the other musicians doing an OK but not great job themselves. The takes on “New Dawn Fades” and “Decades” in particular tarnish rather than enhance Joy Division‘s memory.

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SKU: 1799345743 Categories: Alternative Rock, Rare & Collectable, Rock & Roll Tag: Joy Division

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Factory FACT.40 2xLP, Album, Gat UK 1981-10-08

Side 1.

1. Exercise One
2. Ice Age
3. The Sound Of Music
4. Glass
5. The Only Mistake

Side 2.

1. Walked In Line
2. The Kill
3. Something Must Break
4. Dead Souls
5. Sister Ray

Side 3.

1. Ceremony
2. Shadowplay
3. Means To An End
4. Passover
5. New Dawn Fades
6. Twenty Four Hours

Side 4.

1. Transmission
2. Disorder
3. Isolation
4. Decades
5. Digital

Credits:

Producer – Martin Hannett
Plated By – Eddy Gorecki
Engineer – Chris Nagle
Cover – Grafica Industria
Songwriter – Joy Division

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Cardboard gatefold sleeve with embossed printing.
The records are manufactured with grey, paper labels and are housed in strong, grey, cardboard sleeves—similar to the cover—with one rounded corner.

Back cover:
Sides C and D recorded at Birmingham University 2/5/80.
Sister Ray recorded at the Moonlight Club, London 3/4/80, published by Sunbury Music Ltd.
A Factory Records Product

Labels:
A Fractured Music • A Factory Record
1/8/81

Track C6 is not listed.

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