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28 February 1980 - The Warehouse - Preston, England
The sleeve notes make it plain: This is "just a gig by one of the greatest bands that ever lived and wrote and played." This gig, taped at the Warehouse in Preston, took place during the final round of UK dates Joy Division was to play before jetting off to the US. PRESTON 28 FEBRUARY 1980 is a truly awesome and atmospheric record, and though it's a warts-and-all document, it almost revels in the technical difficulties the band had with the sound system. At one moment, Ian Curtis even declares that "everything's falling apart!" "The Eternal" is a truly electric secular hymn with arching synthesiser chords while "Transmission" and "Warsaw" are frenetic and impassioned punk. The crowd was clearly having a good time and unwittingly witnessing a very special event. During a hiatus, a girl opportunely announces "Anyone from Burnley? The coach is going in five minutes!" Joy Division's very last gig, in May 1980, was also recorded (just two weeks before Ian Curtis' unexpected suicide) and released as the album STILL. This Preston recording though is a more concise and accessible album that fittingly ends brilliantly, and ironically, on "She's Lost Control," a definite high.
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Ian, most unusually, was very talkative on stage, primarily to fill in the time while order was restored by the roadies (they had some PA problems due to interference with the beer pump!!). Despite the problems, or because of them, the tape of this concert is probably one of the most interesting bootlegs.
01. Incubation
02. Wilderness
03. Twenty Four Hours
04. The Eternal
05. Heart & Soul
06. Shadowplay
07. Transmission
08. Disorder
09. Warsaw
10. Colony
11. Interzone
12. She's Lost Control
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