The Durutti ColumnThe Return Of The Durutti Column

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Rock

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Tracklist

The Durutti Column Sketch For Summer 2:58
The Durutti Column Requiem For A Father 5:06
The Durutti Column Katharine 5:26
The Durutti Column Conduct 4:59
The Durutti Column Beginning 1:37
The Durutti Column Jazz 1:35
The Durutti Column Sketch For Winter 2:22
The Durutti Column Collette 2:20
The Durutti Column In 'D' 2:25
Testcard
Martin Hannett The First Aspect Of The Same Thing 3:42
Martin Hannett The Second Aspect Of The Same Thing 2:59

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First released in January 1980 in a sandpaper sleeve, assembled by of Joy Division, A Certain Ratio, and others. While Ian Curtis did the glueing, the other of Joy Division watched a porn movie in the same room.

The labels usually feature "Thanks also to Gammer for his melody and Rowbotham, Reid and Debord for the marketing concept", referring to Guy Debord (whose book "Mémoires" was housed in a sandpaper cover to destroy the adjacent books on the shelf).

Initial pressings are on dark red translucent vinyl (a hallmark of Pye's pressing plant Tranco). Some sandpaper copies included a flexi disc with two instrumental tracks by Martin Hannett. There were four editions of the sandpaper sleeve (totaling either 2,000 or 3,600): "FACT 14" sprayed (in black or white) and with flexi; no spray but with flexi; no spray and no flexi; or "The Return Of The Durutti Column" sprayed in black but without flexi.

The number of sandpaper copies released as of a July 1980 Factory newsletter was reported to be 3,600 ('FACT 14; "The Return of the Durutti Column" ... First 3,600 in sandpaper all gone but we have some 12' square sheets of sandpaper left'); however, James Nice subsequently published the quantity made as 2,000.

Reissued in July 1980 in a black sleeve, with a painting by Raoul Dufy. The black sleeve editions come in textured and untextured versions.

The track "In 'D'" is actually a different mix of "Sketch For Winter"

There originally are two audio versions of this album:
- the first and third pressings each have five tracks on the B side (matrices A1/B1 and A3/B3),
- the second pressing (matrix A2/B2) has six tracks on the B side, but only five are listed: track B1 is new and uncredited but labeled as "Beginning", track B5 is "Beginning" but unlisted, and track B6 is "In 'D'". This configuration is also found on Italian and Japanese vinyl pressings, as well as on the CD that was part of FACD 224.

The first Japanese vinyl edition (JAL-1) has 10 tracks with new / uncredited track as B1, but the inner sleeve lists track B5 as "In 'D' (A)" and "(B)". Same audio content as on FACD 14 and FACT 14 A2/B2.

Both Japanese CD editions and FACD 14 have "Beginning" and "In 'D'" combined into one track, labeled as "In 'D'", with overall track length of 4:10 (incl. 6 second silence). Same audio content as JAL 1 and FACT 14 A2/B2.

14 000 copies were pressed until 17 July 1981.

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    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1980-01-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album; Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided
    Factory – FACT 14C UK 1980 UK1980
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1980-07-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Textured Cover
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1980 UK1980
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1980-01-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1980 UK1980
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1980-01-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, No Spray-paint; Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided
    Factory – FACT 14C UK 1980 UK1980
    The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, White Spray; Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single Sided
    Factory – FACT 14C UK 1980 UK1980
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1980-07-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Repress, Textured cover
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1980 UK1980
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album
    Factory – FACT 14 Italy 1981 Italy1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981-06-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album
    GAP Records – FACOZ 1002 Australia 1981 Australia1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Cassette The Return Of The Durutti Column
    Cassette, Album
    Factory – TC-FACOZ-1002 Australia 1981 Australia1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album
    Factory – FACN 03 Canada 1981 Canada1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Textured
    Edigsa – 19L0099 Spain 1981 Spain1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, White Label
    GAP Records – FACOZ 1002 Australia 1981 Australia1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981-06-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue, Tranco Pressing
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1981 UK1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, WEA West Drayton Pressing
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1981 UK1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album
    Edigsa – 19L0099 Spain 1981 Spain1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981, Cassette The Return Of The Durutti Column
    Cassette, Album
    Factory – 19C0099 Spain 1981 Spain1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1981-06-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue, Lyntone Pressing
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1981 UK1981
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1982-05-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album
    Factory – FACT 14 New Zealand 1982 New Zealand1982
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1984, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album
    Japan Record – 23JAL-1 Japan 1984 Japan1984
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1984, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Promo
    Japan Record – 23JAL-1 Japan 1984 Japan1984
    Cover of Return Of..., 1985-12-00, Cassette Return Of...
    Cassette, Album; Box Set
    Factory – Fact 14c UK 1985 UK1985
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1986, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Textured Cover
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1986 UK1986
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1986, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Promo, Repress, White Label
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1986 UK1986
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1986, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Repress, Glossy Sleeve
    Factory – FACT 14 UK 1986 UK1986
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1987-01-21, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
    Factory – CY-1356 Japan 1987 Japan1987
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1989-04-21, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Factory – CY-3117 Japan 1989 Japan1989
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 1996-12-09, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, PDO, UK
    London Records – 828 829-2 Europe 1996 Europe1996
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2010-06-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram
    4 Men With Beards – 4m521 US 2010 US2010
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2011-09-14, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition, SHM-CD, Sandpaper Cover
    Factory – VSCD9715 Japan 2011 Japan2011
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2011-09-14, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD
    Vivid Sound Corporation – VSCD9715 Japan 2011 Japan2011
    Recently Edited
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2011-09-14, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD
    Vivid Sound – WQ-1117 Japan 2011 Japan2011
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2013, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Reissue
    1972 – if50 US 2013 US2013
    Recently Edited
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2013-12-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue; 7", 45 RPM, Reissue
    Factory Benelux – FBN 114 UK 2013 UK2013
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2014, CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Factory Benelux – FBN 114 CD UK 2014 UK2014
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2018-08-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue; 7", 45 RPM, Reissue, Clear
    Factory Benelux – FBN 114 UK 2018 UK2018
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2020-12-00, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue; 7", 45 RPM, Reissue, Red
    Factory Benelux – FBN 114 UK 2020 UK2020
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2022, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue, Repress; 7", 45 RPM, Reissue, Repress, Clear
    Factory Benelux – FBN 114 UK 2022 UK2022
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2022, Vinyl The Return Of The Durutti Column
    LP, Album, Reissue, Repress; 7", 45 RPM, Reissue, Repress, Clear
    Factory Benelux – FBN 114 UK 2022 UK2022
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, 2023-08-09, File The Return Of The Durutti Column
    15×File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    London Records – none Worldwide 2023 Worldwide2023
    Recently Edited
    Cover of The Return Of The Durutti Column, , CD The Return Of The Durutti Column
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Disctronics S
    London Records – 828 829-2 Europe Europe

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