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Joy Division - The Factory, Hulme, Machester 28 Sept. 1979 (1979)

Track listing:
  1. Twenty Four Hours (Detail, Soundcheck) 1:38
  2. Atmosphere (Detail) 2:25
  3. Wilderness 3:01
  4. Shadowplay 4:02
  5. Insight 4:20
  6. Colony 4:21
  7. Twenty Four Hours (Fades Out - Incomplete) 0:55

Notes

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Track 1, the soundcheck track, is not a mixing desk recording, but the gig itself is.

A previously-unknown (partial) recording of Joy Division's 28 Sept. 1979 gig at the Factory, Hulme, recorded from the mixing desk.

This is the legendary gig where Hooky thumped an audience member with his bass and stormed off the stage - unfortunately, this moment is not captured on this recording.

This gig features the original set of lyrics Ian Curtis wrote for "Colony" and as a whole, is stellar sounding. Note that for whatever reason the mixing itself changes from wide stereo to mostly mono (but with effects spread across the stereo soundstage) about halfway through the tape, perhaps the mixing desk guy was having problems with the mix?