Kooky Records

Four Factory Records

2009-07-07T07:00:00.001+01:00

We are very pleased to annouce that our next project is a six CD limited edition box set celebrating the first four albums by The Durutti Column.

Entitled Four Factory Records, the set comprises:

Four fully remastered albums

1. The Return Of The Durutti Column
2. LC
3. Another Setting
4. Without Mercy

Plus two very limited bonus CDs

5. Demos/Studio - demos, versions and outtakes from the period
6. Live - recordings from London, Glasgow, and Brighton 82/84

All this plus 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 will be available for sale at the Manchester International Festival shows 15-17 July 2009. It will then be available in all good record shops (actual and virtual) and direct from Kooky from September 2009. The project will be a total edition of 1,000 copies of which a limited number will include the two bonus discs.

We've tried to make this lavish package available at a sensible price. If you can't make the MIF shows, please check back at the end of July when we will start taking pre-orders for mail order through Kooky.

Clothing in the recession ....

2009-02-15T22:21:00.002Z

As sported by Vini Reilly on the new album , customised by Luke From Parks Dept. This years must have is a kooky T !!!

Fac Off and get one ( hasn't that one been done already ?)

The sounds of killing flies with a hand sander

2009-02-11T23:36:00.003Z

Check out the brand new Kooky Disc MySpace Music page at myspace.com/kookydisc.

Sample a superb selection of Kooky sounds from the last few years including The Durutti Column, The Parks Dept (a demo / work in progress from the forthcoming album), The Retro Spankees, New Buffalo, and, last but not least, Winston Echo.

Durutti Column Boxed Set - Latest News....

2009-02-11T21:26:00.003Z

Hello,

Whilst everyone is enjoying the new Durutti Column album 'Love in The Recession' we are busy curating and arranging the re-release of the first four albums.

Our initial thoughts are as follows :-

Four incredibly well re-mastered albums, all under the guise of Keir Stewart, which will be issued in original formats and running orders ( no bonus tracks)

One disc of demo's mainly from the LC period and prior. Some are studio quality/studio out-takes, some four track and some home recordings. We may also add the 'other' Return of.. track and Mavuchka.

One disc of live material, mainly from 1984/1985, when the 'Without Mercy' Brass section and John Metcalfe toured, prior to the trip to Japan.

We will have a great art package too. It will be in a box ( surely) and we hope to include some frame-friendly prints too.

It will retail at a very competitive price, which we hope to be around £30..... released in the Summer

Hope this whets your appetite and more news will follow soon

The Parks Dept. Saturday video

2009-02-07T12:45:00.001Z

Check out the video for Saturday by The Parks Dept. Directed by Robert Farmer the video uses an innovative digital stills animation technique.

2008/09
HD Pixellation Animation
Colour
4 minutes 30 seconds

The Return of... The Return of

2008-12-12T08:52:00.002Z

***** BREAKING NEWS *****

A Durutti Column Six CD retrospective box set will be issued on the Kooky imprint next year.

The first four albums plus two bonus discs of unreleased material.

More news on the official site to follow soon

Phil KOOKY

Kooky MAIL ORDER - CHRISTMAS DEADLINE REACHED

2008-12-08T17:51:00.002Z

Hello folks !

The Kooky shop is open for business but any new orders will now be posted in the new year.

thanks to those who have ordered this year - your support is appreciated !

best wishes

Alex and Phil kooky

The Parks Dept avec drums

2008-12-03T18:47:00.002Z

Luke and Rory have been in the studio to put down live drums on three of the tracks from the forthcoming Parks Dept. album .... these are the final pieces of the jigsaw which will be re-assembled over christmas and mixed soon after.

We will put some demo tracks and rough mixes up on the site as a taster in January.

More live dates will be announced soon for the first quarter of year.

Shutting up shop... til 2009

2008-12-01T18:45:00.000Z

Please remember !

If you want anything posting BEFORE christmas please please please .....

place your order by 5.00pm GMT on MON 8TH DECEMBER

after that I will hold everything over to the new year

Kooky Records HQ is moving

2008-11-24T07:08:00.000Z

Kooky Records HQ in Northampton is physically moving home in December 2008 and this will have an ensuing effect on mail order deliveries.

Phil promises to deliver any order received by close of play on Monday 8 December 2008 but any orders received after this date will have to await despatch until the first week in January 2009. Thank you for your understanding.

For all Kooky Shop enquiries please contact Phil.

KOOKY MAIL ORDER - CHRISTMAS DEADLINE - 8/12/08

2008-11-23T22:54:00.002Z

We have to move the kooky mail order HQ on Friday 12th December 2008.

Please can you order anything that you wish me to send BEFORE CHRISTMAS by MONDAY 8th December 2008 LATEST.

I will endeavour to send past that date but I cannot guarantee so.

Please keep your eyes peeled here though over the next two weeks as we have some rather exciting news to announce !

Keep 'em peeled ( as Shaw Taylor would say)

Phil - it was a penalty - CLeaver

The Return of thedurutticolumn.com

2008-11-14T21:13:00.003Z

The official website of The Durutti Column, thedurutticolumn.com has been relaunched today, replete with Kooky-driven shop for sale of albums like Sunlight To Blue... Blue To Blackness and Sporadic Three.

Durutti Column on BBC Radio 6

2008-10-05T18:10:00.002+01:00

Yes.. we should have posted it here !!! (sorry to those who missed the show..)

The band played three tracks on BBC Radio Six on the Marc Riley Show Tuesday 30th September.

Vini and Bruce were ably assisted by Poppy Morgan on Piano and Keir Stewart on Bass and Keys/Samplers .

The tracks were:-

1) Duet - A Piano piece written by Poppy which Vini played guitar on.
2) Sealine Woman - aka Guitar Woman/Woman etc from the Tempus/Someone Else's Party era
3)Requiem for My Mother - From someone Else's Party.

The BBC iPlayer allows some of you the opportunity to download the session for a limited period of time.

Live LIVE LIVE

2008-10-04T16:18:00.001+01:00

The Parks Dept played a fab set in Northampton on Friday night.....

the new line-up, designer t-shirts and make-up - what the foil is going on?

In his 'normal' manner 'WIZBIT' which is Josh from The Retro Spankees played a 30 minute support set inside at tent on the stage.

.... nurse !!!!!!!

DONT FORGET - LONDON SHOW ON WDS 15/10/08 IN CENTRAL LONDON !!!! KOOKY FREEBIES GALORE and some music too

See the Parks Dept micro site under the bands header

Come in the waters lovely

AND ....

THE DURUTTI COLUMN RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER TUES 7/10/08

Tickets are still showing as available but I hear they are going well...... this is the first appearance by the band in the UK for some time now and it will be interesting to hear the new material which Vini is writing for the almost completed next album.

Kooky will be there selling our wares - please buy the CD's - help pay the overdraft ;-)

The Parks Dept Weds 15 Oct - London - freeee stuff

2008-09-20T19:03:00.003+01:00

Hello everyone - hope we are all feeling good...

Here are some words from Luke of The Parks Dept please head to the microsite for more info;

The Parks Dept @ The Fly on Oxford St. 15 October 2008

Read below - and we hope to see you there.... IF you wish to come PLEASE buy tickets from KOOKY DIRECT - CONTACT ME AT kookydiscs@btinternet.com

IF YOU BUY A TICKET FROM KOOKY I WILL BRING LOTS OF FREE STUFF... ;-) It's going to be fun......

...... come in the waters lovely !

ok. so this is the deal. we are playing at The Fly on Oxford St. up London way on 15 October. We have got some tickets off the promoter what we want to sell to people...

we have this plan where we get a minibus, and ferry everyone down to London. we'll head off from Northampton late Wednesday afternoon play the gig, get wrecked afterwards and then drive everyone back home safe and sound.

we reckon this is a wicked plan! we can all get glittered up and that, descend on London and show them all how to have a proper gig. like one where everyone actually enjoys themselves and doesn't be all moody and cool just because they're from Lo..n....d..... never mind... :)

so yeah, with the help of Mr Saddles and his magical bus, we should be able to get everyone down, including ticket price for about £15 max... how sweet does that sound? you get to have a lovely mid-week blues banishing gig, and you get to spend some quality time with your favourite electro noise funsters, The Parks Dept.! plus we'll give you a load of free stuff, like a copy of out EP, "The Weekend Starts Round Here", some badges, maybe some Kooky Records T-shirts, and whatever other crap we can find under our beds. We'll get some beers in for the ride too.

Ok. This will only be great if everyone is well up for it and let us know that they want to come asap. Please email us via the Kooky Website, our Facebook page, or our myspace which is www.myspace.com/theparksdept

super. let's make this happen.

Luke
xxx

The Parks Dept - News

2008-08-12T18:51:00.004+01:00

The Parks Dept has recruited three new members and whilst busy recording the new album, some live shows have been added for August and September...

Follow the link to 'The Parks Dept Micro-Site' ..... under the 'Our Bands' header for more detailed information !

Amigos... Amigos

2008-08-10T18:54:00.000+01:00

We are now down to the very very last few copies of the re-issue album 'Amigos Em Portugal' by 'The Durutti Column'

If you want one.... please order now as I have less than ten left and there is no re-press planned in the forseeable future !

Sunset

2008-06-01T20:01:00.002+01:00

As forewarned by Phil, the internet presale of 'Sunlight To Blue... Blue To Blackness' has now finished.

The album will be released on Monday 23 June 2008.

Sunlight Pre Ordering to end very soon !

2008-05-31T21:54:00.002+01:00

Thanks to the overwhelming response forthe new Durutti Album which means I have v v v few copies left to pre-sell

If you want one ( and it is limited to one at the moment)

PLEASE order now !!

The 'buy it now' option will be coming off very soon UNTIL the release date OR you can order in advance

Best

Phil Kooky Cleaver Johan Louw 81 (5 x6 7 x4 )

Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness on limited internet presale now

2008-05-23T21:13:00.002+01:00

Via the Kookydisc.co.uk Catalogue priced 11.00 inc Worldwide p+p. One copy per person only.

INTERNET PRE-RELEASE - SUNLIGHT TO BLUE - DURUTTI COLUMN

2008-05-22T18:30:00.002+01:00

Hello...

As you are probably aware, we will be releasing the new Durutti Column CD album 'Sunlight to Blue.. Blue to Blackness' at the end of (Sunny) June, 2008.

Copies will however be available on this site IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS - via Paypal only at £11.00 incuding P & P Worldwide.

We will be limiting this to one copy per person, and it will be for a limited period only !

If you have any queries please contact us at KookyTowers - kookydiscs@btinternet.com

thats all for now

Phil

Sporadic Three still available

2008-05-17T12:20:00.002+01:00

Sporadic Three (Kookydisc25) by The Durutti Column is still available direct from Kooky. Well, it always has been, it's just that now there's actually a Buy It Now button in the Kooky Catalogue.

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

The Parks Dept E.P. now on internet presale

2008-05-17T12:19:00.003+01:00

The Weekend Starts Round Here E.P. is released Monday 23 June 2008 but you can buy now direct from Kooky Records for GBP 4.00 inc p+p.

Laurie Laptop and Radiohead

2008-04-28T18:40:00.001+01:00

Hello...

Vini's long time collaborator Laurie Laptop has his own remix of the Radiohead track 'Nude' uploaded on their website to listen to...

If you like it ... Please feel free to add your vote !

you can get there via :- http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=904

Phil

Sunlight to Blue... Press Release

2008-04-17T17:48:00.001+01:00

More details on the soon to be released album as follows from Snap and Crackle the PR people :-

The Durutti Column
Title Sunlight to blue … Blue to blackness
Label Kooky (Kookydisc 027)
Format CD album
Release Date 23rd June 2008
Distributor Cargo
Website www.cargorecords.co.uk /www.kookydisc.co.uk

“Sunlight to blue … Blue to blackness” - This was one of the more upbeat title suggestions for the very bare, back to basics, reflective new album from The Durutti Column.

Vini Reilly has recorded under the name The Durutti Column since 1978 and has a rich portfolio of work, releasing over 15 albums in this time, but Reilly has been through some dark times the past year. In a conscious response to his last two polished and studio-based releases he has created some sparse, simply beautiful 'sketches' as he once called them, more reminiscent of his work from the early eighties. Many of the pieces are simply instrumentals played on his Juan Montero flamenco guitar, and he returns to 'Without Mercy' for the last track 'Grief' and reinvents 'Never Known' from LC.

This release also sees the debut of a talented young pianist and singer, Poppy Morgan, who co-wrote the melancholy Ananda as a duet with what Reilly dryly calls 'intrusive guitar'.

For the uninitiated, Vini was the first artist signed to Manchester’s influential Factory Records, co-wrote and played on Morrissey’s first solo album ‘Viva Hate’, and was heavily featured in the film about Manchester music culture, ’24 Hour Party People’.

Ever critical of Vini’s voice, but ever a fierce champion of his talent, the late Tony Wilson would surely appreciate this return of The Durutti Column.