This music is so powerful that I still shudder at its essence 30 years after the first listen. Few groups have ever combined so succinctly and impulsively. This is music for ritual and ceremony. It's about culture not commerce.
Me and my cohort in high school in Texas in the late 1970's listened to Joy Division and other basically unknown "underground" acts in the US - but JD was like this beautiful, dark secret we knew all the rest of kids in high school listening to album rock radio dreck would never understand. And they never did.
The best Peel session ever recorded, Joy Division at their most fearsome - superb. This was recorded just after I was lucky enough to see them live at West Runton 07.11.79 supporting the Buzzcocks.
I've heard these songs literally 100s of times. But this recording session is remarkable for so many reasons and to think 6 months it would all be over.
Rod Tipton Peel took no part in the sessions, finding the process uninteresting. It was the producer who brought out the band's performance. See the Peel Wiki for more info.
I think the bands really gave it everything for Peel. I was under the impression these were band recordings without a producer (an engineer, yes). Recorded by the band without much tinkering with. He had a great ear for what are now classics. He brought many bands who were being ignored by a music press bought and paid for by the music industry, out into the open. Highly respected by bands and fans alike. Often the peel session version were more of the bands playing without a producer (not always) giving a song a different vibe. Again, thanks for uploading. Great punker versions. Which JD was...a punk band. Period.
@@DaveAnchovies As you said, no or very little influence from a producer is pretty much why peel sessions often (but not always) yielded a better recording than the Album versions of songs. The Peel sessions were basically the band playing live and fed into the desk without overdubs or tinkering afterwards. I don't think bands were particularly outputting any different because it was for Peel, it was just the band playing live.
@@Westerdd Not sure that was always the case. Bands usually had several hours to record 3 or 4 tracks for a Peel session and while some bands may have just played live others certainly built up and layered the tracks and used overdubs etc. All sessions employed producers too. Dale Griffin (ex of Mott The Hoople if memory serves) was one of those regularly used, for example. Many people seem to think that Peel sessions were broadcast live on his show, but that was not the case, of course.
Joy Division at their best: their live performance were getting better, Ian's voice seemed more educated and controlled, they were growing up...but 6 months later everything would be over
Actually i love the more punk sound joy division have in their live concert... in this sesion they sound good but is almost to "perfect" (i like it more than the studio version by the way )
John Peel was awesome. Supported real music. I was listening to Unseen Terror, Napalm Death and Carcass peel sessions before this as I'm into Death Metal, Grindcore and Hardcore mostly but I real dig this stuff too. Awesome.
I had a horrible little radio cassette player that required the patience of several saints to get to stay tuned in but it was always worth it for John Peel.
At times, especially on LWT this sounds speeded up, but taking Ian's voice as the barometer it shows how fast the band played 'live' rather than on record sometimes
Colony just rips, March 2020 and not even a day dated, these Joy Division sessions were some of their absolute best songs, performed brilliantly. No fade in the power at all, at least I think so
according to the narrative in the book, at this time Martin Hannett met with a US distributor , who offered Joy Division one million US dollars for the US distribution rights
John Peel God rest his soul did more for the world than the last 100million people who were born will ever do. Peoplee dont give ordinary folk breaks like he did anymore, doubt they ever will in the future. He didnt just record the music of stars, he actually made them and he did it in such a selfless way, such a great loss to our human family.
Joy Division had always so much energy. Like The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse etc. Strange that such energetic artists (solo or leaders of bands) ended so soon.
@@darrelldoran509 Suicide. Not epilepsy. Though he did suffer fits. I don’t know whether he suffered anxiety or depression (or bipolar). It’s not usually depression but mania & anxiety that immediately precedes suicidal thoughts. I believe poor Ian hanged himself at home & was found dead by his young wife. The film “Closer” was made as a memorial to his brief life, I hope with her approval. It is a very moving document. No stardom for Ian or the band. The went on to further heights as New Order. Joy Division is seen as just Ian Curtis, and he’s an inextricable part of it, but listen to the guitars, the drums, it’s so intense and I think the simplicity & driving energy, combined with dark feelings from the band made it what it was.
john was a legend ! i was onlly 10 when i first listed on radio 1..he just introduced the greatest bands that i eventually explored as i got older! thanks my scouse mate..
Ian Curtis and Eric Burdon both have (or had) in common that they were rather of smaller build (nothing wrong with that), yet they somehow managed to have these gigantic, deep, massive-sounding voices. And as it happens, they're two of my fave rock vocalists (I have wide tastes), but not because of that, lol. Because they're both great subjectively.
great music never fades..cant believe John's not here now but his legacy remains! what great company when youre an angry/ rebellious teenager!thank you
For my money as a guitarist of 40+ years, this version of Colony has the greatest fuzz guitar sound ever recorded by anyone. It's a cliche to say that the less produced version of a song is the better one, and in general I will defend Martin Hannett until the cows come home, but in this case it clearly destroys the one on "Closer" although that album has its high points.
To jest genialne. Joy Division usłyszałam po raz pierwszy w 1984 roku. Byłam pod wielkim wrażeniem. Minęło 40 lat i nic się nie zmieniło. Ta genialność, moim zdaniem, polega na tym, że za każdym razem, gdy tego słuchasz, wydaje ci się, że słuchasz po raz pierwszy. W " przestrzeni" muzycznej można, niestety, znaleźć wiele muzycznych miernot. Słuchasz jakiegoś kawałka i po chwili znika z twojej głowy. Najgorsze jest to, że pojawił się ( nie wiem jak to nazwać ) muzyczny PRODUKT udający muzykę, tworzony przez AI. "To" może brzmieć perfekcyjnie, ale NIE MA duszy. I nigdy mieć nie będzie, bo tylko ludzie potrafią stworzyć genialne dzieła. Muzyka tworzona przez Joy Division ma duszę i dlatego od 40 lat ma wielu fanów, do których i ja się zaliczam. Pozdrawiam, Barbara
As grandes linhas de baixo q eu sempre quis fazer, más n conseguia! O melhor entrosamento em uma banda de músicos medianos, más q juntos eram imbatíveis! Joy p sempre! 😥🥲
Hey @vibracobra73, I really miss your version of the joy division peel session 31-1-'79, the one where you hear peel talking and announcing the songs, and making funny remarks. Loved that one...
not only do i love joy division but the fact that i get to be the 69th comment tops it off i remember listening to love will tear us apart all the time on repeat
The finest ! One of the top 10 bands of all time 🙏🙏
Damn, them drums aye
aye aye?
16 minutes and 15 seconds of pure joy!
Of pure joy division
Division
divided joy
This music is so powerful that I still shudder at its essence 30 years after the first listen. Few groups have ever combined so succinctly and impulsively. This is music for ritual and ceremony. It's about culture not commerce.
So true
Hypnotized🤟
Ugh
C'est de l'ordre du sacré.
For me Joy Division changed the musical landscape!
have you xheck3ed out any Des O'Connor stuff?
Joy Division is best ever since Jesus did die
I agree. You hear them in every good band since them. Especially Hookies bass approach, up the neck! But in all of their musicianship too.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this version of Love Will Tear Us Apart!
Absolute chills listening to it
Why? What makes you say that? How does it differ form other versions?
@@scottlarson4407 I just like the faster version with the spastic drums.
So 👍 glad they got this recorded live
Rip John peel
❤
The playing on this is superb. And Ian is on form.
24 Hours is colossal.
An absolute belter.
My favourite favourite band ever 😍
Wow so tight
You're right! 24 hours is a perfect music!
Me and my cohort in high school in Texas in the late 1970's listened to Joy Division and other basically unknown "underground" acts in the US - but JD was like this beautiful, dark secret we knew all the rest of kids in high school listening to album rock radio dreck would never understand. And they never did.
The best Peel session ever recorded, Joy Division at their most fearsome - superb. This was recorded just after I was lucky enough to see them live at West Runton 07.11.79 supporting the Buzzcocks.
joy division were at their absolute peak here- who knows how much even greater they may have become?
Indeed, one wonders what could have been.
They became New Order, so I would argue a little less great after Ian died.
Colony and Sound of Music are just absolute perfection.
Colony is divertingly gorgeous
This session is a date in music history ; virtuosity of each member is high
I've heard these songs literally 100s of times. But this recording session is remarkable for so many reasons and to think 6 months it would all be over.
Sadly yes Joe. What a waste.
The Peel Sessions are always good. He had a way with bands. This is great, thanks.
Rod Tipton Peel took no part in the sessions, finding the process uninteresting. It was the producer who brought out the band's performance. See the Peel Wiki for more info.
I think the bands really gave it everything for Peel. I was under the impression these were band recordings without a producer (an engineer, yes). Recorded by the band without much tinkering with.
He had a great ear for what are now classics. He brought many bands who were being ignored by a music press bought and paid for by the music industry, out into the open. Highly respected by bands and fans alike.
Often the peel session version were more of the bands playing without a producer (not always) giving a song a different vibe.
Again, thanks for uploading. Great punker versions. Which JD was...a punk band. Period.
Usually the BBC sessions have better sound than band's official releases. This one is another testament. Sonically fantastic.
@@DaveAnchovies As you said, no or very little influence from a producer is pretty much why peel sessions often (but not always) yielded a better recording than the Album versions of songs. The Peel sessions were basically the band playing live and fed into the desk without overdubs or tinkering afterwards. I don't think bands were particularly outputting any different because it was for Peel, it was just the band playing live.
@@Westerdd Not sure that was always the case. Bands usually had several hours to record 3 or 4 tracks for a Peel session and while some bands may have just played live others certainly built up and layered the tracks and used overdubs etc. All sessions employed producers too. Dale Griffin (ex of Mott The Hoople if memory serves) was one of those regularly used, for example. Many people seem to think that Peel sessions were broadcast live on his show, but that was not the case, of course.
I had this cassette tape and listened to it over and over
This is great. A Treasure.
Joy Division, a band ahead of its time
And a band for the ages, one that will forever remain relevant.
@@MokkaMatti 💯
always ahead
Joy Division at their best: their live performance were getting better, Ian's voice seemed more educated and controlled, they were growing up...but 6 months later everything would be over
CatoMinor Something so good just couldn’t function anymore. Such a sad loss. #poetgenius
Actually i love the more punk sound joy division have in their live concert... in this sesion they sound good but is almost to "perfect" (i like it more than the studio version by the way )
Suicide does that. I know.
I would do almost anything to know what a third joy division album would sound like
@@bruhguy4208 Maybe a sound in the direction of the "Atmosphere" song: more electronic, more soft, more Japan-like. Who knows?
what a master piece of history rip john peel and of course ian curtis xx
BUT THEN, ALONG COMES THE ASTONISHING "SOUND OF MUSIC" that guitar sound man..............
Amazing too that it was Hooky rather than Bernard with that guitar sound.
Don't underestimate the trance of that drum beat either
This version of Colony is phenominal, nothing comes close to it for me across their discograpghy personally.
100 percent
incredible drumming towards the end.
I remember listening to this many years ago and it totally changed me
John Peel was awesome. Supported real music. I was listening to Unseen Terror, Napalm Death and Carcass peel sessions before this as I'm into Death Metal, Grindcore and Hardcore mostly but I real dig this stuff too. Awesome.
I MISS JOHN PEEL so much on rad.1! it was part of my life to get away from my parents & get some normallity & persective in life!!
I had a horrible little radio cassette player that required the patience of several saints to get to stay tuned in but it was always worth it for John Peel.
❤
Peter Hook is completely amazing in these sessions.
Im speechless
Thank you for posting
All these years on "and there's still this appeal"
At times, especially on LWT this sounds speeded up, but taking Ian's voice as the barometer it shows how fast the band played 'live' rather than on record sometimes
Cocaine 😘
what a drums¡¡¡¡¡
Morris the drum machine.
Peel sessions seem to always have great sounding drums.
Colony just rips, March 2020 and not even a day dated, these Joy Division sessions were some of their absolute best songs, performed brilliantly. No fade in the power at all, at least I think so
And you are Right !
Yeah Chris i agree. Hannets production was brilliant, but am not sure who produced this session. Ànyone know ?
@@steviebunch8854 from my original copy of "An Ideal for Living" , this second Peel Session was recorded late Nov 1979 and produced by Tony Wilson.
according to the narrative in the book, at this time Martin Hannett met with a US distributor , who offered Joy Division one million US dollars for the US distribution rights
Lovely, timeless...
They really played with an urgency but the end product is so polished really good recording from a fantastic band
Thankyou
i just listen to their music & soak it in! been ages since ive listened to this..
Love the backing vocals on Sound of Music. Different to the studio version. I'm assuming it was Peter?
@brentwillis260 You assume correctly.
Forever and Always: Joy Division
❤
WONDERFUL, That's all i need to say. ♥️🎤🎸🥁😓 R.I.P Ian
this here folks is real music
And thank you for sharing.
He made his job a career, and changed the world!
Colony is perfection
Dude could rock a drum kit!
vibracobra73 you are a force for the good. thx!
(fantastic versions of '24hrs' and 'colony')
0.75 play speed on this sessions Love Will Tear Us Apart is incredible
The greatest band there ever was or ever will be.
Amazing energy in this session, perfect. I also like the original recording, which are more subdued. One of my favourite bands, brings back nostalgia
I have this on vinyl 👍🏻
John Peel God rest his soul did more for the world than the last 100million people who were born will ever do. Peoplee dont give ordinary folk breaks like he did anymore, doubt they ever will in the future. He didnt just record the music of stars, he actually made them and he did it in such a selfless way, such a great loss to our human family.
❤
Cheers fellas for your output to us mortals, forever in debt . My shout 🍺 🍺🎤🎸 🥁🎹🎸
Thank you for uploading.
Lindo, perfeito. Melhor banda.
Una sola palabra MEMORABLE
Simply the best...Thank you.
Joy Division had always so much energy. Like The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse etc. Strange that such energetic artists (solo or leaders of bands) ended so soon.
The light that burns brightly burns half as long.
The corporation kills them off. Music is a branch of the military industrial complex.
Epilepsy .
@@darrelldoran509 Suicide. Not epilepsy. Though he did suffer fits. I don’t know whether he suffered anxiety or depression (or bipolar). It’s not usually depression but mania & anxiety that immediately precedes suicidal thoughts. I believe poor Ian hanged himself at home & was found dead by his young wife. The film “Closer” was made as a memorial to his brief life, I hope with her approval. It is a very moving document. No stardom for Ian or the band. The went on to further heights as New Order. Joy Division is seen as just Ian Curtis, and he’s an inextricable part of it, but listen to the guitars, the drums, it’s so intense and I think the simplicity & driving energy, combined with dark feelings from the band made it what it was.
@@GT380man ok , suicide due to fucking epilepsy and a host of other conditions .
thank u for posting this !
john was a legend ! i was onlly 10 when i first listed on radio 1..he just introduced the greatest bands that i eventually explored as i got older! thanks my scouse mate..
He was posh really.
Side two of Closer is perfection.
Great recording.. Colony is my favourite on this.
Ian Curtis and Eric Burdon both have (or had) in common that they were rather of smaller build (nothing wrong with that), yet they somehow managed to have these gigantic, deep, massive-sounding voices. And as it happens, they're two of my fave rock vocalists (I have wide tastes), but not because of that, lol. Because they're both great subjectively.
man was 1.85
lol Ian was 6'2
6,1 is not specially short
great music never fades..cant believe John's not here now but his legacy remains! what great company when youre an angry/ rebellious teenager!thank you
Absolute PERFECTION!
Love ian voice
❤
No comment....Joy Division...No comment....perfection....Joy Division....sad absolute perfection
best i ever hear
Gracias por compartir :)
Thank you for uploading this pice of music history!
thanks for all your time spent uploading mate
AWESOME
Yes!!!!
Los mejores 16 minutos que he disfrutado en mi vida
Hooky's bass on Sound of Music sounds so seductive and dangerous. Amazing recording of an amazing band.
I think it's Barney on bass on that...swapped over for the odd track
That ominous synth drone hangs over “Colony” like a cloud of despera...ah, fuck it. It totally fuckin’ slays, this.
THE BEST
Love thanks so much ❣❣❣
For my money as a guitarist of 40+ years, this version of Colony has the greatest fuzz guitar sound ever recorded by anyone. It's a cliche to say that the less produced version of a song is the better one, and in general I will defend Martin Hannett until the cows come home, but in this case it clearly destroys the one on "Closer" although that album has its high points.
just sublime..manx rock! never goes out of fashion & remains in your soul!
Proud to be the 420th 'thumbs up' on this slice of the musical cannon.
Wonder what would have happened if Ian hadn't killed himself...
preving would have taken America by storm!
just so exhilarating listening to this..wow Ians voice so haunting! enough to scare this corona off!
To jest genialne. Joy Division usłyszałam po raz pierwszy w 1984 roku. Byłam pod wielkim wrażeniem. Minęło 40 lat i nic się nie zmieniło. Ta genialność, moim zdaniem, polega na tym, że za każdym razem, gdy tego słuchasz, wydaje ci się, że słuchasz po raz pierwszy. W " przestrzeni" muzycznej można, niestety, znaleźć wiele muzycznych miernot. Słuchasz jakiegoś kawałka i po chwili znika z twojej głowy. Najgorsze jest to, że pojawił się ( nie wiem jak to nazwać ) muzyczny PRODUKT udający muzykę, tworzony przez AI. "To" może brzmieć perfekcyjnie, ale NIE MA duszy. I nigdy mieć nie będzie, bo tylko ludzie potrafią stworzyć genialne dzieła.
Muzyka tworzona przez Joy Division ma duszę i dlatego od 40 lat ma wielu fanów, do których i ja się zaliczam.
Pozdrawiam,
Barbara
(off topic, but: Hey @Vibracobra23 ! the cocteau twin peel sessions were removed... aaaaargh! pleaease ... and thx so much for your noble work :-))
As grandes linhas de baixo q eu sempre quis fazer, más n conseguia! O melhor entrosamento em uma banda de músicos medianos, más q juntos eram imbatíveis! Joy p sempre! 😥🥲
The brilliant future superstar band sounds here embracing the grand sound to crack America. I imagine JD performing "Colony" in Live Aid.
They sounded as plain as skimmed milk without Hannett's genius production. Especially the drums
Masterpiece!!!!!
Hey @vibracobra73, I really miss your version of the joy division peel session 31-1-'79, the one where you hear peel talking and announcing the songs, and making funny remarks. Loved that one...
The photo used got a copyright strike, so I'll have to remake it with a different pic...will try to do that soon
@@Vibracobra23_Original ah! good to hear.
not only do i love joy division but the fact that i get to be the 69th comment tops it off i remember listening to love will tear us apart all the time on repeat
Sempre...with love for allllss
Incredibly moving music that still leaves me hoping that young artists have better support with mental health issues these days.
LOVE ❤️
ART.
So this is permanent.
Exactly.
O Ano era 79, e que bateria absurda.. e que som pesado.
Twenty Four Hours might just be the best song ever recorded…by anybody
I can hear Jim Morrison's influence on Ian Curtis in "Colony," especially in the "your god in his wisdom" lines.
Morrison was a poser compared to the brilliance of Curtis.
GEIL!
Stephen Morris take a bow son
String-synth is heavenly.
Great.
This version of 24 hours is far better than the LP