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Eternal (Live) Joy Division Box Set edition
Eternal (Live)
Joy Division
On 26th September, Joy Division will release Eternal, a brand new live boxed set.
Pulling together myriad audio sources from audience recordings to sound desk tapes to international radio broadcasts, the set features 16 full audio concert recordings across 14 CDs, plus ca. 2 hours 20 mins of live video on a DVD, recorded between March 1979 through May 1980, just two weeks before Ian Curtis' tragic death.
Audio quality across these sources varies widely. Most of the audience recordings sound exactly like what they are - recorded by a fan in the crowd - and multiple concerts have been widely bootlegged. Although under normal circumstances this might make for a sub-optimal commercial offering, in this instance we have every confidence that Joy Division fans will revel in these official bootlegs, and be overjoyed by the higher quality recordings, especially with those that are previously unheard.
Following on from previous New Order Definitive Edition releases, Eternal will be presented in a 12" rigid box, with the 15 discs presented in 4x digipaks, with an additional softback 12" book featuring new liner notes by UK poet laureate and Joy Division fan Simon Armitage, as well as photography by band photographers Anton Corbijn and Kevin Cummins.
Description:
14 CDs - audio from 16 live performances, sourced from audience cassettes, soundboard tapes, and broadcast recordings, all mastered at Abbey Road Studios
2 DVDs - over 2hrs 30mins of live footage, including the Plan K Brussels concert, two Apollo Theatre Manchester concerts, a soundcheck, and a new edit of Joy Division - A Malcolm Whitehead Film
1 x 16-page booklet - with personal notes by Simon Armitage and photography by Anton Corbijn and Kevin Cummins
12” x 12” lift-off lid box - artwork by Warren Jackson, Peter Saville, Howard Wakefield and Brett Wickens, with cover photography (Sirius Through a Defocused Telescope, 2023) by Wolfgang Tillmans
| Media | Music CD/DVD (CD and DVD) |
| Number of units | 16 |
| To be released | September 25, 2026 |
| EAN/UPC | 5026854859309 |
| Label | Warner Music |
| Genre | Punk Post-punk |
| Dimensions | 300 × 300 × 10 mm · 1.38 kg (Weight (estimated)) |
Track list
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1. CD Hope And Anchor (1st March, 1979)
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2. CD Bowdon Vale Youth Club (14th March, 1979) + Acklam Hall (15th May, 1979)
- Exercise One - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- She's Lost Control - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Shadowplay - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Leaders Of Men - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Insight - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Disorder - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Glass - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Digital - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Ice Age - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Warsaw - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Transmission - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- I Remember Nothing - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- No Love Lost - Bowdon Vale Youth Club
- Disorder - Acklam Hall
- She's Lost Control - Acklam Hall
- Shadowplay - Acklam Hall
- Wilderness - Acklam Hall
- Insight - Acklam Hall
- Candidate - Acklam Hall
- Digital - Acklam Hall
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3. CD The Factory, Manchester (13th July, 1979)
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4. CD YMCA, London (2nd August, 1979)
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5. CD Futurama, Leeds (8th September, 1979)
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6. CD Les Bains Douches, Paris (18th December, 1979)
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7. CD Paradiso, Amsterdam (11th January, 1980)
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8. CD Effenaar, Eindhoven (18th January, 1980)
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9. CD The Warehouse, Preston (28th February, 1980)
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10. CD Lyceum, London (29th February, 1980)
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11. CD Moonlight Club (2nd + 3rd April, 1980)
- The Sound Of Music - 2nd April
- Wilderness - 2nd April
- Colony - 2nd April
- Love Will Tear Us Apart - 2nd April
- A Means To An End - 2nd April
- Transmission - 2nd April
- Dead Souls - 2nd April
- Sister Ray - 2nd April
- Love Will Tear Us Apart - 3rd April
- Glass - 3rd April
- Digital - 3rd April
- Heart And Soul - 3rd April
- Isolation - 3rd April
- Disorder - 3rd April
- Atrocity Exhibition - 3rd April
- Atmosphere - 3rd April
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12. CD Winter Gardens, Malvern (5th April, 1980)
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13. CD Ajanta Theatre, Derby (19th April, 1980)
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14. CD High Hall, Birmingham (2nd May, 1980)
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15. DVD Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film + Various Live Performances
- Joy Division – A Malcolm Whitehead Film (2026 edit)
- She’s Lost Control – Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham, Recording date: 14th March, 1979
- Shadowplay – Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham, Recording date: 14th March, 1979
- Leaders Of Men – Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham, Recording date: 14th March, 1979
- Transmission – Something Else, BBC TV, Recording date: 15th September, 1979
- She’s Lost Control – Something Else, BBC TV, Recording date: 15th September, 1979
- Ove Will Tear Us Apart [original 1979 Audio Version]
- Wilderness [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Disorder [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Colony [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Insight [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Twenty Four Hours [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- New Dawn Fades [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Transmission [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Shadowplay [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- She’s Lost Control [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Atrocity Exhibition [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Interzone [Original 1979 Audio Version]
- Wilderness [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Disorder [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Colony [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Insight [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Twenty Four Hours [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- New Dawn Fades [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Transmission [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Shadowplay [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- She’s Lost Control[2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Atrocity Exhibition [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
- Interzone [2026 Reconstructed Audio Version] - Plan K, Brussels (16th October, 1979)
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16. DVD Apollo Theatre, Manchester (27th & 28th October, 1979)
- Dead Souls - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- Wilderness - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- Colony - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- Autosuggestion - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- Love Will Tear Us Apart - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- Shadowplay - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- She’s Lost Control - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- Transmission - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 27th October, 1979
- Sound Of Music - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Shadowplay - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Colony - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Day Of The Lords - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Twenty Four Hours - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Disorder - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Walked In Line - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Remember Nothing - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979
- Transmission - Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 28th October, 1979