There’s a lot of news for New Order fans today. They’ve just announced that their 1986 fourth album, Brotherhood, will get the “definitive” box set treatment on November 22 via Warner Music (preorder). They’re also reissuing the original 12″ vinyl singles for “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “State of the Nation” and “Touched by the Hand of God” on the same day. Meanwhile, Season 2 of the New Order / Joy Division podcast “Transmissions: The Definitive Story” premieres today.
The Brotherhood box set includes a new 2024 remaster of the original album on vinyl and double CD, the later of which features remixes, songs from the soundtrack of Beth B’s film Salvation, and nine previously unreleased tracks including demos recorded in Japan. Among those are the full-length version of “Every Little Counts,” instrumental versions of “All Day Long” and “Broken Promise,” an AOR version of “Shellshock,” and more.
There’s also a double DVD featuring live performances from Brixton Academy (1987), G-Mex Manchester (1986), Glastonbury (1987), and TV performances from UK and Europe, none of which have ever been available on DVD before. Check out the packaging and tracklist for the Brotherhood Definitive Edition, and the 12″ single reissues, below.
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As for Season 2 of Transmissions, it’s narrated by BBC Radio’s Elizabeth Alker and picks up New Order’s story after release of groundbreaking single “Blue Monday.” S2 features brand new and exclusive interviews with band members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert and Peter Hook, and special guest contributors including Johnny Marr, Billy Corgan, Christine And The Queens, Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa, Keith Allen, sleeve designer Peter Saville, Andrew O’Hagan, Arthur Baker, Kevin Cummins, DJ Paulette, Megan Louise, The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands, Paul Morley, Jo Whiley, Kevin Saunderson, Tarquin Gotch, Will Sergeant, Virgil Abloh, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Mike Pickering, Neil Tennant, Daniel Avery, Charlie Gunn, and Bez. Listen to S2’s first episode below.
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BROTHERHOOD ‘DEFINITIVE’ – TRACKLIST
CD1
Brotherhood (2024 Remaster)
1. Paradise
2. Weirdo
3. As It Is When It Was
4. Broken Promise
5. Way of Life
6. Bizarre Love Triangle
7. All Day Long
8. Angel Dust
9. Every Little Counts
10. State of the Nation
Written and produced by New Order. Recorded at Jam Studios, London Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin; Amazon Studios, Liverpool. Engineered by Michael Johnson. 2024 mastering by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, London.
CD2
Extras
1. Shellshock (AOR Version) *
2. State Of The Nation (Japan Demo) *
3. Paradise (Robert Racic Remix)
4. As It Is When It Was (Japan Demo) *
5. Broken Promise (Instrumental) *
6. Bizarre Love Triangle (Stephen Hague 12” Remix) *
7. All Day Long (Instrumental) *
8. Evil Dust
9. Every Little Counts (Full Length) *
10. Salvation Theme
11. Skullcrusher (Full Length) *
12. Touched By The Hand Of God (Salvation Version)
13. Let’s Go (Salvation Version)
14. Sputnik
15. Blue Monday 1988 (Michael Johnson 12” Remix) *
(* previously unreleased)
Compiled by Stephen Morris, Andrew Robinson and James Zeiter. 2024 mastering by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, London.
Japanese demo session, tracks 2 and 4, Denon Studios, Tokyo
Album session outtakes, tracks 5, 7, 8, and 9, Jam Studios, London, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin and Amazon Studios Liverpool.
VINYL LP
Brotherhood (2024 Remaster)
A1. Paradise
A2. Weirdo
A3. As It Is When It Was
A4. Broken Promise
A5. Way of Life
B1. Bizarre Love Triangle
B2. All Day Long
B3. Angel Dust
B4. Every Little Counts
DVD1
Live at the Academy Brixton, 1987
1. Bizarre Love Triangle
2. The Perfect Kiss
3. Ceremony
4. Dreams Never End
5. Love Vigilantes
6. Confusion
7. Age Of Consent
8. Temptation
TV Appearances:
BBC Northern Ireland – Channel One 1986.
Ceremony
Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Tube 1986.
State Of The Nation
Broken Promise
Top of the Pops 1987.
True Faith
Les Enfants du Rock, Rockline 1987.
Paradise
Bizarre Love Triangle
The Roxy, 1987.
True Faith
11pm, 1987.
Bizarre Love Triangle
Extra Material
Stephen’s Fly On The Wall Documentary 1985.
Recording ‘As It Is’ and ‘State Of The Nation’ at Denon Studios, Tokyo (May 1985).
DVD2
Live at the G-Mex, Manchester, 19/07/86.
1. Elegia
2. Shellshock
3. Paradise
4. Bizarre Love Triangle
5. Way Of Life
6. State Of The Nation
7. Face Up
8. The Perfect Kiss
9. Ceremony
10. Temptation
Glastonbury, 1987.
True Faith
Sister Ray
San Giovanni, 1986.
Dreams Never End
Pier 84, New York, 1987.
All Day Long
Angel Dust
Shellshock
Weirdo
Rapido, Paris 1987.
True Faith
G-Mex, Manchester, 1988.
Touched By the Hand of God
Every Little Counts
BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATED 12” SINGLES – TRACKLIST
12”
1. Bizarre Love Triangle b/ Bizarre Dub Triangle
2. State Of The Nation b/ Shame Of The Nation
3. Touched By The Hand Of God b/ Touched By The Hand Of Dub