UNKNOWN PLEASURES
Welcome To The Atrocity Exhibition
The home of all kinds of stuff connected with Joy Division and New Order.
This website came about as a consequence of my deciding to become an active participant in the Joy Division Central website community, a few months before the onset of COVID 19. Being a member of the message board forum was a life-saver during lockdown. As a result of one particular thread in which I became involved (the puzzle of the mysterious Band On The Wall tape) I made the decision to digitise all of the live gig recordings that I had made back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This ultimately led me to consider, if I wanted to make the recordings available to the other forum members, or more widely to other Joy Division fans, how would I accomplish that? This website is the answer to that question.
The site is presently hosted by x10hosting.com, who are remarkable in my eyes because they are still offering free full-featured web hosting, with (in my personal experience) no censorship or limits on subject matter. Given my experiences with earlier attempts, I cannot guarantee that this new site will not, in its turn, disappear. But time will tell. In the meanwhile, my advice is (if you haven't already done so): have a look round, download anything that takes your fancy, and feel free to spread the word to other like-minded souls.
If you experience any problems (find broken links, or the material you are interested in will not download) then please e-mail me. I hope you find something in here that's worthwhile, interesting or stimulating. Enjoy.
e-mail address: atthepresentdate@gmail.com
All the material available from this website is free. In line with all such ROIO audio, please do not use the material for profit-making purposes, and do not knowingly supply anyone who might do so.
Audio Books
'From Manchester With Love' Paul Morley
'Record, Play, Pause' Stephen Morris
'Unknown Pleasures' Peter Hook
Bert13 Remastered live audio
A selection of old live cassette recordings, which have been tidied up by Bert13, one of the contributors to the Joy Division Central website and forum
BYTE FM Theme Week
German radio station, Byte FM, broadcast a series of Joy Division-related programmes in May 2020, in remembrance of the fortieth anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis
c81
NME free cassette - 1981, 81 minutes of music
JD, NO and Factory-related Video
A selection of video clips, live performances and documentaries relating to all things Joy Division, New Order and Factory Records. Includes Grant Gee's 'Joy Division', 'Shadowplayers', 'And God Created Manchester'
JD-NO Interviews
Not comprehensive, but some interesting material. If you have, or know someone who has, other interviews not present here, and you are willing to make them available to a wider audience, please get in touch
John Peel
Random chance surviving recordings of John Peel on Radio 1
Joy Division Archive YouTube Channel
Thanks to Joy Division Archive for all of his archive material from his YouTube Channel
Joy Division Live Audio
To my eternal sorrow, I never recorded Joy Division myself. This collection of audio was collected over a number of years, by friends, swaps with other collectors, and occasional purchases
Movie Dramas
Movie dramas with a musical connection or content
New Order live audio
I did, however, record New Order. This collection, therefore, contains some of my own recordings, as well as others obtained through trades
Other bands - videos and documentaries
Music videos and documentaries not connected with Factory, but still potentially of interest to old blokes like me
Other bands live audio
Most of these are my own recordings, with a few from radio broadcasts, and a few from elsewhere
Present day live music video
I have been videoing live music here in Kendal on an occasional basis for a few years. Over time I will include some of the videos here
Radio Broadcasts audio
Assorted random radio broadcasts, including the first series of 'Transmission', the history of Joy Division
Reggae live audio
All my own recordings
The Jam live audio
Mostly my own recordings, plus a few extras
