29 July 2010

JD Recycle 8: Atmosphere (1988)



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Atmosphere (1988)
Factory Records Fac 213
June 1988

Tracklisting:

01 Atmosphere (Live)
02 Digital (Live)
03 Transmission (Live)
04 Love Will Tear Us Apart (Live)
05 She's Lost Control (Live)
06 Transmission (Live)

1-5 Recorded live at Paradiso, Amsterdam, 11 January 1980. Recorded by Omroepvereniging VARA for broadcast on Dutch public radio.
6 Recorded live at The Factory, Hulme, Manchester, 13 July 1979

Here are the notes from Mr. A.L., who is doing the mastering:

And so we finally come to an end.

Out of nowhere came 1988's FAC213, released as the lead-in to Substance. As Factory had little left in the vaults to release (that they knew of), they padded Atmosphere - the easy choice for the single - with lesser-known studio recordings and a then-unreleased live take on Transmission from The Factory, Hulme 13 July 1979.

To avoid excessive reduplication we decided to take an alternate path ourselves, the plan being an EP with live takes on all the Factory A-sides. And that is what we have for you.

Friends of the program have recently obtained complete copies of the 11 January 1980 Paradiso, Amsterdam gig *directly from Dutch radio* - in stellar, pristine, unbelievable uncirculated quality. We took a subset of this gig and chose to use it here. Subsequently professionally mastered to sound like a continuous performance, these tracks are the pinnacle of live Joy Division in terms of sonics: you won't find any better than this. These collective 5 tracks can be released tomorrow, just as we have them here, and sell millions.

And so as to not leave out the one unique track from the original 1988 FACD213 release, we close out the proceedings with Transmission from the 13 July 1979 Factory, Hulme, Manchester gig. A different mastering from the original 1988 CD, this is a cleanup of the source used to seed the 2007 Unknown Pleasures bonus disc (the entire 13 July 1979 gig). It is better than the 2007 release, and loads better than the 1997 Heart and Soul CD4 version as well.
Posted by at 7:51 PM

24 comments:

  2. Thanks. I've just ordered that CD. This can help me hang on before I receive it!

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  3. Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

    You are sooooo good to us! Thank you so much.

    So, what's next? LOL

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  4. As always, thanks very much.

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  5. This is excellent. Many thanks for the entire series. Now looking forward to Mr. AL's postings.

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  6. Thank you thank you thank you! At last we reach the end of the remaster series. Here's looking forward to bonus tracks maybe......?

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  7. Incredible series - Thank you

    How about remasters of NO,s post factory singles next. There's some good stuff there.

    Thank you again

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  8. Well done!! At Last ;) :)
    You deserve for sure to go on hiatus for a while... just to rest yourself and to take the project back

    Thanks!!!

    Fab From Italy

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  9. Thank you. This has been a wonderful project that has reawakened my interest in Joy Division (and sparked a whole new interest in New Order).

    The care you have taken is above commendable. Both the design and mastering of tracks has been fantastic. You should be so proud of the project. Hopefully the record companies take note of what they could do if they spent some time and money on a similar project. I'd still buy it in a minute.

    Cheers mate! Bravo!!

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  10. You guys rule! been following all these releases from the first and am in total gratitude.... is there somewhere here we can donate?

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  11. Bless you Jeb for this entire project. One of the best music blog undertakings of the past year or two.

    Thanks to New Order's management & Factory for being tolerant about this as well.

    - brian in seattle

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  12. Cheers once again! And thanks to both of you for the love & dedication you have shown! And thanks to NO's management, as Brian stated above. I would be so happy to buy a nice and official manufactured box compiling your work! Thanks again, take the rest you both need and see you soon...! twp

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  13. This release was well worth the wait, I don't think I have heard JD sound so good live. This was such a satisfying listen. What a fabulous project and you encouraged me to go out and get all the JD and NO catalogue available, so the record companies haven't lost out either.

    Great stuff, looking forward to whatever you do next.

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  14. A masterful end to a masterful effort. Simple words cannot express the thanks for all your hard work. To all involved...

    A heartfelt THANK YOU!

    Now, if all the record labels would truly learn the lessons of this effort for all the works of music fading into oblivion.

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  15. Brilliant work Gentlemen! You guys should be very proud of everything that has been achieved with this series; really. You guys just upgraded the whole JD/NO community’s music collections; everyone can cross singles completely off their list now….lol. Thanks again; that was brilliant work on all fronts!

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  16. Your work is really awesome.. Thanks a lot. But is there any chance to get the complete Paradiso gig from 1980 in this fabulous quality. That would be fantastic...

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  17. I always said that if I had a time machine I would go back and see the bands of long ago. Thank you for making this happen.

    Thanks to everyone who was involved - and remained un-involved - in order for this to happen.

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  18. This is awesome... Is there any chance to get the copmlete Amsterdam show in this fabulous quality?

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  19. Unbelievable .... and I haven't heard a single one of the downloads so far. I'm sure though every single one will turn out to be a gem!

    Thanks very much indeed for all your work!

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  20. I seem to be having problems with the link... decompression failed :(
    ... also, is there any way we can PayPal for all your efforts?
    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN PRESERVING THIS MATERIAL!!! :D

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  21. Thank you. The quality of the Dutch tracks is indeed UNBELIEVABLE!! Now I'm infuriated: the past 30 years we've been given mediocre quality live tracks - from Factory, from Warner, from LTM... WHY?? I came to believe that such a thing as a professionally recorded JD concert is non-existent. glad, I'm wrong. Thanks, again!

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  22. Been listening to these JD tracks you've compiled and really enjoying them all. I was definitely unaware of some of the more obscure cuts so that's been really interesting. I'm sure I never would have been able to hunt them all down on my own so it's great to find them all in one place like this. Thanks a lot, hope you're having a good holiday.

    Best,
    Brian

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  24. I first came to Joy Division through a dubbed tape of a tape of Gruftgesange sold by Wax Trax records in Chicago--made from the first pressing. To this day, the intensity floors me. For years I couldn't listen to the album versions as they were so arid, comparatively. I'm cured of that now.

    Still, I have yet to hear any version that sounds better than my 2nd gen tape (made on a dubbing boom box) of a needle drop.

    Until now.

    When might the full recording see the light of day?

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