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Vini Reilly was a brilliant musician and a true artist. I was so surprised to hear some of these pieces on "The Bear" series recently, so I guess his popularity is growing. Like the late Mark Hollis, it's a shame that the greater appreciation of his work is of no further use to him, personally.
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Early line-ups
In 1978, Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, later partners in Factory Records, assembled a band around the remnants of local punk rock band Fast Breeder, specifically drummer Chris Joyce and guitarist Dave Rowbotham. The name was derived from a misspelling of the Durruti Column, an anarchist military unit in the Spanish Civil War, named after Buenaventura Durruti. The name was also taken from a four-page comic strip entitled "Le Retour de la Colonne Durruti" ("The Return Of The Durruti Column") by...
1979–1990: Factory Records
The first album, 1980's The Return of the Durutti Column (title inspired by a 1967 Situationist International poster that includes that phrase), was produced by Martin Hannett. Reilly: "...he more or less got sounds for me that no one else could understand that I wanted. And he understood that I wanted to play the electric guitar but I didn't want this horrible distorted, usual electric guitar sound and he managed to get that." The record featured a sandpaper sleeve (like the title of the rec...
1990 onward: after Factory
For the first few years after the demise of Factory, the only Durutti Column album releases were Lips That Would Kiss (a 1991 collection of early singles, compilation contributions and unreleased material on the separate label Factory Benelux), and Dry (1991) and Red Shoes(1992), Italian collections of alternate versions and unreleased outtakes. Former member Dave Rowbotham was killed by an unknown assailant in 1991. He was later memorialised by the Happy Mondaysin the song "Cowboy Dave". In...
Phil Rainford is a British former singer and music producer, who formed part of the Manchester music scene, in late 1970s and early 1980s. He was the original singer of post-punk band The Durutti Column who were signed to Factory Records, having joined the band in early 1978. He was sacked in July of that year, for not being a considered correct ch...
Nice, James (2011) [2010]. Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records (paperback ed.). London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-84513-634-5.
- 1978–present
- Greater Manchester, England
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 CD release of "Sex And Death" on Discogs.
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Factory Benelux präsentiert eine erweiterte CD-Edition von Sex and Death, dem elften Studioalbum des gefeierten Factory Records-Ensembles The Durutti Column. Ursprünglich 1994 nur auf CD veröffentlicht, wurde das Album nun mit 10 seltenen und bisher unveröffentlichten Bonustracks neu gemastert.
14. Nov. 1994 · The Durutti Column - Blue Period. 5:12. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1994 CD release of "Sex And Death" on Discogs.
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Expanded CD and vinyl editions of 1995 album Sex and Death by The Durutti Column
7. Mai 2021 · Album: SEX & DEATH – originally released in 1995. via Factory Records – the band’s 11th LP. Select (British music magazine) wrote at the time: The perfect easy listening album for 1994″. Info: The writing and recording of Sex And Death closed an uncertain. period for Reilly and the group following the collapse of Factory Records. in 1992.
