The Durutti Column Without Mercy
1984 Vinyl
Abstract
Avantgarde

Main image
Factory
arranged by Anthony H. Wilson
arranged by The Durutti Column
arranged by Vini Reilly
cello Caroline Lavelle
cor anglais, oboe Maunagh Fleming
design [typographic design] 8vo
engineer Michael Johnson
engineer [assistant] Nigel Beverley
engineer [assistant] Tim Dewey
guitar, bass, piano, drum programming [dmx], written-by Vini Reilly
lacquer cut by Melvyn Abrahams
painting Henri Matisse
percussion, congas, drum programming [dmx] Bruce Mitchell
plated by DW
producer Anthony H. Wilson
producer Michael Johnson
saxophone Mervyn Fletcher
trombone Richard Henry
trumpet Tim Kellett
violin, viola Blaine L. Reininger
Published By Movement Of The 24th January Publishing
Recorded At Strawberry Studios
Mixed At Britannia Row Studios
Lacquer Cut At CTS Studios
Pressed By Linguaphone Institute Ltd.
Picture on front sleeve and record info on back sleeve are applied with glue to the rough cardboard sleeve. Only artist-name, title, cat# are printed on front sleeve and picture info is printed on back sleeve. The individual track titles are printed underneath the attached sheet on the front cover.

Recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Mixed at Britannia Row, London.

Published by the Movement of the 24th January Publishing.

Cover: Triveaux Pond, 1916/17
Oil on canvas 92.7 x 74.3 cm
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Reproduced by Courtesy of the Trustees, the Tate Gallery, London.

The runout message on side A is a misspelled, unpunctuated quotation from the opening of John Keats' 1820 ballad 'La Belle Dame sans Merci'. The correct couplet is:
O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
Matrix / Runout: FACT 84 A1 DW OH WHAT CAN AIL THEE KNIGHT AT ARMS! MEL/cts (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: FACT 84 B1 DW FOR THE CHILD! MEL/cts (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: FACT 84 A2 MEL/cts OH WHAT CAN AIL THE KNIGHT AT ARMS! DW (Runout side A, variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: FACT 84 B2 MEL/cts FOR THE CHILD! DW (Runout side B, variant 2)



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