The Return of the Durutti Column is the debut album by The Durutti Column

The Durutti Column

The Durutti Column are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 in Manchester, England. The band is an ongoing project of guitarist Vini Reilly who is often accompanied by drummer Bruce Mitchell. Other current members are Keir Stewart and Reilly's girlfriend Poppy Morgan...

. It was originally released in 1980 on Factory Records

Factory Records

Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...

 and the original 2000 LP sleeves were made of sandpaper, assembled by members of Joy Division

Joy Division

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...

. The initial 2000 copies included a flexi-disc single with two tracks by Martin Hannett

Martin Hannett

Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...

 - "First Aspect of the Same Thing" and "Second Aspect of the Same Thing".

The sleeve states: "Thanks also to Gammer for his melody and Rowbotham, Reid

Jamie Reid

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 and Debord

Guy Debord

Guy Ernest Debord was a French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International . He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.-Early Life:Guy Debord was born in Paris in 1931...

 for the marketing concept." The melody concerned starts about 3'10" into 'Conduct' and was in fact written by Steve Troth, the sleeve/label note being an honest mistake that was quickly acknowleded by Vini Reilly.

Side one

1. "Sketch for Summer" – 3:01
2. "Requiem for a Father" – 5:08
3. "Katharine" – 5:30
4. "Conduct" – 5:02

Side two (5 tracks – original sandpaper sleeve 'B1' and later black sleeve 'B3')

1. "Beginning" – 1:39
2. "Jazz" – 1:38
3. "Sketch for Winter" – 2:24
4. "Collette" – 2:23
5. "In 'D'" – 2:25 (sounds like "Sketch for Winter" with different mix)

Side two (6 tracks – black sleeve 'B2' pressing and First Four CD)

On these editions the label lists the same 5 tracks as above but the running order is different (track 1 above has moved between tracks 4 and 5) and also starts with an extra track that is not included in the original 'B1'/later 'B3'.

1. "Beginning" – 2:28 (audibly a new track not on 'B1' or 'B3')
2. "Jazz" – 1:38 (audibly same as track 2 above)
3. "Sketch for Winter" – 2:24 (audibly same as track 3 above)
4. "Collette" – 2:23 (audibly same as track 4 above)
5. "In 'D'" – 1:39 (audibly same as track 1 above)
6. Not listed – 2:25 (audibly same as track 5 above; sounds like "Sketch for Winter" with different mix)

The above shows (in brackets) the actual equivalent running order between the two versions.

Note: Discographies have stated that the later 1996 CD re-issue has track listing errors although audibly and in track listing it actually matches the original 5-track vinyl version. It has also been assumed that the additional track that starts side two of the 6-track version was intended to be the track labelled "Beginning" (and therefore was missing and mislabled on the original release, and that the last track on both versions was an unintentional inclusion). This has been questioned many times in Durutti Column discussion groups and appears so far not possible to verify which version was the intended/correct one, or to confirm the correct titles of the first and last tracks of the 6-track side two version.

Related works included on reissues

1. "Lips That Would Kiss"
2. "Madeleine"
3. "First Aspect of the Same Thing" (Martin Hannett
   Martin Hannett
   Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
   
   )
4. "Second Aspect of the Same Thing" (Martin Hannett)
5. "Sleep Will Come" – produced by Vini Reilly; vocals by Jeremy Carr
6. "Experiment in Fifth" – produced by Vini Reilly

Personnel

• Vini Reilly
  Vini Reilly
  Vincent "Vini" Gerard Reilly is an English musician and leader of the post-punk group The Durutti Column.-Biography:...
  
   – "The Guitarist"
• Pete Crooks – bass
• Toby – drums
• Martin Hannett
  Martin Hannett
  Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
  
  – "switches", electronics
• Chris Nagle, John Brierley – engineers