![]() Still $23.41 On of the reviewers said that its sale has been discontinued online. This is not true, it is available under Specialty Items in the Merch section of the site for only $9.99 plus shipping and handling. It's ridiculous that venders here are jacking up the price because it's supposedly "rare". Now if it were one of the original prints from the initial release along with AATCHB and there were PROOF of some sort that this is the case-then I suppose it would be worth the extra money for collector's value. As it stands, I don't recommend purchasing it here unless it's equal to or less than $9.99. The album itself is great-in addition to excellent "reduced" and more acoustic-sounding versions of "Something I Can Never Have", "The Becoming", "The Day The Whole World Went Away" and "The Fragile", you get original instrumentals "Adrift and at Peace", "Gone Still", "The Persistence of Loss" and "Leaving Hope". The highlight I must say, however, is the completely original track "And All That Could Have Been", a song I'm really really hoping that NIN will play for the very first time during their summer American tour. It's just a wonderful song and I can't really find the words right now to describe it so I'll just say it's awesome and worth the price of the entire CD (the $9.99 + shipping price, anyway). That's not to say the other eight songs pale in comparison, however-I just find AATCHB to be the highlight because it's an original song and it has lyrical elements in it and of course it's just a pretty good song. ![]() Stainless Steel Alcohol / Moonshine Still by TableTopStill $169.98 If you want to make your own essentials (ummm... or ummm spirits), get this. Not so big that you have to make gallons at a time to get a decent batch.. and not so small that you don't get a full shot... this does the trick.. right in your kitchen.. no mess and tubes everywhere due to using ice to condense. This product is all stainless, very well made and adaptable to various heights depending on your heat source or the collection glass you use. Makes the best distilled product! It reminds me of the M*A*S*H 4077 tv show... make a glass at a time. If you utilize essentials (ummm.. or ummmm spirits) this will pay for itself in no time... just pennies to make your own stuff.. good tasting stuff..... GET IT!!! I LOVE MINE!!! GOOD JOB TABLETOP!!! ![]() Still $24.98 "Still" was original released in October of 1981, finally making the remnants of Joy Divisions' recorded material available; along with a live show to keep up with the heavy bootlegging that was going on at that time and is still going on today. "Still" collects unrealeased material and singles, but its strange "Atmosphere" was left off and "Dead Souls" was included; consitering both songs where on the same single; the legandary "Sordide Sentimental" release "Licht und Blindheit". Ian was so proud of this single, once he expressed that he acomplished everything he wanted to accomplish in Joy Division with the "Unknown Pleasures" album and the "Licht und Blindheit" single. In the end,Ian Curtis gave his copy of "Licht und Blindheit" to Terry Mason, numbered 1106 of the original 1578 numbered copies. Another strange note is,"Digital" was left off but "Glass" was included. Both where on the same compilation album "A Factory Sample". If you have the "Heart and Soul box set", you have all the material besides the version of "Walked in Line" and "Sister Ray", along with the two live shows. This remastered collectors edition has two amazing live shows with great sound quality; 9 to 9+ with a 10 being perfect sound quality. The first being, Live at High Wycombe,Feb 20,1980. This show has 8 songs and as a bonus includes the soundcheck, another 6 songs. Most of the tracks are from "Closer". The last concert,the last time Joy Division ever performed live before Ian took his own life on May 18, 1980. Live at Birmingham University, May 2,1980. After this concert, Joy Division took two weeks off before their scheduled tour in America; a tour they never made. They used this concert to play a new song "Ceremony". Sadly the mic was turned off at the start of the show and the lyrics to "Ceremony" are cut off at the beginning and pick up near the end of the song. But there is a little known fact about "Ceremony". Besides the rehearsal version on "Heart and Soul",which its hard to hear Ian singing, and the live version on "Still", there is a audience recording that is complete. The whole May 2 show is complete along with the soundcheck. Joy Division played two songs in the soundcheck, "Decades" and "Ceremony". A full version of "Ceremony" can be found on the bootleg "Out of The Room" which is an LP, and since "Still' uses the soundboard tape and since New Order came out with the "Ceremony/In a Lonely Place" single Factory never really released a quality version. At the close of the Birmingham University concert while performing and nearing the end of "Decades", Ian stumbled off stage with assistance and returned for the encore "Digital". The last song ever performed by Joy Division. Even if you have the "Heart and Soul box set", which means you have all the singles and unreleaesed material, you still dont have the version of "Walked in Line", the live cover of "Sister Ray", and the two amazing live shows included in this collectors edition. This collectors edition is remastered as-well, the album and both live shows. The remastering was well done, and do the recording justice. I have "Still" and both shows without the remastering; the remastering alone warants the purchase. A must have for any Joy Division fan. "We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber, Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in". Ian Curtis, Decades. |
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