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Release Date: 2009-09

Label: Kooky

A compilation of The Durutti Column's first four albums plus two additional discs.
Box is 190mm square (7 3/4") and 60mm deep (2 3/8"). Discs are stored in individual solid color glossy cardboard mini-sleeves without artwork (just title printing on back), and are all packed in a plain white square sealed envelope with an individual handwritten number, 'x' of 1175. Also included are 9 card inserts sized to fit closely in the box, 5 of which contain printed interviews with people associated with the release, and 4 are single-sided reproductions of original album art from the included reissues.
According to the official website, "advance copies (were to) be available for sale at the Manchester International Festival shows 15-17 July 2009."

2009 Kooky Records / Made in the U.K.
Published by Imagen [sic]

This is the limited and numbered version; the other version, Four Factory Records, is not numbered.

CD1 recorded at Cargo, Rochdale. Mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
CD2 recorded and mixed at Graveyard Studios, Prestwitch.
CD3 recorded and mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
CD4 recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Mixed at Britannia Row, London.
CD5 compiled and mastered from studio and home demos at Far Heath Studios and at Kooky. Thanks to Mike Mitchell.
CD6 compiled and mastered from original cassette mixing desk dates at Kooky. Special thanks to Bruce Mitchell for the source material.

Track durations are not printed on the release, aside from 1-7, 1-9, and 5-5.

Notes on The Return Of The Durutti Column
Both the first (Sandpaper sleeve) and second (Black sleeve) vinyl issues of "The Return of The Durutti Column" (FACT 14) feature 9 tracks with the last track being listed as "In D" with a track timing of 2:25. This track is alternately called "Sketch For Winter (mix)" but is never listed as such. / When "The Return of..." was reissued for the first time on CD for "The First Four Albums" 4CD box set (FACD 224) the track was still titled "In D" but the track timing became 4:12. This is because that version comprises an initial track of approx 1:40 which we shall call "In D" followed by "Sketch for Winter (mix)". / To further complicates [sic] matters, when "The Return of..." was reissued again (as FACDO 14), as part of the Factory Once series of Durutti reissues of the 8 main Factory Records albums, the short 1:40 version of "In D" is included as Track 5 on its own where it is included in place of "Beginning". / This new remastered issue aims to provide a CD version of the original vinyl release. To that end, the version of "In D" which is presented on the CD is the 2:25 version from the Sandpaper and Black sleeve vinyl versions. It's just that "In D" is really "Sketch for Winter (mix)".

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