Joy Division Eternal Live Boxset DVDs

 (Live): What’s on the Two DVDs?

The forthcoming Joy Division Eternal (Live) box set isn’t just a substantial archive of live audio. Alongside its 14 CDs, the collection includes two DVDs containing more than two and a half hours of live footage, bringing together some of the most important surviving film of Joy Division on stage. 

DVD 1: Early Joy Division and Plan K

The first DVD opens with a new 2026 edit of Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film, incorporating rehearsal material from 1979 and footage from the band’s performance at Bowdon Vale Youth Club in Altrincham on 14 March 1979. The featured songs include She’s Lost Control, Shadowplay and Leaders of Men. (New Order)

I have seen various bits and pieces of this on YouTube over the years and on bootleg VHS videos that you could get at record fairs back in the day. I picked New Order one that had some Joy Division bits and pieces on it - terrible quality - third hand copies. Will be interested to see it in a restored format. 

Also included are Joy Division’s celebrated appearances on the BBC television programme Something Else from 15 September 1979, featuring performances of Transmission and She’s Lost Control. 

The centrepiece, however, is the band’s Plan K concert in Brussels from 16 October 1979. Described as previously unseen in the announcement for the box set, the performance includes Love Will Tear Us Apart, Disorder, Colony, New Dawn Fades, Transmission, Shadowplay, Atrocity Exhibition and more. 

This sounds really interesting and but not sure its worth buying the whole boxset for. 

Intriguingly, the Plan K footage is presented with two audio options: the original 1979 audio and a newly reconstructed 2026 version. The latter largely uses live recordings from Les Bains Douches in Paris and the Paradiso in Amsterdam to provide an alternative soundtrack to the surviving film. 

DVD 2: Two Nights at Manchester Apollo

The second DVD turns its attention to Manchester’s Apollo Theatre, with footage from Joy Division’s concerts on 27 and 28 October 1979.

The first night features Dead Souls, Wilderness, Colony, Autosuggestion, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Shadowplay, She’s Lost Control and Transmission. The following evening includes The Sound of Music, Day of the Lords, Twenty Four Hours, Disorder, Walked in Line, I Remember Nothing and another performance of Transmission. 

A soundcheck from the Apollo Theatre is also included. While portions of the Apollo material appeared on VHS back in 1982, the new box brings together substantially more of the surviving footage. For many collectors, these DVDs could prove every bit as significant as the 14 audio discs. 

I had  copy of this that I picked up in the early 1990s in 10:15 records in Walcot Street Bath and then sold on Ebay as I could watch it - it wouldn't stop rolling. 

Joy Division’s recorded live history is relatively limited, making the opportunity to see extended performances from 1979 particularly valuable. With the unseen Plan K material, expanded Apollo footage and the new Malcolm Whitehead edit, Eternal (Live) offers one of the most extensive collections of Joy Division performance footage assembled for an official release.

Panic Radio Electronica Mix December 2024

 1.       Halo Flip : Vegyn : The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

2.       Little Miss Dot Dot Dot : Fatima Al Qadiri : Seeking Mavis Beacon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

3.       all of the world so natural : Doon Kanda : Lili

4.       MY SOULS BEEN ANCHORED : Moor Mother : The Great Bailout

5.       <3Less : Space Afrika : <3Less

6.       Phoneglow : Burial : Phoneglow / Eyes Go Blank

7.       Speed Of Darkness : Jlin : Akoma

8.       Shrine : Jay Duncan : Catalyst Curve

9.       Rap : Actress : Ghettoville

10.   Can't Wait : Cooly G : Can't Wait

11.   Bass Finger Villain - Hodge Remix : Kreggo : IHDW004

12.   Do The Work : Ikonika : Do The Work

13.   Flow State (Until My Dying Day) : Blackdown : Rollage vol7: Parallel Flow States EP

14.   Quit Tonight - Extended Mix : Artslaves : Quit Tonight EP

15.   BREATH : Machinedrum : 3FOR82_D3LUX3

16.   Higher : Hartley (UK) : Got Something

17.   Zaire : Dawuna : Naya

Panic Radio End of Year Round 2024

Playlist from the final show of the year on Warminster Community Radio

1. Love Will Tear Us Apart : PJ Harvey : Bad Sisters (Season 2) [Original Series Soundtrack]

2. Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake : The The : Ensoulment

3. Sugarcoat : Blushing : Sugarcoat

4. The Coin-Op Guillotine (Sharpen the Blade) : Los Campesinos! : More Hell

5. Adore Adore Adore : SPRINTS : Letter to Self

6. Beach Day : Another Sky : Beach Day

7. Drugstore Drastic : Throwing Muses : Drugstore Drastic

8. Give Yourself a Break : Leyla McCalla : Sun Without the Heat

9. Factory Fada : a lazarus soul : No Flowers Grow In Cement Gardens

10. Achnahaird : Mairearad Green : Anna Bhà n

11. Carol of the Beasts : The Unthanks : In Winter

12. My Father's Sheep is Dead : Milkweed : Folklore 1979

13. Devils : The Rheingans Sisters : Start Close In

14. Concrete Flowers : Tricky : Concrete Flowers

15. The London Borough of Brent : Bashy : Being Poor is Expensive

16. SHINE IN : Lex Amor : Forward Ever

17. Tambor - Cut Chemist Live Remix : Mia Moretti : Tambor (Cut Chemist Live Remix)

18. Trash Cathedral : Brambles : Trash Cathedral / A Softly Gleaming World

19. Do Without You : Caribou : Honey

20. StreetHeat : Heavee : Charged Up

21. Sky Hooks : Seefeel : Sky Hooks

22. LA : Amor Muere : A time to love, a time to die

23. Fade Into You : Sega Bodega : Fade Into You [2020]

24. mala : Charlotte Jacobs : mala

25. Halo Flip : Vegyn : The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

26. Little Miss Dot Dot Dot : Fatima Al Qadiri : Seeking Mavis Beacon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

27. all of the world so natural : Doon Kanda : Lili

28. MY SOULS BEEN ANCHORED : Moor Mother : The Great Bailout

29. <3Less : Space Afrika : <3Less

30. Phoneglow : Burial : Phoneglow / Eyes Go Blank

31. Speed Of Darkness : Jlin : Akoma

32. Shrine : Jay Duncan : Catalyst Curve

33. Rap : Actress : Ghettoville

34. Can't Wait : Cooly G : Can't Wait

35. Bass Finger Villain - Hodge Remix : Kreggo : IHDW004

36. Do The Work : Ikonika : Do The Work

37. Flow State (Until My Dying Day) : Blackdown : Rollage vol7: Parallel Flow States EP

38. Quit Tonight - Extended Mix : Artslaves : Quit Tonight EP

39. BREATH : Machinedrum : 3FOR82_D3LUX3

40. Higher : Hartley (UK) : Got Something

41. Zaire : Dawuna : Naya

All Joy Division TV Appearances Video

 I do love the fact that YouTube can allow you to time travel through portals to old TV shows and uncover footage that I would have had to search out at record fairs.

The video below is a compilation of all the known footage of the brilliant Manchester/Salford/Macclesfield band Joy Division. Worth watch along with Grant Gee's the Joy Division documentary film  and the Bowden Youth Vale Club footage. 

00:00 - Shadowplay, Granada Reports, 20th September 1978 Only broadcast in the Northwest, and my personal favourite. Peter Hook was peeved here as he also came from Salford, not just Bernard. Credits to FageOner for remastering the footage to such a beautiful quality. Original video can be found here:    • Joy Division - Shadowplay (40th Anniv...   4:41 - She's Lost Control, What's On (Granada TV), 20th of July 1979 Only broadcast in the Northwest, this episode was lost from its original broadcast to around October 2020, 41 years. The full footage is still lost, with only around half of it recovered. Notably, the Granada archives show a different broadcast date for this episode, showing the 19th of July rather than the 20th. Once again, credits to FageOner for remastering the footage, even if their remaster's quality is completely ruined by my reupload. Original video:    • Joy Division - She's Lost Control, li...   7:18 - Transmission, Something Else (BBC2), 15th September 1979 Broadcast nationwide. This is by far the most well-preserved and well-known of all of JD's live performances. Recorded on the 1st of September along with She's Lost Control. Original video on the Joy Division channel:    • Joy Division - Transmission [OFFICIAL...   10:30 - She's Lost Control, Something Else (BBC2), 15th September 1979 Broadcast nationwide. She's Lost Control was recorded before Transmission and shown before it on the original broadcast, I just have it last on this video because I don't like the song as much as Transmission. This video is one of the best showcases of Ian Curtis' unique flailing dancing style. Original video:    • Joy Division - She's Lost Control (Li...  

Panic Radio is 10 !!!

Panic Radio on Warminster Community Radio turns 10 this week. I thought I would share some of my favorite tracks from the last 10 years. 

Panic Radio Cover Version Special

Just recorded an hours showcase of cover versions for Panic Radio on WCR (Warminster Community Radio). 

This is the track listing:

1. 1.       Panic - 2012 Remaster Carte USM
2. 2.       Kiss - Vocal Age Of Chance
3. 3.       Yesterday Once More -Redd Kross
4. 4.       Fancy -Colleen Rennison
5. 5.       The Testimony Of Patience Kershaw -The Unthanks
6. 6.       Grace Cathedral Hill- Cerys Matthews
7. 7.       A Change Is Gonna Come -Aretha Franklin
8. 8.       In My Life -Johnny Cash
9. 9.       No Easy Way Down -Mark Eitzel
10. 10.   Thunder Road -Frank Turner
11. 11.   That's How I- Got To Memphis Karl Blau
12. 12.   Walk On -Smith & Mighty
13. 13.   This is How We Do It – Aluna George
14. 14.   Temptation - Moby

Below is the Spotify Playlist .

DJ Eclair Fifi Bolier Room Edinburgh June 14th 2019

One of my favourite DJ  Eclair Fifi giving it some HOUSE in Edinburgh this morning! What do they put in the water up there :)

https://boilerroom.tv/recording/eclair-fifibc89142f-8b7d-4ce9-a2a1-8c48aedaedfd

Charity Shop Special June 2019

Panic Radio is pre recorded this evening. An hour of charity shop finds. 9pm to 10pm.

Them - Gloria
Pernice Brothers - Weakest Shade of Blue 
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mocking Birds 
R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend
The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
Francoise Hardy - Voila
Nina Simone - Mode Indigo
Ancient Beatbox (featuring Shelia Chandra) - Raining (my eyes are filled with clouds)
Toumani Diabate - Mani Mani Kuru
Peter Tosh - The Day The Dollar Die
Bob Marley - Small Axe
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain

Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures is one of the touchstones of the alternative music scene. It is the Rosetta Stone of new wave, from its deep vinyl grooves you can decode the influence in bands as diverse as Interpol and The Cure, Editors and Mogwi. Without the sonic template of Unknown Pleasures U2 would have never found a voice and a direction. Those early U2 records sound like smudged facsimiles of Joy Divisions latent power.

Unknown Pleasures was san genesis, an individual and eviscerating blend of punk fury, existentialist dread and post war industrial decay. An audio document that could have only been produced at a certain junction, immediately post the Sex Pistols and from a specific location, the UK . Despite its historical position it still sounds as vital and eerie as it did in 1979.

Inspired by a combination of the first wave of UK punk rock, and the American racket of The Stooges and The Velvet Underground Joy Divisions sound was a happy accident. Peter Hook’s high trebly bass playing a result of the cheap equipment the band initially used. Hook was forced to play higher than normal in order to be heard. His bass carried the melody of the songs, Barney Sumner’s guitar spiking the sound with caustic riffs and metallic textures. The whole sound was anchored by the breath taking human drum machine rhythms of Steven Morris.

The unusual combination of sounds marked the band out from the standard three chord thrash of the second generation of punk. Its not that the band could play any better than their peers, the reality is the opposite of that. They simply played to their strengths and in the process created a unique and potent sound. The majestic noise the band created was heightened by the poetic lyrics and sorrowful croon of Ian Curtis.

Curtis’ death hangs over the music of Joy Division draping it in a solemnity, carving it into memorial stone, yet on Unknown Pleasures, Curtis lyrics are troubled and questioning but not the extended cry for help of Closer. They have a depth that was out of time with the plastic nihilism of the moment more John Paul Sartre than Johnny Rotten.

Amazingly Sumner and Hook where disappointed with the production of Unknown Pleasures. They believed that producer Martin Hannett had emasculated their sound. Stripped away the fierce loud clanning punk rock and hollowed them out. Listening to the live tracks on the bonus disc you can see that he did prune away the volume but the harsh reality is that the songs are better for it.

Hannet’s use of found sound, breaking glass and empty lift shafts, coupled with a pioneering use of delay resulted in sound that owed as much to dub as it did to punk. The music is bathed in shimmering ether, the taut rhythms seem to ripple, the minimal bass lines stretching time. Sumner’s guitar adds textures, obtuse broken riffs, corrosive discordant tints over the restless clatter and hum.

The record has stuck with me since I first heard it as a callow fourteen year old. Other records that I loved at the time have fallen by the wayside, their adolescent angst unable to translate themselves into my adult life. There is something honest, harrowing and timeless at the heart of Unknown Pleasures that has kept me hooked. In my opinion it is the greatest debut LP of all time. If you don’t own a copy your music collection is missing a major cog, go and buy this record today.

Tony Heywood ©

China's Underground Club Scene

A great mix of tunes from China