{"product_id":"the-durutti-column-the-return-of-the-durutti-column-45th-anniversary-edition","title":"The Durutti Column - The Return Of The Durutti Column (45th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘The Return of The Durutti Column’ marked the beginning of a five-decade career in which The Durutti Column quietly became one of Manchester’s most influential acts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album is a hauntingly intimate debut from Vini Reilly: fragile, otherworldly, and quietly radical.\u003cbr\u003eWith producer Martin Hannett’s signature studio alchemy, Reilly’s delicate, filigree guitar work is wrapped in ambient haze, post-punk reverb, and glacial electronics.\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a sparse yet emotionally saturated soundscape, where minimalism meets affecting atmospherics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo mark the album’s 45th anniversary, London Records presents new editions, remastered from the original tapes (the first edition to do so since 1980).\u003cbr\u003eThis special 2 disc edition features the original album, early works, home and studio demos, and live tracks from the era.\u003cbr\u003eFeatures two home demos exclusive to this format.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 48 page booklet also includes essays by The Durutti Column and Factory Records expert James Nice, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and MOJO writer Ian Harrison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• “Essential” - The Quietus\u003cbr\u003e• “The most distinctive LP in the Factory canon” - Record Collector (★★★★★)\u003cbr\u003e• “A perfect meeting of the minds” - BBC\u003cbr\u003e• “A quietly stunning debut” - All Music (★★★★½)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct notes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe packaging is a 48pp case bound book.\u003cbr\u003eCovered in a maroon buckram embossed coloured paper over a 2000 micron board; printed in one colour to the front cover, spine and back cover.\u003cbr\u003eThe CD pockets on the inside front and back cover are made from 250gsm black uncoated paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe booklet is printed in four colours throughout on a 140gsm uncoated paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe covering paper is the same material that was originally employed on the Factory cassette series released in 1985.\u003cbr\u003eThe paper was found gathering dust in the lock up of a paper merchant.\u003cbr\u003eIt is confirmed as the original covering material as the swatch book has all the other colours from the Factory cassette series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LONDON RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Limited Deluxe Edition Tall Book Hardback","offer_id":53206834282823,"sku":"TRI-67902","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Deluxe Black Vinyl","offer_id":53206835265863,"sku":"TRI-67903","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/3c2f823899048ccd099e080f2e069bf5_de5037f5-22a3-4a15-9585-3984e36e6eb8.jpg?v=1769375961","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/the-durutti-column-the-return-of-the-durutti-column-45th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}