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.

Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992

Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992


Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992 [promo disc one front cover detail]

Download: UK 12.08 (Rhino)
4CD: UK 19.01.09 (Rhino)

Tracklisting

Sketch For Summer [2:57]
Messidor [2:31]
A Little Mercy (Duet) [2:33]
Otis [4:17]*
Home [5:39]

[all MP3, 256 kbps]

* - mp3 only

Notes

4CD box set chronicling the history of Factory Records and featuring five tracks by The Durutti Column. Also known as the Factory Box Set (promo copies exist with this title). Compiled by Jon Savage, with an essay by Paul Morley, and artwork by Peter Saville.

Full release date 12 January 2009 but digital download available from Amazon.co.uk and possibly other sources since December 2008.

Otis doesn't appear on the 4CD version, only on the Amazon download. There are other, non-Durutti Column differences between the tracklistings of the digital download and CD versions.

Full details of the final 4CD package to follow.

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.

Suoni E Visioni: Antologia

Suoni E Visioni: Antologia; front


Suoni E Visioni: Antologia; back


Suoni E Visioni: Antologia; insert detail

CD: IT 1997 (WEA/CGD 9548-34457-2)

Our Lady [3:54] *

* taken from the album Dry.

Notes

Suoni E Visioni (Sound and Vision) is an annual arts festival in Milan, Italy which The Durutti Column played on 24 March 1992. This compilation cd draws together recorded material by artists who played at the festival during the early 1990s including Wim Mertens, Steve Reich, John Lurie and Philip Glass.

Cover design by Achilli Ghizzardi Associati.

Cover subtitle states (in Italian): "Concerti, film e video nella musica del nostro tempo" which translates in English as "Concerts, film and video of our time".

Ai Confini / Interzone

Ai Confini / Interzone; front


Ai Confini / Interzone; back

CD: IT 1993 (New Tone Records NT 6714)

Megamix [5:47] *

* taken from FAC 305c The 'Select' Factory Sampler yet listed as "unissued"

Notes

Compilation appearance on New Tone label alongside fellow avant gardists Jon Hassell, Bebo Baldan, Peter Gordon, Antinomia, Arturo Stalteri, Wim Mertens, Michael Nyman, Steve Reich, Harmonia Ensemble, Eddy De Fanti, Alessandro Pizzin.

Label named as New Tone Records on the front cover but back cover states © and (P) Robi Droli 1993. Made and distributed in Italy by CGD SpA - A Time Warner Company.

Sonora (magazine with free cd)

Sonora (magazine with free cd); front cover


Sonora (magazine with free cd); cd front cover


Sonora (magazine with free cd); cd front cover

CD + Magazine IT 15.06.90 (Materiali Sonori, Sonora 1.90)

Our Lady [3:49]

Credits

Documento sonoro allegato gratuito a Sonora N. 1/90
Pubbl. Trimestrale registrata al Trib di Arezzo
N. 13 del 15.06.90
Dir. Resp. Stefano Saletti
NON IN VENDITA

English translation

Sonic document attached free to sonora 1/90.
Published 3 time a year.
No. 13, 15 June 1990
Supervised by Stefano Saletti.
Not for sale.

Notes

Materiali Sonori magazine with free cd featuring The Durutti Column, Steven Brown & Blaine L. Reininger, In The Nursery, and many more artists.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.