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The 1979 Leigh Rock Festival has become legendary for the outstanding bill of up and coming bands that played on the third day of the festival in 1979. The full sets of four of those bands, including most importantly Joy Division, are featured on this two CD set plus one track from one of the lesser known bands on the bill who start their track with an announcement for Factory's Tony Wilson. The running order of the two CD set is Disc One: Joy Division - 11 tracks, Eltifits - one track, A Certain Ratio - six tracks. Disc Two: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark eight tracks, Teardrop Explodes nine tracks. What strikes you is the rawness of the bands' sets at this festival- a great live document- and this is a newly remastered version of The Joy Division set - all these recordings have come from live recordings organised by the original Leigh Festrival organisers back in 1979.