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.

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 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.

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.

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.

A Factory Quartet

A Factory Quartet

2LP: UK 12.80 (Factory FACT 24)

Tracklisting

Disc one

The Durutti Column

For Mimi* (4:32)
For Belgian Friends * (5:23)
Self-Portrait* (4:41)

Kevin Hewick

Rubble (5:48)
1940 (2:27)
A Little Feeling (3:27)
Forget (2:53)
Morphia (3:10)
The Enchanted Kiss (4:15)
Haystack (2:51)

Disc Two

Blurt

Puppeteer (3:16)
Dyslexia (7:16)
Some Come (2:57)
Benighted (4:25)

The Royal Family and the Poor

Vaneigem Mix */**/*** (6:07)
Death Factory */** (6:07)
Rackets */** (6:35)

* Produced by Martin Hannett
** A Royal Family and the Poor track - 'Dirge' - precedes each of these tracks
*** 'Vaneigem Mix' references Raoul Vaneigem's 'Revolution of Everyday Life'

~ FACT 24 A1, A Porky Prime Cut, LYN-8869, For Who it Says
~ FACT 24 B1, A Porky Prime Cut, LYN-8870, Yip Yip Yip
~ FACT 24 C1, P.O.R.K.Y., LYN-8871, 2, N.A.R.G
~ FACT 24 D1, Porky -, LYN-8872, The Mode of Production Etc...

Notes

Design: Anthony Wilson and Peter Saville

Anthony Wilson explains the thinking behind the Factory catalogue number for this release: "It was only when we did the next album that we said 'Well what's this going to be? Well that one was 14, well this could be 24'. And the fact that the second album that Vini was on, was a four sides, with four artists. Two albums, four artists, it was like 'Oh look, 24!' Four artists, two vinyl, how appropriate."

A boxed cassette release was planned (light green colour designation as per a Factory/Ikon advertisement from 1986) but never issued.

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.