JOY DIVISION - BEGINNING OF THE END LP 2003
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980
Australian LP
Released March 2003. Lavender, green or a strange purple(ish)-red(ish)
vinyl - 33 copies of each
Matrix numbers: JD BEGIN A and JD BEGIN B
1 Dead Souls 1 Isolation 2 Wilderness 2 These Days 3 Digital 3 Transmission 4 Insight 4 She's Lost Control 5 Passover 5 Colony 6 Heart And Soul 6 Girls Don't Count
Girls Don't Count was a jam with Section 25
BEGINNING OF THE END LP 2010
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980
Australian LP
Limited edition (number unspecified)
Released 2010
Off-white vinyl. Black labels with only a capital letter "A" (or "B")
No matrix numbers
1 Dead Souls 1 Isolation 2 Wilderness 2 These Days 3 Digital 3 Transmission 4 Insight 4 She's Lost Control 5 Passover 5 Colony 6 Heart And Soul 6 Girls Don't Count
Girls Don't Count was a jam with Section 25
BEGINNING OF THE END LP + CD 2010
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980
Australian release - it's the same as the LP above but with a CD
included.
The CD is a copy of the 2nd CD in A
Journey That Leads To The Sun 2CD
100 copies on white vinyl. 100 copies on marbled yellow vinyl.
Released 2010
Plain black labels with a capital letter "A" (/"B"),
Numbered sticker on resealable clear outer sleeve, CD housed in a plain
clear plastic wallet.
CD tracks are the same as the LP
LP: No matrix numbers
CD matrix number: ICE AGE DISC 2
1 Dead Souls 1 Isolation 2 Wilderness 2 These Days 3 Digital 3 Transmission 4 Insight 4 She's Lost Control 5 Passover 5 Colony 6 Heart And Soul 6 Girls Don't Count
Girls Don't Count was a jam with Section 25
BEGINNING OF THE END LP / LP + CD 2014
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980
Australian release - as above
Released 2014 on clear, red, green, and black vinyl. 100 copies of each
colour are hand numbered and include the CD.
Also a one-off
test pressing on splatter vinyl, no printed sleeve
Plain black labels with white print and white border.
The black vinyl version seems to have these labels glued on top of
generic plain white labels
Numbered sticker on resealable clear outer sleeve, CD housed in a plain
clear plastic wallet
CD tracks are the same as the LP
The CD is a copy of the 2nd CD in A
Journey That Leads To The Sun 2CD
LP matrix numbers:
JD_BOTE -A-
JD_BOTE -B-
CD matrix number:
ICE AGE DISC 2
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| 1 | Dead Souls | 1 | Isolation |
| 2 | Wilderness | 2 | These Days |
| 3 | Digital | 3 | Transmission |
| 4 | Insight | 4 | She's Lost Control |
| 5 | Passover | 5 | Colony |
| 6 | Heart And Soul | 6 | Girls Don't Count |
Girls Don't Count was a jam with Section 25
BEGINNING OF THE END LP 2016
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980
Australian release - as above but with different sleeve (Ian &
Bernard live on stage is from Rotterdam 16/1/80, by photographer Rob
Verhorst)
Released 2016 on green, cloudy-clear, yellow, and red vinyl
Back cover states "Limited edition"
Plain black labels with white print similar to the 2014 release
Matrix numbers - same as 2014 release:
JD_BOTE -A-
JD_BOTE -B-
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Some copies issued in plain black sleeve with a one-sided printed insert
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| 1 | Dead Souls | 1 | Isolation |
| 2 | Wilderness | 2 | These Days |
| 3 | Digital | 3 | Transmission |
| 4 | Insight | 4 | She's Lost Control |
| 5 | Passover | 5 | Colony |
| 6 | Heart And Soul | 6 | Girls Don't Count |
BEGINNING OF THE END CD 2017
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980Australian CD
Released 2017
Slim gatefold/digipak card sleeve
Same CD as included in the 2010 and 2014 releases above, which is a copy of the 2nd CD in A Journey That Leads To The Sun 2CD
Matrix number: ICE AGE DISC 2
| 1 | Dead Souls | 1 | Isolation |
| 2 | Wilderness | 2 | These Days |
| 3 | Digital | 3 | Transmission |
| 4 | Insight | 4 | She's Lost Control |
| 5 | Passover | 5 | Colony |
| 6 | Heart And Soul | 6 | Girls Don't Count |
BEGINNING OF THE END LP 2020
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980American LP released 2020
This is a new pressing, not a reissue of the 2014/2016 versions, with slightly different matrix numbers. No hyphens either side of A or B
Gold foil print sleeve
Includes double-sided insert with a band picture on one side, and a postcard.
Limited numbered edition; hand-written top left corner on the generic clear plastic inner sleeve.
Plain black labels with a capital A or B printed in white
Coloured vinyl, at least 10-12 copies made in each colour:
- grey/black splatter, cloudy-clear base
- pink splatter with a little bit of black, cloudy-clear base
- blue & pink splatter, cloudy-clear base
- yellow splatter with a little bit of red, cloudy-clear base
- red splatter with a little bit of blue & black, cloudy-clear base
Matrix numbers:
JD_BOTE A
JD_BOTE B
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| 1 | Dead Souls | 1 | Isolation |
| 2 | Wilderness | 2 | These Days |
| 3 | Digital | 3 | Transmission |
| 4 | Insight | 4 | She's Lost Control |
| 5 | Passover | 5 | Colony |
| 6 | Heart And Soul | 6 | Girls Don't Count |
BEGINNING OF THE END LP 2020
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980American LP released 2020
Same pressing as the 2020 release listed above released in a different sleeve
Pink reproduction ticket insert instead of the postcard
Limited edition 50 numbered copies (the number is on the back of the ticket insert)
Splattered coloured vinyl - at least two different versions
Matrix numbers, identical to 2020 release above:
JD_BOTE A
JD_BOTE B
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Appears to have been re released in 2021 as LP2 of My Heart And Soul - Live April 1980
BEGINNING OF THE END LP 2021
Live: Ajanta Theatre, Derby April 19th 1980American LP released 2021
Same pressing as the 2020 release listed above released in a different sleeve
Limited edition 50 copies
Pressed on green / aqua / turquoise and various shades of blue and lilac / purple vinyl, also some splattered vinyl variants
Two label designs:
- Factory Style
- Generic black labels with capital A (or B)
Pink reproduction ticket insert
Matrix numbers, identical to 2020 releases above:
JD_BOTE A
JD_BOTE B
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