Short Stories For Pauline [LTM, 2012]

CD: UK 24.09.12 (LTM, LTMCD 2508)

Tracklist

Short Stories For Pauline

1. At First Sight
2. Duet
3. College
4. Invitations
5. Destroy, She Said
6. Model
7. Journeys By Vespa
8. Take Some Time Out
9. A Silence
10. Mirror A
11. Cocktail
12. Telephone Call
13. Mirror B
14. A Room In Southport

Live In Bruxelles 13.8.1981

1. Sketch For Dawn (live)
2. Messidor (live)
3. Jacqueline (live)
4. Conduct (live)
5. Sketch For Summer (live)
6. Danny (live)
7. Stains (Useless Body) (live)
8. The Missing Boy (live)
9. Self Portrait/Version (live)
10. For Belgian Friends (live)
11. Interview

Notes

CD release for album released on limited edition vinyl LP by Factory Benelux (FBN 36). Packaged with free extra CD comprising Live in Bruxelles 13.8.1981 (LTMCD 2499).

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LTM presents the belated full release of Short Stories For Pauline, the legendary 'lost' fourth album by cult Manchester group The Durutti Column.

Originally recorded by Vini Reilly in Brussels for Factory Benelux in 1983, the 14 track album features several exquisite pieces including College, A Room In Southport and, most notably, Duet. Recorded with Tuxedomoon viola player Blaine L. Reininger, this poignant instrumental proved -ironically- to be the downfall of the album, after Factory director (and Durutti manager) Tony Wilson insisted that Duet form the basis of an entire neo-classical album. As a result, Duet became Without Mercy in 1984, and Short Stories For Pauline was shelved.

Although individual tracks have appeared on several compilations, notably highbrow Crépuscule collection Hommage A Marguerite Duras, this is the first time the original 'FBN 36' album has appeared in its entirety. With new artwork prepared with the help of Crépuscule designer Benoît Hennebert, this set comes with Live In Bruxelles 13.8.1981 (originally release as LTMCD 2499) as a bonus CD.