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

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 2CD 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 in Leeds in October 1980, 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.

Domo Arigato reissue on Factory Benelux

Factory Benelux present a comprehensive reissue of Domo Arigato across LP, CD and DVD formats. FBN 52 comes as 3 CDs plus DVD or a double LP plus bonus 7" single.

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 now via Factory Benelux Mail Order.

The official release date seems to be 26 May 2017 but it will probably be available earlier than that via FBN.

Ghosts of Christmas Past [TWI 158 CD]

Les Disques du Crépuscule presents an expanded edition of classic festive album Ghosts of Christmas Past, featuring favourites from the original 1981 and 1982 editions now joined by newer tracks by Crépuscule artists.

There are two Durutti Column tracks - Snowflakes and One Christmas For Your Thoughts.

It's released on 30 November 2015 as TWI 158 CD.

For this new double CD version in 2015 Crépuscule have now added more chantons noel by Blaine L. Reininger, Section 25, The Wake, Marsheaux, Deux Filles, Stanton Miranda, Virna Lindt, B Music and Ultramarine.

Festive cover art is by Jean-Francois Octave and the remastered 2CD package comes in a deluxe 6-panel digipack.

The album is available to buy direct from Les Disques du Crépuscule mail order.

Tracklisting

Disc 1

1. Section 25 - Jesus Sweetly Sleeps
2. Miranda Dali - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
3. The Wake - Jesus From the Block
4. Marsheaux - We Met Bernard Sumner at a Christmas Party Last Night
5. Ultramarine - Winter Circle
6. Isolation Ward - Lamina Christus
7. Thick Pigeon - Jingle Bell Rock
8. Aztec Camera - Hot Club of Christ
9. Paul Haig - Scottish Christmas
10. B Music - Rocking Carol
11. Tuxedomoon - Weihnachtsrap
12. Virna Lindt - Festivo
13. Blaine L. Reininger - Jingle Hell
14. Blaine L. Reininger - Silent Blight
15. Blaine L. Reininger - Xmas Blooz
16. The Durutti Column - Snowflakes
17. Monks in the Snow - A Theme for This Special Evening

Disc 2

1. Hillcrest Club - Breakfast at Christmas
2. Paul Haig - Christiana
3. The Names - Tokyo Twilight
4. The Durutti Column - One Christmas For Your Thoughts
5. White Birds - Possessed By the Stars
6. The Swinging Buildings - Praying for a Cheaper Christmas
7. B Music - Ode to Joy
8. Antena - Noelle a Hawai
9. The Pale Fountains - Benoît’s Christmas
10. The French Impressionists - Santa Baby
11. Simon Topping - Peep Show International
12. Thick Pigeon - Silhouettes
13. Deux Filles - The Snow Falls and the Village Is Overflowing With Children
14. Mikado - Message de Noël
15. Winston Tong - The Twelve Days of Christmas
16. The Arcadians - Write Your Letter
17. Michael Nyman - Cream or Christians
18. Magazzini Criminali - Honolulu 25 dicembre 1990

Fac. Dance features The Durutti Column

In a relatively quiet period Durutti-wise whilst Vini puts the finishing touches to the full release of Chronicle (expected in the Autumn), we can belatedly announce that two tracks by the band will feature on a new compilation of Factory Records dance material. The Durutti Column's tracks that will appear on Fac. Dance, Madeleine and For Belgian Friends (Valuable Passages version), are probably best thought of as avant-garde-dance-tinged.

The cover artwork features the iconic 'smokestack' logo and the full tracklisting which features many other Factory bands (many of which benefited from a DC collaboration somewhere along the line) was compiled and annotated by Bill Brewster of DJHistory.com.

Fac. Dance is out at the end of October 2011 on Strut Records.