6th October 1979: Odeon, Edinburgh, Scotland 
On tour with the Buzzcocks
Songs performed:
01. Leaders Of Men
02. Digital
03. Day Of The Lords
04. Transmission
05. Shadowplay
06. She's Lost Control
07. New Dawn Fades
08. Disorder
09. Transmission
Appx. duration: 30 mins. Sound quality: 7-/9
Tape does not have track 09 Transmission - see
below |
Ticket signed by
Pete Shelley
Thanks
to Steve
and the Edinburgh Gig
Archive
for the scan
|
Song 01 appeared on the following bootleg album:
At The Moonlight Club LP
Euan was at the gig and remembers Transmission
being performed as the encore. It looks like the taper had
turned off his cassette recorder and missed it. Here's how
Euan remembers the gig:
They definitely played Transmission twice as I had never
heard the song, or Joy Division, until that night and
thought it was a very distinctive song in their set. They
played their initial set and went off at which point I
raced out to the merchandise stall but while I was there
they started back up again and played Transmission once
more - having come back on for an encore. I had been in
the circle up the stairs but this time just ran back into
the stalls downstairs and watched it from there. Then they
went off again and that was the end of the set.
I distinctly remember the stage, which was very big, being
very empty of equipment and the only lighting was a very
deep and powerful blue.I've heard the cassette tape and
remember that the bass was a lot stronger and really heavy
in the actual hall than it sounds on the tape. Anyway, I
went out and bought Transmission which was released that
or the following week, I think, without actually knowing
which song it was and when I played it I thought that's
why they performed it twice because it was the new
single.
