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Joy Division: Substance vs. Permanent
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Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:46 pmby 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[?]
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:17 amby 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.
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:31 amby Frau_Blucher
Move to France.
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Tue Mar 23, 2004 10:37 amby 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
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Sun Mar 28, 2004 4:00 amby 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....
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Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:17 pmby 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
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:42 amby 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