Joy Division - (1980 US Atmosphere Single) (Master-Tape, Full Album)

Full album, best sound quality.

1. Atmosphere 0:00
2. She's Lost Control [12" Fade-Out Mix] 4:10

The Japanese boxset is a lesser known item in the Joy Division catalog. It was released in 1990 as five discs containing Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still, Substance, and the October 1980 US Atmosphere single respectively. The set is popular in the audiophile community because it sourced its material from the ORIGINAL master tapes. Just about every other CD source, including the "Heart and Soul" boxset from 1997 and the 2007 remastered albums, utilized 2nd-gen sources, poor remasters, or unethical audio compressing. The Japanese boxset is uncompressed, unremastered, and the closest you will get to good vinyl quality.

The set is extremely rare and expensive, but as Joy Division is my all-time favorite band, I managed to get a copy, and am presenting you with "Atmosphere" from the set. Enjoy these classic and beautiful tracks like I assume you've never heard before! Trust me; every track is just majestic, and there's no bullshit echoey crap either.

Note: It's odd they decided to include this single on the boxset, considering "Substance" has both these songs on it. I could understand if the two discs together utilized both mixes of "She's Lost Control", but they don't. However, these tracks DO seem to have either slightly different mixing or slightly different mastering to those on "Substance". They're louder, for one thing.

I always hated the order of the tracks on the compilation. It's not chronological...well, actually, it sort of is, but in a weird way. The compilation takes all the singles and EP's and in order just plays one or two tracks from each before going back and finishing them. For example, the "An Ideal for Living" tracks are both out of order and are separated by 8 tracks. It's stupid. Nevertheless, this was always the best compilation for getting all the non-album tracks. "Still" got the outtakes.

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