Treatise on the Steppenwolf + Human Avatars (FBN 63 Record Store Day)

2LP (UK, 22.04.2023, Factory Benelux, FBN 63)

Tracklisting

A1. A Beautiful Thought (Pt 1)
A2. Harry Dreams The Dream
A3. A Wolf Of The Steppes
A4. Interlude
A5. The Title On The Cover

B1. Divided
B2. Magic Theatre
B3. Soul Track
B4. The Mothers And The Fathers
B5. A Beautiful Thought (Pt 2)

C1. Stupid Steppenwolf (Pt 1)
C2. Stupid Steppenwolf (Pt 2)
C3. Human Avatars (Pt 3)

D1. Human Avatars (Pt 1)
D2. Human Avatars (Pt 2)

Notes

Factory Benelux presents the very first vinyl edition of the only soundtrack album recorded by The Durutti Column. A limited edition of 1000 copies on 180gm black vinyl for Record Store Day 2023.

Treatise on the Steppenwolf is a soundtrack to the performance piece of the same name by experimental theatre group 12 Stars, written and directed by Gerard McInulty (of fellow Factory band The Wake), first staged in Glasgow in May 2003. Freely adapted from the celebrated counter-culture novel by Hermann Hesse, the performance is a portrait a divided character in an ongoing state of conflict.

"Steppenwolf was something I'd read recently and when we approached Durutti Column with the idea it turned out they were interested too," explained McInulty. "People have described their music as ambient, although that's a description they don't care much for. It's certainly atmospheric and there's something about their sunny-sounding guitar that seemed appropriate to a book that, although published in 1927, didn't become popular in America until the 1960s."

This expanded vinyl edition combines the studio recordings of the 12 pieces performed live by The Durutti Column during the Glasgow run, along with 3 long and previously unreleased tracks from the Human Avatars art installation at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry in 2005.

Newly mastered for vinyl by Peter Beckman at TechnologyWorks, this limited Record Store Day edition also features new gatefold artwork by Howard Wakefield.

Circuses and Bread (Factory Benelux, FBN 154 / FBN 154 CD)

CD (UK, 29.01.2021, Factory Benelux, FBN 154 CD)
2LP (UK, 26.03.2021, Factory Benelux, FBN 154)

CD Tracklisting

1. For Pauline
2. Tomorrow
3. Dance II
4. For Hilary
5. Street Fight
6. Royal Infirmary
7. Black Horses
8. Dance I
9. Blind Elevator Girl - Osaka
10. All That Love and Maths Can Do
11. Florence Sunset
12. San Giovanni Dawn
13. For Friends In Italy
14. The Aftermath
15. Our Lady of the Angels (Stu 'Jammer' James Mix)

2LP Tracklisting

Side One

A1. For Pauline
A2. Tomorrow
A3. Dance II
A4. For Hilary
A5. Street Fight
B1. Royal Infirmary
B2. Black Horses
B3. Dance I

Side Two

C1. Blind Elevator Girl – Osaka
C2. The Aftermath
C3. Our Lady of the Angels (Stu 'Jammer' James Mix)
D1. Florence Sunset
D2. All That Love and Maths Can Do
D3. San Giovanni Dawn
D4. For Friends In Italy

Notes

Factory Benelux presents remastered CD and 2LP coloured vinyl editions of Circuses and Bread, the seventh studio album by The Durutti Column. Originally released by Factory Benelux and Factory in 1986, the original 9 tracks have now been expanded with 6 bonus pieces.

The cover art retains the original design by 8vo. The remastered vinyl set is housed in gatefold sleeve, with liner notes and rare band images.

Self-produced by Vini Reilly at Strawberry and Revolution studios, the album saw Durutti playing as a quartet, with Reilly on guitar, vocals and keyboards, Bruce Mitchell in drums and percussion, John Metcalfe (viola) and Tim Kellett (trumpet).

"The music ends up being very simple," Vini told NME. "People can dismiss it as being very simplistic, easy listening or whatever. It's very honest, it's very personal. People say it's ambient, and it's like Eno. I don't like that, because the music's made to be listened to, it's not wallpaper."

Of extended piece Blind Elevator Girl – Osaka, Vini adds: "The music really writes itself. For example, we’re in Osaka, in Japan, getting in this elevator. It"s very crowded with all these Japanese businessmen talking about distribution deals, and going on and on. On this lift was a beautiful Japanese girl, in an immaculate uniform. Each floor we arrived at, she's starting talking Japanese, obviously saying what was on each floor. We went higher and higher, and finally we get to the top. And then, sort of walking out of the elevator, I suddenly realised she was blind... It got to me, this girl. It was incredible. So maybe a day later, I was thinking about that, and the whole tune came out. And every single piece of music is like that."

Bonus tracks include Italian-only EP Greetings Three, scarce compilation track The Aftermath, and a previously unreleased working version of 1987 single Our Lady of the Angels produced by the late Stuart 'Jammer' James.

Cover art retains the original design by 8vo. The remastered set is housed in 6 panel card digipack, with liner notes and rare band images. A double vinyl version of FBN 154 will be issued in March 2021.

More information at factorybenelux.com.

Sex and Death (Factory Benelux, FBN 201 / FBN 201 CD)

2CD: UK 23.04.2021 (Factory Benelux, FBN 201 CD)
2LP: UK 23.04.2021 (Factory Benelux, FBN 201)

2CD Tracklisting

CD1

1. Anthony
2. The Rest of My Life
3. For Colette
4. The Next Time
5. Beautiful Lies
6. My Irascible Friend
7. Believe In Me
8. Fermina
9. Where I Should Be
10. Fado
11. Madre Mio
12. Blue Period

CD2

1. Believe In Me (Mix 1)
2. You Mess Me Up
3. My Only Love (aka Duet)
4. Believe In Me (Mix 2)
5. Picking Guitar for the Shrimp
6. Get Me to the Beat On Time
7. Jumble Drums, Growling Bass and the Whammy Bar
8. For Cameron de la Isla
9. War Torn
10. The Celestial Bar

2LP Tracklisting

LP1

A1. Anthony
A2. The Rest of My Life
A3. For Colette
A4. The Next Time
B1. Beautiful Lies
B2. My Irascible Friend
B3. Believe In Me
B4. Fermina

LP2

C1. Where I Should Be
C2. Fado
C3. Madre Mio
C4. Blue Period
C5. War Torn
D1. Picking Guitar for the Shrimp
D2. The Celestial Bar
D3. Jumble Drums, Growling Bass and the Whammy Bar
D4. For Cameron de la Isla

Notes

Factory Benelux presents expanded double CD and double vinyl editions of Sex and Death, the 11th studio album by The Durutti Column.

Originally released in 1994 on CD only, the album has now been re-mastered with bonus tracks and appears on vinyl for the very first time in a coloured vinyl edition limited to 1500 copies. The vinyl edition is housed in a gatefold vinyl sleeve. Disc 1 is pressed in blue vinyl, and disc 2 in silver.

The 2CD edition is remastered with rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks.

The writing and recording of Sex and Death closed an uncertain period for Vini Reilly and the group following the collapse of Factory Records in 1992. Factory founder Tony Wilson remained in post as manager of the band, but Sex and Death would be their last album with producer Stephen Street, famed for his work with Morrissey, The Smiths and Blur.

Writer and master guitarist Vini Reilly remained philosophical: "People say the Durutti Column is this or that. I don't care, so long as we make good music. There's screaming feedback on some tracks, heavy metal guitar, Spanish picking. It's not just this ethereal trip. Don't listen to the form, never listen to the form. Listen to the content."

Stand-out tracks include Anthony (dedicated to Wilson), The Rest of My Life and believe In Me. Guest musicians include viola player John Metcalfe, vocalist Ruth-Ann Boyle (later to form hitmakers Olive with Tim Kellett), programmer Martin Jackson (Magazine, Swing Out Sister) and bassist Peter Hook, then on furlough from New Order post-Republic.

Of the 10 bonus tracks on CD2, 6 are previously unreleased, having been retrieved from a long-lost DAT tape located in Tony Wilson's personal archive. The other 4 are album outtakes previously only available as an online download. All tracks have been newly re-mastered in 2020 by Peter Beckmann and Technology Works.

A limited edition 2LP coloured vinyl edition is also available housed in a gatefold vinyl sleeve and limited to 1500 copies.

The Cold Open [TWI 1254 / FBN 158]

CD: UK 14.06.2020 (Les Disques du Crépuscule, TWI 1254 / Factory Benelux, FBN 158)

The Cold Open is a free sampler CD from Les Disques du Crépuscule and Factory Benelux featuring new and rare tracks from the 2020/21 release schedule 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 FBN/TWI mail order (i.e. two or more items in total). Please note - TWI 1254 / FBN 158 will not available in the shops!

The Cold Open features 'Meaning + Purpose' (live at Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 16 May 2004) by The Durutti Column.

Tracklisting

1. Ladytron - Tropic of Capricorn
2. Benjamin Schoos feat. Laetitia Sadier - Je Ne Vois Que Vous
3. Sauvage - Clocks
4. Pauline Murray - Secrets
5. LoneLady - Cries and Whispers
6. The Other Two - Autosound
7. ShadowParty - Reverse the Curse (The Other Two Remix)
8. Stephen Mallinder - Working (You Are)
9. Ultramarine - Passwords (live)
10. Blaine L. Reininger - Lockdown Blues
11. Paul Haig - Router
12. Section 25 - Hinterland
13. The Durutti Column - Meaning + Purpose (live)
14. Alessandra Celletti - The Typewriter
15. Erik Satie - Vexations (detail)
16. Marc Moulin - Chepa

TWI 1254 / FBN 158 is housed in a card wallet designed by Pascal Blua.

Vini Reilly [Factory Benelux, 2LP Record Store Day, FBN 244]

2LP: UK 18.04.2020 (Factory Benelux, FBN 244)

[NB: Record Store Day 2020 delayed due to Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak]

Tracklisting

LP1

A1. Love No More
A2. Pol in G
A3. Opera I
A4. People's Pleasure Park
A5. Finding the Sea

B1. Otis
B2. They Work Every Day
B3. Opera II
B4. Homage to Catalonia
B5. Requiem Again
B6. My Country

LP2

C1. Red Square
C2. William B
C3. Dry
C4. Paradise Passage Road
C5. My Country (Monarchy Mix)
D1. Otis (live)
D2. English Landscape Tradition (live)
D3. Finding the Sea (live)
D4. Bordeaux (live)

7" single

E1. I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong
F1. For Steven Patrick

Notes

Factory Benelux presents an expanded double vinyl edition of Vini Reilly, the acclaimed seventh studio album originally released by Factory Records in 1989. Just 1000 copies have been pressed for Record Store Day on 18 April 2020.

Produced by Vini Reilly and Stephen Street (The Smiths, Morrissey, Blur), the original working title of the Vini Reilly album was The Durutti Column Sampler. "People describe them as found samples and found voices," explained Vini at the time. "I always build up a catalogue of interesting loops and voice samples and stuff. Then I forget where I got them from a lot of the time, which is quite convenient... A lot of the time I manipulate the sample anyway, so it's singing my tune, rather than the original tune.

Stand-out tracks include Otis, Love No More and My Country. "The tune always comes from playing the guitar, added Vini. ‘As soon as I pick a guitar up I'll come up with a tune. I don't know whether it’s good or bad - but there's always a tune there.

The sleeve itself samples Bob Dylan circa Highway 61 Revisited, showcasing an iconic portrait by Mark Warner. Indeed much about the album flirts with mainstream culture, being a deliberate attempt to position Reilly as a 'pop' artist following his chart-topping collaboration with Morrissey on Viva Hate. This collaboration is further explored on the bonus 7" single (pressed in crystal clear vinyl), which features rare outtake I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong and exquisite homage For Steven Patrick.

Bonus tracks on this 2020 double-disc remaster include several never before issued on vinyl, including William B and Red Square from the extended CD version of Vini Reilly, plus all four tracks from pristine performance CD WOMAD Live. Recorded at the WOMAD Festival in Cornwall in August 1988, the core Durutti duo of Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell are here augmented by Andy Connell on keys and Chinese opera singer Liu Sola.

See also: Vini Reilly [Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD]

Vini Reilly [Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD]

2CD: UK 18.04.2020 (Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD)
CD: UK 18.04.2020 (Factory Benelux, FBN 244 CD BIS)*

Tracklisting

CD 1

1. Love No More
2. Pol in G
3. Opera I
4. People's Pleasure Park
5. Red Square
6. Finding the Sea
7. Otis
8. William B
9. They Work Every Day
10. Opera II
11. Homage to Catalonia
12. Requiem Again
13. My Country
14. Otis (live)
15. English Landscape Tradition (live)
16. Finding the Sea (live)
17. Bordeaux (live)

CD 2

1. Opera II (demo)
2. Finding the Sea I
3. PPP (demo)
4. Juan Montero Sketch I
5. Sample Tune
6. Finding the Sea II
7. Juan Montero Sketch II
8. William B (demo)
9. Sketches on Stratocaster
10. Dry
11. Paradise Passage Road
12. Les Preger's Tune
13. Buddhist Prayer
14. Misere
15. Real Drums – Real Drummer
16. Pathway
17. Rob Grey's Elegy
18. Shirt No. 7
19. For Steven Patrick

CD 3

I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong [Steven Patrick and Vincent Gerard]*

Notes

Factory Benelux presents an expanded 2CD (3CD counting the special 1-track optional bonus disc of 'I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong') edition of Vini Reilly, the acclaimed seventh studio album. Originally released by Factory Records in 1989, the album has now been newly remastered with 23 bonus tracks including companion single WOMAD Live.

Produced by Vini Reilly and Stephen Street (The Smiths, Morrissey, Blur), the original working title of the Vini Reilly album was The Durutti Column Sampler. "People describe them as found samples and found voices," explained Vini at the time. "I always build up a catalogue of interesting loops and voice samples and stuff. Then I forget where I got them from a lot of the time, which is quite convenient... A lot of the time I manipulate the sample anyway, so it's singing my tune, rather than the original tune."

Stand-out tracks include Otis, Love No More and My Country. "The tune always comes from playing the guitar," added Vini. "As soon as I pick a guitar up I'll come up with a tune. I don't know whether it's good or bad - but there's always a tune there."

The sleeve itself samples Bob Dylan circa Highway 61 Revisited, showcasing an iconic portrait by Mark Warner. Indeed much about the album flirts with mainstream culture, being a deliberate attempt to position Reilly as a 'pop' artist following his chart-topping collaboration with Morrissey on Viva Hate. This collaboration was further celebrated on bonus track For Steven Patrick.

Other bonus tracks on this 2020 double-disc remaster include a multitude of demos and outtakes from the same period (some previously issued on The Sporadic Recordings in 1989), plus all four tracks from pristine performance CD WOMAD Live. Recorded at the WOMAD Festival in Cornwall in August 1988, the core Durutti duo of Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell are here augmented by Andy Connell on keys and Chinese opera singer Liu Sola.

Available via Factory Benelux Mailorder.

Obey The Time [Factory Benelux, Record Store Day 2019]

2LP + Digital download: 13.04.19 (Factory Benelux FBN 274)

2LP tracklisting

LP1

1. Vino Della Casa Bianco
2. Hotel of the Lake 1990
3. Fridays
4. Neon
5. Home
6. Spanish Reggae
7. Art and Freight
8. The Warmest Rain
9. Contra-Indications
10. Vino Della Casa Rosso

LP2

1. Home (live)
2. What It Means to Me (live)
3. English Landscape Tradition (live)
4. Opera II (live)
5. Finding the Sea (live)
6. Otis (live)
7. Jacqueline (live)

Notes

Factory Benelux presents a deluxe 3CD box set edition of Obey the Time, the eighth studio album by The Durutti Column. Originally released by Factory Records in December 1990, the original 10 tracks have now been expanded to no less than 43.

Largely self-produced, and entirely instrumental, Obey the Time saw Vini Reilly further develop his interest in electronic music, and even embracing house and techno stylings. "The title came screaming off the TV screen in somebody's version of Othello and captured exactly the feel of the work in progress," explained Tony Wilson, Durutti manager and Factory founder. "We were in the middle of the Acieeed explosion. If you lived in Manchester, you were absolutely in the middle of it. Vini even explained why House made keyboards sound so fresh. Something to do with a chord being played with 3 or 4 notes into the sampler, but then different chords being triggered by a single key stroke. Creating mathematical harmonic relationships 'which Schoenberg had searched for but never found.'"

Indeed veteran Durutti percussionist Bruce Mitchell features on just one track, Art and Freight. Marking a further break with tradition, dance exploration Contra-Indications was taped with New Order programmer (and later co-manager) Andy Robinson. Released in December 1990, Obey the Time (Fact 274) would be the last Durutti Column album on Factory before the labelled collapsed beneath a mountain of debt.

The second record features 7 live tracks from a previously unreleased performance at Manchester University Whitworth Hall on 23 June 1990 (opportunistically billed as 'The Acid Guitar'), on which Reilly and Mitchell are joined by guests Andy Connell, Liu Sola and Rob Gray.

Original cover art by 8vo. The remastered vinyl set is housed in a striking gatefold sleeve printed in pantone colours on a matt varnished board. The bold primary colours are mirrored by the coloured vinyl – purple for LP1, and yellow for LP2.

Obey The Time (Factory Benelux, FBN 274 CD)

3CD: 13.04.19 (Factory Benelux FBN 274 CD)

3CD tracklisting

CD1

1. Vino Della Casa Bianco
2. Hotel of the Lake 1990
3. Fridays
4. Neon
5. Home
6. Spanish Reggae
7. Art and Freight
8. The Warmest Rain
9. Contra-Indications
10. Vino Della Casa Rosso
11. The Together Mix
12. For Zinni III
13. Fridays (Up-Person Mix)
14. Kiss of Def
15. The New Fidelity

CD2

1. Together – Razormaid Mix
2. Megamix
3. Dry
4. Out of the Blue
5. Paradise Passage Road
6. Rope Around My Neck
7. Short
8. Boat People 1
9. Boat People 2
10. Grade 2 Duet
11. Octaves
12. For Madelaine II
13. Pete's Riff
14. The Crowned Goddess
15. Times Like These
16. The Awards Show
17. My Country (Monarchy Mix)

CD3

1. Home (live)
2. What It Means to Me (live)
3. English Landscape Tradition (live)
4. Opera II (live)
5. Finding the Sea (live)
6. Otis (live)
7. Jacqueline (live)
8. Requiem Again (live)
9. Take Some Time Out (live)
10. The Missing Boy (live)
11. Sketch for Summer (live)

Notes

Factory Benelux presents a deluxe 3CD box set edition of Obey the Time, the eighth studio album by The Durutti Column. Originally released by Factory Records in December 1990, the original 10 tracks have now been expanded to no less than 43.

Largely self-produced, and entirely instrumental, Obey the Time saw Vini Reilly further develop his interest in electronic music, and even embracing house and techno stylings. "The title came screaming off the TV screen in somebody's version of Othello and captured exactly the feel of the work in progress," explained Tony Wilson, Durutti manager and Factory founder. "We were in the middle of the Acieeed explosion. If you lived in Manchester, you were absolutely in the middle of it. Vini even explained why House made keyboards sound so fresh. Something to do with a chord being played with 3 or 4 notes into the sampler, but then different chords being triggered by a single key stroke. Creating mathematical harmonic relationships 'which Schoenberg had searched for but never found.'"

Indeed veteran Durutti percussionist Bruce Mitchell features on just one track, Art and Freight. Marking a further break with tradition, dance exploration Contra-Indications was taped with New Order programmer (and later co-manager) Andy Robinson. Released in December 1990, Obey the Time (Fact 274) would be the last Durutti Column album on Factory before the labelled collapsed beneath a mountain of debt.

The multitude of studio extras spread across Discs 1 and 2 include single and remix tracks The Together Mix and Kiss of Def, rare compilation cuts such as The New Fidelity, The Awards Show and Times Like These, and several extracts from two unreleased Factory albums recorded during the same 1989/90 period: Guitar One: House (Fact 254) and Guitar Two: Acoustic (Fact 264).

Disc 3 features 11 live tracks from a previously unreleased performance at Manchester University Whitworth Hall on 23 June 1990 (opportunistically billed as 'The Acid Guitar'), on which Reilly and Mitchell are joined by guests Andy Connell, Liu Sola and Rob Gray.

Original cover art by 8vo. The remastered set is housed in a clamshell card box, with individual inner sleeves and liner notes.

More information and how to buy at Factory Benelux Mailorder.

Constellation de Comportements [TWI 1244 / FBN 146]

Tracklisting

Otis (Live) (6:35)

Notes

A selection of tracks from new releases on Factory Benelux and Les Disques du Crépuscule in 2018 and 2019.

Catalogue number shown as "FBN 125" on front cover but that was previously assigned to the Noblesse Oblige TWI/FBN compilation and FBN 146 is therefore assumed to be correct.

Otis was recorded live at Nottingham Rescue Rooms on 16 May 2004 and is previously unreleased.

Without Mercy [Factory Benelux FBN 84 / CD]

4CD: 09.18 (Factory Benelux FBN 84 CD)
2LP + 7": 09.18 (Factory Benelux FBN 84)
Digital download: UK 09.18 (Factory Benelux FBN 84)

4CD tracklisting:

CD1

1. Without Mercy (Stanzas I-III)
2. Without Mercy (Stanzas IV-VII)
3. Without Mercy (Stanza VIII)
4. Without Mercy (Stanzas IX-XII)
5. Without Mercy 2
6. All That Love and Maths Can Do
7. Snowflakes
8. Profondeurs des Eaux des Laques
9. The Sea Wall
10. Duet
11. Estoril a Noite
12. Favourite Descending Intervals

CD2

1. Goodbye
2. The Room
3. A Little Mercy
4. Silence
5. E.E.
6. Hello(w)
7. Paresseuse Aussi
8. Mercy Theme (Live in Tokyo 1985)
9. A Little Mercy (Live in Tokyo 1985)
10. Estoril a Noite (Live in Rotterdam 1983)
11. Favourite Descending Intervals (Live in Manchester 2011)

CD3 (Live in London 1984)

1. Sketch for Summer
2. Jacqueline
3. Mercy Theme
4. A Little Mercy
5. Pauline
6. Mercy Dance
7. E.E.
8. The Room
9. Silence
10. Ornithology
11. Prayer
12. The Beggar
13. The Missing Boy
14. Friends in Belgium

CD4 (Live in Oslo 1986)

1. Mercy Theme
2. A Little Mercy
3. Pauline
4. Mercy Dance
5. E.E.
6. Silence
7. The Room
8. Dream of a Child
9. Tomorrow
10. Blind Elevator Girl

2LP + MP3 tracklisting:

LP1

A1. Without Mercy I
B1. Without Mercy II

LP2

C1. All That Love and Maths Can Do
C2. Duet
C3. Estoril a Noite
C4. Favourite Descending Intervals
C5. A Little Mercy
D1. Mercy Theme (Live in London 1984)
D2. A Little Mercy (Live in London 1984)
D3. Mercy Dance (Live in London 1984)

Notes

Factory Benelux presents expanded 4CD and 2LP disc editions of Without Mercy, the fourth album by Manchester ensemble The Durutti Column, originally released in 1984 and widely regarded as Vini Reilly's most ambitious album.

In 1983 The Durutti Column's mentor/manager Tony Wilson asked Vini Reilly to abandon fleeting guitar miniatures in favour of a longform modern classical piece. The result was an ambitious 20 minute instrumental suite, Without Mercy, performed by core Durutti duo Vini Reilly and Bruce Mitchell along with Blaine L. Reininger and John Metcalfe (violas), Caroline Lavelle (cello), Tim Kellett (trumpet) and Maunagh Fleming (cor anglais).

Explains Vini: "Tony had just come in for a conversation one day and said, 'Look, you keep making these albums that you want to make, and I'm quite happy with you doing that, but just give me this one album and do it my way.' He wanted it to have a narrative determined by a Keats poem, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, which he said was the poet's version of a pop song: boy meets girl, falls in love with girl, loses girl, blah blah blah. It was a very, very Tony way of looking at it. He had aspirations that I should be taken seriously."

Produced by Reilly and Wilson at Strawberry Studio and Britannia Row, Without Mercy was originally split into 19 separate stanzas, some of which have now been restored using digital cue points on the CD. Bonus tracks include the original recordings of Duet, Estoril a Noite and Favourite Descending Intervals (all re-worked for inclusion on Without Mercy), as well as companion EP Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say, collaborations with John Metcalfe, Steven Brown and Benjamin Lew, and two previously unreleased live sets across Discs 3 and 4, recorded at London School of Economics in December 1984 and Oslo in December 1986.

The remastered 4xCD set is housed in a clamshell box, with inner wallets and liner notes by Reilly, Wilson, Mitchell, Reininger and Metcalfe. The cover painting is L'Etang de Trivaux by Henri Matisse (1916/17).

A double gatefold vinyl edition is also available with free digital copy (MP3) of the vinyl tracks. The outer sleeve is printed on 500 mic grey cairn board, with letterpress typography and tipped sheets front and back. The insert (with liner notes) is printed on a 350gsm white frost card, and the whole package housed in a re-sealable polybag.

A limited edition of 100 copies of the vinyl will also be available with a postcard signed by Vini and Bruce. These copies are only available from FBN mailorder.

Available as a 4CD box, gatefold double vinyl and MP3 (vinyl tracklisting). To order please select correct button and shipping option and click on Add To Cart button below cover image, or else contact FBN by email for other payment methods.

For release in September 2018.

M24J (Anthology) [Factory Benelux FBN 164 / CD]

2CD: UK 09.18 (Factory Benelux FBN 164 CD)
2LP + 7": UK 09.18 (Factory Benelux FBN 164)
Digital download: UK 09.18 (Factory Benelux FBN 164)

2CD tracklisting:

CD1

1. Sketch for Summer
2. Conduct
3. Lips That Would Kiss
4. For Belgian Friends
5. Danny
6. Messidor
7. The Beggar (live)
8. Prayer
9. Mercy Theme (Duet)
10. Estoril a Noite
11. College
12. All That Love and Maths Can Do
13. Pauline
14. Arpeggiator
15. Catos con Guantes
16. Otis
17. Love No More
18. My Country

CD2

1. Home
2. Art and Freight
3. My Only Love
4. A Beautiful Thought (Pt 1)
5. The Title On the Cover
6. Bruce
7. The Missing Boy
8. Anthony (Favourite Descending Intervals)
9. A Paean to Wilson I: Or Are You Just a Technician?
10. A Paean to Wilson II: Chant
11. A Paean to Wilson IX: Darkness Here
12. Glimpse
13. Detail for Annik (live 1980)
14. Sketch for Summer (live 1980)
15. Requiem for a Father (live 1980)

2LP + 7" tracklisting:

LP1

A1. Sketch for Summer
A2. Lips That Would Kiss
A3. For Belgian Friends
A4. Danny
A5. Messidor
B1. Mercy Theme (Duet)
B2. Estoril a Noite
B3. All That Love and Maths Can Do
B4. Catos con Guantes

LP2

C1. Prayer
C2. Otis
C3. Love No More
C4. Home
C5. A Beautiful Thought
D1. Anthony (Favourite Descending Intervals)
D2. A Paean to Wilson I: Or Are You Just a Technician?
D3. A Paean to Wilson II: Chant
D4. A Paean to Wilson IX: Darkness Here
D5. Glimpse

7"

E1. Albatross (live in Nottingham 2004)
F1. Spooky Tune (live in Manchester 2011)

Notes

M24J (Anthology) is a collection of valuable passages recorded by The Durutti Column between 1979 and 20?? for various iterations of Factory Records, including poignant tributes to Anthony H. Wilson and Ian Curtis.

Available as a gatefold double vinyl (with bonus 7") and 2xCD set, M24J includes selections from The Return of the Durutti Column, LC, Another Setting, Short Stories for Pauline, Without Mercy, Circuses and Bread, The Guitar and Other Machines, Vini Reilly, Obey the Time, Treatise on the Steppenwolf and A Paean to Wilson.

Bonus tracks on the CD version include three tracks recorded live at Leeds Polytechnic on 7 October 1980 (with The Invisible Girls and John Cooper Clarke), these being the earliest preserved professional in-concert recordings by Vini Reilly. The bonus 7" included in the vinyl package features two previously unreleased live recordings: a cover of Peter Green's Albatross recorded in 2004, and Spooky Tune, recorded with Poppy Morgan at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in 2011, Vini's last major concert to date.

The remastered 2xCD set is housed in a jewel case; copies ordered direct from FBN are delivered in a Factory Benelux slipcase. The vinyl version is housed in a double gatefold sleeve printed on white matt board and includes as a digital copy (MP3).

Available in September 2018 on CD, gatefold double vinyl (+7") and MP3 (vinyl tracklisting) via Factory Benelux Mailorder.

Another Setting [Factory Benelux 2LP Record Store Day 2018]

2LP: UK 21.04.18 (Factory Benelux FBN 30)

Tracklisting

Side one

Prayer
Response
Bordeaux
For a Western
The Beggar
Francesca

Side two

Smile in the Crowd
You've Heard It Before
Dream of a Child
Second Family
Spent Time

Side three

Sketch for Dawn (live)
Sketch for Summer (live)
Conduct (live)
Pauline (live)
Jacqueline (live)

Side four

Stains (live)
Estoril a Noite (live)
The Beggar (live)
I Get Along Without You Very Well

Notes

A limited double vinyl edition of FBN 30 for Record Store Day on 21 April 2018. The original album is presented on the black vinyl disc one. This is partnered by a previously unreleased live performance from the Pandora's Box Festival in Rotterdam (4 September 1983) on the clear vinyl disc 2. The gatefold sleeve is printed on white matt board. Includes free digital copy of vinyl tracks.

See also: Another Setting [FBN 30 CD]

The Guitar and Other Machines [FBN 204]

2LP: UK 12.01.18 (Factory Benelux, FBN 204)

Tracklisting

Side A

1. Arpeggiator
2. What It Is to Me (Woman)
3. Red Shoes
4. Jongleur Grey
5. When the World
6. U.S.P.

Side B

1. Bordeaux Sequence
2. Pol in B
3. English Landscape Tradition
4. Miss Haymes
5. Don’t Think You’re Funny

Side C

1. Arpeggiator (live)
2. Our Lady of the Angels (live)
3. Pol in B (live)
4. Miss Haymes (live)

Side D

1. When the World (live)
2. English Landscape Tradition (live)
3. Bordeaux Sequence (live)

Notes

Deluxe double vinyl edition of the sixth studio album originally released by Factory Records in 1987.

The origin of The Guitar and Other Machines was the Christmas present given by Factory founder Tony Wilson to Durutti mainman Vini Reilly in 1985. "He gave me another kick and bought me a load of electronic instruments," revealed Reilly at the time. "I never dreamt of getting into this electronic thing, and I struggled and fought and stayed up til half seven in the morning and really worked on it. I know that Tony's got this vision and I persevered. And I found a way of using a sequencer that isn't like New Order – it's my way, and it's my music."

Produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths; Morrissey), the album also features percussionist Bruce Mitchell and viola player John Metcalfe.

The second record features selected recordings of the band performing live at the Bottom Line club in NYC in October 1987, plus two further live tracks from WOMAD in August 1988.

The double vinyl set comes in a gatefold sleeve featuring original artwork by 8vo. A 3CD edition will also be available.

The Guitar and Other Machines [FBN 204 CD]

LP: UK 12.01.18 (Factory Benelux, FBN 204 CD)

Tracklisting

CD1

1. Arpeggiator
2. What It Is to Me (Woman)
3. Red Shoes
4. Jongleur Grey
5. When the World
6. U.S.P.
7. Bordeaux Sequence
8. Pol in B
9. English Landscape Tradition
10. Miss Haymes
11. Don't Think You're Funny
12. Dream Topping
13. You Won't Feel Out of Place
14. 28 Oldham Street
15. LFO Mod
16. Catos con Guantes

CD2

1. Florence Sunset
2. All That Love and Maths Can Do
3. San Giovanni Dawn
4. For Friends in Italy
5. Our Lady of the Angels
6. Red Shoes (VR vocal)
7. Song for Les Preger
8. For Rebecca
9. Final Cut
10. When the World (Newson Mix)
11. Arpeggiator II
12. Pol in AB
13. 30 Oldham Street
14. When the World (Soundtrack)
15. Our Lady
16. White Rabbit
17. When the World (Version)

CD3

1. Prayer (live)
2. Arpeggiator (live)
3. Our Lady of the Angels (live)
4. Pol in B (live)
5. Miss Haymes (live)
6. For Mother (live)
7. Requiem (live)
8. Jacqueline (live)
9. Elevator Sequence (live)
10. The Missing Boy (live)
11. When the World (live)
12. Tomorrow (live)
13. English Landscape Tradition (live)
14. Bordeaux Sequence (live)

Notes

Expanded 3CD deluxe edition of the sixth studio album originally released by Factory Records in 1987.

The origin of The Guitar and Other Machines was the Christmas present given by Factory founder Tony Wilson to Durutti mainman Vini Reilly in 1985. "He gave me another kick and bought me a load of electronic instruments," revealed Reilly at the time. "I never dreamt of getting into this electronic thing, and I struggled and fought and stayed up til half seven in the morning and really worked on it. I know that Tony's got this vision and I persevered. And I found a way of using a sequencer that isn't like New Order – it's my way, and it's my music."

Produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths; Morrissey), the album also features percussionist Bruce Mitchell and viola player John Metcalfe. Remastered in 2017, this new FBN edition restores all three bonus tracks included on the original Factory CD, being experimental pieces written and recorded with Jez Kerr and Simon Topping of A Certain Ratio.

CD2 features many associated recordings, including the rare Greetings 3 EP (released only in Italy), non-album tracks such as Our Lady of the Angels, LFO Mod, acoustic instrumental Catos con Guantes, various mixes of When the World, Jefferson Airplane cover White Rabbit, and several ‘sporadic recordings' which revisit themes first heard on the original album.

CD3 features a recording of the band live at the Bottom Line club in NYC in October 1987, plus two further live tracks from WOMAD in August 1988.

The 3CD set is housed in a clamshell box with individual interior wallets. A 2LP vinyl edition will also be available, featuring the core studio album plus live versions of selected album tracks on Disc 2.

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.

LC [Double vinyl LP + 7-inch single, FBN 10]

LP + 7-inch: UK 06.05.16 (Factory Benelux, FBN 10)

Tracklisting

LP 1

A1 - Sketch for Dawn (1)
A2 - Portrait for Frazier
A3 - Jaqueline
A4 - Messidor
A5 - Sketch for Dawn (2)

B1 - Never Known
B2 - The Act Committed
B3 - Detail for Paul
B4 - The Missing Boy
B5 - The Sweet Cheat Gone

LP 2

C1 - Danny
C2 - Enigma
C3 - Experiment in Fifth
C4 - Portrait for Frazier
C5 - Favourite Painting

D1 - For Mimi
D2 - For Belgian Friends
D3 - Self-Portrait
D4 - Zinnia

7-inch single

E1 - Sketch for Summer (live)
F1 - Requiem for a Father (version) (live)

Notes

LC, the classic second studio album by The Durutti Column from 1981 is released in a very special double vinyl edition on 6 May 2016 by Factory Benelux.

The original album is supplemented by 9 bonus tracks on the second record. These include the rare Sordide Sentimental single Danny/Enigma and the three Durutti tracks from A Factory Quartet.

The remastered 2LP set is housed in a gatefold sleeve printed on matt reverse board, with liner notes and archive images. The package also includes an exclusive 7-inch single featuring live versions of Sketch for Summer and Requiem for a Father, recorded at Leeds Polytechnic in October 1980. These are the earliest surviving professional live recordings of The Durutti Column in concert.

For ordering details please visit the Factory Benelux shop.

Another Setting [FBN 30 CD]

CD + Digital Download: UK 18.09.15 (Factory Benelux FBN 30 CD)

Tracklisting

1. Prayer
2. Response
3. Bordeaux
4. For a Western
5. The Beggar
6. Francesca
7. Smile in the Crowd
8. You've Heard It Before
9. Dream of a Child
10. Second Family
11. Spent Time
12. I Get Along Without You Very Well
13. Love Fading
14. For Noriko
15. Bordeaux (live at WOMAD
16. The Beggar (live at La Cigale)
17. Piece for Out of Tune Grande Piano

Notes

Factory Benelux presents a remastered CD edition of Another Setting, the third album by The Durutti Column originally issued as FACT 74 and FBN 30 in 1983.

The 11-track album is supplemented by bonus tracks including I Get Along Without You Very Well sung by Lindsay Reade from FAC 64, Love Fading and For Noriko from the Dedications for Japan 7" single, live tracks and more.

Another Setting is presented in a 6-panel digipak on matt white reverse board, replete with the original Mark Farrow artwork and Jackie Williams cover paintings.

This release is available on CD only in September 2015 and to pre-order now via factorybenelux.com.

See also: Another Setting [Factory Benelux 2LP Record Store Day 2018]

The Return of The Durutti Column [Peter Saville Limited Edition LP/7"/CD, FBN 14]

LP/7-inch/CD: UK 06.2014 (Factory Benelux FBN 114)

In association with Peter Saville, Factory Benelux produced a limited edition of 10 unique copies of the FBN 114 vinyl re-release. Each features a bespoke abrasive paper seated beneath the Factory logo die-cut on the outer cover. Each paper features a different colour or texture, so that no two copies are the same. The package also includes a 12" square certificate of authenticity signed by Peter Saville.

The certificate and the inner bag on which the abrasive paper is mounted are printed on white matt reverse board and match the die-cut outer sleeve. The package is further differentiated from the standard 2013 release in that the inner bag features no text or images, and there is no sticker on the re-sealable polythene bag.

The special Saville edition also includes a postcard with a colour portrait of Vini Reilly taken by Annik Honoré at Palatine Road in 1980. Purchasers also received a complimentary slipcased CD copy of The Return of the Durutti Column (FBN 114 CD). The price per copy was 200 GBP.

This special edition is now sold out but the 10 papers available were:

1. Black - fine grit
2. Black - medium grit
3. Black - coarse grit
4. Burgundy rust - fine grit
5. Burgundy - medium grit
6. Burgundy - coarse grit
7. Green - medium grit
8. Dark green - medium grit
9. Yellow - medium grit
10. Black - emery paper