Joy Division: Substance vs. Permanent

[Quite Life]

If things really got so F**ked up here in the U.S. to the point that congress passed some stupid law stating that you could only buy one Joy Division CD, and that it was a narrow choice of only two: that is between Substance or Permanent. Which one would you pick[?]

[Grayson]

Permanent. I have both but have to give Permanent a slight edge over Substance for song selection and mastering quality. I'd say you have to have both for the best overview of Joy Division.

[Frau_Blucher]

Move to France.

[Jason²]

Buy "Heart And Soul" - nearly the complete studio recordings of Joy Division - no compilation can do them justice. Sadly, the reason it's "nearly" complete is for some bizarre reason they left the "Still" version of "Walked In Line" off. Go figure, it's m

[Mr. DNA]

anyone think '24 Hour Party People' was a huge let-down...or is that just me...first 30 mins. seemed all right...but geez....

[Quite Life]

I agree DNA, The first 30 minutes was really compelling with the rise and fall of Ian Curtis. Then you had to spend the rest of the next 70 minutes with that F**king loser Shawn Ryder, though I think the movie and soundtrack should of had thier song "St

[tikibars]

Permanent is meant to be a career restrospective, and Substance is a collection of (at the time it was issued) otherwise non-CD (or LP) singles, b-sides and rarities.

So they are two different things.

A lot of Substance trax are repeated on the l