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The return of ‘The Return of the Durutti Column’: a post-punk classic is back
12.04.2013
10:29 am
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The seminal 1980 post-punk LP The Return of the Durutti Column has been reissued on vinyl. In a nod to its original release, it’s been packaged in a sandpaper sleeve. Despite the title, the LP was the band’s debut, and despite my use of the word “band,” The Durutti Column was and remains the solo-with-guests outlet of guitarist Vini Reilly, best known apart from TDC as the instrumental maestro behind Morrissey’s Viva Hate album.
 
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Starting with Return, Reilly pioneered a Fripp-derived but singularly hypnotic guitar style, characterized by chiming, shimmering, echo-ey soundscapes that first inspired the likes of the Cocteau Twins, and later, shoegaze and chillout.
 

The Durutti Column, “Sketch For Summer”
 

The Durutti Column, “Katharine”
 

The Durutti Column, “Sketch For Winter”
 

The Durutti Column, “Jazz”

Stoners, feel free to try playing those all at once.

The uninitiated looking to dabble around TCD’s immense catalog may enjoy 1981’s LC, 1987’s The Guitar & Other Machines, 1989’s Vini Reilly, or 2009’s Love in the Time of Recession. There’s also a best-of, if that’s your thing.

Here’s Reilly live, with full band, performing in Tokyo in 1985.
 

 
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Posted by Ron Kretsch
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12.04.2013
10:29 am
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