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The Unknown Pleasures, Still and Closer albums have been re-mastered fro the release and will be available as double CDs or weighty 180gm vinyl. There’s also a re-release for the classic Love Will Tear Us Apart single.

Joy Division's Closer

The second CD of each of the albums feature classic Joy Division live performances. Still has a gig at High Wycombe, which includes the band’s soundcheck, while Closer has one from ULU, complete with encore.

The real treat comes with Unknown Pleasures, which features a gig from The Factory in Manchester and a couple of tracks from The Moonlight Club in West Hampstead.

A new Transmission

Alongside them, there is also the release of the Control soundtrack, which has been hand-picked by the film’s director, Anton Corbijn. Obviously, music plays an important part of Control’s story, helping the viewer understand Ian Curtis and his music.

Sam Riley as Ian Curtis in Control

As a result, there’s tracks from David Bowie and Iggy Pop, both important influences on Ian; songs by the Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks, bands that inspired the formation of Joy Division; tunes by both Joy Division and earlier incarnation Warsaw; and an epic version of the classic Shadowplay by The Killers, which shows just how important Curtis is to modern music.

Control, which is due to hit cinema screens in October, tells the story of Ian Curtis’ life and is based on Touching From A Distance, the biography written by his wife, Deborah.

Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Still are out now. The Control soundtrack is out on Monday 1 October.