BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (New Order album)

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BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
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Original 1992 edition
Live album by
Released10 February 1992
26 June 2000 (re-release)
Recorded19 June 1987 at Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset, UK
Genre Post-punk, synthpop
Label Windsong International WIN LP 011 (1992)
Fuel 2000 Records/Strange Fruit SFRSCD093 (re-release)
Producer Pete Ritzema
New Order chronology
The Peel Sessions
(1990)
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
(1992)
Republic
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert is a live album by the English band New Order. The album is an edited recording of the band's headline performance at Glastonbury CND Festival '87. [2] It was first released as a live album in 1992. The live album charted at number thirty-three on the UK Albums Chart [3] and was certified as Silver (60,000 units sold) by the BPI. [4] The live album received mixed reviews and was first released as an LP, CD and Cassette in February 1992. The live album was released in June 2000 with new artwork by The Peter Saville Studio with photography by Jon Wozencroft. The original sleeve was designed by Mental Block.

Contents

The live album replicates the original broadcast recording by omitting four songs from the performance. "Elegia", "Ceremony", "Sub-culture" and "Sunrise" were also performed. The actual set-list was as follows: "Elegia", "Touched by the Hand of God", "Temptation", "True Faith", "Your Silent Face", "Every Little Counts", "Ceremony", "Bizarre Love Triangle", "Sub-culture", "Sunrise", "The Perfect Kiss", "Age of Consent" and "Sister Ray". The recording of "Elegia" was later included on the live disc of New Order's 2002 boxset Retro .

The set included the first public appearance of the song "True Faith", which would be released as a single the following month and go on to become one of the group's biggest and most enduringly popular hits.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Peter Hook and Gillian Gilbert; except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Touched by the Hand of God" 4:58
2."Temptation" 8:36
3."True Faith"Sumner, Morris, Hook, Gilbert, Stephen Hague 5:46
4."Your Silent Face" 6:05
5."Every Little Counts" (incorrectly titled Every Second Counts on packaging) 4:20
6."Bizarre Love Triangle" 4:39
7."Perfect Kiss" 10:06
8."Age of Consent" 5:20
9."Sister Ray" Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker 9:21

Personnel

New Order
Additional personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1993)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [3] 33

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References

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  3. 1 2 "The Official Charts Company: New Order". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  4. "Certified Awards Search Archived 15 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine ". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 23 November 2010. Note: User needs to enter "New Order" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.