
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. |

The Paradiso photographed in 2002
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- The Eternal web site (Michel Enkiri) and reproduced here with permission
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Appx. duration: 65 mins. Sound quality: 9/9
This is an excellent soundboard recording and the most bootlegged Joy Division 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 these official releases:
Les Bains Douches
Fractured Box Set
All 17 songs from the concert appeared on 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 appeared on the following 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
Various Artists Live - Alternative Vol.2 CD
Soul of Heart CD
Desperation Takes Hold CD
Remains CD
Closer To The Unknown CD
Amsterdam 1980 LP
The Dutch Recordings CD
Some tracks appeared on
House Of Dolls
Let The Movie Begin
Love Fear Isolation
Transmission appeared on
Happy Porpak's Live Punk Sampler, Vol. 1 LP
Love Will tear Us Apart appeared on
Various Artists Live - The Alternative Vol 3
Passover appeared on
Live Sampler