By: lug_nutz6

lug_nutz6 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:33:19 +0000

Very well said MarkG. Personally when this title was first announced I was excited, hoping to get a ‘remastered’ or improved source of either ‘An Evening With…’ or ‘Form & Substance, The Bright Side’. Songs being omitted is always a very sad thing. You can find some of the omitted songs on the ‘Les Bains Douches’ disc. Unfortunately you’re still missing ‘Wilderness’, ‘Shadowplay’, ‘Atmosphere’ & ‘Interzone’ from the January 11th show, and ‘New Dawn Fades’ and ‘Colony’ from the January 18th show.

By: MarkG

MarkG — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:58:30 +0000

I don’t have this recording, but I do have the full concerts on CDs released several years ago. I also had them on vinyl in the pre-CD days. I’m sure that Godfather has done a great job with the sonic quality of the release, but I am very surprised that they did not bother to release the full concerts. Sure, there are duplications of songs between the two shows, but that shouldn’t have been a reason to omit them. Maybe they didn’t think they could sell a 2-disc set, but as Joy Division has never had as much media exposure in the past two decades as they have had in the past two years, this seems to be a misstep by Godfather. The band may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but what band appeals to everyone anyway? (And how sad if any band DID appeal to everyone.) My opinion is that fans of JD might want to wait for someone to release the complete concerts, rather than buy this version from Godfather. Missing tracks means missing moments from each show, and that’s what we all like about this type of release.

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