The Return of the Durutti Column
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| The Return of the Durutti Column | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Original sandpaper sleeve by Tony Wilson | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1980 | |||
| Recorded | August 1979 | |||
| Studio | Cargo Studios, Rochdale, England | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 28:13 | |||
| Label | Factory | |||
| Producer | Martin Hannett | |||
| The Durutti Column chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Second edition sleeve by Steve Horsfall | ||||
The Return of the Durutti Column is the debut studio album by English band The Durutti Column. It was released in January 1980, through record label Factory.
Background[edit]
The initial two thousand copies also included a flexi-disc single with two tracks by producer Martin Hannett: "First Aspect of the Same Thing" and "Second Aspect of the Same Thing".
The original 3,600 LP sleeves were made of coarse sandpaper (similar to the Situationist book Mémoires), designed to scratch LPs which were placed on either side of it. The sleeves were assembled by members of the bands and label-mates Joy Division and A Certain Ratio. A regular printed sleeve for later copies was designed by Steve Horsfall. Some later pressings featured a sixth untitled track on side two. The damaging to adjacent LPs led to the album frequently being placed separated from the rest, which may have been the idea for the cover.
"Sketch for Summer"/"Sketch for Winter" was released as a single (Gap Records SFA-491) in Australia, with a sleeve by Andrew Penhallow of Gap.[1]
In 2013, a modified version was issued as a vinyl album by Factory Benelux (FBN-114) with an 11-inch square sheet of coarse glasspaper attached to the inner sleeve, visible through a die-cut in the front cover. The die-cut was based on the 1978 Factory 'bar graph' logo designed by Peter Saville. On this edition, the Hannett tracks were included on a bonus 7-inch single on hard vinyl.[2]
The album was given the Factory Identifier FACT14 (Vinyl), or FACT14-C (Cassette).
Legacy[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
AllMusic called the album a "quietly stunning debut, as influential down the road as his labelmates in Joy Division's effort with Unknown Pleasures."[3]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Vini Reilly
- Side A
- "Sketch for Summer" - 2:58
- "Requiem for a Father" - 5:06
- "Katharine" - 5:26
- "Conduct" - 4:59
- Side B
- "Beginning" - 1:37
- "Jazz" - 1:35
- "Sketch for Winter" - 2:22
- "Collette" - 2:20
- "In 'D'" - 2:25
- Bonus flexi-disc
- "First Aspect of the Same Thing" - 3:42
- "Second Aspect of the Same Thing" - 2:59
Personnel[edit]
- The Durutti Column
- Vini Reilly – guitar
- Pete Crooks – bass guitar
- Toby Toman (credited as Toby) – drums
- Additional personnel
- Martin Hannett – production
- Chris Nagle – engineering
- John Brierley – engineering
- Anthony H. Wilson – sleeve artwork (uncredited)
References[edit]
- ^ "A Factory Overseas Discography - Factory Australasia".
- ^ "The Return of the Durutti Column [FBN 114] | the Durutti Column | Factory Benelux".
- ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "The Return of the Durutti Column – The Durutti Column". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ Shirley, Ian (February 2014). "The Durutti Column – The Return Of The Durutti Column". Record Collector. No. 424. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
External links[edit]
- The Return of the Durutti Column at Discogs (list of releases)
