JD: 11 JAN 80 Paradiso - Amsterdam, Holland

MP3 taken from recording of the radio broadcast. Of course, this is a soundboard recording. My collection is missing 'Atmosphere' and 'Interzone' as the last tracks, at least on the MP3s. My tape cuts out at These Days...I may have this elsewhere in my collection as well.

You can hear a guitar getting unpluged and pluged at the end of Passover.

Digital

(after song finishes)

IC: "Turn the foldback up, Terry, please"

New_Dawn_Fades

IC: "Turn the foldback back up, please"

Previously I had:

> IC: "Turn the 'phone back up, Terry, please"

NOTE from Andrew Martin

> Just wanted to let you know that Ian actually asks, "Turn the foldback up
> Terry, Please". "Foldback" is another word used to describe the onstage
> monitors that musicians use to hear themselves and obviously Ian couldn't
> hear his own vocal which is why he asks for it to be turned up!

Long pause after Transmission, while JD tunes gear.

Partway during These_Days, the power cuts out for a second.

About a minute into Shadowplay, power cuts out again.

Atrocity_Exhibition

IC: "Welcome to the Atrocity Exhibition!"

Intense.

Also see http://www.angelfire.com/ga/zza77/jdtapes.html

> There was a 7" boot of the encore called Solitary Demands which was
> the best sq recording from this gig that I have come across; stereo
> with good instrument separation. The boots of the rest of the gig I
> have come across are usually quite anaemic. Some or all of this gig
> was networked & broadcast on Dutch radio. I have a new tape 60 min
> tape of this gig in stereo and a copy of the Dutch radio rebroadcast
> including sound effects!

11th January 1980: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1st set
01. Passover*
02. Wilderness
03. Digital
04. Day Of The Lords
05. Insight
06. New Dawn Fades
07. Disorder
08. Transmission



2nd set
09. 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.

Appx. duration: 65 mins. Sound quality: 9/9
This is an excellent soundboard recording and the most bootlegged JD concert ever! Not all the bootlegs
featuring this recording have been mastered from a low generation master so sound quality varies.

* "Passover" is incomplete on all known recordings of this concert

** "Shadowplay" has a brief internal glitch

The local support didn't want to play so Joy Division stood in for them. They played two completely different sets for the price of one.

Here's how it was descirbed in a fanzine at the time:

"When I arrived at the Paradiso, it appeared that most of the regular visitors had decided to stay at home. So the JOY DIVISION played for a handful of people only, two long sets, together around 70 minutes of excellent music.

At that time only 1 album and 2 singles had been released, so they played a lot of new songs that went down well with the small audience.

The gig was (along with the PIL-gig in Bruxelles) the best I have ever seen. Phantastic bass playing by PETER HOOK and a spastic, strainied IAN CURTIS. For the occasion the Paradiso management had lowered the ceiling to make things more intimate. It was a good idea. Shame to all the people who stayed at home". SJC

Parts of this concert have been broadcast on the following radio stations:

Dutch VPRO FM Radio - Broadcast date: 1985
Songs broadcast:
01: Digital (the first note is missing on this recording)
02: Day Of The Lords
03: Disorder
04: Transmission
05: Love Will Tear Us Apart
06: Atmosphere
07: Wilderness
08: Day Of The Lords (again!).
Appx. durations: 30 mins. Sound quality: 9/9
Some songs are faded and some sound effects have been added.

Dutch VARA FM Radio - Broadcast date: 06 Aug 1985
01. DJ intro
02. Digital
03. Day Of The Lords
04. Disorder
05. Transmission
06. Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Appx. duration: 18 mins. Sound quality: 9/9

Dutch VARA FM Radio - Broadcast date: 28 Nov 1989
01. Atmosphere
Appx. duration: 5 mins. Sound quality: 9/9

You can find all 17 songs from the concert on this official release:

ReFractured Box Set

Some songs from the concert appear on this official release:

Les Bains Douches

Fractured Box Set

You can find all 17 songs from the concert on the following bootlegs:

A Means To An End CD

Form And Substance-The Dark Side CD

Live In Amsterdam 1980 CD

Most or some of this concert can be found on these bootlegs:

Amsterdam LP/CD

FM Stereo Broadcast 11/1/80 picture disc LP

Last Order LP

Stroszek's Last Stand LP

An Evening With... LP/CD

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams LP

Inside The Line LP

Solitary Demands 7"EP

Electric Funeral double LP

Gruftgesaenge 2LP/CD

Ian Curtis 15 July 1956-18 July 1980 2CD

Testament 2LP/boxed CD

Joy Division 1980 Amsterdam LP

Various Artists Live - Alternative Vol.2 CD

Soul of Heart CD

Desperation Takes Hold CD

Remains CD

Closer To The Unknown CD

One song ("Transmission") from this gig is included on the following compilation:

Happy Porpak's Live Punk Sampler, Vol. 1 LP

Some tracks also appear on

House Of Dolls

Let The Movie Begin