tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93921992012-02-14T17:05:19.493ZThe Durutti Column - Official site - thedurutticolumn.comcerysmatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17086087373126298497noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9392199.post-35225657443914328432012-02-07T23:51:00.000Z2012-02-07T23:51:50.751Z

Vini Reilly will be on BBC NorthWest Tonight at 6.30pm on Monday 13 February 2012. More info to follow.

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During another quiet period (apologies but hopefully there will be some proper news soon) why not peruse sleevage.com discussion on the sandpaper sleeve of The Return of The Durutti Column. Meanwhile, The Factory Records Catalogue is taking shape and the Durutti section includes all Factory Communications Ltd, Factory Too, Factory Once and F4 Records releases and will eventually present a

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For a bit more news and snippets than you might find round these parts during what is a relatively quiet period, you might like to check the new Twitter stream being managed by Vini's nephew Matt Reilly.

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In a relatively quiet period Durutti-wise whilst Vini puts the finishing touches to the full release of Chronicle (expected in the Autumn), we can belatedly announce that two tracks by the band will feature on a new compilation of Factory Records dance material. The Durutti Column's tracks that will appear on Fac. Dance, Madeleine and For Belgian Friends (Valuable Passages version), are probably

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The Durutti Column played a two-set gig at the prestigious Bridgewater Hall on Saturday. With a prompt start promised (nearly) everyone filed into the auditorium for the first set by the designated 7.30pm start time. However, it was some 25 minutes later before the band appeared quietly on stage and without a word being spoken launched into a selection of new material from the Chronicle album

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The long-awaited biographical album Chronicle will be debuted live at next week's shows in York and Manchester. The album itself contains fourteen tracks and comes with a booklet of Vini Reilly's photographs. The sleeve design is by Trevor Johnson and Haider Mundi who have designed other recent releases including A Paean To Wilson. The album will initially be sold exclusively at the

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It's now only one month to go until The Durutti Column's homecoming gig at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Saturday 30 April 2011. Tickets are still available from the venue priced from £18.00 to 29.00. Plus, a new gig has just been announced at the Duchess of York in York on 26 April. Tickets are 12 pounds in advance (14 on the door) and are on sale now. The new album Biography will be

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Please note that the Internet pre-sale of the Kooky Records re-release of the seminal Durutti Column album Vini Reilly is now closed. The 2CD set comprising a the original album re-mastered by Keir Stewart and a nine-track bonus disc of unheard studio out-takes will now go to a full formal release in April 2011.

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Over to Kooky Records for an important announcement about pre-order copies of Vini Reilly: "Hi and a special thanks to all those who have pre-ordered this release from us. The finished CDs are taking longer than we anticipated to arrive with us and unfortunately, we will not see these until the middle of next month. This is two weeks later than we thought - but we will send them as soon as they

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Kooky Records will be re-releasing the seminal Durutti Column album Vini Reilly in Spring 2011. It will consist of two discs: the original album re-mastered by Keir Stewart and a nine-track bonus disc of unheard studio out-takes from a session TDK tape which has been in the possession of Vini and not played for many years! The album will, however, be available on a strictly limited pre-sale

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The Durutti Column mark a return to live activity with a special one-off show at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Saturday 30 April 2011. The as-yet-untitled new album (which will come with a selection of Vini Reilly photos) will be given its World Premiere at the gig and you can also expect to hear a selection of old favourites. The first 200 bookers of top price (£29.00) tickets through

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News just in from Phil Kooky about the sale of several personal items belonging to Vini Reilly:Vini is reluctantly selling a few items, some of which are quite unique with provenance, to finance his new audio-visual autobiographical album which will come out in spring/summer 2011.They are as follows:-1. ROLEX - OYSTER PERPETUAL 3/4-SIZE STAINLESS STEEL WATCHThis has been owned from new by Vini

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On Wednesday 20 October 2010, Vini Reilly was one of Paul Morley's guests at the Purcell Room in London's South Bank Centre for a special evening of spoken word (and a little bit of music). Morley introduced the event as part of his ongoing research for his forthcoming book about Tony Wilson. He explained how the norm for events of this type was for them to take place after the publication of

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Vini Reilly recently suffered a minor stroke but after four days in hospital and then discharging himself he is well on the road to recovery. He's slightly unsteady on his feet and has lost some feeling in his left hand but is in good spirits, has been regularly playing his Juan Montero Spanish guitar and is steadily rebuilding his strength. So much so in fact that he is booked in for a recording

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Please note that our mail order service by those nice people at Kooky Records will be shutting down from the 2nd to the 27th of September due to holiday commitments. This means that orders received after 5.00pm BST on Wednesday 1 September 2010 will not be posted until after the 27 September 2010. During this holiday time, Kooky will not be able to answer any queries or questions as they will be

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News in from Kooky Records about the upcoming end-of-2010 re-release of Vini Reilly, one of the all-time Durutti Column classics:"One of the seminal albums from the band's Factory years, it will be expanded to form a two-disc set. Some studio demo tapes have been uncovered and these will form part of disc two along with respective tracks from that period released on the Sporadic discs. "Keir

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Keir Stewart is selling the Takamine acoustic / electric guitar which he and Vini Reilly used on The Truth track on A Paean To Wilson.The guitar is a 5-year-old Takamine EG530SC 6 String Acoustic / Electric which features a TK40 preamp and it comes with a Hiscox hard case.Keir is open to sell it to whoever makes the highest offer by email to him. The buying price will be in confidence and will

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Both LC and The Return of the Durutti Column were reissued in June on 180 gram black vinyl by the 4 Men With Beards label in the USA. Both albums come in reproductions of the original sleeves (the black one in the case of The Return of...). Full details are available in the Discography.

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Back in May, The Durutti Column went to The ARC in Stockton-on-Tees for a gig. Bruce Mitchell takes up the story:"It was a good and interesting gig - First Vin went on strike before the load-in (he wanted to go home instead). Keir brought the wrong computer. So we could only perform 4 songs from that A Paean To Wilson. I tell you, when things go wrong it seems to inspire Reilly to superb heights

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A quick reminder that on Saturday 15 May, the band plays the ARC in Stockton-on-Tees. Meanwhile, whilst the next new album proper hasn't yet been announced, recently Sketch for Summer appeared on a special 10" single released on Record Store Day and will soon appear on the next in the ongoing series of Auteur Labels albums released by LTM - the track Catos Con Guantes is featured on Factory

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After a short break, The Durutti Column are back playing live with a one-off gig at the ARC Stockton Arts Centre in Stockton on Tees. The band will be performing A Paean To Wilson and a selection of other material.Tickets are available now priced £15.00 via arconline.co.uk.ARCDovecot StreetStockton on TeesTS18 1LLTel: 01642 525199

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There is an extensive interview with Vini Reilly (with occasional contributions by Bruce Mitchell) by Wilson Neate at Blurt Online.In this brief extract, Vini and Bruce talk about Tony Wilson:BLURT: Most of us knew Tony Wilson only via his media persona; how did the Tony Wilson you knew differ from that? REILLY: He differed enormously. He was the same only in the sense that he was very confident,

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Many thanks to photographer Stephen Wright for kindly letting use his excellent photos of The Durutti Column live at the Leicester Square Theatre on Sunday 31 January 2010.

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It was a busy weekend for The Durutti Column as it began with Vini and Poppy playing live on The Review Show direct from the BBC's studio in Glasgow. Closing out a show on the theme of personal loss, they played a beautiful Duet With Piano from A Paean To Wilson. The performance is on the BBC iPlayer until the end of the week and also on YouTube for those locked out of iPlayer delights by

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A Paean To Wilson live at the Lowry; soundcheckThe new album by The Durutti Column 'A Paean To Wilson' is officially released 24 January 2010 and is available now for 15.00 GBP (including Worldwide P+P) via the Kooky Buy it Now button.The album is also be on sale via iTunes [UK] and the next opportunity to buy it in person will be at the Leicester Square Theatre in London this Sunday 31 January

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