Joy Division - Still (UK Original) Vinyl rip in 24 Bit/96 Khz + CD-format

Ian Curtis' death prompted a flood of bootlegs and similar "tributes," likely motivated more by profit than anything else. Seeking to trump this problem – though arguably coming from much the same standpoint – Factory issued Still in 1981, a haphazard if still useful collection of odds, ends, and more. Considering that the band's many singles weren't properly compiled until much later on Substance, Still makes only partial sense – the studio cuts were mostly outtakes, while the live songs had their own problems. Of the studio takes, only two tracks had seen formal release beforehand – the mesmerizing post-punk meets R&B groove of "Glass" and the searing "Dead Souls," certainly both worthy of even more listens. Beyond that, things were more hit and miss, with strong instrumental performances given to slightly indifferent songs and vice versa. The anthemic "Something Must Break" is one of the best, while the nervous "Ice Age" is an agreeable enough thrash and "The Only Mistake" a melodramatic but still effective effort. Other numbers like "The Sound of Music" and the heavily compressed pound of "Walked in Line" sound more like sketches on the way to becoming truly great songs. A live ringer concludes the studio half, a fair enough take on the Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray" (at under half the length) which concludes with Curtis' wry joke, "You should hear our version of 'Louie, Louie'!"

Track listing:

Side one

"Exercise One" – 3:06
"Ice Age" – 2:24
"The Sound of Music" – 3:55
"Glass" – 3:56
"The Only Mistake" – 4:17

Side two

"Walked in Line" – 2:47
"The Kill" – 2:15
"Something Must Break" – 2:48
"Dead Souls" – 4:53
"Sister Ray" (live) (John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker) – 7:36

Tracks 1, 5, 6 and 7 recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, during sessions for the Unknown Pleasures album.
Tracks 2 and 9 recorded in October–November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, during sessions for the Licht und Blindheit single.
Track 3 recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, during sessions for the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single.
Track 4 recorded in October 1978 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, originally released on A Factory Sample in 1979.
Track 8 recorded in July–August 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, during sessions for the "Transmission" single.
Track 10 recorded live at the Moonlight Club, London on 2 April 1980.

Credits:

Artwork – Grafica Industria
Engineer – Chris Nagle
Producer – Martin Hannet