New Order – Low-Life
| Label: | Warner Music – 0825646253012 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Definitive Edition |
| Format: | CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Box Set, Definitive Edition |
| Country: | Worldwide |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Electronic, Rock, Pop |
| Style: | Synth-pop, New Wave, Post-Punk |
Tracklist
| Low-life | |||
| A1 | Love Vigilantes | ||
| A2 | The Perfect Kiss | ||
| A3 | This Time Of Night | ||
| A4 | Sunrise | ||
| B1 | Elegia | ||
| B2 | Sooner Than You Think | ||
| B3 | Sub-Culture | ||
| B4 | Face Up | ||
| CD1-1 | Love Vigilantes | 4:19 | |
| CD1-2 | The Perfect Kiss | 4:49 | |
| CD1-3 | This Time Of Night | 4:44 | |
| CD1-4 | Sunrise | 6:00 | |
| CD1-5 | Elegia | 4:56 | |
| CD1-6 | Sooner Than You Think | 5:11 | |
| CD1-7 | Sub-Culture | 4:58 | |
| CD1-8 | Face Up | 5:06 | |
| Extras | |||
| CD2-1 | Love Vigilantes (TV Pitch Instrumental Edit) | 6:14 | |
| CD2-2 | The Perfect Kiss (Writing Session Recording) | 3:17 | |
| CD2-3 | Untitled No. 1 (Writing Session Recording) | 1:30 | |
| CD2-4 | Sunrise (Instrumental Rough Mix) | 5:48 | |
| CD2-5 | Elegia (Full Length Version) | 17:30 | |
| CD2-6 | Sooner Than You Think (Album Session Unedited Version) | 6:24 | |
| CD2-7 | Sub-Culture (Album Session Early Instrumental Version) | 6:07 | |
| CD2-8 | Face Up (Writing Session Recording) | 3:34 | |
| CD2-9 | Let's Go (Album Session Instrumental) | 4:14 | |
| CD2-10 | Untitled No. 2 (Writing Session Recording) | 5:53 | |
| CD2-11 | Sunrise (Writing Session Recording) | 4:32 | |
| CD2-12 | Love Vigilantes (Writing Session Recording) | 4:18 | |
| CD2-13 | Sooner Than You Think (Writing Session Recording) | 3:04 | |
| CD2-14 | Skullcrusher (Demo) | 5:37 | |
| Live In Tokyo 1985 | |||
| DVD1-1 | Confusion | 8:04 | |
| DVD1-2 | Love Vigilantes | 4:32 | |
| DVD1-3 | We All Stand | 4:46 | |
| DVD1-4 | As It Is When It Was | 4:55 | |
| DVD1-5 | Sub-Culture | 4:58 | |
| DVD1-6 | Face Up | 5:30 | |
| DVD1-7 | Sunrise | 7:12 | |
| DVD1-8 | This Time Of Night | 4:54 | |
| DVD1-9 | Blue Monday | 8:51 | |
| Live In Rotterdam 1985 | |||
| DVD1-10 | As It Is When It Was | 4:09 | |
| DVD1-11 | Everything's Gone Green | 3:58 | |
| DVD1-12 | Sub-Culture | 5:00 | |
| DVD1-13 | Ceremony | 4:43 | |
| DVD1-14 | Let's Go | 4:21 | |
| DVD1-15 | This Time Of Night | 5:58 | |
| DVD1-16 | The Village | 5:07 | |
| DVD1-17 | The Perfect Kiss | 9:29 | |
| DVD1-18 | Age Of Consent | 4:59 | |
| DVD1-19 | Sunrise | 5:39 | |
| DVD1-20 | Temptation | 6:55 | |
| DVD1-21 | Face Up | 6:30 | |
| Live In Manchester 1985 | |||
| DVD1-22 | As It Is When It Was | 3:48 | |
| DVD1-23 | Sunrise | 5:18 | |
| DVD1-24 | Face Up | 5:19 | |
| Live In Leuven 1985 | |||
| DVD2-1 | Let's Go | 4:45 | |
| DVD2-2 | The Perfect Kiss | 9:13 | |
| DVD2-3 | Age Of Consent | 5:00 | |
| DVD2-4 | State Of The Nation | 6:29 | |
| DVD2-5 | As It Is When It Was | 3:50 | |
| DVD2-6 | The Village | 4:31 | |
| DVD2-7 | Sub-Culture | 5:14 | |
| DVD2-8 | Atmosphere | 4:42 | |
| DVD2-9 | Blue Monday | 8:03 | |
| Bonus Tracks | |||
| DVD2-10 | Thieves Like Us | 6:20 | |
| DVD2-11 | Temptation | 7:24 | |
| DVD2-12 | Confusion | 5:39 | |
| Live In Toronto 1985 | |||
| DVD2-13 | Elegia | 6:39 | |
| DVD2-14 | Sub-Culture | 5:05 | |
| DVD2-15 | The Village | 4:20 | |
| DVD2-16 | Sunrise | 5:06 | |
| DVD2-17 | We All Stand | 4:14 | |
| DVD2-18 | As It Is When It Was | 3:53 | |
| DVD2-19 | Love Vigilantes | 5:06 | |
| DVD2-20 | 586 | 5:48 | |
| DVD2-21 | Age Of Consent | 4:49 | |
| DVD2-22 | Temptation | 7:35 | |
| DVD2-23 | Ceremony | 5:51 | |
| DVD2-24 | The Perfect Kiss | 10:00 | |
| The Perfect Film | |||
| DVD2-25 | The Perfect Kiss | 10:36 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Music Group
- Licensed From – BBC Studios
- Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AM76658
- Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AM76663
- Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – DM77238
- Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – DM77239
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Music UK Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Vitalturn Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BBC
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sonuma
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Stephen Morris
- Copyright © – Warner Music UK Ltd.
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BG20629
- Published By – Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – Downtown DMP Songs
- Published By – Shakin' Baker Music Inc.
- Published By – Vitalturn Co Ltd.
- Recorded At – New Order Rehearsal Room
- Recorded At – Jam Studios
- Recorded At – Britannia Row Studios
- Recorded At – CTS Studios
- Produced At – Type40
- Mixed At – Jam Studios
- Mixed At – Britannia Row Studios
- Mixed At – CTS Studios
- Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
- Filmed At – Koseinenkin Kaikan
- Filmed At – Nighttown
- Filmed At – The Hacienda
- Filmed At – The Manhattan Club
- Filmed At – The International Centre
- Filmed At – New Order Rehearsal Room
Credits
- Art Direction [Box Set], Design [Box Set] – Warren Jackson (3)
- Band [New Order] – Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris
- Booklet Editor [Box Set Sub-editor] – Lee Gale
- Compiled By – James Zeiter* (tracks: DVD1-1 to DVD1-24, DVD2-1 to DVD2-25)
- Consultant [Box Set Archive Consultant] – James Zeiter*
- Creative Director [Box Set Creative Direction], Design [Box Set] – Howard Wakefield
- Design [Original Sleeve Artwork] – Peter Saville Associates
- Engineer – Michael Johnson (tracks: A1 to B4, CD1-1 to CD1-8, CD2-1 to CD2-14)
- Filmed By – Paul Boyd (tracks: DVD2-13 to DVD2-24)
- Interviewer [Box Set Archive Interview] – Cath Carroll
- Lacquer Cut By – F.A.* (tracks: A1 to B4)
- Liner Notes [Box Set Writer] – Jude Rogers
- Management – Andrew Robinson*, Prime Management, Rebecca Boulton
- Mastered By – Frank Arkwright (tracks: CD2-1 to CD2-14, DVD1-1 to DVD1-24, DVD2-1 to DVD2-25)
- Photography By [Box Set Photography Colour Plates] – Nick Wilson (8)
- Photography By [Box Set] – Geoff Campbell, Jill Furmanovsky, Jon Sievert, Kevin Cummins, Michael Shamberg
- Photography By [Original Sleeve Artwork] – Trevor Key
- Producer – New Order (tracks: A1 to B4, CD1-1 to CD1-8, CD2-1 to CD2-14)
- Producer [DVD Produced By] – Rich Osborn* (tracks: DVD1-1 to DVD1-24, DVD2-1 to DVD2-25), Trish McGregor (tracks: DVD1-1 to DVD1-24, DVD2-1 to DVD2-25)
- Tape Op [Tape Operator] – Mark* (tracks: A1 to B4, CD1-1 to CD1-8), Penny (2) (tracks: A1 to B4, CD1-1 to CD1-8), Tim* (tracks: A1 to B4, CD1-1 to CD1-8)
- Written-By – New Order (tracks: A1 to B4, CD1-1 to CD1-8, CD2-1 to CD2-14, DVD1-2 to DVD1-12, DVD-14 to DVD1-24, DVD2-1 to DVD2-7, DVD2-9, DVD2-11, DVD2-13 to DVD2-22, DVD2-24)
Notes
Lift off lid embossed box including the vinyl LP in its original ‘heavyweight tracing paper’ sleeve, original album CD in replica 'tracing paper' sleeve, a bonus CD of previously unreleased tracks, two DVDs of live shows and TV appearances plus a 48 page hardbound book. The hardbound book features rare photos and new interviews with each member of the band.
Both the CDs and DVDs are housed in individual mini-LP replicas with picture inner sleeves containing the discs. The inner sleeves show photography of the period and track list recording information per disc.
Some copies come with an additional dark grey "band" surrounding the box displaying the BBFC's Video Packaging Review Committee (VPRC) rating of 15 "Strong Sex References. Language". Whether the band was included depended on the outlet. For example, the official New Order store copies did not - at least initially - come with this band. The content of the box-set is otherwise identical.
℗ 2022 The copyright in this audio and audio visual compilation is owned by Warner Music UK Limited. © 2022 Warner Music UK Limited. © 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company. Made in Germany.
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CD1 & LP:
℗ 1985, 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
Styled as "Low-life" on the CD & LP packaging and labels versus a capitalised "Low-Life" on the box lid and hardbound book.
Recorded and mixed in London at Jam and Britannia Row Studios.
Originally published by Be Music (2) and Warner Bros. Music.
A Factory Communications Ltd. release. Fact 100
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CD2:
All ℗ 2022 except 5 ℗ 2002, 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company.
2022 mastering at Abbey Road Studios.
'Love Vigilantes (TV Pitch Instrumental Edit)' is presented in Mono.
Writing Session Recordings
Recorded at New Order Rehearsal Room, Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
Elegia
Recorded and mixed at CTS Studios, London
Album Session Recordings
Recorded and mixed at Jam and Britannia Row Studios, London
Skullcrusher Demo
Recorded at Jam Studios, London.
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DVD1 information:
Region 0, Aspect ratio 4:3, Audio LPCM Stereo, DVD-9 (Duration - 135 mins)
1-21 ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Ltd. and Vitalturn Ltd.
22-24 ℗ 2022 BBC. Licensed courtesy of BBC Studios.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
Live in Tokyo
Filmed at The Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Previously released as 'Pumped Full Of Drugs'
Live in Rotterdam
Filmed at The Rotterdam Arena, Netherlands. Filmed by Ikon.
Joy Division do not receive a writing credit for 'Ceremony' on the DVD1 sleeve.
Live in Manchester:
Filmed for the Whistle Test at The Haçienda.
'Face Up' restored version using available footage from The Haçienda, July and December 1985.
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DVD2 information:
Region 0, Aspect ratio 4:3, Audio LPCM Stereo, DVD-9 (Duration - 151 mins)
1-12 ℗ 1985 Images Sonuma-RTBF-Rox-Box du 31/12/1985-New Order-Gerard Loverius.
13-24 ℗ 1985 Stephen Morris.
25 ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
Live in Leuven
Filmed at The Manhattan Club, Leuven, Belgium.
'Confusion' restored version from damaged tape with mixing desk audio.
The Perfect Film
Filmed at New Order Rehearsal Room, Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
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DVD(s) Produced by Rich Osborn and Trish McGregor at Type40.
All songs published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. except 'Thieves Like Us' and 'Confusion' published by Downtown Dmp Songs, Shakin Baker Music Inc, Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Vitalturn Co Ltd.
Both the CDs and DVDs are housed in individual mini-LP replicas with picture inner sleeves containing the discs. The inner sleeves show photography of the period and track list recording information per disc.
Some copies come with an additional dark grey "band" surrounding the box displaying the BBFC's Video Packaging Review Committee (VPRC) rating of 15 "Strong Sex References. Language". Whether the band was included depended on the outlet. For example, the official New Order store copies did not - at least initially - come with this band. The content of the box-set is otherwise identical.
℗ 2022 The copyright in this audio and audio visual compilation is owned by Warner Music UK Limited. © 2022 Warner Music UK Limited. © 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company. Made in Germany.
_
CD1 & LP:
℗ 1985, 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
Styled as "Low-life" on the CD & LP packaging and labels versus a capitalised "Low-Life" on the box lid and hardbound book.
Recorded and mixed in London at Jam and Britannia Row Studios.
Originally published by Be Music (2) and Warner Bros. Music.
A Factory Communications Ltd. release. Fact 100
_
CD2:
All ℗ 2022 except 5 ℗ 2002, 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company.
2022 mastering at Abbey Road Studios.
'Love Vigilantes (TV Pitch Instrumental Edit)' is presented in Mono.
Writing Session Recordings
Recorded at New Order Rehearsal Room, Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
Elegia
Recorded and mixed at CTS Studios, London
Album Session Recordings
Recorded and mixed at Jam and Britannia Row Studios, London
Skullcrusher Demo
Recorded at Jam Studios, London.
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DVD1 information:
Region 0, Aspect ratio 4:3, Audio LPCM Stereo, DVD-9 (Duration - 135 mins)
1-21 ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Ltd. and Vitalturn Ltd.
22-24 ℗ 2022 BBC. Licensed courtesy of BBC Studios.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
Live in Tokyo
Filmed at The Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Previously released as 'Pumped Full Of Drugs'
Live in Rotterdam
Filmed at The Rotterdam Arena, Netherlands. Filmed by Ikon.
Joy Division do not receive a writing credit for 'Ceremony' on the DVD1 sleeve.
Live in Manchester:
Filmed for the Whistle Test at The Haçienda.
'Face Up' restored version using available footage from The Haçienda, July and December 1985.
_
DVD2 information:
Region 0, Aspect ratio 4:3, Audio LPCM Stereo, DVD-9 (Duration - 151 mins)
1-12 ℗ 1985 Images Sonuma-RTBF-Rox-Box du 31/12/1985-New Order-Gerard Loverius.
13-24 ℗ 1985 Stephen Morris.
25 ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 2022 Warner Music UK Ltd.
Live in Leuven
Filmed at The Manhattan Club, Leuven, Belgium.
'Confusion' restored version from damaged tape with mixing desk audio.
The Perfect Film
Filmed at New Order Rehearsal Room, Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
_
DVD(s) Produced by Rich Osborn and Trish McGregor at Type40.
All songs published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd. except 'Thieves Like Us' and 'Confusion' published by Downtown Dmp Songs, Shakin Baker Music Inc, Universal Music Publishing Ltd., Vitalturn Co Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 825646 253012
- Barcode (Scanned): 825646253012
- Matrix / Runout (A): FACT100R BG20629-01 A1 F.A. 0825646253012
- Matrix / Runout (B): FACT100R 0825646253012 F.A. BG20629-01 B1
- Matrix / Runout (CD1): 0825646252831 AM76658-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH IFPI L576
- Matrix / Runout (CD2): 0825646252695 AM76663-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH IFPI L578
- Matrix / Runout (DVD1): 5054197245251 DM77238-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH [R logo] IFPI L577
- Matrix / Runout (DVD2): 5054197245251 DM77239-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH [R logo] IFPI L577
- Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L576
- Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L578
- Mastering SID Code (DVD1 & DVD2): IFPI L577
- Mould SID Code (CD1 & CD2): IFPI 9706
- Mould SID Code (DVD1 & DVD2): IFPI 9749
- Other (LP. Catalogue Number): 825646253012
- Other (CD1, Catalogue Number): 5054197243172
- Other (CD2, Catalogue Number): 0825646252695
- Other (DVD1 & DVD2, Catalogue Number): 5054197245251
Other Versions (5 of 146)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-life (LP, Album, Obi, SRC Pressing) | Qwest Records, Qwest Records | 1-25289, 9 25289-1 | US | 1985 | |||
| Low-life (LP, Album) | Factory | FACD 21 | Canada | 1985 | |||
| Low-life (LP, Album) | Factory | Fact 100 | UK | 1985 | |||
| Low-life (Cassette, Album, Box Set, ) | Factory | Fact 100c | UK | 1985 | |||
| Low-life (LP, Album) | Virgin, Factory | 70366, Fact 100 | France | 1985 |
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Reviews
It’s a very nice box that leaves little to be desired for, but I can’t help thinking it’s massively overpriced. Although the price of the Low-Life box has significantly dropped since its release, it’s still high. I got both of the other two box-sets (which are equally nice btw) for a decent discount… .
Elegia was (and is) a special New Order instrumental track for me, from the first time I listened to it. It struck me in a pure classical and electronic way, pretty much unique as the New Order sound (because of the keyboard). It is a powerful opening track for the B side of the record and I love it. I don't dwell on it, I move on to the rest of the record.
So, I was excited when I disocvered there was a longer version (first appeared in the New Order Retro box, 2002, on the "extra disc" which was in some of the boxes - the 17:30 minute "full" version). Listening to the "full version" taught me something about music > more of something good isn't necessarily better. My excitement fizzled out. 17:30 minutes of Elegia is maudlin, saccharine, too much. That is why they edited it.
The album version of Elegia is moving; a tight and perfectly captured piece of heaven, you don't get bored. 17:30 minutes, ummmmm. Tedious.
And that is sort of what I think of this box set. It is an intersting historical archive for one of the strongest 80's indie bands. However, I wouldn't really care to play any of the extras on the CD often. Ditto, the live DVDs. No, don't think so, there are other better live New Order performances.
So - every time - I'd go to the original, perfect album. An iconic album for the Eighties, New Order were a band who could claim a number of their albums to be iconic.
This is a beautifully produced, lavish, box set with a lot of not much in it.
I agree with the below comments, the 12" singles are a huge omission in this box series - but that would make the box sets expensive. (Like the Depeche Mode album boxes - a joy for new collectors, but superfluous for fans who already have all the albums and 12"s.) Actually, having said that, the New Order boxes ARE expensive. At that price they could have included the 12" mixes AND remixes on 33 RPM albums - they chose not to. [12", 45RPM can always be produced better, with extraordinary clarity and resounding bass, but you can also get extraordnary 33RPM sound production . . . ]
Just unboxed and playing for the first time. The vinyl is quite warped. It doesn’t seem to affect play thankfully but I wonder if anyone else’s is like this. Curious as the vinyl was well protected by the box itself and sturdy packaging
The "more images" section here is missing some images within the sleeves themselves.
I just really appreciate the very affordable price tag of this box. 1 LP and a bunch of obsolete formats. Fantastic- I dont know how they release a box set version of this LP and not include a disc containing all of the 12" mixes, B-sides and instrumentals. This feels very incomplete to me.
Got my copy of the box set in. Ordered from the US official store. And I got two copies of DVD 2 in the box set (which was sealed) and no copy of DVD 1. Awesome. I'm soooo looking forward to trying to get the correct DVD from Rhino/Warner.- Those OBIs are cool. I got one with PCL but not with this. It's a joy tho'. Subtly metallic box, matching book, and - finally - the recreation of the 'onion skin' wraparound, including a gorgeous facsmile CD version. Oh, and Warners (NO Store) actually packed it properly in a purpose made box this time, with the extra singles (mirror Kiss natch) in a separate box.
- Marking Elegia (Full Length) as unreleased seems a bit daft, since...well.. The first release of that track was in 2008.
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