This gig, taped at the Warehouse in Preston, took place during the final round of UK dates Joy Division was to play before jetting off to the US. The live captures the band raw sound with Ian Curtis's haunting vocals.
Joy Division, originally named Warsaw, recorded 11 tracks in May 1978, now known as the RCA Sessions. The band was disappointed with post-production work and the deal fell through, and this album was scrapped.
Originally released as a 12-inch single in 1983. It appeared on CD versions of the band's second studio album, Power, Corruption & Lies Twelve inch vinyl repressing of this 1983 single from the Manchester legends.
The result is a record caught between worlds: stark, brooding post-punk reminiscent of Closer, and the first flickers of the electronic direction that would later define New Order.
Recorded and produced by Joe Duplantier at Silver Cord Studio - and mixed by Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine), FORTITUDE is a collection of songs urging humanity to imagine a new world-and then make it happen.