M24J (ANTHOLOGY) 2LP +7I

M24J (Anthology) is a collection of valuable passages recorded by The Durutti Column between 1979 and 2011 for various iterations of Factory Records, including poignant tributes to manager/mentor Anthony H. Wilson. Available as a double CD set (and also a double vinyl), M24J (Anthology) includes selections from The Return of the Durutti Column, LC, Another Setting, Short Stories for Pauline, Without Mercy, Circuses and Bread, The Guitar and Other Machines, Vini Reilly, Obey the Time, Treatise on the Steppenwolf and A Paean to Wilson. šThe Durutti Column was Tony™s baby,› says Durutti mainman Vini Reilly. šWe were the first act signed up to his Factory club night, and the first band signed to Factory Records. Tony became my mentor, somebody to look up to. He was a very tough character, yet he was very gentle. He had many sides. The biggest arguments with Tony were that he wanted to stop me singing with my schoolboy lyrics and my dreadful voice.› Reilly™s music remains resolutely unclassifiable, and sounds better and better with each passing year. šDon™t listen to the form,› he insists, šlisten to the content. Don't listen to the style, the tradition, the technique, just the content of the music. Then judge. People say The Durutti Column is this or that. I don™t care so long as we make good music. There's so much good music around. Don't bother with form. Just enjoy.› Bonus tracks on the CD version include three tracks recorded live in Leeds on 7 October 1980, these being the earliest preserved professional in concert recordings by Vini Reilly. The cover portrait of Vini Reilly is by Mark Warner. The bonus 7› included with the vinyl package features two previously unreleased live recordings. One is a cover of Albatross by Peter Green, recorded in 2004; the other is Spooky Tune, recorded with Poppy Morgan at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in 2011, Vini™s last major concert to date. The remastered set is housed in a double gatefold sleeve printed on white matt board and includes a digital copy (MP3). CD tracklist: Disc 1 1. Sketch for Summer 2. Conduct 3. Lips That Would Kiss 4. For Belgian Friends 5. Danny 6. Messidor 7. The Beggar (live in Paris) 8. Prayer 9. Mercy Theme (Duet) 10. Estoril a Noite 11. College 12. All That Love and Maths Can Do 13. Pauline 14. Arpeggiator 15. Catos con Guantes 16. Otis 17. Love No More 18. My Country Disc 2 1. Home 2. Art and Freight 3. My Only Love 4. A Beautiful Thought Pt 1 5. The Title On the Cover 6. Bruce 7. The Missing Boy 8. Anthony (Favourite Descending Intervals) 9. A Paean to Wilson I: Or Are You Just a Technician? 10. A Paean to Wilson II: Chant 11. A Paean to Wilson IX: Darkness Here 12. Glimpse 13. Detail for Annik (live in Leeds 1980) 14. Sketch for Summer (live in Leeds 1980) 15. Requiem for a Father (live in Leeds 1980) 2LP tracklist: Disc 1 A1. Sketch for Summer A2. Lips That Would Kiss A3. For Belgian Friends A4. Danny A5. Messidor B1. Mercy Theme (Duet) B2. Estoril a Noite B3. All That Love and Maths Can Do B4. Catos con Guantes Disc 2 C1. Prayer C2. Otis C3. Love No More C4. Home C5. A Beautiful Thought D1. Anthony (Favourite Descending Intervals) D2. A Paean to Wilson I: Or Are You Just a Technician? D3. A Paean to Wilson II: Chant D4. A Paean to Wilson IX: Darkness Here D5. Glimpse Disc 3 (7-inch) E1. Albatross (live in Nottingham 2004) F1. Spooky Tune (live in Manchester 2011)