The Durutti Column

Four Factory Records

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:55:00 +0000

Four Factory Records

6CD/4CD: UK 15.07.09 (Kooky, kookydisc 027)

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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The next album release by The Durutti Column is a 6-CD limited edition box set on Kooky Records entitled 'Four Factory Records'.

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.

Kooky has 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.

Auteur Labels: Factory Records: 1984

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:01:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:30:00 +0000

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.

Factory Records: Communications 1978-1992

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:49:00 +0000

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.

Treatise on the Steppenwolf Soundtrack

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +0000

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

Notes

The new album by The Durutti Column which is released officially on Kooky Records on 23 June 2008. The album is out now.

Buy It Now with Paypal

Available to buy now with Paypal (only) direct from Kooky Records. CD only. GBP 11.00 inc Worldwide p+p

Cup A Soup Romance

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Cup A Soup Romance

CDR: UK 25.04.08 (Scream City SC4.1)

Tracklisting

Cup A Soup Romance

Credits

This CD was given away free with Scream City 4, April 2008
Taken from the Kooky Records album Sunlight to Blue... Blue to Blackness

Scream City thanks Vini, Phil and Alex.

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Limited edition of 144 copies 1-track CD-R given away with the 4th issue of Scream City (a Factory Records fanzine). All copies sold out via eBay inside 3 days.

Live in Bruxelles 13.8.1981

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:00:00 +0000

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.

Buy It Now with Paypal

Available to buy now with Paypal (only) direct from Kooky Records. CD only. GBP 10.00 inc Worldwide p+p

Once Upon A Time A Kooky

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0000

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]

Heaven Sent (It Was Called Digital. It Was Heaven Sent)

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Heaven Sent (It Was Called Digital. It Was Heaven Sent)

Download: UK 03.05 (F4 Records)

Tracklisting

Bruce
Keir
Neil
Mike
Alan
Anthony

Credits

All tracks written and produced by Vini Reilly
Photography by Rachel McFarlane

Notes

Digital download available (as six separate tracks, or as a 6-track package) exclusively via the F4 Download Shop at the now-defunct www.f4records.co.uk; it was also available to download via the UK and US iTunes Music Stores for a limited period.

Heaven Sent artwork download

Download exclusive cd booklet-sized artwork (pdf format) featuring original photographs by Rachel McFarlane. Initial (corrupted) files were replaced with 192-bitrate versions one week after first release.

The Best of The Durutti Column

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 06:00:00 +0000

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)

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Sat, 08 May 2004 06:00:00 +0000

'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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 06:00:00 +0000

The Durutti Column - 'Tempus Fugit' [Kookydisc019]

Available to buy now direct from Kooky Records. CD only. GBP 10.00 inc p+p

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

Woman

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 11:00:00 +0000

Woman [cd detail]

Woman [front cover detail]

Woman [back cover detail]

CD: UK 08.03 (Artful Records artfulcd46)

Tracklisting

Woman (Radio Edit) [3:31]

Credits

From the album Someone Else's Party
Radio promotion UNCLE*
US Representation Psychobaby Records
www.fullfillrecords.com

* - Underground Network Committed to a Lifetime of Entertainment

Notes

With Someone Else's Party being strongly promoted by Californian radio station KCRW (based at Santa Monica College), this 1-track promo cd was pressed for airplay. Copies were reasonably widely available in the UK (at least in Manchester).

Someone Else's Party

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 07:00:00 +0000

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
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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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 01 Jul 2002 06:00:00 +0000

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.

Voluntary Arrangement

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Fri, 01 Feb 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Voluntary Arrangement (promo)

CD: UK 02.02 (Artful n/a)

Tracklisting

Voluntary Arrangement
Times Like These
Cheryl
Mello Part One

Credits

Random PR.

Notes

300 promo copies only made but the full single release was cancelled. Voluntary Arrangement and Mello Part One are taken from Rebellion (artfulcd40), Times Like These taken from the free cd issued with Sonora magazine in March 1993. Cheryl was previously unreleased.

Rebellion

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 04 Jun 2001 06:00:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:00:00 +0000

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]

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 05 Oct 1998 06:00:00 +0000

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]

noreply@blogger.com (cerysmatic) — Mon, 05 Oct 1998 06:00:00 +0000

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