The Return of the Durutti Column [FBN 114]

'The Return of the Durutti Column' is out now in a very special new Factory Benelux edition on 12" vinyl in a special sleeve with a die-cut card and glasspaper sleeve based on Peter Saville's early Factory Records logo design. The back cover features period photographs by Daniel Meadows. The inner sleeve features a coloured version of the Factory logo. The original Hannett 'Test Card' which was a flexi-disc in the original sandpaper sleeve version has been converted to a regular hard black vinyl 7" single bringing a much higher standard of sound quality.

There are two bonus tracks on side two of the LP - 'Madeleine' and 'Lips That Would Kiss' - which were previously released as a Factory Benelux single in 1980.

The liner notes feature quotes from Vini Reilly, Martin Hannett, Tony Wilson, Peter Saville, Daniel Meadows, John Brierley, Bruce Mitchell and members of Joy Division.

The album is available direct from Factory Benelux mailorder. All enquiries about the album release, prices, postage, etc direct to Factory Benelux please!

The Return of... (FBN 114)

Factory Benelux has announced full details and pricing of its new vinyl LP re-edition of 'The Return of The Durutti Column' originally released in the infamous sandpaper sleeve in 1980. The front cover of this new FBN edition on 12" vinyl features an 11-inch square sheet of coarse glasspaper seated in a recessed deboss. The back cover which features period photographs Daniel Meadows.

The original Hannett 'Test Card' flexi-disc is now a regular non-flexi-disc black vinyl 7" single with improved sound quality. There are two bonus tracks on the main album itself, 'Madeleine' and 'Lips That Would Kiss' from a 1980 FBN singl.

The liner notes feature quotes from Vini Reilly, Martin Hannett, Tony Wilson, Peter Saville, Daniel Meadows, John Brierley, Bruce Mitchell and members of Joy Division. It all comes in a plastic bag which will protect the other records in your collection.

The album will be available direct from Factory Benelux mailorder from the beginning of December, priced at 25.00 GBP including UK postage. EU please add 4.00 GBP for airmail post. Rest of the World add 6.00 GBP for airmail post. The album will be dispatched in strong cruciform mailer.

All enquiries about the album release, postage, etc direct to Factory Benelux please!

Tracklisting

Side 1

1. Sketch for Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katharine
4. Conduct

Side 2

1. Beginning
2. Jazz
3. Sketch for Winter
4. Collette
5. In ‘D’
6. Lips That Would Kiss
7. Madeleine

Side 3

1. The First Aspect of the Same Thing

Side 4

1. The Second Aspect of the Same Thing

The Return of The Durutti Column FBN 114

Factory Benelux presents a new vinyl edition of landmark album The Return of the Durutti Column, housed in a revised version of the iconic sandpaper sleeve first issued by Factory Records in January 1980. This edition is released on 25 November 2013.

A collaboration between virtuoso guitarist Vini Reilly and legendary Manchester producer Martin Hannett, The Return of the Durutti Column paired Reilly's non-rock sketches with Hannett's electronic textures to produce "perfectly realised, correctly ambient and inventive music" (NME). The infamous sandpaper sleeve was somewhat less user friendly. Inspired by a 1959 Situationist publication by Guy Debord and Asger Jorn, the relentless iconoclasts at Factory hoped that the abrasive packaging would destroy existing record collections.

This new 2013 edition on Factory Benelux develops rather than replicates the original packaging. On the front cover, an 11-inch square sheet of coarse sandpaper is seated in a recessed deboss, while the back cover and inner sleeve feature period Durutti images by noted photographer Daniel Meadows. The bonus Hannett 'test card' flexidisc is now a hard vinyl 7" (with improved sound quality), while the album itself features two extra tracks, Madeleine and Lips That Would Kiss (previously issued as a separate 7-inch single on Factory Benelux in October 1980).

The inner bag also features extensive liner notes with quotes from Vini Reilly, Martin Hannett, Tony Wilson, Peter Saville, Daniel Meadows, John Brierley, Bruce Mitchell and members of Joy Division, who assembled most of the sandpaper originals. The new package is sealed in a heavy duty polythene wallet, thus ensuring that adjacent records in your collection remain intact.

Tracklisting

Side 1

1. Sketch for Summer
2. Requiem for a Father
3. Katharine
4. Conduct

Side 2

1. Beginning
2. Jazz
3. Sketch for Winter
4. Collette
5. In 'D'
6. Lips That Would Kiss
7. Madeleine

Side 3

1. The First Aspect of the Same Thing

Side 4

1. The Second Aspect of the Same Thing