The First Four Albums

The First Four Albums

4CD: UK 02.88 (Factory FACD 224 comprised of FACT, FACD 44, FACD 74, FACD 84 inc FAC 114)
4CD: AU 02.88 (Factory Australasia FACD 224)*

FACT 14 The Return of The Durutti Column
FACD 44 LC
FACD 74 Another Setting
FACD 84 Without Mercy + FAC 114 Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say

[Components listed individually at their catalogue numbers]

* Imported UK issue only, initial copies with sticker having silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

CD Mastering info

~ CY-1356 3B4 C 9Z
~ CY-1357 1A2 84
~ CY-1358 1A1 bZ 84
~ CY-1359 2B1 54

Production: see individual releases
Design: 8vo

Notes

4-CD box consisting of FACT 14 + 44 + 74 + 84 (+ FAC 114) with new artwork.

FACT 400 ‘Palatine’ refers to this as 'The Early Years Japonica' because Factory Records used repressed Japanese CD editions of the individual albums in a special budget priced box.

The individual "First Four" albums were reissued again by Factory Once in the two waves released in 1996 and 1998.

When The World

When The World

CD Single: UK 12.1987 (Factory FACD 194), AU 1987 (Factory Australasia FACD 194)

Our Lady of the Angels [4:13]
When the World (Newson Mix) [6:46]
Catos con Guantes [8:40]

~ FACD 194. Mastered By Nimbus

CD Video: UK 02.1988 (Factory FACDV 194) [PAL]

When the World (soundtrack) [4:55]
When the World (album) [5:13]
Final Cut [4:02]
When the World (video)* [5:18]

~ MPO/When The World 01$

VHS: UK 12.1987 (Factory FAC 194) */**

When the World (Newson Mix) [6:46]

* Directed by Carole Lamond.
** Commercial release with full colour insert.

Credits

DV8 Physical Theatre and The Durutti Column

Fac 194

Directed, edited and produced by Carole Lamond.

Choreographed by DV8:
Nigel Charnock
Lloyd Newson
Liz Ranken
Michelle Richecoeur

The Durutti Column:
Vini Reilly
Bruce Mitchell
John Metcalfe
Tim Kellet

Written by Vini Reilly.
Engineered by Richard Scott at Yellow 2, Stockport.

Special thanks to Simply Red / Elektra for Tim Kellet's trumpet.
A Factory Communications Video.
Design: 8vo

Notes

'Our Lady of the Angels' also appears on Time Was Gigantic / Reissued Experiments [FACDR 2.41], the Factory Once reissue of Domo Arigato [FACDO 144] and the Factory US compilation 'Young Popular and Sexy'.
DV8 is an experimental dance troupe led by Lloyd Newson; the video to When The World is quite an avant garde affair featuring the DV8 dancers. Bruce Mitchell has a cameo walking across a bridge.

A note on the CD Video edition from Rob Stanzel's Fac 2.26 The Durutti Column website FAQ reads:

"Q: How do I play the When The World CD-Video?

"A: You probably can't. CDVs were a short-lived late-1980s hybrid format: digital audio CD tracks with one analog video track appended. (This is distinct from the more recent Video CD format, which is mediocre-quality compressed digital video on a CD.) You need old-style laserdisc player capability to view the CDV video track and what's more, When The World was a UK issue so the analog encoding is in a particular format, PAL.

"Now, laserdisc players were fairly big in Japan and were a reasonably-sized videophile market in the US, both of which use NTSC format rather than PAL. Multi-format players exist but are extremely rare, and I'm led to believe that PAL LD players are quite uncommon even in the UK & other PAL-using countries, so the videotape releases (on which the WtW video track is longer, btw) are your best bet."

Young Popular And Sexy [Factory Australasia/US, 1987]

LP AU 1987 [Factory Australasia, FACT US 17, 460042 1]
CS AU 1987 [Factory Australasia, FACT US SEVENTEEN, 460042 4]
LP: AU 05.87 [Factory Australasia, FACTUS 17/CBS 460042-1]
CS: AU 05.87 [Factory Australasia, FACTUS 17C/CBS 460042-4]

Tracklisting (The Durutti Column only)

Our Lady of the Angels

Notes

Factory Records (overseas) compilation also A Certain Ratio, Happy Mondays, Kalima, Miaow, The Railway Children, Shark Vegas, Stockholm Monsters, Stanton Miranda AKA Thick Pigeon and The Wake.

A Factory Australasia letter describes this release: "This compilation of FACTORY artists was released in Australia and the U.S.A. only. It is a mid priced L.P.". There was also a T-Shirt featuring the LP cover design.

Valuable Passages

Valuable Passages

2xLP: US 1986 (Factory/Relativity FACT 164/88561-8123-1) [test pressing]
2xLP: US 1986 (Factory/Relativity FACT 164/88561-8123-1)
2x cassette: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 164C) [boxed]
CD: UK 1986 (Factory FACD 164) *
2xLP: AU 12.86 (Factory Australasia/CBS FACT 164) ***
2xCS: AU 12.86 (Factory Australasia/CBS FACTC 164)
CD: AU 12.86 (Factory Australasia FACD 164) ****

Tracklisting

[LP One]

2:58 Sketch for Summer
5:00 Conduct
2:22 Sketch for Winter
3:45 Lips That Would Kiss
5:21 For Belgian Friends
3:36 Danny
3:35 Piece of Out of Tune Grand Piano */**
6:46 Never Known
2:14 Jacqueline
6:32 The Missing Boy

[LP Two]

3:21 Prayer
4:09 Spent Time
6:44 Without Mercy (Stanzas 4 to 7)
7:04 Without Mercy (Stanzas 10 to 12)
5:58 The Room
10:17 Blind Elevator Girl
4:02 Tomorrow
6:21 L.F.O. Mod *

* Not on CD
** Excerpt from FBN 10
*** First editions stickered and with pictured inner sleeves, later editions without.
**** Imported UK issue only, initial copies with sticker having silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

Run-out groove

US LP

88561-8123-A1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone
88561-8123-B1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone
88561-8123-C1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone
88561-8123-D1, Pa 9.86, Mastered by Trutone

AU LP

FACT 164, MX 218173, Record One, 74693, Smx 74693, 6A, Å
FACT 164-2, MX 218174, Record One, SMX 74694, Smx 74748, 6A, Å
FACT 164 3, MX 218175, Record Two, SMX 747947, 6A, Å
FACT 164-4, MX 218176-B, Rec Two, SMX 747948, 6A, Å

Notes

Design: 8vo. There is a (USA only) 16" x 24" promotional poster from 8vo for this release. The Nov/Dec 1986 isssue of The Catalogue lists a DAT format release (FACT 164D) as planned for 1987. The track LFO MOD appears on the Factory Once reissue of The Guitar and Other Machines.

A Factory Australasia letter describes this release: "VALUABLE PASSAGES is a compilation double L.P. that draws from all the DURUTTI releases... Vini Reilly and members of THE DURUTTI COLUMN are featured on Morrissey's latest L.P. VALUABLE PASSAGES is only released in Australia and the U.S.A."

Circuses and Bread

Circuses and Bread


Bread and Circuses

CD: UK 07.86 (04.86) (Factory FACD 154)
LP: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBN 36) [white label]
LP: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBN 36)
CS: BL 05.85 (Factory Benelux FBNC 36)
CD: UK 06.86 (Factory Australasia FACD 154) ***
LP: DE 1986 (Normal NORMAL 20)
LP: ES 1986 (Nuevos Medios 33 207 L)
LP: FR 1986 (Attitude Records ATT 004)
LP: IT 1986 (Base FBN 36)
CD: BE 12.93 (Crépuscule TWI 988-2)**
CD: UK 10.07 (LTM LTMCD 2510) *

Tracklisting

Pauline (2:46)
Tomorrow (4:03)
Dance II (5:37)
Hilary (3:13)
Street Fight (4:01)
Royal Infirmary (4:18)
Black Horses (8:36)
Dance I (4:58)
Blind Elevator Girl (Osaka) (10:17)
All That Love and Maths Can Do *
I Get Along Without You Very Well *
Verbier (For Patti) *
The Aftermath *
A Silence *
Cocktail *
Telephone Call *
Mirror A *
Mirror B *

** - Retitled "Bread and Circuses" and with different artwork
*** - The Factory Australasia is an imported UK issue. Initial copies came with a sticker having Factory silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

CD mastering info (FACD 154)

FACD 154 MPO 02 . MPO France 06 Compact Disc

Run-out groove (FBN 36)

White label

FBN 36-A//59233-1
FBN 36-B//59234-1

Standard

FBN 36-A//59233-2
FBN 36-B//59234-1

Notes

Production: Vini Reilly
Design: 8vo (FACD 154)
Artwork: Herbert Bayer (TWI 988-2)

LP and cassette versions were also released as FBN 36 and FBNC 36. There also is a poster for the Benelux editions. Sized 24" x 12" it is titled "Du Pain et des Jeux", in orange and gold, and is totally different to the LP sleeve design.

The Nov/Dec 1986 isssue of The Catalogue lists a DAT format release (FACT 154D) as planned for 1987.

LTM reissue notes

Circuses and Bread was originally released on the Factory Benelux label in April 1986, and features ten tracks written and performed by Vini Reilly, together with drummer Bruce Mitchell. This expanded CD edition also features ten bonus tracks including compilation album tracks Verbier and The Aftermath, five previously unreleased tracks from the cancelled 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline, and the rarely heard 1983 single I Get Along Without You Very Well, a Hoagy Carmichael cover sung by Lindsay Reade and dedicated to her former husband, Anthony H. Wilson. The booklet restores the original cover design by 8vo. 19 tracks. 74 minutes of music.

Available direct from LTM and in good record shops.

Notes (additional)

FBN 36 was originally to have been an album 'Short Stories for Pauline', but was unreleased due to pressure from Factory Records in the UK. They didn't want this to interfere with the release of FACT 144 'Domo Arigato', Factory's first CD. 'Short Stories for Pauline' was shelved as Vini Reilly had recorded a new album in the meantime.

The contents were to be:

At First Sight * (4:15)
A Silence *** (?:??)
Journeys By Vespa * (3:20)
Limitations * (?:??)
Model * (?:??)
Duet * (?:??)
Destroy She Said * (3:47)
Take Some Time Out * (3:32)
Mirror A ** (?:??)
Cocktail *** (?:??)
Telephone Call *** (?:??)
Mirror B *** (?:??)
A Room in Southport * (?:??)
College * (?:??)

* Released on FBN 2 CD, most of them with different titles.
** Released on 'The Sporadic Recordings' CD.
*** Unreleased.

Domo Arigato

Domo Arigato; VHS cover detail


Domo Arigato Japanese Laserdisc; front cover detail


Domo Arigato; Laserdisc label

LP: JP 1985 (Factory Japan / Columbia FACT 144 / XY7356AY)
CD: UK 1985 (Factory FACD 144) *
VHS: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 144) [PAL]
BETA: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 144) [PAL]
VHS: JP 1985 (Factory Japan / Columbia FACT 144 / 118C68-9237) [NTSC] **
BETA: JP 1985 (Factory Japan / Columbia FACT 144 / 118C68-9237) [NTSC] **
CD: UK 05.85 (Factory Australasia FACD 144) ***
LD: JP 1991 (Columbia COLY-3005) [NTSC]

Tracklisting (LP)

Sketch for Summer (2:22)
Sketch for Dawn (4:50)
Mercy Theme (2:16)
A Little Mercy (10:04)
Dream of a Child (6:37)
Mercy Dance (3:45)
The Room (4:40)
Blind Elevator Girl (8:12)
Tomorrow (2:50)
Belgian Friends (3:04)
Self Portrait (2:51)

Tracklisting (CD)*

Sketch for Summer (2:22)
Sketch for Dawn (4:50)
Mercy Theme (2:16)
Little Mercy (10:04)
Jacqueline* (5:35)
Dream of a Child (6:37)
Mercy Dance (3:45)
The Room (4:40)
E.E. (4:09)
Blind Elevator Girl (8:12)
Tomorrow (2:50)
For Belgian Friends (3:04)
Missing Boy (7:45)
Self Portrait (2:51)
{audience noise} (0:54)

CD Mastering text

FACD 144 MPO 02

Tracklisting

Sketch for Summer
Sketch for Dawn
Little Mercy
Mercy Dance
The Room
E.E.
Blind Elevator Girl
Belgian Friends
Missing Boy

Credits

Produced by Durutti Column and Anthony Wilson; Engineered by Anthony Wilson and Norio Okada; Recorded by G.Y.N.E. Mobile Recording at Gotanda Kanihoken Hall, Tokyo; 25th April 1985; Remixed at G.Y.N.E. Mobile Recording and Nippon Columbia Studio No. 4; PCM Editing Engineer: Hideki Kukizaki; Concert Organisation: UPU and Moon Office

Durutti Column personnel:
Vini Reilly: Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Bruce Mitchell: Percussion, Xylophone and DMX
Tim Kellett: Trumpet
John Metcalfe: Viola
All songs written by Vini Reilly
Published by Movement of 24th January Publishing
B/W Still Photos (England): Kevin Cummins
B/W Still Photos (Japan): Anthony Wilson
Design: 8vo
A Factory/Nippon Columbia Co-production
For Hilary and Oliver
© Factory Communications Limited

Notes

* Factory's first CD, and first CD-only release.
** Imported for use as US release. (Of Factory NY/Ikon sticker applied to inside of box.)
*** Imported UK issue only, initial copies with sticker having silhouette logo and "Factory Records Australasia Import".

The Durutti Column Single (GAP/EMI SFA 491)

The Durutti Column Single (GAP/EMI SFA 491) - A-side


The Durutti Column Single (GAP/EMI SFA 491) - B-side

7": AU 07.80 (GAP/EMI SFA 491)

2:58 Sketch For Summer
2:22 Sketch For Winter

~ SFA 491 A
~ SFA 491 B

Production: MARTIN HANNETT
Design: ANDREW PENHALLOW

Notes

Rare Australian-only release with tracks taken from the album FACOZ 1002, the Factory Australasia edition of The Return of The Durutti Column. Some editions with reversed labels.

The Return of The Durutti Column

FACT 14c The Return of The Durutti Column

LP: UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [sandpaper sleeve] */**
LP: UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [black sleeve] *****
LP: UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [white label of black sleeve edition] *****
CS: UK 1986 (Factory FACT 14C) [boxed] ***
CD: UK 1988 (Factory FACD 14) ****
7": UK 1980 (Factory FACT 14) [flexi-disc] *
LP: AU 07.80 (GAP/EMI FACOZ 1002)
CS: AU 07.80 (GAP/EMI TC-FACOZ 1002, 500 copies)

Tracklisting

Sketch For Summer (3:01)
Requiem For A Father (5:08)
Katharine (5:30)
Conduct (5:02)
Beginning (2:28)
Jazz (1:38)
Sketch For Winter (2:24)
Collette (2:23)
In "D" (4:12)
Sketch For Winter (2:25) ****

Run-out groove

Stencilled

~ FACT 14 4 PBG A1, Sound Clinic, EG, S-6
~ FACT 14 4 PBG B1, EG, S-3

Not stencilled

~ FACT 14 4 PBG AI, FACT 14 A1, Sound Clinic, EG, S-4
~ FACT 14 B1 14 PBG BI, EG, S-2

Factory Australasia

~ FACOZ 1002 A, Maxicut At 301, Otto ******
~ FACOZ 1002 B, Maxicut By 301, Otto

Black sleeve and white label test pressing

~ FACT 14 A3, 4 PBG, Townhouse, CR
~ FACT 14 PBG A3, CR

Tracklisting - Martin Hannett's Testcard 7" flexi*

First Aspect of the Same Thing (3:42)
Second Aspect of the Same Thing (2:59)

~ LYN 7561

Credits

The Durutti Column is Vini Reilly on guitar
and Martin Hannett on switches
Recorded at Cargo, Rochdale
Mixed at Strawberry, Stockport
Engineers Chris Nagle and John Brierley
33 1/3 rpm
Published by Movement of 24th January Music
A Factory Records Product
(P) © 1979

Notes

* Martin Hannett's 'Testcard' 7" flexidisc. (Shares the same FAC number as the album.)
** There were three editions of the sandpaper sleeve (total edition of 2,000): Some have FACT 14 sprayed on (in black or white) and the 7"; some haven't got the sprayed FACT 14 but the 7"; and some have no spray and no 7". (The sprayed FACT 14 was official.) There are initial pressings on dark-red (see-through) vinyl. Some sleeves (a smaller subset probably) are sprayed "THE RETURN OF THE DURUTTI COLUMN". Though unusual in the context of the whole edition, they are official.
*** With sandpaper insert.
**** Released as part of FACD 224.
***** Black sleeve issue is an additional mix (version) with less reverb & more phasing. Variable textured sleeves.
****** Otto is the name of the cutting engineer

Production: Martin Hannett
Design: Dave Rowbotham and Anthony Wilson (Sandpaper sleeve concept) / Paintings by Dufy (Black sleeve reissue)

Notes

The sandpaper sleeve is an homage to Situationists Guy Debord & Asger Jorn's Memoires (book, w/sandpaper cover; original edition published 1959).

There is a promo poster for the Factory Australasia edition, 30" x 40", designed by Andrew Penhallow.