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Various Artists - Short Circuit: Live At The Electric Circus (Virgin)

Track listing:
  1. Stepping Out - The Fall 2:48
  2. Daily Express - John Cooper Clarke 1:35
  3. At A Later Date - Joy Division 3:07
  4. Persecution Complex - The Drones 2:55
  5. Makka Splaff - Steel Pulse 6:14
  6. I Married A Monster From Outer Space - John Cooper Clarke 2:02
  7. Last Orders - The Fall 2:19
  8. Time's Up - Buzzcocks 3:28

Notes


Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus is a compilation album of songs recorded live at the Electric Circus, Manchester, on the 1st and 2nd of October, 1977, two concerts marking the last nights of the venue before it closed. Released by Virgin Records in 1978, the album was originally only available on 10-inch blue, black, and yellow vinyl.

Joy Division performed under their original name Warsaw on the second night, but the track was credited to Joy Division on the sleeve as they had changed their name in January 1978.

1. The Fall - "Stepping Out" - 2.36
2. John Cooper Clarke - "(You Never See A Nipple In The) Daily Express" - 1.03
3. Joy Division - "At A Later Date" - 3.00
4. The Drones - "Persecution Complex" - 2.50
5. Steel Pulse - "Makka Splaff (The Colly Man)" - 5.45
6. John Cooper Clarke -"I Married A Monster From Outer Space" - 1.30
7. The Fall - "Last Orders" - 3.08
8. The Buzzcocks - "Time's Up" - 2.58

Source text: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Circuit:_Live_at_the_Electric_Circus

My own rip from a rare Virgin Records CD. Sorry no artwork.