The Durutti Column

The Return of The Durutti Column 45th Anniversary Edition [London Records LP]

2025-11-28T09:00:00.000+00:00

LP: 28.11.2025 [London Records, LMS1725576, regular edition]
LP: 28.11.2025 [London Records, LMS1725583, sandpaper edition]
LP: 28.11.2025 [London Records, LMS1725584, Rough Trade Essentials Edition w/ Black & White Marble Vinyl]

Tracklisting

Side One

1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct

Side Two

1. Untitled
2. Beginning
3. Jazz
4. Sketch for Winter
5. Collette
6. In ‘D’
7. Lips That Would Kiss
8. Madeleine

Notes

2025 marks 45 years since the release of The Durutti Column’s landmark album The Return Of The Durutti Column. To celebrate, London Records announces a very special reissue of the seminal Manchester band’s 1980 debut, set for release on 28 November 2025 and available for pre-order now at the official Durutti Column online store.

The Return Of The Durutti Column remains one of Factory's most enduring and important works: fragile, otherworldly, and quietly radical. Produced by Martin Hannett, it showcased Vini Reilly’s distinctive, delicate guitar work against Hannett’s ambient textures, post-punk reverb and glacial electronics.

The 45th Anniversary Edition is available in several formats:

The Deluxe Sandpaper LP, replicating the rare first pressing and limited to 500 numbered copies worldwide. Each sleeve has been spray-painted by hand with the original catalogue number, FACT 14. This edition includes a unique printed inner sleeve featuring an essay by Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, housed inside a protective outer cover.

The Standard Edition LP, replicating the second pressing, commonly known as the ‘Dufy’ sleeve (after a featured triptych of images by French painter Jean Dufy), with the outer sleeve printed on the same textured card as the 1980 version. The inner sleeve features an essay by Durutti Column/Factory Records expert James Nice. Rough Trade will stock a unique pressing of this edition as part of their Essentials range, pressed on black-and-white marbled vinyl and limited to 500 copies (with bonus sandpaper postcard) from here.

All vinyl editions have been remastered from the original source tapes, recently rediscovered in a Stockport warehouse, and cut at half-speed for maximum audio fidelity. The tracklisting includes the original album plus 'Untitled' (featured on later iterations), alongside two further tracks: 'Lips That Would Kiss' and 'Madeleine', both originally issued on Factory Records’ Belgian sister label Factory Benelux in autumn 1980.

The first 500 orders from the official store received an exclusive bonus CD, Lost Songs and Sketches, featuring early live recordings and a rare 1981 audio interview with Vini Reilly.

The Return of The Durutti Column [45th Anniversary Edition, London Records 2CD]

2025-11-28T09:00:00.000+00:00

CD: 28.11.2025 [London Records, LMS1725575]

Tracklisting

CD1 1. Sketch For Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katherine
4. Conduct
5. Untitled
6. Beginning
7. Jazz
8. Sketch for Winter
9. Collette
10. In 'D'
11. Lips That Would Kiss
12. Madeleine
13. Experiment in Fifth (Graveyard Studio Demo)
14. The First Aspect Of The Same Thing (Martin Hannett ft. Vini Reilly)
15. The Second Aspect Of The Same Thing (Martin Hannett ft. Vini Reilly)
16. Piece For An Ideal
17. Sleep Will Come

CD2

1. No Communication
2. Thin Ice
3. Won't Look Out (Gammer and His Familiars ft. Vini Reilly)
4. Intervals (Home Recording -1978)
5. Katharine (Home Recording -1978)
6. Untitled (Home Recording -1978)
7. Conduct (Home Recording -1978)
8. I’m a Face (Studio Demo – 1980)
9. Sketch for Summer (Studio Demo – 1980)
10. Requiem for a Father ((Studio Demo – 1980)
11. Madeleine (Studio Demo – 1980)
12. Katharine (Studio Demo – 1980)
13. Lindsay (Studio Demo – 1980)
14. For Belgian Friends (Studio Demo – 1980)
15. Detail for Annik (Live – Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
16. Sketch for Summer (Live – Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
17. Requiem for a Father (Live – Leeds Polytechnic 1980)
18. Conduct (Live – Brussels 1981)
19. Self Portrait (Live – Brussels 1981)
20. For Belgian Friends (Live – Brussels 1981)
21. Sketch for Summer (Live – Brussels 1981)

Notes

2025 marks 45 years since the release of The Durutti Column’s landmark album The Return Of The Durutti Column. To celebrate, London Records announces a very special reissue of the seminal Manchester band’s 1980 debut, set for release on 28 November 2025 and available for pre-order now at the official Durutti Column online store.

The Return Of The Durutti Column remains one of Factory's most enduring and important works: fragile, otherworldly, and quietly radical. Produced by Martin Hannett, it showcased Vini Reilly’s distinctive, delicate guitar work against Hannett’s ambient textures, post-punk reverb and glacial electronics.

The 45th Anniversary Edition is available in several formats:

The Deluxe Sandpaper LP, replicating the rare first pressing and limited to 500 numbered copies worldwide. Each sleeve has been spray-painted by hand with the original catalogue number, FACT 14. This edition includes a unique printed inner sleeve featuring an essay by Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, housed inside a protective outer cover.

The Standard Edition LP, replicating the second pressing, commonly known as the ‘Dufy’ sleeve (after a featured triptych of images by French painter Jean Dufy), with the outer sleeve printed on the same textured card as the 1980 version. The inner sleeve features an essay by Durutti Column/Factory Records expert James Nice. Rough Trade will stock a unique pressing of this edition as part of their Essentials range, pressed on black-and-white marbled vinyl and limited to 500 copies (with bonus sandpaper postcard) from here.

All vinyl editions have been remastered from the original source tapes, recently rediscovered in a Stockport warehouse, and cut at half-speed for maximum audio fidelity. The tracklisting includes the original album plus 'Untitled' (featured on later iterations), alongside two further tracks: 'Lips That Would Kiss' and 'Madeleine', both originally issued on Factory Records’ Belgian sister label Factory Benelux in autumn 1980.

The Expanded Hardback Book Edition is a 2CD, 38-track collection housed in a tall storybook format with a 48-page booklet. Alongside essays from James Nice and Bobby Gillespie, this edition also includes a new piece by Mojo journalist Ian Harrison. The expanded audio features the vinyl tracklisting plus material from the 1980 bonus flexidisc Testcard, first recordings, studio and home demos, live performances, and several previously unreleased tracks. The artwork reflects the special 1985 boxed cassette edition (part of Factory’s series alongside releases from Joy Division, New Order and A Certain Ratio) and is printed on authentically sourced paper stock.

The first 500 orders from the official store received an exclusive bonus CD, Lost Songs and Sketches, featuring early live recordings and a rare 1981 audio interview with Vini Reilly.

Vini Reilly [Factory Benelux, 2LP Record Store Day, FBN 244]

2020-03-08T08:57:00.000+00:00

2LP: UK 18.04.2020 (Factory Benelux, FBN 244)

[NB: Record Store Day 2020 delayed due to Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak]

Tracklisting

LP1

A1. Love No More
A2. Pol in G
A3. Opera I
A4. People's Pleasure Park
A5. Finding the Sea

B1. Otis
B2. They Work Every Day
B3. Opera II
B4. Homage to Catalonea
B5. Requiem Again
B6. My Country

LP2

C1. Red Square
C2. William B
C3. Dry
C4. Paradise Passage Road
C5. My Country (Monarchy Mix)
D1. Otis (live)
D2. English Landscape Tradition (live)
D3. Finding the Sea (live)
D4. Bordeaux (live)

7" single

E1. I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong
F1. For Steven Patrick

Notes

Factory Benelux presents an expanded double vinyl edition of Vini Reilly, the acclaimed seventh studio album originally released by Factory Records in 1989. Just 1000 copies have been pressed for Record Store Day on 18 April 2020.

Produced by Vini Reilly and Stephen Street (The Smiths, Morrissey, Blur), the original working title of the Vini Reilly album was The Durutti Column Sampler. "People describe them as found samples and found voices," explained Vini at the time. "I always build up a catalogue of interesting loops and voice samples and stuff. Then I forget where I got them from a lot of the time, which is quite convenient... A lot of the time I manipulate the sample anyway, so it's singing my tune, rather than the original tune.

Stand-out tracks include Otis, Love No More and My Country. "The tune always comes from playing the guitar, added Vini. ‘As soon as I pick a guitar up I'll come up with a tune. I don't know whether it’s good or bad - but there's always a tune there.

The sleeve itself samples Bob Dylan circa Highway 61 Revisited, showcasing an iconic portrait by Mark Warner. Indeed much about the album flirts with mainstream culture, being a deliberate attempt to position Reilly as a 'pop' artist following his chart-topping collaboration with Morrissey on Viva Hate. This collaboration is further explored on the bonus 7" single (pressed in crystal clear vinyl), which features rare outtake I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong and exquisite homage For Steven Patrick.

Bonus tracks on this 2020 double-disc remaster include several never before issued on vinyl, including William B and Red Square from the extended CD version of Vini Reilly, plus all four tracks from pristine performance CD WOMAD Live. Recorded at the WOMAD Festival in Cornwall in August 1988, the core Durutti duo of Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell are here augmented by Andy Connell on keys and Chinese opera singer Liu Sola.

See also: Vini Reilly [Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD]

Vini Reilly [Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD]

2020-02-03T10:10:00.002+00:00

2CD: UK 18.04.2020 (Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD)
CD: UK 18.04.2020 (Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD BIS)*

Tracklisting

CD 1

1. Love No More
2. Pol in G
3. Opera I
4. People's Pleasure Park
5. Red Square
6. Finding the Sea
7. Otis
8. William B
9. They Work Every Day
10. Opera II
11. Homage to Catalonea
12. Requiem Again
13. My Country
14. Otis (live)
15. English Landscape Tradition (live)
16. Finding the Sea (live)
17. Bordeaux (live)

CD 2

1. Opera II (demo)
2. Finding the Sea I
3. PPP (demo)
4. Juan Montero Sketch I
5. Sample Tune
6. Finding the Sea II
7. Juan Montero Sketch II
8. William B (demo)
9. Sketches on Stratocaster
10. Dry
11. Paradise Passage Road
12. Les Preger's Tune
13. Buddhist Prayer
14. Misere
15. Real Drums – Real Drummer
16. Pathway
17. Rob Grey's Elegy
18. Shirt No. 7
19. For Steven Patrick

CD 3

I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong [Steven Patrick and Vincent Gerard]*

Notes

Factory Benelux presents an expanded 2CD (3CD counting the special 1-track optional bonus disc of 'I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong') edition of Vini Reilly, the acclaimed seventh studio album. Originally released by Factory Records in 1989, the album has now been newly remastered with 23 bonus tracks including companion single WOMAD Live.

Produced by Vini Reilly and Stephen Street (The Smiths, Morrissey, Blur), the original working title of the Vini Reilly album was The Durutti Column Sampler. "People describe them as found samples and found voices," explained Vini at the time. "I always build up a catalogue of interesting loops and voice samples and stuff. Then I forget where I got them from a lot of the time, which is quite convenient... A lot of the time I manipulate the sample anyway, so it's singing my tune, rather than the original tune."

Stand-out tracks include Otis, Love No More and My Country. "The tune always comes from playing the guitar," added Vini. "As soon as I pick a guitar up I'll come up with a tune. I don't know whether it's good or bad - but there's always a tune there."

The sleeve itself samples Bob Dylan circa Highway 61 Revisited, showcasing an iconic portrait by Mark Warner. Indeed much about the album flirts with mainstream culture, being a deliberate attempt to position Reilly as a 'pop' artist following his chart-topping collaboration with Morrissey on Viva Hate. This collaboration was further celebrated on bonus track For Steven Patrick.

Other bonus tracks on this 2020 double-disc remaster include a multitude of demos and outtakes from the same period (some previously issued on The Sporadic Recordings in 1989), plus all four tracks from pristine performance CD WOMAD Live. Recorded at the WOMAD Festival in Cornwall in August 1988, the core Durutti duo of Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell are here augmented by Andy Connell on keys and Chinese opera singer Liu Sola.

Available via Factory Benelux Mailorder.

'Vini Reilly' [London Records, Record Store Day 2024]

2024-04-20T10:30:00.003+01:00

LP: UK 20.04.2024 (London Records, LMS1725126 / Fact 244)

Tracklisting

Side One

1. Love No More
2. Pol in G
3. Act I Opera
4. People’s Pleasure Park
5. Finding the Sea

Side Two

1. Otis
2. They Work Every Day
3. Act II
4. Opera
5. Homage to Catalonea
6. My Country

Notes

35th Anniversary edition of the seminal 1989 album. The album is presented in the famous (and as to now unseen) ‘rejected’ sleeve by 8vo. Produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, The Cranberries, New Order). Vinyl mastered by Peter Beckmann at Technology Works. Numbered, limited edition (2000 copies) exclusive to Record Store Day 2024.