Joy Division live @ The Lyceum Ballroom, London, UK
29th February 1980
This is a group at its live apotheosis
This is a direct copy of Duncan's master tape. This was carefully transferred when live material was being sourced for the 2007 reissues. Here it is for the first time, the best live source for Joy Divisions performance at The Lyceum Ballroom on 29 Feb 1980.
Photo by Chris Mills
May 2016 remastered
In memory of Ian Curtis. 15th July 1956 - 18 May 1980
This recording was sourced by Darkman
Track list:
Soundcheck:
01. Komakino (take 1)
02. Heart and Soul
03. Incubation
04. Komakino (take 2)
05. Isolation (take 1)
06. Isolation (take 2, instrumental)
07. Isolation (take 3)
Gig:
08. Intro
09. Incubation
10. Wilderness
11. Twenty Four Hours
12. The Eternal
13. Heart and Soul
14. Love Will Tear Us Apart
15. Isolation
16. Komakino
17. She's Lost Control
18. These Days
19. Atrocity Exhibition
Duration: 01:08:29
Quality: 8+/10
Source: Duncan's master tape
Duncan's comment:
"Ian's dancing had changed somewhat from 1979. It was perhaps more wild than ever and included spinning, it was more like revolving while maintaining the same style, dancing round and round in circles. I can't say for sure but over the months he did get more and more wild. His dancing use to speed up and slow down with the music - sometimes just moving his arms.
This was mainly, but not only, during Atrocity Exhibition. I think the encore here was the best ten minutes of Joy Division live I ever saw with the spinning, the clear sound, Ian's performance in Atrocity Exhibition was so close to the edge. He was hanging on to he mic when he was singing as if it was a life line beckoning the crowd in as he sang "you want to see some more., step inside", "go in all the way" he was again helped off the stage by the roadie leaving the band to play out. These Days has always been Joy Division's hidden masterpiece. I'm 99% certain Barney and Hooky swapped on Atrocity Exhibition. Barney told me a story about the Lyceum once. About ten mins before they were due on stage they were in the changing room having a "joke" bottle fight which resulted in Barney getting some serious lacerations to his hands which were so bad it was touch and go as to whether he'd be able to play. It kind of puts pay to the notion that they were a sombre bunch. When I knew them they never stopped pissing about."
PS
Dear guest, if you have any of JD's master-tapes or rare bootlegs - please(!) write a comment.
Cheers.
Soundcheck:
01. Komakino (take 1)
02. Heart and Soul
03. Incubation
04. Komakino (take 2)
05. Isolation (take 1)
06. Isolation (take 2, instrumental)
07. Isolation (take 3)
Gig:
08. Intro
09. Incubation
10. Wilderness
11. Twenty Four Hours
12. The Eternal
13. Heart and Soul
14. Love Will Tear Us Apart
15. Isolation
16. Komakino
17. She's Lost Control
18. These Days
19. Atrocity Exhibition
Quality: 8+/10
Source: Duncan's master tape
Duncan's comment:
"Ian's dancing had changed somewhat from 1979. It was perhaps more wild than ever and included spinning, it was more like revolving while maintaining the same style, dancing round and round in circles. I can't say for sure but over the months he did get more and more wild. His dancing use to speed up and slow down with the music - sometimes just moving his arms.
This was mainly, but not only, during Atrocity Exhibition. I think the encore here was the best ten minutes of Joy Division live I ever saw with the spinning, the clear sound, Ian's performance in Atrocity Exhibition was so close to the edge. He was hanging on to he mic when he was singing as if it was a life line beckoning the crowd in as he sang "you want to see some more., step inside", "go in all the way" he was again helped off the stage by the roadie leaving the band to play out. These Days has always been Joy Division's hidden masterpiece. I'm 99% certain Barney and Hooky swapped on Atrocity Exhibition. Barney told me a story about the Lyceum once. About ten mins before they were due on stage they were in the changing room having a "joke" bottle fight which resulted in Barney getting some serious lacerations to his hands which were so bad it was touch and go as to whether he'd be able to play. It kind of puts pay to the notion that they were a sombre bunch. When I knew them they never stopped pissing about."
More info about concert: Joy Division Central
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Dear guest, if you have any of JD's master-tapes or rare bootlegs - please(!) write a comment.
Cheers.
Thank you very much. Just downloaded this and now it's on the speakers. Great show with great sound!
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Thanx. Highly appreciated and RIP Ian
ReplyDeleteThanks for your efforts sharing this with us.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the best live performances from JD. Thank you for the great work.
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