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The Durutti Column 'Amigos Em Portugal' Vinyl LP
£18.99
Durutti
The Durutti Column 'Amigos Em Portugal' Vinyl LP
£18.99
"a beautiful insight from Reilly's travels" Sounds.
Digitally re-mastered from vinyl, this is a limited re-release of the hard to find Import AMIGOS EM PORTUGAL'.
Amigos'released first time originally in 1983 is a pre-cursor to one of the great Durutti Column albums Without Mercy'.
Recorded in only a couple of days - such is always the case with Vini Reilly - the album allegedly was supposed to be a single or extended play but the newly formed Portuguese label had the tapes and different ideas! Vini was just enjoying the tape time, playing many of his current work in progress'pieces.
These sketches later became part of the Tony Wilson classical experiment made with Northern College Music degree students, 'Without Mercy'. Most of the tracks here have a beautiful fragility whether just solo guitar instrumentals Estoril a Noire'or piano pieces such as Wheels Turning'or the piano loop from Without Mercy Favourite descending intervals'.
Yes - ¦ - ¦ the times when Vini played piano - ¦.. the years before he believed he was an awful and discombobulated pianist'in his own words - ¦.
It is the second in a series of vinyl and compact disc re-issues from the band on the imprint DURUTTI'.
Three other albums of rare or previously unreleased material are planned over the next eighteen months. Trevor Johnson will have full artistic control of new art and design on all the albums.
Digitally re-mastered from vinyl, this is a limited re-release of the hard to find Import AMIGOS EM PORTUGAL'.
Amigos'released first time originally in 1983 is a pre-cursor to one of the great Durutti Column albums Without Mercy'.
Recorded in only a couple of days - such is always the case with Vini Reilly - the album allegedly was supposed to be a single or extended play but the newly formed Portuguese label had the tapes and different ideas! Vini was just enjoying the tape time, playing many of his current work in progress'pieces.
These sketches later became part of the Tony Wilson classical experiment made with Northern College Music degree students, 'Without Mercy'. Most of the tracks here have a beautiful fragility whether just solo guitar instrumentals Estoril a Noire'or piano pieces such as Wheels Turning'or the piano loop from Without Mercy Favourite descending intervals'.
Yes - ¦ - ¦ the times when Vini played piano - ¦.. the years before he believed he was an awful and discombobulated pianist'in his own words - ¦.
It is the second in a series of vinyl and compact disc re-issues from the band on the imprint DURUTTI'.
Three other albums of rare or previously unreleased material are planned over the next eighteen months. Trevor Johnson will have full artistic control of new art and design on all the albums.
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Sold outThe first stand-alone vinyl single to be released by The Durutti Column this century will be released on Vini Reilly's Birthday early August 2020. Free From All The Chaos', was originally on the CD release Chronicle'presented with the unreleased track Number Three', from the same sessions, also includes the voice of singer/songwriter Caoilfhionn Rose a collaborator with the band over the past five years.Visit product page →
A series of releases originally on the KOOKY imprint will be re-issued for the first time on vinyl, including the very limited CHRONICLE album. Chronicle'is a body of work commissioned from Vini Reilly as an autobiographical project concluding with a series of live shows.
It will be released for the first time in VINYL format later this year.
A limited run of 750 copies c/w a Trevor Johnson designed sleeve on crystal clear vinyl.
Release Date: 04/08/2020 -
Release Date: 12/11/2021Visit product page →
Paean to Wilson is still arguably Vini Reilly and the Durutti Column's most important and consistent piece of work since the demise of the original and seminal Factory Records in the early 1990's.
On this release we have the F4 Heaven Sent tracks released on vinyl for the first time.They first appeared in 2005 via Wilson's project F4, as being the fourth version of Factory Records. Originally it was download-only release, Heaven Sent (It Was Called Digital, It Was Heaven Sent).
A six track CD of personal dedications by Vini ironically the last piece is titled Anthony. Originally this was commissioned for the MIF (Manchester International Festival) where it was premiered in July 2009. Vin had already composed pieces for Tony to listen to whilst he was ill in hospital and it was from here that the project developed.
This release belatedly coincides with the new Paul Morley Biography Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony ... Ever critical of Vini's voice, but ever a fierce champion of his talent, the late Tony Wilson would surely appreciate this instrumental tribute by The Durutti Column. Near the beginning of the final night of the Durutti Column's 70-minute international festival tribute to Tony Wilson, A Paean to Wilson, guitarist Vini Reilly announced that he wouldn't be singing: "So you won't have to put up with my awful voice and schoolboy lyrics." If Wilson was with us, he would have chuckled.
The Granada presenter-turned-Factory Records boss spent years urging his first signing to stop singing, and concentrate on the virtuosity that led Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante to call Reilly "the greatest guitarist in the world". Two years after his death, Wilson got his way, one of many lovely touches in a very personal, emotional and often warmly funny musical tribute.
Wilson signed Joy Division and Happy Mondays, yet never gave up on this cult band he adored, working with them even after his legendary label went bankrupt. A complex man, Wilson was an academic thinker who revelled in Steve Coogan's affectionate, Alan Partridge-style send-up of him.
And this tribute was no different. At one point, Reilly known for melancholy launched into something resembling an Irish jig. "Tony loved to laugh," he explained. "He loved absurdities." After the humour came exquisitely mournful music. With Reilly and drummer Bruce Mitchell augmented by bass, keyboard, violin, electric piano, drum machine and trumpet, the band's beautiful pieces reflected Wilson's love of rock and classical.
Reilly's plangent guitar work showed grief's emotional spectrum, from sadness to overdriven anger. As in life, Wilson had the last word, his recorded voice expounding thoughts on socialism with an eerie echo. Silence followed as Manchester pondered the loss of one of its truly larger-than-life characters. Then everybody cheered.' Dave Simpson The Guardian 20/7/09
Tracklisting:
One
I/Or Are You Just A Technician
II/Chant
III/Quatro
Two
IV/Requiem
V/Stuki
VI/Along Came Poppy
Three
VII/Brother
VIII/Duet With Piano
IX/Darkness Here
Four
X/Catos Revisited
XI/The Truth
XII/How Unbelievable
Five
XIII/Bruce
XIV/Keir
XV/Neil
Six
XVI/Mike
XVII/Alan
XVIII/Anthony -
Sold outVisit product page →Paean to Wilson is arguably Vini Reilly and the Durutti Columns most important and consistent piece of work since the demise of the original and seminal Factory Records in the early 1990's. It was commissioned MIF (Manchester International Festival of Music), July 2009. Vini had already composed pieces for Tony to listen to whilst he was ill in hospital and it was from here that the project developed. The opening night of the three sell-out festival shows formed part of the BBC2 'Culture Show' coverage on the event. Dave Simpson ' MIF Review ' The Guardian 20/7/09 4 out of 5 '
Near the beginning of the final night of the Durutti Column's 70-minute international festival tribute to Tony Wilson, A Paean to Wilson, guitarist Vini Reilly announced that he wouldn't be singing: "So you won't have to put up with my awful voice and schoolboy lyrics." If Wilson was with us, he would have chuckled.
The Granada presenter-turned-Factory Records boss spent years urging his first signing to stop singing, and concentrate on the virtuosity that led Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante to call Reilly "the greatest guitarist in the world". Two years after his death, Wilson got his way, one of many lovely touches in a very personal, emotional and often warmly funny musical tribute.
Wilson signed Joy Division and Happy Mondays, yet never gave up on this cult band he adored, working with them even after his legendary label went bankrupt.
(Repress in limited coloured vinyl of 2013 RSD release DOES NOT include Festival Programme, Postcard Certificate or DL)
Tracklisting:
Vinyl 2xLP:
I. Or Are You Just A TechnicianII. ChantIII. QuatroIV. RequiemV. StukiVI. Along Came PoppyVII. BrotherVIII. Duet With PianoIX. Darkness HereX. Catos RevisitedXI. The TruthXII. How Unbelievable
2CD
A Paean To Wilson - MovementI. Or Are You Just A TechnicianII. ChantIII. QuatroIV. RequiemV. StukiVI. Along Came PoppyVII. BrotherVIII. Duet With PianoIX. Darkness HereX. Catos RevisitedXI. The TruthXII. How Unbelievable
CD Bonus Disc: Heaven Sent(It Was Called Digital. It Was Heaven Sent)1. Bruce2. Keir3. Neil4. Mike5. Alan6. Anthony -
Sold outThe partly autobiographical album was first commissioned for a performance in April 2011 at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. During this period, Vini and Poppy (his girlfriend of 9 years) parted company and it was a heartbroken Vini that went on to complete the production.Visit product page →
Despite the breakup, Poppy had agreed to perform on piano that evening for two of the songs that she had written with Vini accompanying on guitar. Over the following three years, the artist has battled serious illness and has not played a full show since. It was ' and still is ' a very difficult time physically, mentally and emotionally for Vini Reilly. The compositions reflect a particular stage in Vini's recent life.
At the Bridgewater Hall show, a pre-release limited edition CD was available exclusively for that show, with a note by Vini explaining the background to the new work. Whilst Chronicle began as an autobiographical project, events in his life during recording the album brought a new twist to the project.
Chronicle 1 and LX: Chronicle 2 ' The Music.
Bruce Mitchell (Drums and Percussion) "So there are two versions of Chronicle. We did a special edition for the gig at the Bridgewater Hall, where people could get the album as part of a premium ticket deal. In 2011, we premiered the music there, with all Vini's photographs up on the screen.
That was the last gig really. The following day, Phil Cleaver from Kooky said he'd got back home to find his emails full of requests from the audience to buy one. So they all sold out, immediately. But soon afterwards Vin became really ill." "It was a big, expensive recording, Chronicle. And Vin, despite being ill, did this further version, taking all aspects of musical life.
So there's Chronicle 1 and Chronicle 2. What I wanted Vini to do as a composer was something similar to Elgar's Enigma Variations. A piece of music about certain people in a life. I wanted him to do this and link the music to photographs he'd taken over the years. Vin's a great photographer."
However, Reilly remains the Durutti Column's indisputable leader, and had the last say. Bruce continues: "I didn't quite get what I wanted, because in the end, Vini wanted the album to be about his life at this point in time. We couldn't finish it for a while because Vin was in such a bad way. But now it's there. And we've got some very interesting, very powerful music on this. Vini doesn't think show business. To him, it's all about a musical imperative."
Chronicle LX - The Package This package continues the Durutti Column's tradition of the innovative.
This special packaging contains personal images from the artist's camera and photographic collection. Continuing the autobiographical theme, the packaging will acknowledge previous releases through parts of its design and materials used herein. A foil blocked burgundy textured clamshell box will contain: A full colour saddle stitched booklet with an introduction by Bruce Mitchell and a collage of photographs from Vini's own personal collection:
A map (randomly selected one of six designs) redrawn in 'Obey the Time' purple and yellow showing a place of importance to the artist.
A grey foil blocked certificate.
Two compact discs in wallets.
Chronicle One:1. 'Fanfare'2. 'Embattled Heart And Rattling'3. 'Synergetic'4. 'Poppy & Pancho'5. 'The Rest Of A Life '6. 'The Water Colour Class' Featuring Jill Taylor7. 'Nine Years'8. 'Party' (The Version)9. 'Mello'10. 'Mercy In The Cathedral'11. 'To Raise A Gentle Smile'12. 'Pancho & Poppy'13. 'Fanfare Reprise'Chronicle Two:1. 'Free From All The Chaos' Feat. Caoilfhionn Rose Birley2. 'Electrostatic' Feat. Caoilfhionn Rose Birley3. 'Follow' Feat. Caoilfhionn Rose Birley4. 'Misery' Feat. Caoilfhionn Rose Birley5. Big Bill Rance'6. 'The Tabla Bong Guitar7. 'Hotel Calderon'8. 'Dry On The Rocks'9. 'Sharrock's Tune'10. 'The Changes Go Up And The Changes Go Down'11. 'For Jammer James'12. 'Juan Montero & The Drum'
Chronicle Online Bonus Material
An additional third black wallet contains a sandpaper insert c/w unique access code to further content.Music ' Full original version previously commercially unreleasedLive versions of tracks with Poppy MorganStems from A Paean to Wilson Images ' Further images taken by the artist to complement the bookletRare unseen press shots and film proofs from archive material Gigography ' The definitive list of Durutti shows up to the present day.
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