A Paean To Wilson

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Price 15.00 GBP including Worldwide P+P.

CD: UK 09.10.09 (Kooky Records, Kookydisc 29/1 & 29/2)
Download: UK 25.01.10 (Kooky Records)

Tracklisting

Disc one – A Paean To Wilson [Kookydisc 29/1]

Movement

I Or Are You Just A Technician
II Chant
III Quatro
IV Requiem
V Stuki
VI Along Came Poppy
VII Brother
VIII Duet With Piano
IX Darkness Here
X Catos Revisited
XI The Truth
XII How Unbelievable

Bonus Disc: Heaven Sent (It Was Called Digital. It Was Heaven Sent) [Kookydisc 29/2]

1 Bruce
2 Keir
3 Neil
4 Mike
5 Alan
6 Anthony

Liner notes by Vini Reilly

A Paean to Wilson is part of a body of work which I started around the time that my friend, Tony Wilson died. Towards the end of his illness, I sent him an instrumental track and he loved it, so I decided that the right thing to do was carry on.

I was at the hospital when he died. We were very, very close. Afterwards, many things were done in his name. They were all about 'Mr Manchester', and about what Tony had done for music, art and literature. I didn't attend many of them. I'd just lost one of my closest friends and I had all the grief that you feel under such circumstances. Once I'd got my act together though, I decided to do something for myself and for Tony.

The Durutti Column was Tony Wilson's baby. We were the first act signed up to his Factory club night and the first band signed to Factory Records. Over the years we worked on many albums together and the one thing that Tony and I always argued about was that he thought that I should make music and write rather than sing.

After he died, I decided to make a body of work which did not have traditional song structures and which was concerned solely with the musical content. My only objective was to create some music that Tony would thoroughly approve of. I think I've done that and, if his spirit lives on - which I like to think that it does - I want him to know that this is for him. Vini Reilly

Musicians

Vini Reilly - Guitar, Piano
Bruce Mitchell - Drums, Marimba
Keir Stewart - Bass, Keyboards, Harmonica
Poppy Morgan - Piano
John Metcalfe - Viola
Tim Kellet - Trumpet
Ruby Morgan, Kate Williamson - Vocals

Composed by Reilly, Stewart & Mitchell

String arrangements by Ian Livingstone and Keir Stewart

Performed by the Livingstone Chamber Ensemble. Recorded at Highfield Studios, Guildford, Surrey

Drums recorded at Moolah Rouge and engineered by Seadna McPhail

Produced by Keir Stewart
Executive producer Bruce Mitchell

Mixed & mastered by Keir Stewart at Inch Studio Manchester. www.inchstudio.com

Thanks to:

Howard Sharrock
Alex Poots
Simon Mellor
The Kooky Gang
Phil Cleaver
Alex McMurtrie

Thanks to the Brothers McLeod. Hats off to Colin and Norman for building the best studio in Manchester - Moolah Rouge. Colin Adshead & the amazing 5003D mic amp and being patient with Keir's gear-tweak OCD, Dave Lunt for the Quad Valve Pre and instrument care. Daniel Courville in Canada for the ambisonic plugins.

Thanks to Bruce to all his family, all my family and all Morgans everywhere. Also thanks to Michael Pitrik for hair, Laurie Laptop, Alan Erasmus, Oli Wilson and all Tony's dear ones, Les Thompson, Mark Broscombe, Phil and Emma, John 'Cerysmatic' Cooper, Mark Prendergast, Gwyn and Pip and their beautiful family, and Hugh and Amanda Williamson.

Also to the Birmingham Three and all our supporters around the world! Special thanks to Bruce Mitchell for keeping me alive and Poppy Morgan for keeping me happy. Vini

Cover photograph by Stephen Wright
Other photographs by Ben Kelly, Dave John Norton, Poppy Morgan
Designed by Trevor Johnson & Haider Muhdi

5 024545 570328

Manufactured in the United Kingdom
P & © Imagen Music 2009
All rights reserved. Kookydisc 29/1 & 29/2

www.thedurutticolumn.com
www.kookydisc.co.uk

Reviews

A beautiful and entirely fitting eulogy

Tony Wilson always wanted Vini Reilly to make music. Reilly’s The Durutti Column were Mr. Manchester’s favourite band, and the first to sign to Factory Records - which ensures that 'A Paean To Wilson' is a deeply personal collection of songs, as Reilly grieves for the loss of his close friend. Be it the delicate Spanish guitar on ‘Quatro’, the lonely trumpet on ‘Along Came Poppy’ or the poignant Marvin Gaye sample (“Brother, brother / There’s too many of us dying”) on ‘Brother’, Reilly’s exquisite instrumentation conveys both an intense sadness and a celebratory joy.

'Paean To Wilson' is a requiem for the bond of eternal friendship, and a beautiful, and entirely fitting, eulogy.

8/10, John Freeman, ClashMusic.com

Wordless homage to late Factory Records chief

Vini Reilly's Durutti Column were the first band Tony Wilson ever signed to Factory Records, back in early 1978. Their bond was such that, when Wilson was ill in hospital, Reilly sent him new instrumentals to listen to and was at his bedside when he died. This rich and contemplative record is the fruition of that, forsaking traditional song structure for nagging loops, ambient flurries of guitar notes (spilling over into Spanish flamenco on "Quatro"), highly rhythmic percussion and strobing feedback. John Metcalfe's viola, particularly, is mood-perfect. It all ends with Wilson's damning verdict on New Labour. Ever the last word.

****, Rob Hughes, UNCUT 153, Feb 2010

Instrumental tribute to late Factory Records boss

"Championed by Tony Wilson for almost 30 years and present in hospital when the former Factory boss died in 2007, this is Vini Reilly of The Durutti Column's double-CD tribute to his friend and mentor. A sprawling, instrumental affair, it's also boldly eclectic, mixing the delicate acoustic pickings of Catos Revisited with the brooding guitar noise of Requiem and the Marvin Gaye-sampling Brother and The Truth, via new age, ambient textures and beautiful piano piece Anthony [actually on the bonus CD, 2005's Heaven Sent (It Was Called Digital. It Was Heaven Sent), Ed.]. Clocking in at 100 minutes, it might have benefited from some pruning, but this still makes for a fine tribute."

***, Phil Mongredien, Q

Notes

The album went on sale initially at the sold out Beyond The Loop concert at Kings Place in London on Friday 9 October 2009 priced GBP 15.00 [cash only].

The album went on internet presale in limited quantities via the Buy It Now Button for 15.00 GBP from 1-27 November 2009. It is now on general release as of 24 January 2010 and was sold at the gig at the Lowry in Salford on the same day.

The Durutti Column 2001-2009

6CD: UK 02.11.09 (Artful/Fullfill)*

Tracklisting

Disc one

Rebellion

4 Sophia
Longsight Romance
Geh Cak Af En Yam
The Fields Of Athenry
Overlord Part One
Falling
Voluntary Arrangement
Mello Part One
Mello Part Two
Protest Song
Meschugana
Everyone Loves Papa (XFM Session)
Teresa (XFM Session)

Disc two

Someone Else's Party

Love is a friend
Spanish lament
Somewhere
Somebody's party
Requiem for my mother
Remember
Vigil
Blue
No more hurt
Spasmic fairy
American view
Drinking time
Woman
Goodbye
Creole (XFM Session)
Spasmic Fairy (XFM Session)

Disc three

Keep Breathing

Nina
Its Wonderful
Maggie
Helen
Neil
Big Hole
Let Me Tell You Something
Lunch
Gun
Tuesday
Agnus Dei
Waiting

Disc four

Idiot Savants

Better Must Come
Interleukin 2 (for anthony)
Please Let Me Sleep
2 Times Nice
No Last Surprise
Gathering Dust
Whisper To The Wind
That Blows My Name Away (for rachel)

Disc five

Love In The Time of Recession

In Memory Of Anthony
Rant
More Rainbows
I'm Alive
For Bruce
Painting
Wild Beast Tamed
Rainbow Maker
My Poppy
Loser
Lock-Down
The Secret Between The Blade And Me
Duet For Piano And Guitar
Everybody's Laughing (I Don't Care)

Credits

To follow

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5CD box set of the albums released on Artful/Fullfill during the period 2001-2009. Includes art prints of the individual covers. Individual discs contain bonus tracks originally only available on the Japanese versions of the original albums. The 6th disc which was originally thought to contain all the bonus tracks doesn't exist.

Available to from Townsend Records.

Four Factory Records

Four Factory Records

Buy It Now with Paypal

Four Factory Records is now available to buy again direct from Kooky. Please note that the initial run of 1175 has now sold out. Copies now being offered for sale are identical in every way to the initial release except for the fact that they are not numbered.

Available to buy now with Paypal (only) direct from Kooky Records. 6CD only. GBP 37.50 inc Worldwide p+p

Tracklisting

Disc one

The Return of The Durutti Column

Disc Two

LC

Disc Three

Another Setting

Disc Four

Without Mercy

Live Bonus Disc

Messidor - Night Moves, Glasgow 19/02/82
Party - Night Moves, Glasgow 19/02/82
Danny - Night Moves, Glasgow 19/02/82
Mercy Theme - London School of Economics 14/12/84
Mercy Dance - London School of Economics 14/12/84
Prayer - London School of Economics 14/12/84
The Beggar - London School of Economics 14/12/84
The Missing Boy - London School of Economics 14/12/84
For Belgian Friends - Brighton Zap Club 15/12/84
Self Portrait - Brighton Zap Club 15/12/84
Sketch for Summer - Brighton Zap Club 15/12/84

Demo/Studio Bonus Disc

Intervals - Home recording 1978
Katherine - Home recording 1978
Untitled - Home recording 1978
Conduct - Home recording 1978
In D - Issued on second pressing of Return of
The Act Commited - Graveyard Studio demo LC
Portrait for Frazier - Graveyard Studio demo LC
Detail for Paul - Graveyard Studio demo LC
Never Known - Graveyard Studio demo LC
Experiment in Fifth - Graveyard Studio demo LC
Untitled LC demo - Graveyard Studio demo LC
Never Known - Four Track home demo
Mavuchka - released in place of Messidor in some territories on LC

Credits

Albums re-mastered from the original tapes by Keir Stewart.

RETURN OF THE DURUTTI COLUMN All songs written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Martin Hannett. Recorded at Cargo, Rochdale. Engineered by John Brierley. Mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.

LC All songs written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Vini Reilly and Stewart Pickering. Recorded and Mixed at Graveyard Studios, Prestwich. Engineered by Stewart Pickering.

ANOTHER SETTING All songs written by Vini Reilly. Recorded and mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Engineered by Chris Nagle.

WITHOUT MERCY All songs written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Anthony Wilson and Michael Johnson. Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Engineered by Michael Johnson; assisted by Tim Dewey and Nigel Beverley. Mixed at Britannia Row, London.

DEMOS / STUDIO All songs written by Vini Reilly. Compiled and mastered from studio and home demos at Far Heath Studios by Angus Wallace and at Kooky by Phil Cleaver. Thanks to Mike Mitchell.

LIVE All songs written by Vini Reilly. Compiled and mastered from original cassette mixing desk dates at Kooky by Phil Cleaver. Special thanks to Bruce Mitchell for the source material.

Liner notes written, and interviews conducted, by John Cooper. Archival album photography by Carsten Fleck. Designed by Steven Hankinson. / Kooky acknowledgements: Special thanks to Bryn, Iain, John and Simon (the 'kooky thinktank'); Bruce Mitchell and Mike Mitchell for the live and demo material; Oli Wilson for assistance in providing the original masters; Emma and Alison. Extra special thanks to John Cooper, John Cox, Darren Crawford, Steven Hankinson and Kerry Wadsworth for making this happen very well very quickly.

Vini Reilly acknowledgements: Thank you for keeping the ship afloat Mr Bruce Mitchell Esq. (The Gonzo Drum Master), Mr Keir Stewart for enabling Vini to record and producing beyond the call of duty, Brosci (the 5th member of The Durutti Column), all of Bruce's family, all of my family, all of Poppy's family (contributions from Kate and Ruby), Michael Pitrick for hairstyle, Phil Cleaver and Emma, Alex McMurtrie, John Cooper, Gary at Sounds Great, Damian my doctor, Joanne Ingleby (dental care), my harvest mouse (Sa Ding Ding), Mr Anthony H Wilson and extended family, Alan Erasmus, Les Thompson (and Jill), Laurie Laptop, Mark Prendergast (for forthcoming book), John Lennard and Savanna, Howard Sharrock (the great entrepreneur and friend) and Bruce Mitchell most of all - my best friend and the most superb drummer on the planet.

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A 6-CD limited edition box set on Kooky Records entitled 'Four Factory Records'.

Includes a package of interviews with the key protagonists from the period including Vini Reilly, Bruce Mitchell, John Metcalfe, Keir Stewart and Tim Kellett.

Advance copies were sold at the Manchester International Festival shows 15-17 July 2009. It was then be available in all good record shops (actual and virtual) and direct from Kooky from August 2009. All sets will include the two bonus discs.

Kooky has tried to make this lavish package available at a sensible price. It is now on sale again via the Buy It Now button. Please note that the initial run of 1175 has now sold out. Copies now being offered for sale are identical in every way to the initial release except for the fact that they are not numbered.

Auteur Labels: Factory Records: 1984

Auteur Labels: Factory Records 1984

CD: UK 01.06.09 (LTM, LTMCD 2534)

Tracklisting

Duet (Without Mercy) 2:29

Notes

From LTM:

"Founded in late 1978, early Factory releases were guided by the five original directors: Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville, Martin Hannett and Rob Gretton. By 1984 Hannett had departed, and many Factory singles were produced by all four members of New Order under the generic name Be Music. These reflected the influence of New York dance and electro music, though the label's Haçienda nightclub was not yet a conspicuous success. Meanwhile the artier side of Factory remained evident in records by The Durutti Column and Kalima, and pop/rock in The Wake, Stockholm Monsters - and New Order themselves."

"The 77 minute remastered CD features several rare edits and tracks, detailed liner notes by James Nice, and archive images."

Available now from LTM Mail Order.

Love in the Time of Recession

Love in the Time of Recession


Love in the Time of Recession; Japanese edition on Imperial Records

Download: UK 01.09 (Artful/Fullfill)*
CD: UK 02.03.09 (Artful/Fullfill, ARTFULCD64) **
CD: JP 24.06.09 (Imperial Records Japan, TECI-25558) ***

Tracklisting

1. In Memory of Anthony
2. Rant*
3. More Rainbows
4. I'm Alive
5. For Bruce
6. Painting
7. Wild Beast Tamed
8. Rainbow Maker
9. My Poppy
10. Loser
11. Lock-Down
12. The Secret Between The Blade And Me ***
13. Duet For Piano And Guitar ***
14. Everybody's Laughing (I Don't Care). ***

* - Rant available for immediate download to those who pre-ordered the album via Townsend Records

** - Official release date brought forward from 20.04.09. Available on eBay pre-sale from 4 February 2009 via the Fullfill eBay Store.

*** - Bonus tracks on Japanese edition

Credits

Written and played by Vini Reilly, with drums and percussion from the Guru himself, Bruce Mitchell, keyboards by Keir Stewart and piano by Poppy.

1. Trumpet and percussion by Tim at Blueprint Studio
2. Co-written and produced by Keir Stewart at "Inch" Studio
3. Produced by KC and Laurie Laptop
4. Co-written and performed by Poppy Morgan
7. Produced by Laurie Laptop
9. Co-written and performed by Poppy Morgan
10. Co-written and performed by Poppy Morgan
11. Co-written and drumming by Bruce Mitchell. Co-written and produced by Keir Stewart at "Inch"

Notes

Cover photo features (l-r) Bruce Mitchell, Mark Broscombe, Vini Reilly, Poppy Morgan, Tim Thomas, Keir Stewart and Laurie Laptop.

The album opens with the 'In Memory of Anthony' which is inspired by Reilly's long friendship with Factory Records impresario, Tony Wilson who died in 2007. 'He always encouraged me to follow my instincts,' says Reilly. 'And that's still how I work. All the new songs are a very true reflection of my life and that's all I want any album to be.'

'Wild Beast Tamed' is one of several tracks co-written with Reilly's girlfriend, Poppy Morgan who also partly inspired the title of the album (a romantic nod to Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, Love In The Time Of Cholera).

However, Reilly's long-term friendships with Bruce Mitchell (himself the subject of an instrumental tribute, 'For Bruce'), Keir Stewart and Laurie Laptop were just as important in making the album possible. 'Without all of them I don't know how I would be able to carry on, on any level,' explains Reilly. 'And as musicians there's no one else I would rather work with.'

According to Vini Reilly, the "KC" who co-produced track 3 is an old hippy-type guy who has a rather ramshackle home studio.

Notes on the Japanese edition

According to Tower Records Japan, the Japanese title of Love in the Time of Recession is "Seihitsunaru Gekijyou". This is not strictly a literal translation of the English language title.

Seihitsu [naru] = Peaceful (or Peace and calm) ["naru" is a kind of a verb]
Gekijyou = Passion

So, the meaning of the Japanese title is really "Peaceful Passion". However, Japanese fans (or general listeners not familiar with The Durutti Column) may love this title, recession or not.

A handwritten message from Vini Reilly in the Japanese edition booklet reads "To all our Japanese friends, thank you for being so loyal and patient with us and for continuing to listen to our music. We hope to visit Japan again soon - beautiful country, beautiful people. Love from Vini. X.

Extra special thanks to Telle for Japanese notes.

Treatise on the Steppenwolf Soundtrack

Treatise on the Steppenwolf Soundtrack

CD: UK 04.08.08 (LTM LTMCD 2518)

Tracklisting

A Beautiful Thought (Pt 1)
Stupid Steppenwolf (Pt 1)
Stupid Steppenwolf (Pt 2)
The Mothers & the Fathers
A Wolf of the Steppes
Interlude
The Title on the Cover
Divided
Magic Theatre
Soul Track
Harry Dreams the Dream
A Beautiful Thought (Pt 2)
Lullaby (live)
Mello (live)

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After 30 years, the first soundtrack album from Vini Reilly. Treatise on the Steppenwolf is the soundtrack to the performance piece by experimental theatre group 12 Stars, written and directed by Gerard McInulty, and first staged in Glasgow in May 2003. Previously unreleased, the CD combines the original studio recordings of the 12 pieces performed during the Glasgow run, as well as two bonus live tracks recorded at the event, one featuring spoken-word narrative by cast member Carolyn Allen. Booklet includes images from live performance and artist quotes. 14 tracks, 60 minutes of music.

Available direct from LTM from March 2008 and in good record shops from August 2008.

Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness

Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness

CD: UK 23.06.08 (Kooky Records kookydisc 27)

Tracklisting

1. Glimpse
2. Contact
3. Messages
4. Ged
5. Ananda
6. Never Known Version
7. So Many Crumbs And Monkeys!
8. Head Glue
9. Demo For Gathering Dust
10. Cup A Soup Romance
11. Grief

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Live in Bruxelles 13.8.1981

Live in Bruxelles 13.8.1981

CD: UK 12.07 (LTM LTMCD 2499)

Tracklisting

Sketch for Dawn
Messidor
Jacqueline
Conduct
Sketch for Summer
Danny
Stains (Useless Body)
The Missing Boy
Self Portrait (Version)
For Belgian Friends
Interview

Notes

Live In Bruxelles comprises a complete live performance by Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell at the Place de la Monnaie (Muntplein) in Brussels, Belgium, together with a lengthy after-show chat with Vini. The ten song live set contains DC favourites such as Conduct and Sketch for Summer, as well as several rarely heard numbers including Stains, Danny and Messidor. The attractive booklet for this digitally remastered CD includes extracts from the original event programme, as well as background notes and archive images. 11 tracks, 60 minutes.

Available direct from LTM and in good record shops.

Idiot Savants

Idiot Savants


Idiot Savants; Japanese promo insert detail


Idiot Savants; Japanese promo CD detail

CD: UK 30/07/07 (29/06/07 eBay pre-release date) (Artful/Fullfill ARTFULCD 62)
CD: JP 25/07/07 (Imperial Records International TECI-24428)
CD: JP 2007 (Imperial Records International TECI-24428 promo)

Tracklisting

Better Must Come
Interleukin 2; for Anthony
Please Let Me Sleep
2 Times Nice
No Last Surprise
Gathering Dust
Whisper To The Wind
That Blows My Name Away; for Rachel

Credits

The Producer: Keir Stewart

The Guitarist: Vini Reilly
The Singer: Poppy Roberts
The Gonzo Drum Master: Bruce Mitchell

The Photographer: Rachel McFarlane
All tracks written by Vini Reilly
except tracks 1 & 7 by Stewart / Reilly
and 6 by Roberts / Reilly

Track 1 arranged by Stewart / Reilly
Track 2 arranged by Keir Stewart, Track 6 Roberts / Reilly
Track 5 produced by Laurie Keith.
Track 3 produced by Tim Thomas @ Blueprint

A Zillion Dollar Design

Thanks to: Rachel and all Rachel's family, Keir, Poppy and Soaf, Bruce & Jackie, Rebecca, Paul, Ella and Charlie, Zinni, Jamie, Oscar and Alfie, Anthony H Wilson, Michael Pitrick (hairstyle), The Twins, Nat, To all at Fullfill (for money and patience), all of my amazing family, Oklahoma, Dominique, Mateo, (forthcoming book), Mark Prendergast (forthcoming book), Phil Cleaver (Kooky Disc), Mark Broscombe, and to all the people who have helped us to continue making music especially the human beings who listen to it.

Remember Mr Nuthatch

www.thedurutticolumn.com

Sporadic Three

Sporadic Three [kookydisc 25]

CD: UK 03.11.06* (Kooky Records kookydisc 25)

Tracklisting

1. Birthday Present
2. Dig A Hole
3. Mama and Papa
4. In the city
5. The best dream
6. The end of the journey
7. For Loretta
8. New Order tribute
9. I B Yours - version
10. Natural Mystics
11. Drinking time - version
12. Trust the art not the artist
13. Fate
14. For Danny

Credits

Kooky, P.O. Box 5188, Northampton NN1 4ZA, www.kookydisc.co.uk, Distributed by Cargo Records. Made in the E.U.

Notes

* - 3 November 2006 was the date of the exclusive pre-release at Kooky 10. This was followed by a further pre-release on eBay. The official release date was in April 2007.

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Once Upon A Time A Kooky

Once Upon A Time A Kooky

Now available (in limited quantities while stocks last) for GBP 5.00 inc p+p

CD: UK 03.11.06 (Kooky Records Kookydisc24)

Tracklisting

1. The Durutti Column – All Things Considered
2. Gnac – Untitled
3. The Retro Spankees – Smarty Pants
4. Pram – Kahin
5. Maps – The Tonic Girl (The Mind Will Flow)
6. Formula One – Status Check
7. Seafood – We Felt Maroon (Live Version)
8. Dr. Josh – Shtumpa Theme
9. The Durutti Column – Cool As Ice
10. Misty's Big Adventure – 1964
11. Winston Echo – Untitled Song For Kooky
12. The Retro Spankees – Smarty Pants (1 Minute Edit)

Notes

Originally available free to those who attended the Kooky 10 gig at The Soundhaus, Northampton on Friday 3 November 2006. Now available (in limited quantities while stocks last) for GBP 5.00 inc p+p.

The Second Durutti Column Subscription Service CD

The Second Durutti Column Subscription Service CD [dcsub06]

Available to buy now direct from Kooky Records. CDR only. GBP 15.00 inc p+p

CD: UK 01.07.06 (Kooky/thedurutticolumn.com dcsub06)

Tracklisting

1. Roksoff
2. Adore Me
3. New Start
4. It's Your Love Baby
5. French Opera I
6. Guitar Piece 1989
7. Detail For Paul - Demo
8. Conduct / Sketch For Winter - Demo
9. We're Gonna Keep Playing It 'Til We Get It Right

Credits

Sleeve photograph by Rachel McFarlane. Compiled by Phil Cleaver and Alex McMurtrie with special thanks to Mark Refoy for mastering. Kooky in association with thedurutticolumn.com. cat no: dcsub06. © The Durutti Column 2006.

Notes

"A subscription-only service available to everyone, unlimited but unavailable in the shops! An annual newsletter and a free CD of unreleased tracks, demos, outtakes across the years. All copies are available at any time. This is not a limited edition; DO NOT BUY from eBay at higher prices; copies will always be pressed to suit demand."

Keep Breathing

Keep Breathing

CD: UK 25/11/05 (Artful/Fullfill ARTFULCD52)
CD + DVD: JP 22/11/06 (Imperial Records Japan TECI-30398) *

Tracklisting

1. Nina
2. It's Wonderful
3. Maggie
4. Helen
5. Neil
6. Big Hole
7. Let me tell you something
8. Lunch
9. Gun
10. Tuesday
11. Agnus Dei
12. Waiting

The Durutti Column live at XFM Manchester, May 2006 (DVD) *

1 Introduction
2 Sea Line Woman
3 Requiem For My Mother
4 If You Were Me

Credits

(P) 2005 Fullfill LLC © 2005 Fullfill LLC. All rights reserved.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Fullfill LLC.
Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, broadcast, & public performance prohibited.
Made in the UK. Distributed by Universal Music Operations and Fullfill. www.fullfill.co.uk

All songs written and performed by Vini Reilly. Produced by Ben Roberts.
Vocals on track 11 by Helen Farley-Jones. Harmonica on track 6 and Clarinet on track 10 by Ben Roberts.
Sleeve photograph by Rachel McFarlane.
Management: Phil Jones and Bruce Mitchell.
Special Thanks to my family, Bruce and family, Rachel McFarlane, Keir Stewart, Oklahoma, Mark Broscumbe, Anthony H Wilson, Nat Curtis, The Twinz, Kooky and Co, Hair by Michael Pitrik, Guitar from Gary at Sounds Great.
Published by Zomba / BMG 2005.

In loving memory of Maggie McFarlane.

www.thedurutticolumn.com

Notes

"The album features 12 brand new tracks, recorded and written by Vini Reilly and arranged by Ben Roberts."

4-track live DVD available with Japanese version only.

Notes on UK release dates: 30 January 2006 [official release date], 25 November 2005 [available on eBay from this date; shipped from 6 December 2005]

The Best of The Durutti Column

The Best of The Durutti Column

2CD: UK 11.10.04 (Warner 5046753932)

Tracklisting

Disc one

1. Sketch For Summer
2. Conduct
3. Sketch For Winter
4. Lips That Would Kiss
5. For Belgian Friends
6. Danny
7. Never Known
8. Jacqueline
9. The Missing Boy
10. Prayer
11. Spent Time
12. Without Mercy 1
13. Without Mercy 2
14. The Room
15. Tomorrow
16. LFO Mod

Disc two

1. What Is It To Me (Woman)
2. Otis
3. Requiem Again
4. Home
5. Contra Indications
6. People's Pleasure Park
7. My Irascible Friend
8. Fado
9. Sing To Me
10. Pigeon
11. Mello (Part 1)
12. Falling
13. Woman
14. Requiem For Mother

Faith (The Durutti Column Subscription Service CD 2004)

'Faith: The Durutti Column Subscription Group CD [dcsub04]

Available to buy now direct from Kooky Records. CDR only. GBP 15.00 inc p+p

CD: UK 08.05.04 (Kooky Records/thedurutticolumn.com dcsub04)

Tracklisting

1. Faith
2. Creole
3. Woman strat' version
4. Swim 2 the sea
5. Minature opera
6. Believe in me - version
7. Miller's mess
8. missing boy - demo
9. Intervals - demo

Credits

Not for sale

Free to Durutti Column subscription members
Sleeve photograph by Rachel Mcfarlane
Compiled by Phil Cleaver and Alex McMurtrie with special thanks to Mark Refoy for mastering
cat.no: dcsub04
© the durutti column 2004

In association with thedurutticolumn.com
Kooky. PO Box 5188, Northampton NN1 4ZA. kookydiscs@btinternet.com
contact us: www.thedurutticolumn.com

Notes

Subscription-only cd available to members of The Durutti Column Subscription Service. Also sold initially at the Liverpool Academy 2 gig on Saturday 8 May 2004.

Tempus Fugit

The Durutti Column - 'Tempus Fugit' [Kookydisc019]

SOLD OUT

CD: UK 04.04 (Kooky Records kookydisc 20)

Tracklisting

Counting...
Shooting
Lullaby 4 Nina
Mystery
Guitar-Woman
Violence
Bollywood
Love song on Quattro
Tempus Fugit
The man who knows
Slipping away
Trip for an Opera
Untitled for You
Salford Harmonics
... shopping

Credits

All tracks written, performed and produced by Vini Reilly. Sleeve design and photography: Rachel McFarlane. Kookydisc 019 in association with thedurutticolumn.com. Manufactured in the United Kingdom. Distributed by Cargo. Kooky. PO Box 5188, Northampton NN1 4ZA.

Laurie Laptop - co-production: 'Lullaby...', 'Violence', 'Slipping Away', 'Untitled...', 'Salford'. Keir Stewart - co-production: 'Bollywood'. Jill Taylor - vocal harmonies: 'Shooting' Gerard Keaney - lyrics: 'The Man...' Mastered by Laurie Laptop

This album was mainly recorded on a Boss BR8 Portastudio.

Thanx to:
The one I love!
Bruce Mitchell and all his family for everything,
My Family,
Keir and Laurie - my band!???
Phil and Nicola Cleaver
Alex and Alison McMurtrie
Maggie and Ian
Les Thompson
My Mother for looking over me
Nat and Joe for a great present!
Howard Sharrocks
Michael Pitrick for hairstyling
Irene at 'Oklahoma'

Kooky would like to thank Vini, Bruce and the band for the music, Rachel for the artwork and Darren at Cargo for all his help.

Contact us at www.thedurutticolumn.com

Bruce Mitchell's sleevenotes

Duets with Vini Reilly

The kit always looks inviting and exciting before a performance - a piece of architecture, lit to climb into, and it sounds so much better with punters in front of it! I love to walk to the drums at showtime.

Some of the Durutti improvisations are tight-rope acts without net - Vini leaves gaps - where an echo suspends and he has stopped playing - the beat disappears - a silence holds the breath over stage and audience and spaces are left in the air that should not be disturbed... time hangs.

Until my nerve fails. I pick up the beat and Vin resumes with furious guitar to take control of his song.

Just to get through one of these pieces without fainting seems an achievement.

Being drunk helps.

Bruce Mitchell, Feb 2004

Vini Reilly's sleevenotes

This album only exists because you have bought it. The music only has any worth or place in the world because you are listening to it. The loyalty and tenacity you have shown is incredible. The music is as much yours as it is mine. You give me a role and a purpose in life I would otherwise not have had. You prevent the greedy and destructive world of the record industry from destroying me and you keep cynicism at bay. The only way I can repay such a gift is to persevere, until one day I do actually create a body of work worth your patience. If anyone feels this is over sentimental you are to be mistaken. All I am saying here is truthful and real. Everytime anyone listens to my music either on disc or at a gig it is an affirmation of my whole life and that is something no record company could ever put a price tag on.

Thank you.

Vini

Tempus Fugit promo cd

A promo-only cd of album in custom card sleeve. Marked 'Promotional only - not for resale'.

Artist: the durutti column
Title: tempus fugit
Release: May/June 2004
Further information: Phil Cleaver
Label: Kooky in association with thedurutticolumn.com
Cat No: kookydisc 019
Distribution: Cargo Records Darren 0207 732 5125

Tracklisting

Counting...
Shooting
Lullaby 4 Nina
Mystery
Guitar-Woman
Violence
Bollywood
Love song on Quattro
Tempus Fugit
The man who knows
Slipping away
Trip for an Opera
Untitled for You
Salford Harmonics
... shopping

Credits

All tracks written, performed and produced by Vini Reilly

Sleeve design and photography: rachel mcfarlane

Someone Else's Party

Someone Else's Party

CD: UK 03.03.03 (Artful ARTFULCD49)
CD: JP 27/06/07 (Imperial Records Japan TECI-24421)*

Tracklisting

01 Love Is A Friend
02 Spanish Lament
03 Somewhere
04 Somebody's Party
05 Requiem For My Mother
06 Remember
07 Vigil
08 Blue
09 No More Hurt
10 Spasmic Fairy
11 American View
12 Drinking Time
13 Woman
14 Goodbye
--
15 Creole *
16 Spasmic Fairy *

Credits

(P) 2003 Artful Records © 2003 Artful Records. All rights reserved. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Artful Records. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, broadcast and public performance prohibited. Made in the UK. Distributed by the Universal Music Organisation and Fulfill www.fulfill.co.uk. All tracks written, performed and produced by Vini Reilly (Copyright Control). Except Track 01 Programmed by Laurie Laptop. Track 02 and Track 13 produced by Laurie Laptop. Drum loop on Track 09 by Laurie Laptop. Album mastered by Keir Stewart. Vocal on track 12 by Eley Rudge. Sampled voice on Track 02 by Rebekah Del Rio from the David Lynch film 'Mulholland Drive'. The Durutti Column are managed by Bruce Mitchell. www.thedurutticolumn.com

Notes

The Japanese release, which like all Imperial Records releases comes in a digipack, features two additional tracks recorded live at XFM Manchester.

Return of The Sporadic Recordings

Return of The Sporadic Recordings

CD: UK 01.07.02 (Kooky Records kookydisc018)

Tracklisting

Disc one - Return Of The Sporadic Recordings

For Soph
Final Cut
Silent Nite
Smiles U Gave Away
Waiting 4 The Earth
U Didn't Need Me
How Do U Think It's Going To Feel?
Slo-Glyde
Returned Love
Catos Con Guantes
Vampire Business
Ping-Pong
Zinni Tune
I'm Nowhere
Only Love

Disc two - The Sporadic Recordings

Nile Opera
Kind Of Love
For Steven Patrick
We Stumble
Sketch of a Manchester Summer 1989
Arpeggiator II
Diazepam 5 mgs
But Was I...?
Pol In Ab
Another Mirror - Another Wall
30 Oldham St
4.10am
For Lydia
Detail For Heidi And Jodie
Zinni's Dance
PPP Version
For Lucy H
4.30am
It's A Bright Guilty World Part I
It's A Bright Guilty World Part II
Nile Reprise
Diazepam 10 mgs
Credits

All songs written by Vini Reilly and published by Zomba Music

Thanks to Bruce Mitchell and Family. Sophia and Family (& Jim), Alex & Phil at Kooky, Gary at Sounds Great, Keir Stewart, Lee, Stoo and Steevy at "Deluxe", Atlas Bar, 'Inmans' drivers, Steve Keller, Susie Casson and Trevor.

Special thanks to Carol, without whom...

Respect and thanks to those we have sampled.

Cover painting by Margot Perryman, 01227 362754

Cover sketch by Susie Casson.

Jazz Café pictures: Robin Warden

Kooky thank Bruce Mitchell, Vini and Keir, Darren at Cargo, Margot for the painting and Robin for Jazz Café pics.

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The Return of the Sporadic Recordings combined the long unavailable tracks on the original Sporadic Recordings with a second disc containing rare and unrelease material. The bonus tracks from the original Sporadic Recordings which were included on the Facdo 244 Vini Reilly re-release are omitted this time round, presumably for contractual reasons.

Rebellion

Rebellion


Rebellion (Imperial Records, Japan, 2007)

CD: UK 04/06/01 (Artful artfulcd40)
CD: JP 27/06/07 (Imperial Records Japan TECI-24420#) *

Tracklisting

4 Sophia
Longsight Romance
Geh Cak Af En Yam
The Fields of Athenry
Overlord Part One
Falling
Voluntary Arrangement
Mello Part One
Mello Part Two
Protest Song
Meschugana
Papa *
Teresa *

Notes

The Japanese issue (released some 6 years after the original UK version) of the 2001 includes two bonus tracks recorded live at XFM Manchester.

Time Was GIGANTIC... When we were kids

Time Was GIGANTIC... When we were kids

CD: UK 12.10.98 (Factory Too FACD 2.31)

Tracklisting

Organ Donor
Pigeon
I B Yours
Twenty Trees
Abuse
Drinking Song
Sing To Me
My Last Kiss
For Rachel
Highfield Choir
Epilogue

Credits

Produced by Keir Stewart
Design by 8vo

Notes

A Factory Too promotional cassette issue is also said to exist. FACD 2.21 was originally allocated to this release (according to the Factory Too website in February 1997).

Domo Arigato [Factory Once, 1998]

Domo Arigato [Factory Once, 1998]

CD: UK 05.10.98 (Factory Once Facdo 144 / London 556 038-2)

Tracklisting

Sketch For Summer
Sketch For Dawn
Mercy Theme
Little Mercy
Jacqueline
Dream Of A Child
Mercy Dance
The Room
E.E.
Blind Elevator Girl
Tomorrow
For Belgian Friends
Missing Boy
Self Portrait
Audience Noise

Related Works

Our Lady Of The Angels
White Rabbit
When The World (Newson Mix)

Credits

All tracks written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Durutti Column and Anthony Wilson.

Vini Reilly: Vocals, Guitar, Piano and DX7
Bruce Mitchell: Percussion, Xylophone and DMX
Tim Kellett: Trumpet
John Metcalfe: Viola

Recorded by G.Y.N.E. Mobile Recording at Gotanda Kanihoken Hall, Tokyo; 25th April 1985; Remixed at G.Y.N.E. Mobile Recording and Nippon Columbia Studio No. 4; PCM Editing Engineer: Hideki Kukizaki; Engineers: Anthony Wilson and Norio Okada; Concert Organisation: UPU and Moon Office

Related Works

Our Lady of The Angels, written by Vini Reilly. Recorded by Stuart James at Amigos Studio, North Hollywood and mixed by Stephen Street at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England. A Factory Communications Record 1987. [From Fac 184]

White Rabbit, originally written by Grace Slick. Recorded and mixed by Stephen Street at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England. A Factory Communications Record 1987. [From Fac 184]

When The World (Newson Mix), written by Vini Reilly. Recorded and mixed by Stephen Street at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England. A Factory Communications Record 1987. [From Facd 194]

With thanks to Tony, Bruce.Graphic Magicians: 8vo, London

Liner notes by Anthony H. Wilson

Home from home in a Tokyo car park

Why was it so hard to get served in this bloody Japanese restaurant somewhere in a far flung suburb of Tokyo.

We'd been waiting twenty minutes since ordering. Finally the manager came over, very apologetic as only the Japanese can be; our two waitresses were giggling and in shock in the kitchen because 'Vini Reilly' was actually in their restaurant and were so excited they were unable to come out and serve us.

Yeah. Vini isn't exactly an international celebrity, but when he's loved, he's very very loved.

It was a fun / strange tour, that trip to Tokyo. Bruce Mitchell explaining to me how to deal with our Japanese partners, just keep explaining your point, again and again and finally someone will say "Hai" and you're on your way.

I was trying to get two 35mm cameras instead of 6 video cameras to film the Durutti Column gig and it only took me two and a half hours of repeating this to get a "Hai". I preferred waiting for the food.

The DC entourage that had built up for the 'Without Mercy' album had slimmed down to a wonderful core of Vini, Bruce, John Metcalfe on viola and Tim Kellett on trumpet. They'd done three definitive gigs at the Electric Cinema on London's Portobello Road and I was praying that we could capture that once more in Japan, with tape and camera. We did.

Thank you. Or Domo as they say out there.

Mixing down was fun; we were on a flight out next morning so the wonderful Takao Homma at Nippon Columbia hired a mobile studio recording truck. We mixed from midnight till 6 a.m. And it was another of those warming technological experiences; brought the strangest of foods throughout the night in those lacquered lunch boxes that seem to dominate Japanese working life, while we worked with the most familiar of equipment -- the desk was emblazoned 'Amek, Salford, England' and the outboard was all 'AMS, Burnley, Lancashire'. Home from home in a Tokyo car park.

And by the way this is a CD; and has only ever been a CD; we reckoned it was the first CD only release in the UK when it came out the following year. And it was the note on which that whole trip had started; arriving late at night off the plane and taken by Takao to plug in the first CD player I'd ever seen and listen to ...... 'Power, Corruption and Lies' a test sample straight from the Denon pressing plant. Wow.

And then there was the trip to LA; getting Vini and Bruce a limo from the Hyatt to the Whiskey; 600 yards. We thought we'd go into a studio while were were there; I think it was Milo who sorted it.

There was this cool LA lady -- I'd met her at a New Order gig the previous summer and played Pac-woman with her and fancied her and failed miserably and Peter S. even asked me if, as I was doing so badly he could try instead and she was in a bunch of bands, and we got her to come and sing with Vini and her name is Debi Diamond and that's about it.

And 'Our Lady of the Angels' is Vini's tribute to that wonderful wonderful town. I didn't know my Franciscan history I'm afraid and the whole thing was only explained by reading Reyner Banham (thanks Mr Savage for yet another one), and discovering that the City of the Angels is in fact "El Ciuidad della Nostra Senora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula". LA for short. And the track is indeed a short cut to Mulholland Drive.

Another Setting [Factory Once, 1998]

Another Setting [Factory Once, 1998]

CD: UK 05.10.98 (Factory Once Facdo 74 / London 556 041-2)

Tracklisting

Prayer
Response
Bordeaux
For A Western
The Beggar
Francesca
Smile In The Crowd
You've Heard It Before
Dream Of A Child
Second Family
Spent Time

Related Works

Amigos em Portugal:

Amigos em Portugal
Menina ao pe duma Piscina
Lisboa
Sara e Tristana
Estoril a Noite

Dedications for Jacqueline:

Favourite Descending Intervals
To End With

Credits

All tracks written by Vini Reilly

Related Works

Amigos em Portugal: Amigos em Portugal, Menina ao pe duma Piscina, Lisboa, Sara e Tristana and Estoril a Noite, written by Vini Reilly. Recorded and mixed in the Valentim de Carvalho Studios by To Pinheiro da Silva and Jose Valverde. A Factory Communications Record 1983.

Dedications for Jacqueline: Favourite Descending Intervals and To End With, written by Vini Reilly. Recorded and mixed in the Valentim de Carvalho Studios by To Pinheiro da Silva and Jose Valverde. A Factory Communications Record 1983.

With thanks to Tony, Bruce.

Graphic Magicians: 8vo, London

Notes

The official credits are strangely scarce in this reisssue. Here are additional credits from Facd 74.

Recorded and mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport
Engineered by Chris Nagle
Published by the Movement of 24th January

Obey The Time [Factory Once, 1998]

Obey The Time [Factory Once, 1998]

CD: UK 10.98 (Factory Once FACDO 274 / London 556 040-2)

Tracklisting

Vino Della Casa Bianco
Hotel Of The Lake 1990
Fridays
Home
Art And Freight
Spanish Reggae
Neon
The Warmest Rain
Contra-indications
Vino Della Casa Rosso

Related Works

The Together Mix
Fridays (Up-Person Mix)
Kiss Of Def (Trade 2 Singles Club)

Credits

A Factory Communications Record 1998.
With thanks to Tony, Bruce, Graphic Magicians: 8vo, London
Graphic Magicians: 8vo, London

Obey the Time

All tracks written by Vini Reilly.

Drums on 'Art and Freight' by Bruce Mitchell.

Computed and Engineered by Paul Miller at Home, except 'Contra-indications' computed and engineered by Andy Robinson at Spirit Studios. Hypnosis and medication by Sydney Gottlieb. Food and relaxation by Dry.

The Together Mix

The Together Mix, written by Vini Reilly. Remixed by Together. A Factory Communications Record 1990.

Fridays, written by Vini Reilly. Recorded and mixed by Vini Reilly and Paul Miller. A Factory Communications Record 1990.

Trade 2 Singles Club

Kiss of Def, written by Vini Reilly. Remixed by Keir Stewart at Inch.

Liner notes

Absolutely in the middle of it

"I have but an hour of love, of worldly matters and direction to spend with thee: we must obey the time."

The titles of Vini's albums and even the tracks themselves come from tne oddest places. There's the easy way out: the female first name of the muse of the moment, from Katharine to Pol in G (sorry Pol, you were more than a moment), and all the rest.

Other times Vin would have something in mind and other times, I, as one third of his management would flirt around with my latest obsessions looking for a connection with Vini's pieces.

Part of this aesthetic derives from Italian directors in general and Pasolini in particular who loved having different actors dub the voices on his movies and almost intentionally doing the dubbing badly so there was a creative tension between the physical performance and the vocal performance; for the Durutti Column, there's usually some interesting stuff in the space between the title and the piece.

The title of this album came screaming off the TV screen in somebody's version of Othello' and captured exactly the feel of the work in progress. We were in the middle of the Aceeed explosion: if you lived in Manchester, you were absolutely in the middle of it. Vini, like the rest of us, has lost the ability to age or atrophy, and enjoyed the party.

He even explained why house made keyboards sound so fresh something to do with a chord being played with three or four notes into the sampler but then different chords being triggered by a single key stroke; creating mathematical harmonic relationships "which Schoenberg had searched for but never found".

In experimenting with certain beats and ideas, Vini was indeed obeying the time.

We're including as a bonus track here something that comes from the late 90's. But we submit it as a most recent example of Vini 'obeying' the time and as such connecting to the music of this period and taking us up to where the ripples of 88 still make interesting patterns on the shore.

The producer of his 1998 album, Kier, (another full-blown genius who also tried to get Vini to stop singing and met the same fate as everybody else) did this remix of My Last Kiss: sorta post-trance, sub-jungle, retro-ambient, or something. It's called 'Kiss of Def' which is partly taking the piss out of Barney's HIV lyric and partly just a cool title.

We were going to give it to Glenn and Jeff at Trade Two who were looking forward to putting it on their club label, but it got snared up with the lawyers on both sides.

And then, going back to 1990, there was Together, the 'Hardeore Uproar' cultish and soon-to-be massive dance duo who did the 'Together' remix; two fantastic kids, one with the ability to sing nasally out of the side of his mouth and the other, another young Kier, brightest eyes of any engineer you'd meet back in 1990. He died that Summer in Ibiza. Bicycle accident. Fucking tragic.

That Summer I was in Varenna, a small village on the banks of Lake Como, and Vini was short on titles for the pieces on this album, many of them emerging from mathematical / harmonic or technological inspiration rather than lovers he could name them after. So Vin let me take some of the titles from my experiences in Varenna. 'The Warmest Rain', indeed.

Without Mercy [Factory Once, 1998]

Without Mercy [Factory Once, 1998]

CD: UK 14.09.98 (Factory Once FACDO 84 / London 556 039-2)

Tracklisting

Without Mercy I
Without Mercy II

Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say

Goodbye
The Room
Little Mercy
Silence
E.E.
Hello

From FBN 51

All That Love And Maths Can Do *

From Hommage a Duras compilation on Interior Music

The Sea Wall

Credits

All tracks written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Anthony Wilson and Michael Johnson.

Vini Reilly: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano and DMX. Bruce Mitchell: Percussion, Congas and DMX. Richard Henry: Trombone. Maunagh Flaming: Cor-Anglais and Oboe. Blaine Reininger: Violin and Viola. Mervyn Fletcher: Saxophone. Caroline Lavelle: Cello. Tim Kellett: Trumpet.

All songs written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Anthony Wilson and Michael Johnson. Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Engineered by Michael Johnson, assisted by Tim Dewey and Nigel Beverley. Mixed at Britannia Row, London. Published by the Movement of the 24th January.

Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say

Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say. Goodbye, The Room, A Little Mercy, Silence, E.E and Hello(w). All tracks written by Vini Reilly. Vini Reilly: DMX drum machine, DX7 Synth and Guitars. Mervyn Fletcher: Saxophone. RIchard Henry: Trombone. Tim Kellett: Trumpet. Bruce Mitchell: Percussion A Factory Communcatons Record 1984.

Related Works

All That Love and Maths Can Do, written and produced by Vini Reilly. Vini Reilly: Guitar. John Metcalfe: Viola, A Factory Communications Record 1984. Sea Wall, written and produced by Vini Rally. Vini Reilly: Guitar. Blaine Reininger: Violin. A

Factory Communications Record 1984.

Liner notes

If in doubt, repeat yourself

It was the fascist architecture that proved to be the final straw. My temper had been rising throughout the evening, a sell out gig, two thousand fanatical Portuguese Vini fans at some Lisbon College theatre, obviously built in the good old days of the Portuguese Generals.

What had got me going was the fact that Vini and Bruce were doodling along on stage the same way they had been doing for at least two and a half years. Same bloody stuff; like John Cooper Clarke doing a college gig in 1990. If in doubt, repeat yourself. It was too bloody easy.

And when the entire audience came to its feet on Bruce's 'drum solo' in 'Jacqueline', well, I mean, a fucking drum solo. When you're pissed off and everyone else is loving it, you get really pissed off. Shakespeare used to do that with filthy jokes just before a coming tragic death scene to wind up the part of the audience that wasn't pissing itself with laughter. The applause for the drum solo certainly wound me up.

It was the same with recording. Vini's third album, 'Another Setting', while strangely providing some of the DC standards that Vin would be playing a decade later, merely trod the same ground as 'LC' and took nothing forward. It was time for a change.

A few months earlier we'd been approached by three classical musicians, kids from the Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester University. A trumpeter, a saxophonist and a ...... "Has Factory got any work for us?" - "Who knows, maybe ......"

Factory had also struck up a relationship with the wonderful Pete Hadfield acting for statuesque cello player, Caroline Lavelle. (Where's the bloody tape, Pete?) An idea formed; a group of musicians for Vini to create for. Add to the mix Blaine Reininger from the Belgian connection - always on hand with his Michel Duval impersonations and electrifying violin work. The first meeting was at Alan and Annie's farm in Cheshire. "Actually we get more people at the farm than at the Hacienda", said Mr Erasmus for the Channel Four documentary while riding round a nearby field on the back of Hooky's trial bike.

And the final ingredient turned up on the first day at Strawberry when the brass section brought along their 'arranger', the diminutive but 'taking no shit' Mr Metcalfe whose viola playing became such a part of the next cycle of Durutti work.

Since this was pop it had to be 'boy meets girl, boy loses girl' so we took Keats's 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' as the narrative - boy meets girl, boy loses girl and no birds sing.

Central to the whole project was trying to get Vini to spend more than three days recording an album, to try and slow down the process. It took five days which has to be counted as an abject failure.

Plus getting to hear Vini and Blaine do an ultra heavy 'Sweet Jane' a couple of times at soundchecks was worth the admission.

Worth the admission to the reissue is the inclusion of the tracks from the 'Say What You Mean...' EP, released as a 12" vinyl single. The session for this collection took place at Revolution in Cheadle a few months after the 'Mercy' sessions and already show the slimming down process and the core musicians of the mid 80's Durutti Column coming of age. Basically it was the Manc kids. What's new.

Time Was Gigantic / Reissued Experiments

Time Was Gigantic / Reissued Experiments

CD: UK 08.98 (Factory Too FACDR 2.41)

Tracklisting

Disc one - Time Was Gigantic... When We Were Kids

Organ Donor
Pigeon
I B Yours
Twenty Trees
Abuse
Drinking Song
Sing To Me
My Last Kiss
For Rachel
Highfield Choir
Epilogue

Disc two - Reissued Experiments

Amigos Em Portugal
Menina Ao Pe Duma Piscina
Lisboa
Sara E Tristana
Estoril A Noite
Favourite Descending Intervals
To End With
All That Love And Maths Can Do
The Sea Wall
Our Lady Of The Angels
White Rabbit
Catos Con Guantes *
The Together Mix
Fridays (Up Person Mix)
Kiss Of Def **

* Actually "When the World (Newson Mix)"
** The proposed Rough Trade 7" track.

- -

Limited edition double CDR promo, 25 copies only, featuring "Time Was Gigantic...When We Were Kids" together with "Reissued Experiments" (titled "Experiments by Vini" on the label), a selection of some of the rare and previously unreleased material issued as extra tracks on the second phase of Durutti Column reissues (Factory Once). The "FACDR 2.41" number does not appear on disc 1, only on disc 2. Instead, disc 1 has the London/Factory Too '558 330-2' "Time Was Gigantic..." designation. Both discs have a "Town House Post Production" over-title. All copies signed, hand numbered and assembled by Vini himself, w/"Vini Reilly" plectrum. (Plectrum is either brown "tortoise shell" or white; both versions with gold foil-stamped lettering.) Thanks to Andrea Bianco for imagery.

The Guitar and Other Machines (Factory Once, 1996)

The Guitar and Other Machines (Factory Once, 1996)

CD: UK 02.12.96 (Factory Once FACDO 204 /London 828 828-2)

Tracklisting

Arpeggiator
What Is It to Me (Woman)
Red Shoes
Jongleur Grey
When the World
U.S.P.
Bordeaux Sequence
Pol in B
English Landscape Tradition
Miss Haymes
Don't Think You're Funny

Related Works

LFO Mod
Dream Topping
28 Oldham Place

Live at WOMAD

Otis
English Landscape Tradition
Finding the Sea
Bordeaux

Credits

The Guitar and Other Machines written and arranged by Vini Reilly. 'Arpeggiator' by Reilly and Mitchell. 'English Landscape Tradition' by Reilly and Metcalfe. Produced by Stephen Street.

Related Works

LFO Mod, written by Vini Reilly. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing/ Zomba Publishing. A Factory Communications Record 1988. Dream Topping, written by Vini Reilly, Simon Topping, Jeremy Kerr and Stuart James. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing and Copyright Control. A Factory Communications Record 1988. 28 Oldham Street, written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Stuart James and Nick Garside.

Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing/ Zomba Publishing. A Factory Communications Record 1988.

Vini Reilly: Guitar, Keyboards, Machine Programs and Vocals. Bruce Mitchell: Drum Kit, Xylophone and DX Machine. John Metcalfe: Viola and Percussion on 'When the World'. Stephen Street: Bass Guitar on 'English Landscape Tradition'. Rob Gray: Mouth Organ on 'What Is It to Me' and 'Jongleur Grey'. Stanton Miranda: Vocals on 'When the World' and 'Red Shoes'. Pol: Vocals on'When the World', 'Red Shoes' and 'Bordeaux Sequence'.

Special thanks to Simply Red/ Elektra for Tim Kellet's trumpet on 'When the World'.

Live at WOMAD

Otis, English Landscape Tradition, Finding the Sea and Bordeaux, written by Vini Reilly. Live Mix by Stuart James. Andy Connell: Piano. Liu Sola: Vocals. Published by The Movement of 24th January Publishing/ Copyright Control. A Factory Communications Record 1989.

Recorded at Suite Sixteen, Rochdale; Strawberry Studios, Stockport; and Island Studios, Hammersmith. Mixed at Island Studios. Engineers: Chris Nagle, Lee Hamblin and CJ.

Published by the Movement of 24th January Publishing/ Copyright Control.

Liner notes

Not that yellow, Vincent

Things were changing aqain. The incredible four-piece which added Cor Anglais and Viola to Vini and Bruce had seen it's most perfect expression in the Japanese gigs ('Domo Arigato') and three memorable nights at the Electric Cinema in London's Notting Hill Gate.

Another crossroads. Tim Kellett went off to join Simply Red and young Metcalfe got buried in his two classical projects, the Duke Quartet and the Kreisler Orchestra.

And then Vini had some new technology thrust upon him. Bruce sometimes describes the way Vini's other manager treats Vin as being like watching someone peering over Van Gogh's shoulder and shouting, no not that yellow, you click... this yellow". Now Vini was no stranger to tech stuff - so much of his sound comes from the harmonic sex between his guitar and his delay machine.

But the world of machines that Martin Hannett had introduced Vini to in 1979 had moved on apace. In our family, New Order were in the forefront of the Sequencer Revolution; it somehow seemed really important what was it, the first instrument that truly played melody and rhythm in the same notation fuck knows.

Anyway Vini was handed a Yamaha Sequencer and a DMX Drum Machine. And told to do something with it.

Actually it wasn't quite like that. He was asked if he fancied it, and just to hang out with the equipment in case he found something flowing from it. Admittedly the tragic genius kept like a battery hen and fed shit and instructions makes better reading. But the kid does go his own way. Whatever, the cardboard boxes arrived with the goodies and it was duck to water; as in things really flowing.

On tracks like 'Arpeggiator' and ii was clear the Durutti Column had found another exhilarating avenue. And for all the technology, Metcalfe's viola and Bruce's drums were still on the most moving form.

'LFO Mod'. a rare piece which was done specially for Valuable Passages' a US release on Relativity and not put on the European version, is one of Vini's favourite pieces from this period and displays the 'sequencer revolution' at its most advanced stage prior to 'Vini Reilly' the next work.

And Simon came back from Brooklyn where he was either teaching or learning timbales, can't quite remember which. A couple of days at 'Out of the Blue' with Stuart James and Nick Garside brought the gang together, with ACR Jes on vocals and audio-scratching. 'Dream Topping' says it all.

This period also saw the Durutti Column at WOMAD, exquisite performances which we couldn't leave off this CD. Our favourite pianist, Swing out Andy Connell is on Keyboards and Liu Sola a chinese lady opera writer is the vocalist on the WOMAD stage, and has never actually explained what she was singing.

With thanks to Tony, Bruce. With love to Rachel.

Graphic Magicians: 8vo, London

LC [Factory Once, 1996]

LC [Factory Once, 1996]

CD: UK 11.96 (Factory Once FACDO 44 / London 828 827-2)

Tracklisting

Sketch for Dawn 1 (5:14)
Portrait for Frazer (3:29)
Jacqueline (2:16)
Messidor (2:30)
Sketch for Dawn 2 (4:34)
Never Known (6:47)
The Act Committed (5:03)
Detail for Paul (1:57)
The Missing Boy (6:36)
The Sweet Cheat Gone (2:49)
For Mimi * (4:35)
Belgian Friends * (5:24)
Self Portrait * (4:41)
One Christmas For Your Thoughts ** (4:26)
Danny *** (3:39
Enigma *** (3:01)

* From FACT 24
** From Ghosts of Christmas Past / Remake compilation - BL: Crepuscule TWI 058/158/658
*** From Enigma - FR: Sordide Sentimental SS 45005

Notes

Production: Vini Reilly and Stewart Pickering
Design: 8vo

All other tracks from original Factory FACD 44 release (as part of FACD 224 The First Four Albums).

The Return of The Durutti Column [Factory Once, 1996]

The Return of The Durutti Column [Factory Once, 1996]

CD: UK 11.96 (Factory Once
FACDO 14)

Tracklisting

Sketch For Summer
Requiem For A Father
Katharine
Conduct
Beginning
Jazz
Sketch For Winter
Collette
In "D"

Related works

Lips That Would Kiss
Madeleine
First Aspect of the Same Thing
Second Aspect of the Same Thing
Sleep Will Come
Experiment in Fifth

Credits

All tracks written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Martin Hannett
Vini Reilly: Guitar
Martin Hannett: Switches
Peter Crooks: Bass
Toby: Drums
Thanks to Gammer for the melody
Recorded at Cargo, Rochdale
Mixed at Strawberry, Stockport
Engineers: Chris Nagle and John Brierley
Published by The Movement of 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing

Related Works

Lips that Would Kiss and Madeleine, written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Martin Hannett. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing. A Factory / Benelux Record 1980.

First Aspect of the Same Thing and Second Aspect of the Same Thing, written and produced by Martin Hannett. Published by Copyright Control. A Factory Communications Record 1979.

Sleep Will Come, written and produced by Vini Reilly. Vocals by Jeremy Kerr. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing and Copyright Control. A Les Disques Du Crepuscule Record 1980.

Experiment in Fifth, written and produced by Vini Reilly. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing. A Les Disques Du Crepuscule Record 1980.

Vini Reilly [Factory Once, 1996]

Vini Reilly [Factory Once, 1996]

CD: UK 11.96 (Factory Once FACDO 244 / London 828 826-2)

Tracklisting

Love No More
Pol in G
Opera I
People's Pleasure Park
Red Square
Finding the Sea
Otis
William B
They Work Every Day
Opera II
Homage to Catalonea
Requiem Again
My Country

Related Works

Paradise Passage Road
Les Preger's Tune

Sporadic Recordings

Buddhist Prayer
Misere
Real Drums - Real Drummer
Pathway
Rob Grey's Elegy
Shirt No. 7

Credits

All tracks written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Vini Reilly with Stephen Street.

Bruce Mitchell: Drums.
Andy Connell: Keyboard on 'Requiem Again', 'Otis' and 'Red Square'
John Metcalfe: Viola on 'Finding The Sea'
Rob Gray: Vocals on 'They Work Every Day'
Liu Sola: Vocals on 'People's Pleasure Park' and 'Finding The Sea'
Pol: Vocals on 'Otis'

Recorded at Sam Therapy, Kensal; Island Studios, Hammersmith; Out Of The Blue, Manchester. Engineers: Stephen Street and Nick Garside. Thanks to Sounds Great, Stuart James and Piccadilly Records. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing.

Related Works

Paradise Passage Road, written by Stanton Miranda and Vini Reilly. Produced by Vini Reilly and Stephen Street. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing and Copyright Control. A Factory Communications Record 1989. Les Preger's Tune, written and produced by Vini Reilly. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing. A Materiali Sonori Record 1992.

Sporadic Recordings

Buddhist Prayer, Misere, Real Drums - Real Drummer, Pathway, Rob Grey's Elegy and Shirt No.7, written and produced by Vini Reilly. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing. A Sporadic Productions Record 1989.

Liner notes

He was in his Morrissey phase... there you go

The story of a sleeve: Vini wanted a photo on the cover for a change. He even had his hair done by Andrew Berry for the shoot. The print went off to Mark and the usual ground breaking 8vo sleeve was created. It's the sleeve you see on the cover of this CD: but it's the only time this sleeve has ever existed.

Vin didn't like the sleeve, didn't like it one bit.

Mark Holt, Vini's graphics magician, founder of the legendary 8vo, thinks today that three weeks at the Woolhall working with the two Stephens on 'Viva Hate' had messed him up; "He was in his Morrissey phase, wanted the picture bigger... there you go."

It was one of Vin's legendary outbursts. Potential muggers have ended up in hospital after encounters with our Vin - he just loses it and the result is frightening for the mugger manqu&ecacute;. Anyway, the Mark Holt sleeve was out, "Here's Bob Dylan, do it like that", said Vini. So we did. Mark was very understanding. And now for all of us, in particular, Vin, there is real pleasure that the wonderful rejected creation finally gets out ten vears later.

And then there's the story of how the sequencers of 'The Guitar and other Machines' grew Lip and got a baby brother, the Akai S500 sampler.

Back in 80/81 we seemed to spend all our time trying to get Simon Topping of ACR to get back to singing, which was what he was great at, and trying to get Vini to stop singing, which is what he was not great at.

Complete failure.

Simon pursued the role of instrumentalist, be it trumplet or timbales. And Vini, the great instrumentalist, just kept singing -whenever your back was turned. Life.

To be scrupulously fair, we know it's kind of hellish to stand there in front of a thousand people and just play the guitar. When there are things you just have to say.

It's expression and you can't forbid it; it's his dance.

And there are even Durutti fans who like Vini's singing. But they're off their heads. And there are things you can do, like get him a sampler and stand back.

Which is what we did, and we stood back in amazement.

On pieces like 'Otis' and 'Opera', Vini explored the new equipment in his own extremely individual fashion. 'Otis' was later used for a Pacific Bell TV ad in Northern Calfornia. Great, eh.?

For Vini, the ability to sample out the vocal tones from things he adored and then play them back into a piece of music via a keyboard was like letting a kid loose in FAO Schwarz.

Of course we didn't not have real singers now and again. Dear Miranda from New York worked on 'Paradise Passage Road', and it's worth expaining that Les Preger was next door neighbour to Bruce and one of the first members of the International Brigade to arrive in Spain back in the 30's.

Shortly after 'Vini Reilly', there was more stuff churning out of Vini's brain / sampler than Factory could ever release, So Vin gave a bunch of tracks to his mate Paul Miller who put them out as a the 'Sporadic Recordings' the 6 tracks here are Vini's favourites from that release. 'Shirt No.7, incidentally, was written for the Durutti's friend Pat Nevin, in the good old days before football was hip. Ths one's still for you, Pat.

With thanks to Tony, Bruce. With love to Rachel.

Graphic Magicians: 8vo, London

Fidelity

Fidelity

CD: BE 04.96 (Les Disques du Crépuscule TWI 976-2)
CD: UK 12.07 (LTM LTMCD 2512) *

Tracklisting

Fidelity
For Suzanne
Future Perfect
Abstract of Expression
G & T
Remember Me
Sanko
Grace
Guitar For Mother
Storm For Steve
My Only Love *

Credits

Written and played by Vini Reilly
Produced & programmed by Laurie Lexicon
Elli R. Rudge - Vocals
Front cover photograph by Pamela Kay

With thanks to: Michel, Joelle, Anthony, Bridget, Bruce + Mitchell posse, Suzanne - Without whom..., Stu, Hammock by Alchemy, Stevie, Lee, Kia, Dean and all Wardley Crew, Salford Crew, Elli Rudge for wonderful vocals, Rudge Family, Rosalind (for Egyptian postcard), Atlas Bar, Michel Pitrik (for hair), Hadgett, Pamela Kay for wild photography (+ Joseph assistant cameraman), Ollie Harris (guitar technician), Penny and Pete (for the introduction to Laurie) and Johnny too!

© Crépuscule, 1996
Published by Movement of the 24th January Publishing.

LTM reissue notes

First released by Les Disques du Crepuscule in April 1996, Fidelity features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, with occasional guest vocals by Elli Rudge. In addition to Vini's trademark guitar style, the album also features sleek programmed beats and synth textures. The CD also features one bonus track, My Only Love, originally issued in 1995 on a free CD with Total Guitar magazine. The booklet includes background notes, and the text of the original press release. 11 tracks. 65 minutes of music.

Sex and Death THE CD ROM

Sex and Death THE CD ROM

CDROM: UK 25.10.95 (Factory Too FACDR 2.11)

Tracklisting

Anthony
The Rest Of My Life
For Colette
The Next Time
Beautiful Lies
My Irascible Friend
Believe In Me
Fermina
Where I Should Be
Fado
Madre Mio
Blue Period

Notes

Multimedia CD ROM prepared using Macromedia technology featuring nearly the whole version of the CD edition of Sex and Death plus colour photos, video clips and interviews.

Came packaged in a black sandpaper sleeve in homage to the first Durutti Column album FACT 14 The Return of The Durutti Column.

Sex and Death

Sex and Death


Sex and Death; US promo cassette

CD: UK 14.03.95 (Factory Too FACD 2.01)
CS: US 1995 (Factory Too / FFRR 697 124 043-4 ADV)*
CD: US 1995 (Factory Too / FFRR 697-124 043-2)

Tracklisting

Anthony
The Rest Of My Life
For Colette
The Next Time
Beautiful Lies
My Irascible Friend
Believe In Me
Fermina
Where I Should Be
Fado
Madre Mio
Blue Period

* - Cassette insert 'misprint' states "Factory 2" not "Factory Too"

Credits

Written by Vini Reilly and produced by Stephen Street
Marketed by RTM. Distributed by Pinnacle
This is a Factory release too.

Notes

A Japanese CD version and both CD and cassette Canadian versions also exist.

Red Shoes

Red Shoes

LP: IT 1992 (Materiali Sonori MASO)
CD: IT 1992 (Materiali Sonori MASO CD 90037)
CD: JP 1995 (King KKCP-73)

Red Shoes [3:14]
When The World (Version) * [4:31]
For Madeline (II) [4:47]
Pete's Riff [6:40]
For Zinni (III) [2:54]
The Crowned Goddess [2:57]
For Rebecca [3:57]
Song For Les Preger [2:41]
Florence Sunset ** [5:07]
All That Love And Maths Can Do ** [3:39]
San Giovanni Dawn ** [3:59]
For Friends In Italy ** [4:42]

* with VR vocals
** from Greetings Three, MASO70003

Dry

Dry [Materiali Sonori, Italy, 1991]


Dry [Materiali Sonori, Italy, 1995]


Dry [Materiali Sonori, Italy, 2000]

CD: IT 1991 (Materiali Sonori MASO CD 90024)
CD: IT 1995 (Materiali Sonori MASO CD 90024)
CD: IT 2000 (Materiali Sonori MASO CD 90024)

Tracklisting

Dry
Paradise Passage Road *
Rope Around My Neck
Short
Boat People 1
Boat People 2
Our Lady (version)
Grade 2 Duet **
Octaves
Out Of The Blue ***
Otis §
English Landscape Tradition §
Finding The Sea §
Bordeaux §
The Beggar §§

Credits

All songs composed by Vini Reilly
Except * composed by Stanton Miranda & Vini Reilly
** composed by Zinnia Mitchell-Williams & Vini Reilly
*** composed by Bruce Mitchell and Vini Reilly

All studio items recorded at Sporadic Studios, Manchester and Out Of The Blue Studios, Manchester
§ recorded live at Womad 88
§§ recorded live from La Cigalle, Paris

Produced by Vini Reilly
Project by Giampiero Bigazzi & Annette Jarvie
Photos by James Martin
Art Cover by Arlo Bigazzi

Notes

Issued a total of three times by Italian label Materiali Sonori, each time with different artwork. However, it is the same album each time.

Obey The Time

Obey The Time

LP: UK 1990 (Factory FACT 274) [white label]
LP: UK 1990 (Factory FACT 274)
CS: UK 1990 (Factory FACTC 274)
CD: UK 1990 (Factory FACD 274) [pre-release]
CD: UK 1990 (Factory FACD 274)
DAT: UK 1990 (Factory FACT 274D)

Tracklisting

Vino della Casa Bianco
Hotel of the Lake 1990
Fridays
Home
Art and Freight
Spanish Reggae
Neon
The Warmest Rain
Contra-indications
Vino della Casa Rosso

Credits

Written and produced by Vini Reilly
Published by The Movement of 24th January
Computed and engineered by Paul Miller at Home, except Contra-indications computed and engineered by Andy Robinson at Spirit Studios

Drums on Art and Freight by Bruce Mitchell

Hypnosis and medications by Sydney Gottlieb
Food and relaxation by Dry
Design: 8vo

Dedicated to Isabel Emily

Notes

Original Factory Records release on LP, Cassette and CD. German, Spanish and Japanese import versions also exist. Also reissued on Factory Once with 3 extra tracks in October 1998.

The Sporadic Recordings

The Sporadic Recordings

CD: UK 12.89 (TTTTTTTTT SPORE 1 CD)

Tracklisting (with notes)

1. Buddhist Prayer

Played on Charlie's L14 guitar after reading 'Page after Page' and not being disappointed. Starring Japanese monks.

2. Pathway

This is how far you can 'pull' strings before they (or your fingers) snap.

3. Nile Opera

Starring Egyptian drummers discovered in Andy's obscure C.D. collection.

4. Shirt No. 7

Starring a vintage semi-acoustic Gibson 'Stereo-Switchmaster' -- not plugged in.

5. Kind Of Love

Jazzers would call it syncopation but the time signature was irretrievably lost two bars in and never found again.

6. Rob Gray's Elegy

Starring Rob's harmonica and Jeremy Kerr's bass.

7. Misere

Starring the most beautiful voice EVER.

8. For Steven Patrick

...for Steven Patrick with love and affection.

9. We Stumble

Recorded in Belgium for Michel Duval.

10. Sketch For A Manchester Summer 1989

The essential Mancunian summer, captured on DAT before the greenhouse effect changes the climate irrevocably.

11. Arpeggiator II

Starring a now obsolete gimmick.

12. Diazepam 5 mgs

(Enough to relax you.) Starring a very expensive Bosendorfer piano played on a very cheap synth.

13. But Was I...?

An attempt to disguise voices through the S.P.X. 90 mk.1.

14. Pol In A-flat

Played through an ancient Space Echo, therefore the hiss is compulsory.

15. Real Drums -- Real Drummer

Starring Bruce Mitchell demonstrating the inadequacies of computer generated drums.

16. Another Mirror -- Another Wall

Another Michel Duval project. Another song with these lyrics, starring Pol's voice and Alain Lefebvre's congas.

17. 30 Oldham Street

In praise of DRY's decaffeinated coffee and in spite of Leroy's jokes.

18. 4.10 am

Recorded then.

19. For Lydia

Voices and flute played on a keyboard.

20. Detail For Heidi And Jodie

Played on a Yamaha owned by the recipients of the tune.

21. Zinni's Dance

Bruce's daughter's birthday tune. Played the way she dances, -- out of time.

22. PPP Version

Based on a description by Anthony H. of a park in Hong Kong.

23. For Lucy H.

Dedicated to a very nice old lady who lived and died alone. Starring the trumpet of Kaire Gedal.

24. 4.30 am

Slightly later the same morning.

25. It's A Bright Guilty World -- Part I

Inspired by an Orson Welles interview.

26. It's A Bright Guilty World -- Part II

27. Nile Reprise

See Track 3

28. Diazepam 10 mgs

Enough to send you to sleep?

Credits

The Sporadic Recordings. A TTTTTTTTT'S RELEASE. Limited Edition of 4000.

Notes

Whilst essentially an album by The Durutti Column, this release is credited to Vini Reilly. Most of the tracks on this album were later re-released on 'The Return of the Sporadic Recordings' (Kooky Records, 2002) which was a double cd combining one disc with all of The Sporadic Recordings (except for those tracks which had already been released as extra tracks on the Factory Once re-releases) and a second disc with new tracks, rarities, and outtakes, etc. The Sporadic theme was continued with Sporadic Three.

The word stamp on last page of the booklet of is written in the Japanese language using "kanji" (Chinese characters) and is roughly pronounced "Vini Reilly."



Key

The first line: Stamp on booklet
The second line: Adapted to English
The third line: General pronunciation in Japanese

Bi means "Beauty"
Ni means "Look like" or "Resemble"
Rai means "Thunder"
Ri means "Profit" or "Advantage"

Vini Reilly

Vini Reilly


Vini Reilly [original 8vo artwork]

LP: UK 1989 (Factory FACT 244) *
CD: UK 1989 (Factory FACD 244) [promo]*/**
CD: UK 1989 (Factory FACD 244) **
CS: UK 1989 (Factory FACT 244C) *
DAT: UK 1989 (Factory FACT 244D) */**

Tracklisting

Love No More
Pol In G
Opera I
People's Pleasure Park
Red Square*
Finding The Sea
Otis
William B*
They Work Every Day
Opera II
Homage To Catalonea
Requiem Again
My Country

~ FACT-244-A2 *, Max, Sixth Autumn
~ FAC-244-B2 *, Max, Pole Bitch

Credits

All tracks written by Vini Reilly
Produced by Vini Reilly with Stephen Street

Bruce Mitchell: Drums
Andy Connell: Keyboard on 'Requiem Again', 'Otis' and 'Red Square'
John Metcalfe: Viola on 'Finding the Sea'
Rob Gray: Vocals on 'They Work Every Day'
Liu Sola: Vocals on 'People's Pleasure Park' and 'Finding The Sea'
Pol: Vocals on 'Otis'

Respect and thanks to those we have sampled

Recorded at Sam Therapy, Kensal; Island Studios, Hammersmith; Out Of The Blue, Manchester. Engineers: Stephen Street and Nick Garside. Thanks to Sounds Great, Stuart James and Piccadilly Records.

Published by The Movement of 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing

Notes

The original Factory Records release in four different formats of an album also released in Australia, Brazil, Japan and Spain. Later reissued with extra tracks on Factory Once.

The original artwork was developed by regular Durutti designers 8vo. However, Vini didn't like the end results and the cover that adorns the final album was produced, with Vini giving the instruction to "do it like Dylan". 'Homage to Catalonea' is written as 'Homage to CatalonEa', with a big 'E' on the alternate artwork. The full story is detailed in the 8vo book 8vo: On the outside, published in 2005.

Hommage à Duras

Hommage à Duras

LP: BE 3/88 (Interior Music IM011)
CD: DE 3/88 (Interphon IPMTG 2)

Tracklisting

The Sea Wall * [3:24]
The Square ** [4:00]
La Douleur */*** [2:29]
Little Horses Of Tarquina **** [1:40]

* with Blaine L. Reininger on viola
** English title of the 1959 Duras novel "Le Square"
*** title of a Marguerite Duras novel
**** English title of Duras's novel "Les Petits Chevaux de Tarquina"

Credits

All selections licensed from Les Disques du Crépuscule
Cover design by Joël van Audenhaege
The Durutti Column appear courtesy of Factory Benelux

Cecile Bruynoghe, piano
Blaine L. Reininger, viola
Steven Brown, castanets and clarinets
Special thanks to Vini Reilly for his Short Stories for Pauline

Notes

Closely related to un hommage à Marguerite Duras.

The First Four Albums

The First Four Albums

4CD: UK 02.88 (Factory FACD 224 comprised of FACT, FACD 44, FACD 74, FACD 84 inc FAC 114)
4CD: AU 02.88 (Factory Australasia FACD 224)*

FACT 14 The Return of The Durutti Column
FACD 44 LC
FACD 74 Another Setting
FACD 84 Without Mercy + FAC 114 Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say

[Components listed individually at their catalogue numbers]

* Imported UK issue only, initial copies with sticker having silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

CD Mastering info

~ CY-1356 3B4 C 9Z
~ CY-1357 1A2 84
~ CY-1358 1A1 bZ 84
~ CY-1359 2B1 54

Production: see individual releases
Design: 8vo

Notes

4-CD box consisting of FACT 14 + 44 + 74 + 84 (+ FAC 114) with new artwork.

FACT 400 ‘Palatine’ refers to this as 'The Early Years Japonica' because Factory Records used repressed Japanese CD editions of the individual albums in a special budget priced box.

The individual "First Four" albums were reissued again by Factory Once in the two waves released in 1996 and 1998.

The Guitar and Other Machines

The Guitar and Other Machines

LP: UK 12.1987 (Factory FACT 204) [white label]
LP: UK 12.1987 (Factory FACT 204)
CD: UK 12.1987 (Factory FACD 204) *
CS: UK 12.1987 (Factory FACT 204C)
DAT: UK 12.1987 (Factory FACT 204D) */**
LP: AU 12.87 (Factory Australasia/CBS FACT 204) ***
CS: AU 12.87 (Factory Australasia/CBS FACTC 204)
CD: AU 12.87 (Factory Australasia FACD 204) ****

Tracklisting

Arpeggiator [4:03]
What Is It to Me (Woman) [3:47]
Red Shoes [3:13]
Jongleur Grey [2:41]
When the World [3:13]
U.S.P. [2:22]
Bordeaux Sequence [5:50]
Pol in B [3:08]
English Landscape Tradition [4:48]
Miss Haymes [5:14]
Don't Think You're Funny [1:42]
Dream Topping * [3:00]
You Won't Feel Out of Place * [3:38]
28 Oldham Place * [4:57]
When The World (Newson Mix) ** [6:46]
Catos con Guantes ** [8:40]

~ FAC 204 A1, MPO, The Exchange, P
~ FAC 204 B1, MPO, P

Factory Australasia

~ FACT 204-1, MX 250121, Å
~ FACT 204.2, MX 250122.B

CD ~ FACD 204 . Mastered By Nimbus

VHS: UK 1987 (Factory FAC 204)

When the World [6:46]

* CD format bonus tracks
** DAT format bonus tracks
*** First editions stickered, later editions unstickered, all without flexi-disk.
**** Imported UK issue only, initial copies with sticker having silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

Credits

Vini Reilly: Guitar, Keyboards, Machine Programs and Vocals. Bruce Mitchell: Drum Kit, Xylophone and DX Machine. John Metcalfe: Viola and Percussion on 'When the World'.

Stephen Street: Bass Guitar on 'English Landscape Tradition'. Rob Gray: Mouth Organ on 'What Is It to Me' and 'Jongleur Grey'. Stanton Miranda: Vocals on 'When the World' and 'Red Shoes'. Pol: Vocals on'When the World', 'Red Shoes' and 'Bordeaux Sequence'. Special thanks to Simply Red / Elektra for Tim Kellett's trumpet on 'When the World'.

Written and arranged by Vini Reilly. 'Arpeggiator' by Reilly and Mitchell. 'English Landscape Tradition' by Reilly and Metcalfe.

Recorded at Suite Sixteen, Rochdale; Strawberry Studios, Stockport and Island Studios, Hammersmith. Mixed at Island Studios. Produced by Stephen Street. Engineers: Chris Nagle, Lee Hamblin and CJ.

Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing / Zomba Publishing and Copyright Control. Factory Communications Cassette.

Design: 8vo
Black and white photography: Trevor Key

Related Works

'Dream Topping' and 'You Won't Feel Out of Place' written and performed by Simon Topping, Jeremy Kerr, Vini Reilly and Stuart James. Produced and engineered by Nick Garside at Out of the Blue, Manchester. Published by Copyright Control.

'28 Oldham Street' written and performed by Vini Reilly. Produced and engineered by Stuart James and Nick Garside at Out of the Blue, Manchester. Published by The Movement of the 24th January Publishing/ Copyright Control.

'When the World' (Newson Mix) written by Vini Reilly. Engineered by Richard Scott and produced by Stephen Street at Yellow 2, Stockport. Published by the Movement of the 24th January Publishing.

'Catos con Guantes' written by Vini Reilly. Recorded and mixed by Stephen Street at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Published by the Movement of the 24th January Publishing.

Notes

Reissued on Factory Once as FACDO 204 with extra tracks from Valuable Passages and WOMAD Live.

There is a 30" x 40" promotional poster for this release.

Fact 204d The Guitar and Other Machines was the first ever commercially available DAT.

The VHS video is identical to the Fac 194 video, but housed in a generic Media Communication case. It was probably used to promote the album. The label reads: '24.10.87 Factory Communications Ltd., Fact 204 Durutti Column'.

The FAC 214 Guitar and Other Marketing Devices square 7" flexi discs was available freely in record shops to promote the album.

Live At The Bottom Line

A Night in New York [1999, ROIR]


Live At The Bottom Line [1993]

CS: US 1987 (Reach Out International Records ROIR A152)
CS: UK 1987 (Reach Out International Records UK ROIR A152)
CD: US 1993 (Reach Out International Records ROIR 5343 152)
CD: UK 1993 (Danceteria RE152CD)
CD: US 9/99 (ROIR RUSCD 8255) [retitled "A Night In New York"] *

Tracklisting

Prayer [3:29]
Arpeggiator [3:40]
Our Lady Of The Angels [5:36]
Pol In B [2:52]
Miss Haymes [5:34]
For Mother [5:19]
Requiem [3:35]
Jacqueline [5:14]
Elevator Sequence [5:13]
Missing Boy [7:43]
When The World (Version) * [mislabeled "U.S.P."] [8:18]
Tomorrow [3:11]

Notes

Originally issued on Neil Cooper's ROIR (pronounced "ROAR") label as 'Live at the Bottom Line' in 1987. Reissued in 1993 and then reissued again in 1999, this time retitled 'A Night in New York'.

According to the liner notes, this is a live recording made at a concert in October 1986. However, it is thought that it is actually a composite of both of the concerts given on 23 November 1986.

Valuable Passages

Valuable Passages

2xLP: US 1986 (Factory/Relativity FACT 164/88561-8123-1) [test pressing]
2xLP: US 1986 (Factory/Relativity FACT 164/88561-8123-1)
2x cassette: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 164C) [boxed]
CD: UK 1986 (Factory FACD 164) *
2xLP: AU 12.86 (Factory Australasia/CBS FACT 164) ***
2xCS: AU 12.86 (Factory Australasia/CBS FACTC 164)
CD: AU 12.86 (Factory Australasia FACD 164) ****

Tracklisting

[LP One]

2:58 Sketch for Summer
5:00 Conduct
2:22 Sketch for Winter
3:45 Lips That Would Kiss
5:21 For Belgian Friends
3:36 Danny
3:35 Piece of Out of Tune Grand Piano */**
6:46 Never Known
2:14 Jacqueline
6:32 The Missing Boy

[LP Two]

3:21 Prayer
4:09 Spent Time
6:44 Without Mercy (Stanzas 4 to 7)
7:04 Without Mercy (Stanzas 10 to 12)
5:58 The Room
10:17 Blind Elevator Girl
4:02 Tomorrow
6:21 L.F.O. Mod *

* Not on CD
** Excerpt from FBN 10
*** First editions stickered and with pictured inner sleeves, later editions without.
**** Imported UK issue only, initial copies with sticker having silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

Run-out groove

US LP

88561-8123-A1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone
88561-8123-B1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone
88561-8123-C1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone
88561-8123-D1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone

AU LP

FACT 164, MX 218173, Record One, 74693, Smx 74693, 6A, Å
FACT 164-2, MX 218174, Record One, SMX 74694, Smx 74748, 6A, Å
FACT 164 3, MX 218175, Record Two, SMX 747947, 6A, Å
FACT 164-4, MX 218176-B, Rec Two, SMX 747948, 6A, Å

Notes

Design: 8vo. There is a (USA only) 16" x 24" promotional poster from 8vo for this release. The Nov/Dec 1986 isssue of The Catalogue lists a DAT format release (FACT 164D) as planned for 1987. The track LFO MOD appears on the Factory Once reissue of The Guitar and Other Machines.

A Factory Australasia letter describes this release: "VALUABLE PASSAGES is a compilation double L.P. that draws from all the DURUTTI releases... Vini Reilly and members of THE DURUTTI COLUMN are featured on Morrissey's latest L.P. VALUABLE PASSAGES is only released in Australia and the U.S.A."

Circuses and Bread

Circuses and Bread


Bread and Circuses

CD: UK 07.86 (04.86) (Factory FACD 154)
LP: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBN 36) [white label]
LP: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBN 36)
CS: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBNC 36)
CD: UK 06.86 (Factory Australasia FACD 154) ***
LP: DE 1986 (Normal NORMAL 20)
LP: ES 1986 (Nuevos Medios 33 207 L)
LP: FR 1986 (Attitude Records ATT 004)
LP: IT 1986 (Base FBN 36)
CD: BE 12.93 (Crépuscule TWI 988-2)**
CD: UK 10.07 (LTM LTMCD 2510) *

Tracklisting

Pauline (2:46)
Tomorrow (4:03)
Dance II (5:37)
Hilary (3:13)
Street Fight (4:01)
Royal Infirmary (4:18)
Black Horses (8:36)
Dance I (4:58)
Blind Elevator Girl (Osaka) (10:17)
All That Love and Maths Can Do *
I Get Along Without You Very Well *
Verbier (For Patti) *
The Aftermath *
A Silence *
Cocktail *
Telephone Call *
Mirror A *
Mirror B *

** - Retitled "Bread and Circuses" and with different artwork
*** - The Factory Australasia is an imported UK issue. Initial copies came with a sticker having Factory silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

CD mastering info (FACD 154)

FACD 154 MPO 02 . MPO France 06 Compact Disc

Run-out groove (FBN 36)

White label

FBN 36-A//59233-1
FBN 36-B//59234-1

Standard

FBN 36-A//59233-2
FBN 36-B//59234-1

Notes

Production: Vini Reilly
Design: 8vo (FACD 154)
Artwork: Herbert Bayer (TWI 988-2)

LP and cassette versions were also released as FBN 36 and FBNC 36. There also is a poster for the Benelux editions. Sized 24" x 12" it is titled "Du Pain et des Jeux", in orange and gold, and is totally different to the LP sleeve design.

The Nov/Dec 1986 isssue of The Catalogue lists a DAT format release (FACT 154D) as planned for 1987.

LTM reissue notes

Circuses and Bread was originally released on the Factory Benelux label in April 1986, and features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, together with drummer Bruce Mitchell. This expanded CD edition also features ten bonus tracks including compilation album tracks Verbier and The Aftermath, five previously unreleased tracks from the cancelled 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline, and the rarely heard 1983 single I Get Along Without You Very Well, a Hoagy Carmichael cover sung by Lindsay Reade and dedicated to her former husband, Anthony H. Wilson. The booklet restores the original cover design by 8vo. 19 tracks. 74 minutes of music.

Available direct from LTM and in good record shops.

Notes (additional)

FBN 36 was originally to have been an album 'Short Stories for Pauline', but was unreleased due to pressure from Factory Records in the UK. They didn't want this to interfere with the release of FACT 144 'Domo Arigato', Factory's first CD. 'Short Stories for Pauline' was shelved as Vini Reilly had recorded a new album in the meantime.

The contents were to be:

At First Sight * (4:15)
A Silence *** (?:??)
Journeys By Vespa * (3:20)
Limitations * (?:??)
Model * (?:??)
Duet * (?:??)
Destroy She Said * (3:47)
Take Some Time Out * (3:32)
Mirror A ** (?:??)
Cocktail *** (?:??)
Telephone Call *** (?:??)
Mirror B *** (?:??)
A Room in Southport * (?:??)
College * (?:??)

* Released on FBN 2 CD, most of them with different titles.
** Released on 'The Sporadic Recordings' CD.
*** Unreleased.

Greetings

Greetings


The Greetings Box


The Greetings Compact

12": IT 1986 (Materiali Sonori MASO 70003) ["Greetings Three"]
3x12": IT 19?? (Materiali Sonori MASO - was not allocated a catalogue number) ["Greetings Box"]
CD: IT 1989 (Materiali Sonori MASO 90001) ["Greetings Compact"] *
CD: IT 1990 (Materiali Sonori MASO 90014) ["The Greetings Compact Vol 2"] **

Florence Sunset * [5:07]
All That Love and Maths Can Do ** [3:39]
San Giovanni Dawn ** [3:59]
For Friends In Italy * [4:42]

Notes

As well as appearing in various combinations on the various releases of "Greetings", all four tracks also appeared on the Materiali Sonori compilation Red Shoes.

According to Materiali Sonori, the Greetings Box was not allocated a catalogue number. Presumably this was because the individual components (3x 12" singles) already had their own catalogue numbers.

Domo Arigato

Domo Arigato


Domo Arigato; Laserdisc label

LP: JP 1985 (Factory Japan / Columbia FACT 144 / XY7356AY)
CD: UK 1985 (Factory FACD 144) *
VHS: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 144) [PAL]
BETA: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 144) [PAL]
VHS: JP 1985 (Factory Japan / Columbia FACT 144 / 118C68-9237) [NTSC] **
BETA: JP 1985 (Factory Japan / Columbia FACT 144 / 118C68-9237) [NTSC] **
CD: UK 05.85 (Factory Australasia FACD 144) ***
LD: JP 1991 (Columbia COLY-3005) [NTSC]

Tracklisting (LP)

ketch for Summer (2:22)
Sketch for Dawn (4:50)
Mercy Theme (2:16)
A Little Mercy (10:04)
Dream of a Child (6:37)
Mercy Dance (3:45)
The Room (4:40)
Blind Elevator Girl (8:12)
Tomorrow (2:50)
Belgian Friends (3:04)
Self Portrait (2:51)

Tracklisting (CD)*

Sketch for Summer (2:22)
Sketch for Dawn (4:50)
Mercy Theme (2:16)
Little Mercy (10:04)
Jacqueline* (5:35)
Dream of a Child (6:37)
Mercy Dance (3:45)
The Room (4:40)
E.E. (4:09)
Blind Elevator Girl (8:12)
Tomorrow (2:50)
For Belgian Friends (3:04)
Missing Boy (7:45)
Self Portrait (2:51)
{audience noise} (0:54)

CD Mastering text

FACD 144 MPO 02

Tracklisting

Sketch for Summer
Sketch for Dawn
Little Mercy
Mercy Dance
The Room
E.E.
Blind Elevator Girl
Belgian Friends
Missing Boy

Credits

Produced by Durutti Column and Anthony Wilson; Engineered by Anthony Wilson and Norio Okada; Recorded by G.Y.N.E. Mobile Recording at Gotanda Kanihoken Hall, Tokyo; 25th April 1985; Remixed at G.Y.N.E. Mobile Recording and Nippon Columbia Studio No. 4; PCM Editing Engineer: Hideki Kukizaki; Concert Organisation: UPU and Moon Office

Durutti Column personnel:
Vini Reilly: Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Bruce Mitchell: Percussion, Xylophone and DMX
Tim Kellett: Trumpet
John Metcalfe: Viola
All songs written by Vini Reilly
Published by Movement of 24th January Publishing
B/W Still Photos (England): Kevin Cummins
B/W Still Photos (Japan): Anthony Wilson
Design: 8vo
A Factory/Nippon Columbia Co-production
For Hilary and Oliver
© Factory Communications Limited

Notes

* Factory's first CD, and first CD-only release.
** Imported for use as US release. (Of Factory NY/Ikon sticker applied to inside of box.)
*** Imported UK issue only, initial copies with sticker having silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

un hommage à Marguerite Duras

un hommage à Marguerite Duras

LP: JP 5/85 (Crépuscule Au Japon / Shinseido SC 1009)

Tracklisting

The Sea Wall [3:24]
Destroy, She Said [3:44]
Take Some Time Out [3:30]

Credits

All poems by Richard Jobson

Cast

Cecile Bruynoghe, piano
Virginia Astley, piano on A4
Steven Brown, availability, castanets and clarinets
Blaine L. Reininger, violin on "The Sea Wall"
Special thanks to Vini Reilly for his short stories for Pauline
"The Hotel", "The Meeting" and "Day Breaks" are based on the novel "Ten Thirty On A Summer Night" by Marguerite Duras
Original sound recording made by LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE
Vini Reilly courtesy of FACTORY BENELUX
PRODUCED BY CONVERSATION LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE

© 1985 CONVERSATION LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE

Notes

Compilation featuring The Durutti Column (credited to V. Reilly), Richard Jobson and Marguerite Duras.

Closely related Hommage à Duras.

Without Mercy

Without Mercy

LP: UK 1984 (Factory FACT 84) *
CS: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 84C) [boxed] **
CD: UK 1988 (Factory FACD 84) ***

Tracklisting LP

Without Mercy I (18:46)
Without Mercy II (19:35)

~ FACT 84 A1, Mel/Ces, RW, Oh What Can Ail Thee Knight At Arms!
~ FACT 84 B1, Mel/Ces, RW, For The Child!

Tracklisting (CD, FACD 84)***

Without Mercy I (18:46)
Without Mercy II (19:35)
Goodbye**** (1:50)
The Room**** (6:00)
Little Mercy**** (3:37)
Silence **** (7:44)
E.E. **** (4:35)
Hello **** (1:05)

Credits

All songs written by Vini Reilly. Produced by Anthony Wilson and Michael Johnson. Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Engineered by Michael Johnson, assisted by Tim Dewey and Nigel Beverley. Mixed at Britannia Row, London. Published by the Movement of the 24th January.

Notes

* Grey "chip-board" sleeve with 'tip-on' artwork. Sleeve paper stock (and colour) varies on later pressings.
** With inserts.
*** Released as part of FACD 224.
**** From FAC 114 Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say.

Production: Anthony Wilson and Michael Johnson
Design: 8vo

A 30" x 40" promotional poster exists for this release.

Amigos em Portugal / Dedications for Jacqueline

Amigos em Portugal / Dedications for Jacqueline

LP: PT 12.83 (Fundação Atlantica 1652071
CD: UK 08.05 (Kooky Records / thedurutticolumn.com DCC02)

Tracklisting

Amigos em Portugal

1. Amigos em Portugal
2. Small Girl By A Pool
3. Lisboa
4. Sara e Tristana
5. Estoril à Noite
6. Vestido Amarratado

Dedications for Jacqueline

7. Wheels Turning
8. Lies Of Mercy
9. Saudade
10. Games Of Rhythm
11. Favourite Descending Intervals
12. To End With

Original credits

Music written and performed by Vini Reilly. Recorded and mixed in the Valentin de Carvalho Studios by Tó Pinheiro da Silva and José Valverde.

Portraits by Mark Warner and picture by Miguel Esteves Cardoso.

Obrigado, Miguel, Ricardo, Chico, Pedro, Tó e José

Kooky Records reissue credits

Originally released on vinyl as a limited edition of 4000 copies. Digitally remastered from vinyl by Keir Stewart.

This recording © durutticolumn.com 2005, released in association with Kooky. Cat No. DCC02
(P) Zomba / BMG 2005

Special thanks to Mark Tranmer for his help. Distributed by Cargo Records. Made in England.

Notes

Please note this album is now SOLD OUT.

Another Setting

Another Setting

LP: UK 1983 (Factory FACT 74)
CS: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 74C) [boxed] *
CD: UK 1988 (Factory FACD 74) **
LP: BL 1984 (Factory Benelux FBN 30)
+ Shinseido Sirius and other international releases (Spain, France, Canada, Japan)

Tracklisting

Prayer (3:24)
Response (1:30)
Bordeaux (3:30)
For A Western (2:48)
The Beggar (4:55)
Francesca (3:01)
Smile In The Crowd (5:03)
You've Heard It Before (4:41)
Dream Of A Child (5:22)
Second Family (2:38)
Spent Time (4:25)

Run-out groove

FACT-74-A-4, MT.2, A Porky Prime Cut, Carol
FACT-74-B-4, MT.2, Porky, Sex For Spastics

Notes

* With inserts.
** CD released as part of FACD 224.

Production: Chris Nagle and Vini Reilly
Design: Mark Farrow

Initially released with perfumed "Stencil" (die-cut) insert. Most of the copies of the FBN 30 Factory Benelux version were exported to Japan for release by Shinseido Sirius (as SC-55). Shinseido add-on paper specifies tracks incorrectly.

Reissued on Factory Once as FACDO 74 incorporating extra tracks from Amigos em Portugal / Dedications for Jacqueline.

Live At The Venue, London

Live At The Venue [front cover detail]


Live At The Venue [back cover detail]

LP: UK 6/83 (VU Vini 1)
CD: UK 1/04 (thedurutticolumn.com / Kooky DCC01)

Tracklisting

Party
Mother From Spain
Jacqueline
Conduct
Sketch For Summer
The Beggar
Never Known
Sigh Becomes A Scream
Friends In Belgium

Notes

The original release is a soundboard recording of which 4000 copies were pressed. In his liner notes, Bruce Mitchell explains how the deal came about: "An interesting wheeler-dealer, involved in bootleg recordings at the time, arrived in his cream Rolls Royce at a Mayfair hotel restaurant that he had appointed. He brought cash and me and Vini scribbled out a contract and an agreement on a white napkin that had been surrounding Vini's burnt bacon sandwich."

Bootleg audience recording cassettes also exist (inferior quality but with extra tracks).

From Brussels With Love

From Brussels With Love

CS: BE 11/80 (Les Disques du Crépuscule TWI 007) [with booklet]
CS: BE 10/82 (Crépuscule TWI 007)
2xLP: BE 12/86 (Crépuscule TWI 007) *
CD: DE 4/87 (Interphon IPCD 72001)
CD: JP 11/87 (Crépuscule Au Japon/Victor-JVC VDP 5150)
CD: BE 1988 (Crépuscule TWI 007-2)
CD: BE 9/99 (Crépuscule TWI 007-2)
CD: UK 12.02.07 (LTM LTMCD 2479)

Sleep Will Come [1:50]
Piece For An Ideal [2:15]
Weakness And Fever * [5:20]

2xLP: JP 1983 (Crépuscule Au Japon/Shinseido Sirius TWI 008/SC-10)
2xLP: BE 1983 (Crépuscule TWI 008)

Sleep Will Come [1:50]
Weakness And Fever [5:20]

LTM reissue notes

Originally released as a deluxe cassette/book package in November 1980, From Brussels With Love featured 22 exclusive tracks from the international avant garde and new wave, as well as the celebrated Factory Records roster. Then, as now, the contributing artists include Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Dome, The Durutti Column, John Foxx, Martin Hannett, Richard Jobson, Bill Nelson, New Order and Michael Nyman. The programme also includes extended interviews with Brian Eno and iconic French actress Jeanne Moreau. This new CD edition has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and features 76 minutes of material. Most of the tracks featured here remain unavailable elsewhere. For reasons of space just one has been deleted from the original cassette (A Certain Ratio), although this track is available on LTMCD 2443. The 20 page facsimile booklet features original artwork by Benoit Hennebert, Claude Stassart and Jean-Francois Octave, as well as archive images and detailed liner notes.

In stock at LTM Central and available by mail order, plus outlets like Sister Ray already have it in stock.

Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See On A Long-Distance Flight

Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See On A Long-Distance Flight

CS: BE 6/82 (Crépuscule TWI 081) *
LP: JP 9/83 (Crépuscule TWI 082 / Shinseido SC-18) *
CD: BE 5/91 (Crépuscule TWI 082-2) **
CD: UK 7/06 (LTM LTMCD 2467) **

Tracklisting

Party * [3:18]
Danny ** [3:25]
Madness ** [5:19]
For Friends In Belgium ** [1:58]

Notes

Tracks recorded by The Durutti Column on tour in Belgium.

Ghosts Of Christmas Past

Ghosts Of Christmas Past


Ghosts Of Christmas Past


Ghosts Of Christmas Past

LP: BE 12/81 (Crépuscule TWI 058)
LP: BE 12/82 (Crépuscule TWI 158) *
CS: BE 12/82 (Crépuscule TWI 159) *
LP: JP 1983 (Crépuscule Au Japon / Shinseido SC-9)
LP: BE 12/86 (Crépuscule TWI 658)
CD: BE 1988 (Crépuscule TWI 058-2)
CD: BE 9/99 (Crépuscule TWI 058-2)
CD: UK 11/07 (LTM LTMCD 2426)

* - renamed Ghosts of Christmas Past (Remake)

Tracklisting (The Durutti Column)

One Christmas For Your Thoughts [4:25]
Snowflakes [4:13]

LTM re-release notes

New CD release of the classic compilation album released on ultra chic Belgian indie label Les Disques du Crépuscule on December 2 1981. Ghosts Of Christmas Past/Chantons Noë featured exclusive festive tracks from the international avant garde and new wave, as well as the celebrated Factory Records and Postcard rosters.

The album now features nine bonus tracks drawn from later editions of the album released between 1982 and 1986. These include seasonal contributions from The Pale Fountains, Antena, The French Impressionists, Mikado, Winston Tong and The Arcadians (aka French pop polymath Louis Philippe), as well as extra tracks from Paul Haig and The Durutti Column.

The booklet features original artwork by Benoît Hennebert and Jean-François Octave, as well as a facsimile of the LP insert featuring Christmas postcards, and detailed liner notes. The original 'bauble' cover art by Hennebert is widely recognised as one of his finest designs.

This new edition has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and features 70 minutes of material. Most of the featured tracks remain unavailable elsewhere.

LC

LC

LP: UK 11.81 (Factory FACT 44) [white label]
LP: UK 11.81 (Factory FACT 44) *
CS: UK 11.81 (Factory FACT 44C) [boxed] **
CD: UK 02.88 (Factory FACD 44) ***

Tracklisting

Sketch for Dawn 1 (5:14)
Portrait for Frazer (3:29)
Jacqueline (2:16)
Messidor (2:30)
Sketch for Dawn 2 (4:34)
Never Known (6:47)
The Act Committed (5:03)
Detail for Paul (1:57)
The Missing Boy (6:36)
The Sweet Cheat Gone (2:49)

Run-out groove

1st Edition

FACT 44 A1, EG, Strawberry
FACT 44 B1, EG, Strawberry

2nd Edition

FACT 44 A2, RW
FACT 44 B2, RW

Notes

* With heavy stock pastel-artwork insert (first edition only). Paper stock on outer sleeve varies on later pressings.
** With insert.
*** Released as part of FACD 224.

Production: Vini Reilly and Stuart Pickering
Design: Les Thompson

The Fruit of the Original Sin

The Fruit of the Original Sin

2LP: BE 11.1981 (Crépuscule TWI 035) *
2LP: JP 1983 (Crépuscule Au Japon/Shinseido Sirius TWI 035/SC-16) *
CD: GE 1987 (Crépuscule/Interphon IPCD-72002) **
CD: JP 1988 (Crépuscule Au Japon/Victor JVC VDP-5151) **
CD: BE 1989 (Crépuscule TWI 035-2) **
CD: BE 1999 (Crépuscule TWI 035-2) **
CD: UK 20.08.07 (LTM LTMCD 2497) ****

Tracklisting

LP 1

Peter Gordon - The Fruit Of The Original Sin [3:24]
The French Impressionists - Boo Boo's Gone Mambo [4:24] - My Guardian Angel
The Durutti Column - The Eye And The Hand * [2:24]
Soft Verdict - Multiple 12 [6:55]
Cecile Bruynoge - Claire De Lune [4:34]
Marine - A Man And A Woman * [1:09]
Paul Haig - Mad Horses * [4:50]
Marine - Animal In My Head * [3:51]
323 - Affectionate Silence * [2:21]
The Swamp Children - Flesh [5:37]
DNA - Taking Kid To School [5:21] + Cop Buys A Donut + Delivering The Goods
Lawrence Weiner & Peter Gordon - Deutsche Angst ****
Durutti Column - Weakness & Fever ****
Rhythm of Life - Summertime ****
The Lost Jockey - Matters of Theory ****

LP 2

Rhine River III - An End Remains * [3:41]
Richard Jobson - The Happiness Of Lonely [2:44]
An Interview With MARGUERITE DURAS [10:10]
Richard Jobson - India Song */*** [4:15]
The Names - Music For Someone [2:05]
Orange Juice - Three Cheers For Our Side [2:44]
Thick Pigeon - Sudan (Acoustic) * [2:27]
The Durutti Column - Party [3:20]
Arthur Russel - Sketch For Face Of Helen [3:34]
The Durutti Column - Experiment In Fifth * [3:30]
Winston Tong - The Next Best Thing To Death [5:29]
William Burroughs - Twilight's Last Gleaming [3:29]
The Durutti Column - Weakness And Fever ** [5:02]
Cecile Bruynoghe - Gymnopedie No 1 ***
Rhine River III - Departures ***
Rhythm of Life - Soon ***
Lawrence Weiner - Where It Came From ***

~ Szotlan Szerelmed Veszeeiben Van Mindig
~ Szerelmuk Tortenete

*** Not credited.

Notes

The original release of this compilation which was later re-released on LTM, was a double LP in a gatefold sleeve with fold-out insert. The 2nd Belgian 2LP pressing contained no insert.

The tracks by The Durutti Column are The Eye and the Hand, Party, Experiment in Fifth and Weakness and Fever.

LTM reissue notes

Deluxe double CD remaster of 2xLP compilation released in November 1981 (TWI 035), featuring one of Benoit Hennebert's finest cover designs and a facsimile of the original insert/booklet. International in scope, the music covers post-punk, avant garde, modern composition and solo piano, as well as guests from the Factory and Postcard label rosters. The spoken word component includes Marguerite Duras, William S. Burroughs and Winston Tong. 31 tracks (including 8 bonus cuts), 120 minutes of music, readings and conversation.

Lips That Would Kiss

Lips That Would Kiss (FBN2CD)


Lips That Would Kiss (FBN2)

7": BL 1981 (Factory Benelux / Crépuscule FAC BN 2-005)
12": BL 1980 (Factory Benelux FBN 2)

Tracklisting

Lips that Would Kiss (Form Prayers to Broken Stone)* (3:40)
Madeleine* (3:00)

7"

~ 005-A1
~ 005-B1

12"

~ 005-A
~ 005-B

CD: BL 1991 (Factory Benelux FBN 2CD) **

La Douleur (2:29)
Madeleine* (3:00)
Lips That Would Kiss* (3:40)
Danny (3:40)
The Sea Wall (3:24)
All That Love And Maths Can Do (3:30)
Snowflakes (4:28)
Little Horses of Tarquina (1:40)
Experiment In Fifth (3:30)
Take Some Time Out (3:32)
At First Sight (4:15)
Journeys By Vespa (3:20)
Destroy She Said (3:47)
The Square (4:00)
Enigma (3:03)
Hommage To Martinu (3:09)
Piece For An Ideal (2:15)
Zinni*** (5:52)
Piece For Out Of Tune Grand Piano**** (12:39)

~ FBN-2-CD 12 A1 Mastered By DADC Austria

Notes

* Produced by Martin Hannett.
** A compendium of material recorded for Factory Benelux, Les Disques du Crepuscule & Sordide Sentimental,
including many of the tracks that comprised an unreleased album: "Short Stories For Pauline". (see FBN 36).
*** Produced by Vini Reilly and Stuart Pickering.
**** Produced by Michel Duval.

There is an A4 b&w poster designed by Jean-Francois Octave for this release.

The Return of The Durutti Column

FACT 14c The Return of The Durutti Column

LP: UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [sandpaper sleeve] */**
LP: UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [black sleeve] *****
LP: UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [white label of black sleeve edition] *****
CS: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 14C) [boxed] ***
CD: UK 1988 (Factory FACD 14) ****
7": UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [flexi-disc] *
LP: AU 07.80 (GAP/EMI FACOZ 1002)
CS: AU 07.80 (GAP/EMI TC-FACOZ 1002, 500 copies)

Tracklisting

Sketch For Summer (3:01)
Requiem For A Father (5:08)
Katharine (5:30)
Conduct (5:02)
Beginning (2:28)
Jazz (1:38)
Sketch For Winter (2:24)
Collette (2:23)
In "D" (4:12)
Sketch For Winter (2:25) ****

Run-out groove

Stencilled

~ FACT 14 4 PBG A1, Sound Clinic, EG, S-6
~ FACT 14 4 PBG B1, EG, S-3

Not stencilled

~ FACT 14 4 PBG AI, FACT 14 A1, Sound Clinic, EG, S-4
~ FACT 14 B1 14 PBG BI, EG, S-2

Factory Australasia

~ FACOZ 1002 A, Maxicut At 301, Otto ******
~ FACOZ 1002 B, Maxicut By 301, Otto

Black sleeve and white label test pressing

~ FACT 14 A3, 4 PBG, Townhouse, CR
~ FACT 14 PBG A3, CR

Tracklisting - Martin Hannett's Testcard 7" flexi*

First Aspect of the Same Thing (3:42)
Second Aspect of the Same Thing (2:59)

~ LYN 7561

Credits

The Durutti Column is Vini Reilly on guitar
and Martin Hannett on switches
Recorded at Cargo, Rochdale
Mixed at Strawberry, Stockport
Engineers Chris Nagle and John Brierley
33 1/3 rpm
Published by Movement of 24th January Music
A Factory Records Product
(P) © 1979

Notes

* Martin Hannett's 'Testcard' 7" flexidisc. (Shares the same FAC number as the album.)
** There were three editions of the sandpaper sleeve (total edition of 2,000): Some have FACT 14 sprayed on (in black or white) and the 7"; some haven’t got the sprayed FACT 14 but the 7"; and some have no spray and no 7". (The sprayed FACT 14 was official.) There are initial pressings on dark-red (see-through) vinyl.
*** With sandpaper insert.
**** Released as part of FACD 224.
***** Black sleeve issue is an additional mix (version) with less reverb & more phasing. Variable textured sleeves.
****** Otto is the name of the cutting engineer

Production: Martin Hannett
Design: Dave Rowbotham and Anthony Wilson (Sandpaper sleeve concept) / Paintings by Dufy (Black sleeve reissue)

Notes

The sandpaper sleeve is an homage to Situationists Guy Debord & Asger Jorn's Memoires (book, w/sandpaper cover; original edition published 1959).

There is a promo poster for the Factory Australasia edition, 30" x 40", designed by Andrew Penhallow.