Joy Division - Shadowplay (40th Anniversary Remaster) 1978 Granada TV, Live

40th Anniversary Remaster!
Full remastered, color-corrected and upscaled to 1080p / 50fps

Joy Division live at "Granada Reports", Granada TV
20th of September 1978
Their first TV appearance!

Introduced by Bob Greaves and Anthony "Tony" Wilson

We planned to post it on the 20th of September but didn't have time due to the complexity of some works.
We hope you'll enjoy unseen previously videos and the best possible quality.

Credits:
Reamstering of video & audio, mixing & synced by Fage
Colour-correction, opening & titles by Fadedge (aka Sin Nerv)

[vladyslavanufriiev]

"They were called Warsaw, but Joy Division has a nicer ring to it"

If only he knew what it means

[yoitsdan]

Can you imagine this coming on the telly in 1978? Wow.

[Bestlivve]

No band that has come before or after JOY Division has touched the pit of my soul or sent shivers down my spine the way this band has.
45 yrs later and they are still doing it.
For me the greatest band that has ever existed.

[HarmonicHewell]

This song is literally 45 years old, it came out 25 years before I was even born. It still sounds brand new. Insane.

[cosmogman]

As a young 20-something ex-GI, tired of war, rebellious, and pissed at the world, this was the music we were looking for. Long live Joy Division.

[cjsilvestremusic]

Ian has the coolest awkward dance moves of all time! Plus, his haunting voice and eyes. What a difference he has made in the 2 albums he has contributed to. Imagine if he were still alive today. The music scene would have been so much better. Truly an icon.

[Hlektrn]

The quality of both image and sound is phenomenal. Thank you ever so much for posting this wonderful, monumental performance in such quality

[ernestolombardo]

You know why this music hasn't aged a single day? Because it's the blueprint for everything that came after itself.

[Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

i look back and I still don't understand it. this was a time of prog rock, disco, new wave was just appearing, new romantics started strutting their stuff and along comes this music, fucking game changer.

[tonysproule]

The T.V. introducer obviously didn't know the meaning of "Joy Division" when he proclaimed it had a nicer ring to it....

[TweedSuit]

They impressed the host so much that he created a record label just to release their debut album.

[nellytorossian]

This is Perfection, Reflection, Deception, Infliction, Self-Perception. And Haunting

[brucegilchrist]

Just damn. Dark as hell, intense as ever.

[chrisdarling]

Very few bands have musicians and singers who really are on point, the Smiths and Joy Division were on it.

[karawigley]

Ian Curtis was one of those rare people who just has something special about them. He was so charismatic & captivating without even having to try. It’s hard to put it into words how you feel when listening & watching him he simply draws you in & is mesmerizing.

[crose]

I love how Barney didn't want to be upstaged by the singer and so did his own little dance too from 3:25-3:38 - it looks like he wanted to be a member of The Shadows!

[nclsrfn]

The initial speech, the zoom-out, Ian pose, iconic.

[ВиталийАртемьев-ек]

Beatles и Buzzcocks просто нервно курят в сторонке, если видят всю мощь искренности Иэна. Поэт. На нашем языке так и не понял, как правильно называть его: толи Ян, толи Йен, толи Иэн, просто помолится за его душу хотелось. А душа у него искренняя - настоящая. Храни, Господи, этого мученика, пожалуйста

[А-вг]

Нереальная тоска, глубочайшая тоска от его поэзии и вокала, но вместе с этим дикое желание танцевать. Чертова гениальность!!!!

[strawsonian]

One of their greatest songs. Literate, timeless, ultimately uncategorisable. And I love the way the footage is overlaid. Vehicles look more American than Mancunian but it doesn’t matter.