DURUTTI COLUMN The Return Of... UK LP - Factory Vini Reilly Post Punk

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THE DURUTTI COLUMN

The Return Of The Durutti Column

UK LP released on Factory Records. 80s repress edition with gloss sleeve.

FACT 14 A3   4 PBG   TOWN HOUSE
FACT 14 PBG B3

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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'

Catalogue No. FACT14

Disc is in EX condition

Sleeve is in VG+ condition

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