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"Transmission" is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division. Originally recorded in 1978 for the band's aborted self-titled album , it was later re-recorded the following year at a faster tempo and released by record label Factory as the band's debut single.
Preston 28 February 1980 is a live album by English post-punk band Joy Division featuring a performance on 28 February 1980 at The Warehouse, Preston. The album was released on 24 May 1999 in the UK by record label NMC Music and in the US on 13 July 1999.
Joy Division were an English post-punk band that consisted of singer Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.From 1976 to 1980, the band recorded a total of 53 songs, all of which were credited to all four members of the group, with one exception, and almost all were produced by Martin Hannett.
The first EP, The Peel Sessions, was released in 1986 by record label Strange Fruit. It features recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 14 February 1979, and was recorded at the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 31 January 1979. [2] None of the songs had been released prior to the broadcast.
Peter Hook recalls in his memoirs, Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division and Substance: Inside New Order how Gretton would sometimes record backing vocals on New Order tracks and often helped with deliberations over song and album titles with both Joy Division and New Order. He died in May 1999 at the age of 46 as the result of a heart attack. [6]
The live tracks released on the live albums Preston 28 February 1980 in 1999 and Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 in 2001. Live tracks "Shadowplay" and "Transmission", recorded 13 July 1979 at the Factory, Manchester. "Transmission" was first released on the CD format of the re-release of the "Atmosphere" single in 1988.
"Transmission" (live) – 3:18 "She's Lost Control" (live) – 3:44 "Ian Curtis & Stephen Morris interviewed by Richard Skinner" – 3:32; Notes. Tracks 1 to 4 first released on The Peel Sessions EP in 1986. Tracks 5 to 8 first released on The Peel Sessions EP in 1987. Tracks 9 to 11 first released on the Joy Division The Complete BBC ...
It says, 'From Joy Division to New Order'. I couldn't bear the words 'Best of'. It's a long way from the independent record shop to Tesco, almost 33 years. At Factory, I had a freedom that was unprecedented in communications design. We lived out an ideal, without business calling the shots. It was a phenomenon." [3]