Back in stock - New vinyl edition of a landmark album, housed in a revised version of the iconic sandpaper sleeve first issued by Factory Records in January 1980 and including the original bonus Flexi, now pressed on a 7' for better sound quality.
A vinyl edition of landmark album The Return Of The Durutti Column, housed in a variant of the iconic sandpaper sleeve first issued by Factory Records in January 1980. A collaboration between virtuoso guitarist Vini Reilly and legendary Manchester producer Martin Hannett, The Return Of The Durutti. 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.
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Reissue housed in die-cut jacket designed by Peter Saville with infamous glass paper (or sandpaper) inner, and 7” ‘testcard’ featuring two tracks by Martin Hannett
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The Durutti Column’s sublime debut album is back in circulation on vinyl for the first time in four years, presenting a definitive edition replete with the extra tracks featuring drum programming from Eric Random and a bonus 7” of two cuts from seminal producer Martin Hannett, who produced this album and many more for the legendary Factory label.
Not sure what we can add to the gushing rivers of praise for this record already out there?! Save possibly to say that in the 37 years since conception, Vini Reilly’s best loved album, The Return of The Durutti Column has clearly lost none of its evergreen charm and rarified Didsbury air. That’s possibly down to its timeless, fluid ‘simplicity’ and minimalism, or because of Martin Hannett’s future-proofing mixing desk trickery. But, either way it still floods your listening space with light and languorous, lushly introspective feelings that reams of artists have chased ever since.
Highly recommended? Essential!