Ghosts of Christmas Past (Remake) [2LP white vinyl, TWI 158]

2LP: UK 09.11.17 (Les Disques du Crépuscule, TWI 158)

Tracklisting

One Christmas for Your Thoughts - The Durutti Column

Notes

Les Disques du Crépuscule presents a special 2LP white vinyl edition of classic festive album Ghosts of Christmas Past, featuring favourites from the original 1981 and 1982 editions plus selected newer tracks by Crépuscule artists.

It's released on 9 November 2017 as TWI 158.

Sometimes witty, sometimes melancholic, the original version of Ghosts of Christmas Past in November 1981 featured exclusive contributions from luminaries such as Tuxedomoon, The Durutti Column, Paul Haig, Michael Nyman, Aztec Camera, Thick Pigeon and The Names. Subsequent editions in 1982 and 1986 added songs by Antena, Mikado, The French Impressionists, Pale Fountains and Winston Tong.

The Durutti Column track on this edition is One Christmas For Your Thoughts. Snowflakes is on the 2CD edition.

Festive cover art is by Jean-Francois Octave and the double vinyl comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Available to buy direct from Les Disques du Crépuscule mail order.

Also available: 2CD version

To The Outside of Everything [Cherry Red, 2017]

5CD: UK 07.12.17 (Cherry Red compilation)

Tracklisting

Sketch For Summer – The Durutti Column

Notes

To the Outside of Everything is a 5CD box set with extensive liner notes which tells the story of how the UK's post-punk scene evolved from the spirit of 1977 and the arrival of key labels such as Fast, Rough Trade, Zoo, Factory Records and Cherry Red.

To the Outside of Everything is available to pre-order now direct from Cherry Red.

A Paean To Wilson [Cargo/Durutti/Kooky 2LP blue vinyl]

2LP: UK 17.11.17 (Cargo/The Durutti Column/Kooky Records, Kookydisc 35)

Tracklisting

One

I Or Are You Just A Technician
II Chant
III Quatro

Two

IV Requiem
V Stuki
VI Along Came Poppy

Three

VII Brother
VIII Duet With Piano
IX Darkness Here

Four

X Catos Revisited
XI The Truth
XII How Unbelievable

Liner notes by Vini Reilly

A Paean to Wilson is part of a body of work which I started around the time that my friend, Tony Wilson died. Towards the end of his illness, I sent him an instrumental track and he loved it, so I decided that the right thing to do was carry on.

I was at the hospital when he died. We were very, very close. Afterwards, many things were done in his name. They were all about 'Mr Manchester', and about what Tony had done for music, art and literature. I didn't attend many of them. I'd just lost one of my closest friends and I had all the grief that you feel under such circumstances. Once I'd got my act together though, I decided to do something for myself and for Tony.

The Durutti Column was Tony Wilson's baby. We were the first act signed up to his Factory club night and the first band signed to Factory Records. Over the years we worked on many albums together and the one thing that Tony and I always argued about was that he thought that I should make music and write rather than sing.

After he died, I decided to make a body of work which did not have traditional song structures and which was concerned solely with the musical content. My only objective was to create some music that Tony would thoroughly approve of. I think I've done that and, if his spirit lives on - which I like to think that it does - I want him to know that this is for him. Vini Reilly

Credits

Musicians
Vini Reilly - Guitar, Piano
Bruce Mitchell - Drums, Marimba
Keir Stewart - Bass, Keyboards, Harmonica
Poppy Morgan - Piano
John Metcalfe - Viola
Tim Kellet - Trumpet

Ruby Morgan, Kate Williamson - Vocals

String arrangements by Ian Livingstone and Keir Stewart; performed by the Livingstone Chamber Ensemble. Recorded at Highfield Studios, Guildford, Surrey

Composed by Reilly, Stewart & Mitchell

Drums engineered by Seadna McPhail and recorded at Moolah Rouge, Manchester

Produced by Keir Stewart
Executive producer Bruce Mitchell

Mixed & mastered by Keir Stewart at Inch Studio, Manchester - www.inchstudio.com

The copyright in this recording is owned by Bruce Mitchell Productions

Photography by Stephen Wright
Sleeve by Trevor Johnson & Lynx Studio

Notes

Double blue vinyl reissue edition produced by Cargo Records in association with The Durutti Column. Packaging, credits and notes are similar to the 2LP edition produced by Kooky Records for Record Store Day 2013 in the UK (which is sold out). Please note this 2017 edition does not include the envelope containing the Manchester International Festival programme and the large postcard featuring the original artwork which were include in RSD 2013 package. Please also note that the 'Heaven Sent' tracks offered via download with the RSD 2013 2LP or as CD2 in the original cd version (Kookydisc 29/2) are not included.

The 2CD version (with 'Heaven Sent' bonus disc) is available again via Cargo.

Finally, please also note that this is not technically a formal Kooky Records release but is rather a Cargo/Durutti co-production. However, it does bear the original catalogue number and packaging.

How to buy

A Paean To Wilson [Kooky Records/Cargo, 2LP blue vinyl] is available to pre-order/buy via Cargo.

Greetings Three (Tiger Bay, 2017, TB6157)

LP: UK 15.09.17 (Tiger Bay, TB6157)

Tracklisting

Side One

Florence Sunset
All That Love And Maths Can Do

Side Two

San Giovanni Dawn
For Friends In Italy

Notes

180 gram, 45rpm vinyl reissue of Greetings Three by The Durutti Column on 12" vinyl on Tiger Bay via Song Cycle Records.

Noblesse Oblige [FBN 125 / TWI 1234]

CD: UK 01.04.17 (Factory Benelux, FBN 125; Les Disques du Crépuscule, TWI 1234; approx release date)

Tracklisting

1. Cathy Claret - Todo Se Va
2. Isabelle Antena - Over You
3. Marsheaux - Treasure
4. White Sea - Gangster No. 1
5. Fritz Catlin - Shooting the Hunter
6. Maxwell Sterling - The Death of Juno
7. Blaine L. Reininger - Demis
8. Jean-Marc Lederman - A Darker Snare
9. Ultramarine - Equatorial Calms
10. Dislocation Dance -Songs That I Like
11. ElutzC!a
12. The Names - Spectators of Life (2013)
13. Minny Pops - Island (Remix)
14. Paul Haig - Do We Have the Time?
15. The Durutti Column - Requiem For a Father (live 1980)

Credits

A selection of tracks from new releases in 2016 and 2017. Printed and manufactured in EU. Design by Pascal Blua. With thanks to all the artists appearing and to MD for the title. For promotional use only - not for resale.

Notes

Requiem for a Father (live 1980) was recorded at Leeds Polytechnic on 7 October 1980 and features on the vinyl version of LC (FBN 10).

Noblesse Oblige is a free sampler CD from Factory Benelux and Les Disques du Crépuscule featuring new and rare tracks from our current releases in 2016/17, together with several exclusives, and tracks from selected label friends. It's available free when you order two or more CDs, vinyls, teeshirts or card sets via our mailorder service (i.e. two or more items in total). Please note - FBN 125 will not available in the shops!

FBN 125 is housed in a card wallet designed by Pascal Blua.

Short Stories For Pauline [Factory Benelux, RSD, 2017]

LP: UK 22.04.17 (Factory Benelux, FBN 36)

Tracklisting

Side One

At First Sight
Duet
College
Invitations
Destroy, She Said
Model
Journeys By Vespa

Side Two

Take Some Time Out
A Silence
Mirror A
Cocktail
Telephone Call
Mirror B
A Room in Southport

Notes

Clear vinyl limited edition (500 copies only) of 'Short Stories for Pauline', the 'lost' fourth album by cult Manchester group The Durutti Column.

This special Record Store Day 2017 edition features a new cover image by photographer Mark Warner.

A Record Store Day 2017 release which will only be available to buy in-store for at least one week from the 22 April 2017 release date (subject to availability).

Domo Arigato [Factory Benelux, 2017]

3CD + DVD, 2LP + 7": UK 26.05.17 (Factory Benelux, FBN 52)

Tracklisting

CD1

1. Sketch for Summer
2. Sketch for Dawn
3. Mercy Theme
4. A Little Mercy
5. Dream of a Child
6. Mercy Dance
7. The Room
8. E.E.
9. Blind Elevator Girl
10. Tomorrow
11. For Belgian Friends
12. The Missing Boy
13. Self Portrait
14. Audience Noise

CD2

1. Sketch for Summer
2. Sketch for Dawn
3. Party
4. Never Known
5. Mercy Theme
6. A Little Mercy
7. Jacqueline
8. Dream of a Child
9. Mercy Dance
10. A Silence
11. The Room
12. E.E.
13. Pauline
14. Conduct
14. Tomorrow

CD3

1. Blind Elevator Girl
2. The Beggar
3. For Belgian Friends
4. The Missing Boy
5. Self Portrait
6. Sketch for Dawn
7. Sketch for Summer
8. Jacqueline (1984)
9. Without Mercy (version) (1984)
10. Love Fading (1984)
11. Take Some Time Out/Messidor (1984)
12. Never Known (1984)
13. Dream of a Child (1984)

DVD

1. Sketch for Summer
2. Sketch for Dawn
3. A Little Mercy
4. Mercy Dance
5. The Room
6. E.E.
7. Blind Elevator Girl
8. For Belgian Friends
9. The Missing Boy

LP1

A1. Sketch for Summer
A2. Sketch for Dawn
A3. Party
A4. Never Known
A5. Mercy Theme
A6. Pauline

B1. Jacqueline
B2. Mercy Dance
B3. Tomorrow
B4. For Belgian Friends
B5. Self-Portrait

LP2

C1. A Silence
C2. The Room
C3. E.E.
C4. Conduct

D1. Tomorrow
D2. The Beggar
D3. For Belgian Friends
D4. The Missing Boy
D5. Self Portrait

7"

E1. Love Fading
F1. For Noriko

Notes

Disc 1 of the 4 CD set presents the original digital mix from 1985, while Discs 2 and 3 include the 2017 soundboard remaster plus a previously unreleased gig from Tokyo Loft Club on 29 April 1984. Disc 4 is an NTSC format DVD featuring a pristine transfer of the original Japanese laserdisc edition of Domo Arigato, which is the filmed version of the show with the 1985 digital mix.

A double gatefold vinyl edition is also available and contains a bonus 7" single, Dedications for Japan, in a facsimile picture sleeve. The 18 live tracks on the double vinyl format are all taken from the 2017 soundboard remaster and present the entire 1985 show (except for Dream of a Child and Blind Elevator Girl, which for reasons of space appear only on the CD version).

Available to buy direct from Factory Benelux Mail Order.