Joy Division to Release Eternal Live Box Set Sep 25

A comprehensive collection of live recordings from the influential post-punk band Joy Division will be released on September 25. Titled "Eternal Live," the 14-CD, 2-DVD box set is the band's first official anthology of concert material, compiling 192 tracks from 16 performances spanning March 1979 to May 1980.

The collection sources audio from audience recordings, soundboard tapes, and broadcast archives, all newly mastered at London's Abbey Road Studios. It includes two previously unreleased full shows from London's Hope Anchor and Acklam Hall venues, as well as three previously unheard recordings from performances at The Factory in Manchester and the Lyceum and Moonlight Club in London. A highlight is the band's final concert at High Hall in Birmingham on May 2, 1980, which features the only known live performance of the song "Ceremony."

The accompanying DVDs contain over two and a half hours of video, including a previously unseen concert from Plan K in Brussels and two full shows from Manchester's Apollo Theatre that were only partially released on VHS in 1982. The set also includes a new edit of the film "Joy Division: A Malcolm Whitehead Film." The physical package is a...