Product Description
RELEASE DATE: 25TH SEPTEMBER 2026
On 26th September, Joy Division will release Eternal, a brand new 15-disc live boxed set.
Pulling together myriad audio sources from audience recordings to sound desk tapes to international radio broadcasts, the set features 16 full audio concert recordings across 14 CDs, plus ca. 2 hours 20 mins of live video on a DVD, recorded between March 1979 through May 1980, just two weeks before Ian Curtis’ tragic death.
Please note: audio quality across these sources varies widely. Most of the audience recordings sound exactly like what they are – recorded by a fan in the crowd – and multiple concerts have been widely bootlegged. Although under normal circumstances this might make for a sub-optimal commercial offering, in this instance we have every confidence that Joy Division fans will revel in these official bootlegs, and be overjoyed by the higher quality recordings, especially with those that are previously unheard.
Following on from previous New Order Definitive Edition releases, Eternal will be presented in a 12″ rigid box, with the 15 discs presented in 4x digipaks, with an additional softback 12″ book featuring new liner notes by UK poet laureate and Joy Division fan Simon Armitage, as well as photography by band photographers Anton Corbijn and Kevin Cummins.
TRACKLIST
CD1: Hope And Anchor, London **Previously unreleased**
1 Exercise One
2 She’s Lost Control
3 Shadowplay
4 Leaders Of Men
5 Insight
6 The Only Mistake
7 Disorder
8 Glass
9 Digital
10 Warsaw
11 Transmission
12 I Remember Nothing
13 Interzone
14 Ice Age
Recording date: 1st March, 1979
Audio source: Mixing an audience recording by Jonathan Crabb, with a second audience recording (taper unknown). Both recordings previously unheard.
CD2: Bowdon Vale Youth Club, Altrincham
1 Exercise One
2 She’s Lost Control
3 Shadowplay
4 Leaders Of Men
5 Insight
6 Disorder
7 Glass
8 Digital
9 Ice Age
10 Warsaw
11 Transmission
12 I Remember Nothing
13 No Love Lost
Recording date: 14th March, 1979
Audio source:”Exercise One” from a sound desk recording, the rest of the show is a matrix of the sound desk recording and an audience recording by Malcolm Whitehead.
Acklam Hall, London **Previously unreleased**
14 Disorder
15 She’s Lost Control
16 Shadowplay
17 Wilderness
18 Insight
19 Candidate
20 Digital
Recording date: 17th May, 1979
Audio source: An audience recording by Jonathan Crabb
CD3: The Factory, Manchester **Previously unheard recording**
1 Dead Souls
2 The Only Mistake
3 Insight
4 Candidate
5 Wilderness
6 She’s Lost Control
7 Shadowplay
8 Disorder
9 Interzone
10 Atrocity Exhibition
11 Novelty
12 Transmission
Recording date: 13th July, 1979
Audio source: A previously unheard sound desk recording.
CD4: YMCA, London
1 Dead Souls
2 Disorder
3 Wilderness
4 Autosuggestion
5 Transmission
6 Day Of The Lords
7 She’s Lost Control
8 Shadowplay
9 Atrocity Exhibition
10 Insight
Recording date: 2nd August, 1979
Audio source: Sound desk recording.
CD5: Futurama One Festival, Leeds
1 I Remember Nothing
2 Wilderness
3 Transmission
4 Colony
5 Disorder
6 Insight
7 Shadowplay
8 She’s Lost Control
9 Atrocity Exhibition
10 Dead Souls
Recording date: 8th September, 1979
Audio source: An audience recording by Duncan Haysom.
CD6: Les Bains Douches, Paris
1 Passover
2 Wilderness
3 Disorder
4 Love Will Tear Us Apart
5 Insight
6 Shadowplay
7 Transmission
8 Day Of The Lords
9 Twenty Four Hours
10 Colony
11 These Days
12 A Means To An End
13 She’s Lost Control
14 Atrocity Exhibition
15 Interzone
16 Warsaw
Recording date: 18th December, 1979
Audio source: Radio broadcast recording, France Inter.
CD7: Paradiso, Amsterdam
1 Passover
2 Wilderness
3 Digital
4 Day Of The Lords
5 Insight
6 New Dawn Fades
7 Disorder
8 Transmission
9 Love Will Tear Us Apart
10 These Days
11 A Means To An End
12 Twenty Four Hours
13 Shadowplay
14 She’s Lost Control
15 Atrocity Exhibition
16 Atmosphere
17 Interzone
Recording date: 11th January, 1980
Audio source: Radio broadcast recording, VARA.
CD8: Effenaar, Eindhoven
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart
2 Digital
3 New Dawn Fades
4 Colony
5 These Days
6 Ice Age
7 Dead Souls
8 Disorder
9 Day Of The Lords
10 Autosuggestion
11 Shadowplay
12 She’s Lost Control
13 Transmission
14 Interzone
15 Atmosphere
16 Warsaw
Recording date: 18th January, 1980
Audio source: An audience recording.
CD9: The Warehouse, Preston
1 Incubation
2 Wilderness
3 Twenty Four Hours
4 The Eternal
5 Heart And Soul
6 Shadowplay
7 Transmission
8 Disorder
9 Warsaw
10 Colony
11 Interzone
12 She’s Lost Control
Recording date: 28th February, 1980
Audio source: Sound desk recording.
CD10: The Lyceum, London
1 Incubation **Previously unheard recording**
2 Wilderness **Previously unheard recording**
3 Twenty Four Hours **Previously unheard recording**
4 The Eternal **Previously unheard recording**
5 Heart And Soul **Previously unheard recording**
6 Love Will Tear Us Apart **Previously unheard recording**
7 Isolation **Previously unheard recording**
8 Komakino **Previously unheard recording**
9 She’s Lost Control **Previously unheard recording**
10 These Days
11 Atrocity Exhibition
12 Heart And Soul Soundcheck
13 Incubation Soundcheck
14 Komakino Soundcheck
15 Isolation (Instrumental) Soundcheck
16 Isolation Soundcheck
Recording date: 29th February, 1980
Audio source: Sound desk recording (tracks 1-10), matrix sound desk / audience recording by Duncan Haysom (track 11), audience recording (tracks 12-16).
CD11: The Moonlight Club, London
2nd April, 1980
1 Sound Of Music
2 Wilderness **Previously unheard**
3 Colony **Previously unheard**
4 Love Will Tear Us Apart **Previously unheard**
5 A Means To An End **Previously unheard**
6 Transmission **Previously unheard**
7 Dead Souls **Previously unheard**
8 Sister Ray
Recording date: 2nd April, 1980
Audio source: Track 1 audience recording by Andy Hooper, tracks 2-8 (mostly) unheard desk recording (except Sister Ray, which was on Still).
3rd April, 1980
9 Love Will Tear Us Apart
10 Glass
11 Digital
12 Heart And Soul
13 Isolation
14 Disorder
15 Atrocity Exhibition
16 Atmosphere
Recording date: 3rd April, 1980
Audio source: Audience recording by Andy Hooper.
CD12: Winter Gardens, Malvern
1 Disorder
2 Wilderness
3 Twenty Four Hours
4 Heart And Soul
5 Atmosphere
6 Love Will Tear Us Apart
7 Isolation
8 Interzone
9 She’s Lost Control
10 Girls Don’t Count (with Section 25)
Recording date: 5th April, 1980
Audio source: An audience recording by Tim Bayes.
CD13: Ajanta Theatre, Derby
1 Dead Souls
2 Wilderness
3 Digital
4 Insight
5 Passover
6 Heart And Soul
7 Isolation
8 These Days
9 Transmission
10 She’s Lost Control
11 Colony
12 Girls Don’t Count (with Section 25)
Recording date: 19th April, 1980
Audio source: An audience recording by Tim Bayes.
CD14: High Hall, Birmingham
1 Ceremony
2 Shadowplay
3 A Means To An End
4 Passover
5 New Dawn Fades
6 Twenty Four Hours
7 Transmission
8 Disorder
9 Isolation
10 Decades
11 Digital
Recording date: 2nd May, 1980
Audio source: Sound desk recording. Track 1, first minute taken from audience recording (recordist unknown).
