2x12" 1981 New Wave / Rock LP Repressed on Heavyweight Vinyl Witrh Emobossed Sleeve Sealed - Posthumous LP -C&D Live Recorde Birmingham University on 2 May 1980 Sister Ray - Recorded at the Moonlight Club, London on 3 April 1980 Inc Free Download of LP
Ian Curtis' death prompted a flood of bootlegs and similar "tributes," likely motivated more by profit than anything else. Seeking to trump this problem -- though arguably coming from much the same standpoint -- Factory issued Still in 1981, a haphazard if still useful collection of odds, ends, and more. Considering that the band's many singles weren't properly compiled until much later on Substance, Still makes only partial sense -- the studio cuts were mostly outtakes, while the live songs had their own problems. Of the studio takes, only two tracks had seen formal release beforehand -- the mesmerizing post-punk meets R&B groove of "Glass" and the searing "Dead Souls," certainly both worthy of even more listens. Beyond that, things were more hit and miss,