New Order Soundstage & soundchecks 1981-1983 as preserved on low-generation tapes borrowed from the cornucopia otherwise known as TJ's vault no sound-processing; all recordings are very listenable, with the exception maybe of 830311, but this has some really interesting bits. Mind you, half the fun in listening to most of these soundcheck recordings is being surprised by what's coming next, so I'm not going to spoil things any further and point out highlights. Anyway, this is for obsessives only (you know who you are :grin: ). One last thing: tracks 2-3 from 810508 Reading Uni are actually identical to tracks 3-4 from 810327 Bristol, albeit recorded by 2 different tapers. Bristol may be the true location, but there's no way of knowing for sure, so I've kept the original identification from the cassette inlay. DISC 1 810327 Trinity Hall Bristol 01. talking 02. ICB 03. Komakino (bass only) 04. Senses 810508 University Student Union, Reading 01. Denial 02. Komakino (bass only) 03. Senses 811023 Bradford University 01. talking 02. Chosen Time 03. Temptation 04. Denial (cut) 820104 Riverside (BBC 2) 01. prelude & intro 02. Temptation 03. Chosen Time 04. Procession 05. Hurt 06. Senses 07. Denial 08. In A Lonely Place 820122 North London Polytechnic 01. Temptation 02. Hooky bass 03. Hurt 04. Hurt (bass only) DISC 2 820226 Trinity Hall, Bristol 01. From Safety To Where (bass only) 02. Temptation 03. Leave Me Alone 04. Everything's Gone Green 05. unknown instrumental (cut) 820524 Pennies, Norwich 01. The Passenger (guitar only) 02. 586 03. 586 04. 586 05. The Village (bass only) 06. Hurt 07. Hurt 830311 Brixton Ace, London 01. drumming 02. Your Silent Face 03. Blue Monday (samples) 04. Leave Me Alone (guitar only) 05. Age Of Consent & LWTUA (bass only) 06. Bernard on guitar 07. Blue Monday 08. ICB (guitar only) 09. Transmission 10. ICB 830411 Coasters, Edinburgh 01. ICB 02. Temptation (ending) ( )