DURUTTI COLUMN The Return Of - Orig UK TRANSLUCENT RED LP - Post Punk Factory

	£		36
	$		47

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THE DURUTTI COLUMN

The Return Of The Durutti Column

Original UK LP released on Factory Records in 1980. Textured G&L sleeve. TRANSLUCENT RED  VINYL.

The vinyl colour is dark translucent red. The colouring can only be seen when holding against a strong light source.
I have tried and tried to make a picture to demonstrate this but I just cannot capture the effect with my camera.

FACT 14 4PBG A1 SOUND CLINIC EG
FACT 14PBG B1 EG

Durutti Column — the historical name comes from the Spanish Civil War — is essentially guitarist Manchester Vini Reilly (who began his career as a punk, in the late-'70s Ed Banger & the Nosebleeds), although he has used other musicians in the studio and tours with other players. In the late '80s, Reilly branched out, backing Morrissey (another Nosebleeds alumnus, as it happens) on his first solo record and working on an assortment of projects.

Producer Martin Hannett deserves equal credit on The Return of the Durutti Column, a perversely titled debut of evocative guitar instrumentals, many multi-tracked and accented with environmental, synthetic and studio-created percussive effects. Occasionally reminiscent of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and some of the Frippertronics recordings, Reilly pretty much creates his own style — a gentle, uncluttered amalgam of acoustic and electric guitar textures.

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Released in the glow of post-punk fervour in late-'70s Manchester, one would think Return would consist of loud, aggressive sheet-metal feedback, but that's not the way Vini Reilly works. With heavy involvement from producer Martin Hannett, who created all the synth pieces on the record as well as producing it, Reilly on Return made a quietly stunning debut, as influential down the road as his label mates in Joy Division's effort with Unknown Pleasures.

Eschewing formal "rock" composition and delivery -- the album was entirely instrumental, favouring delicacy and understated invention instead of singalong brashness -- Reilly made his mark as the most unique, distinct guitarist from Britain since Bert Jansch. Embracing electric guitar's possibilities rather than acoustic's, Reilly fused a variety of traditions effortlessly -- that one song was called "Jazz" could be called a giveaway, but the free-flowing shimmers and moods always revolve around central melodies.

"Conduct," with its just apparent enough key hook surrounded by interwoven, competing lines, is a standout, turning halfway through into a downright anthemic full-band rise while never being overbearing. Hannett's production gave his compositions a just-mysterious-enough sheen, with Reilly's touches on everything from surfy reverb to soft chiming turned at once alien and still warm.

Consider the relentless rhythm box pulse on "Requiem for a Father," upfront but not overbearing as Reilly's filigrees and softly spiralling arpeggios unfold in the mix -- but equally appealing is "Sketch for Winter," Reilly's guitar and nothing more, a softly haunting piece living up to its name.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Sketch For Summer

Requiem For A Father

Katharine

Conduct

Side Two

Beginning

Jazz

Sketch For Winter

Collette

In 'D'

Released on 'Factory Records' in 1979

Catalogue No. FACT14

Disc is in VG condition (general surface wear)

Sleeve is in VG+ condition (light wear)

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