Joy Division - Heart and Soul
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Free Music Review: Essential for Joy Division fans
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm in another phase of (re)exploring Joy Division, on the heels of finally watching the excellent Ian Curtis bio-pic "Control", which never made it in the theaters here in Cincinnati but I saw recently on DVD. It happens to me every couple of years that I feel the need the re-listen to this set from start to finish. I bought the original UK-issue of this, back in 1997.
"Heart and Soul" (4CDs, 81 tracks, 309 min.) brings just about everything that Joy Division ever recorded. CD1 (21 tracks; 78 min.) centers around the 1979 debut album "Unknown Pleasures", augmented by assorted singles and outtakes. Listening to tracks like "She's Lost Control", "Shadowplay" and "I Remember Nothing" reminds me why this band is still relevant, almost 30 years later. CD2 (17 tracks; 76 min.) centers around the 1980 album "Closer", again with lots of additional tracks from that era. CD3 (24 tracks; 78 min.) capatures everything else, including the early "Warsaw" music, 3 tracks from the "John Peele Sessions" and a bunch of unreleased stuff, such as the fantastic "Ceremony" and "In A Lonely Place". CD4 (19 tracks; 77 min.) is a collection of live tracks. The sound quality for many of them is not great, but they are still essential. The best of the bunch are the last 5, recorded in December 1979, when the band previewed a number of tracks that would eventually make it on the "Closer" album (released in July, 1980). Check out the live version of "Heart and Soul" and then listen to what it would eventually become in its final studio version, simply fascinating!
This box comes with a wealth of information, including studio session dates, release dates of singles and album, various articles and great liner notes. The article "Good Everning, We're Joy Division" (which was originally published in MoJo in 1994, according to the liner notes) is an eye-opener. This box is essential for any serious Joy Division fan (is there such a thing as the 'casual' fan? maybe, I don't know). And frankly, this is essential for any music lover, as the influence of Joy Division over the years has only grown (check Interpol, She Wants Revenge, and many other bands of this era). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Free Music Review: IAN CURTIS: A Singer and A Poet
Hit: 5 Stars
I travelled far and wide through many different times,
What did you see there?
I saw the saints with their toys,
What did you see there?
I saw all knowledge destroyed.
I travelled far and wide through many different times.
Free Music Review: The Box Set We Should Have Seen for New Order
Hit: 5 Stars
This is as close as you can get to the definitive Joy Division collection. The live material is just as good, with all of the concert recordings coming from the soundboard. This is a welcome change from years of scratchy vinyl audience-recorded bootlegs. The best part of this box set has to be the studio demos of two songs never properly released by Joy Division due to Ian's untimely death - 'Ceremony' and 'In A Lonely Place.'
Although 'Ceremony' was performed at the last live JD venue in Birmingham and found on the Still double LP release, this studio version includes audible lyrics for the first verse. We can't hear Ian in the Still version until the second verse due to soundboard problems. I was disappointed that Peter Hook cuts off 'In A Lonely Place' just as Ian started singing the version that contains, "Hangman looks 'round while he waits; cord stretches tight then in breaks." The official word on this is that during the original demo, the quality of the recording deteriorated after that verse. If that was the case, I'm sure the band would have recorded a second demo after they heard the playback.
After witnessing this release, I was expecting a similar release for New Order, but unfortunately, the New Order box set excludes many early rarities, like Homage, Haystack, and original 1980 recordings sans Gillian Gilbert.
Overall, Heart and Soul is a must have for the avid Joy Division aficionado.
Free Music Review: Heart & Soul CD
Hit: 5 Stars
gave this CD to my daughter-in-law for Christmas as she requested this group. I had never heard of this group before, but they have wonderful music. She loves the CD and I love that you got it here so quickly and the price was great! Thanks!Free Music Review: Soul On Ice
Hit: 5 Stars
Joy Division was poised to take the UK post-punk movement to incredible heights until the suicide by singer Ian Curtis in 1980. The band had established itself in two years as a major force in Europe and were set to delve into a U.S. market that was just hearing the final vestiges of punk rock.
The multi-CD set is a definitive history of the group. The first two disks emphasize the music from Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and offers a mix of singles, outtakes and demos. The third disk has the band reaching a wider audience through the BBC and Peel Sessions, including a nice mix of previously unreleased outtakes.
The fourth disk is the gem, as the 17 live tracks captures Curtis as artist/performer, singing with passion the lyrics that ultimately ripped his soul apart.
Curtis was not only the heart and soul of Joy Division, but was thrust into the lead of a burgeoning musical revolution. It was truly a masterpiece while it lasted.