STILL LP
Released October 1981
78:56 minutes
Producer: Martin HannettStill was an attempt to sweep up any unreleased tracks along with a live recording of Joy Division's last concert. It was released partly in response to the number of Joy Division bootlegs that had appeared and the title alludes to this; the original bootleggers used stills to distil liquor during the prohibition era.
Planned for August 1981, it was eventually released on October 8th that year. The first pressing was 5000 copies in a hessian sleeve. The CD version came out in March 1990.
A number of the studio recordings have added post production, including over-dubs by the surviving members of the band.
Images show 2007 remastered reissue on 180gm vinyl which looks identical to the original ... right down to the run-off notations being the same Thanks to Mike for the front cover scan
1 Exercise One 12 Shadow Play 2 Ice Age 13 Means To An End 3 The Sound Of Music 14 Passover 4 Glass 15 New Dawn Fades 5 The Only Mistake 16 24 Hours * 6 Walked In Line 17 Transmission 7 The Kill 18 Disorder 8 Something Must Break 19 Isolation 9 Dead Souls 20 Decades 10 Sister Ray 21 Digital 11 Ceremony * Not listed on the double LP tracklisting. This track is missing from all CD releases.
Tracks 1 -9 are from studio sessions
Track 10: Moonlight Club, London 2nd April 1980 *
Tracks 11 - 21: Joy Division's last ever concert at Birmingham University, 2nd May 1980* The date on the album is wrong - the correct date is in 2nd April not the 3rd
Note: Pirate copies exist - click here for info
Groove notations (UK edition):
"The chicken won't stop" (side A), chicken tracks across the grooves (sides B & C), "The chicken stops here" (side D).
"The chicken won't stop" is from the Werner Herzog "Stroszek" movie.
STILL LP CD Numerous pressings
There have been numerous CD versions of Still over the years, some better than others, we're not going to try and list them here
STILL (remastered) CD 2007
Released 17 September 2007
2CD Re-mastered feauturing Still and live High Wycombe 20th February 1980
Digipak in a plastic sleeve + booklet with text by Jon Wozencroft and photographs by Jill Furmanovsky
This is the latest release of this album on CD. There have been several previous CD versions, all of which were the same as the original LP.
Images show Unknown Pleasures, Closer, and Still which were all re-released on the same day Still
1 Exercise One 11 Ceremony 2 Ice Age 12 Shadow Play 3 The Sound Of Music 13 Means To An End 4 Glass 14 Passover 5 The Only Mistake 15 New Dawn Fades 6 Walked In Line 16 Transmission 7 The Kill 17 Disorder 8 Something Must Break 18 Isolation 9 Dead Souls 19 Decades 10 Sister Ray 20 Digital Tracks 1 -9 are from studio sessions
Track 10: Moonlight Club, London 2nd April 1980 *
Tracks 11 - 21: Joy Division's last ever concert at Birmingham University, 2nd May 1980
Note: 24 Hours, which was an uncredited track on the 2LP version, is missing
from all CD versions of Still - including this one* The date on the album is wrong - the correct date is in 2nd April not the 3rd
High Wycombe
* soundcheck
1 The Sound Of Music 8 Atocity Exhibition 2 A Means To An End 9 Isolation * 3 Colony 10 The Eternal * 4 24 Hours 11 Ice Age * 5 Isolation 12 Disorder * 6 Love Will Tear Us Apart 13 The Sound Of Music * 7 Disorder 14 A Means To An End *
STILL LP Warner Records 90 Limited FACT.40 2015 (also as Rhino R1-183920 in the US)
2015 rerelease of original 1981 Factory release (standard gatefold issue, not the Hessian cloth cover edition with ribbon)
Warner Records 90 Limited
Cat.no.: FACT.40
Two stickers on shrink-wrap; one about the included download code for MP3 version of the album
Barcode (on sticker): 8 25646 18392 0
Matrix;
0825646183920-01 BF80311-01 A1 F.A. ABBEY ROAD
0825646183920-01 BF80311-01 B1
0825646183920-02 BF80311-02 C1
0825646183920-02 BF80311-02 D1Also issued in the US on Rhino - catalogue number R1-183920
1 Exercise One 12 Shadow Play 2 Ice Age 13 Means To An End 3 The Sound Of Music 14 Passover 4 Glass 15 New Dawn Fades 5 The Only Mistake 16 24 Hours * 6 Walked In Line 17 Transmission 7 The Kill 18 Disorder 8 Something Must Break 19 Isolation 9 Dead Souls 20 Decades 10 Sister Ray 21 Digital 11 Ceremony Stickers:
2022 40th Anniversary release - To
be released 11 February 2022
Limited edistion10,000
Ruby red sleeve
Crystal clear vinyl
Available for pre-order on New Order's official web store
Sleeve design: It seems that Peter Saville changed his mind about the cover design part way through the process and that the Shadowplay bootleg LP (TADD 002) is based on the original design for Still.
Saville changed direction when he started thinking about the word "Still" in terms of "quiet" or "calm", and went for a more subtle and subdued design. It appears that the original Hessian sleeve version was supposed to include a booklet with photos etc, but this was dropped by Factory possibly because it was too expensive or because they preferred a more minimalist approach.
What's interesting about this release:
The Kill - track 7, comes as a surprise as it isn't the song you think it's going to be. It was inevitable that Joy Division's habit of swapping song titles around would cause confusion sooner or later and this is where it happens. They have two completely different songs both called The Kill - and this is 'the other one'.
Secret track:
LP versions of this album have 24 Hours (live) as an uncredited 6th track on side 3.
CD versions don't have this track (possibly due to lack of space on the disc?)
We think the earlier cassette releases had it, while the later versions don't.
Groove notations on the LP version:
Side 1: "The Chicken Won't Stop"
Side 2 and 3 have chicken tracks
Side 4:" The Chicken Stops here"
This is probably a reference to the Werner Herzog movie "Stroszek" from 1977, supposedly the last thing Ian watched on TV before taking his life. One of the last lines in that movie is something along the lines of "There's a dead guy in the cable car and the chicken won't stop dancing". This is shortly after Bruno, the main character in the movie, has shot himself, and there are these animals doing little tricks, like the "dancing chicken".
Some other versions ... one day we'll extend the discography to cassettes and CDs: US longbox CD
Japanese double CD
Chinese CD - card slipcase
Saudi cassette
Italy longbox cassette
UK cassette
Canada purple cassette
US Qwest cassette
Russian CD