The Durutti Column LC Factory FACT 44 1981 UK A1 / B1 1st PRESS w/Inner EX+ LP

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DURUTTI COLUMN
LC
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FACTORY Records FACT 44 A
Original 1981 issue Stereo LP
1st PRESS • A1 / B1 Matrix Numbers
Orig. uncorrected MISPRINT on Cover
Original cardstock Custom Inner
Made in England

VINYL is EX+
Gleaming Gloss Vinyl is super clean with a very few surface hairlines only, viewed in hard bright light; from original cardstock inner. (Now in additional soft anti-static inner sleeve). Labels are super clean both sides.
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COVER is Near Mint
Snapping bright and spanking clean with no wear, creases, dings, writing, soil or marks. All edges straight, all corners sharp. Seams and spine 100% intact with no wear or splits.


STRICT CONSERVATIVE GOLDMINE GRADING
NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

Highly sought 2nd DURUTTI COLUMN album in Original Factory Records 1st Pressing

This is a wonderful album, only Vini's 2nd, which certainly rivals the Durutti debut "The Return of..." in terms of ethereal beauty and compelling atmosphere.
a sheer masterpiece and extremely scarce in this original 1st Press!

1st Original package with the heavy cardboard inner sleeve featuring Jackie Williams paintings each side
and the uncorrected "The Durrutti Column" misspelling on spine.
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...the inner completes the original concept that is carried on the front and back covers and both labels - all from the same artist.

MATRIX NUMBERS
SIDE A (etched): FACT 44 A1   EG   (stamped): · STRAWBERRY ·
SIDE B (etched): FACT 44 B1   EG   (stamped): · STRAWBERRY ·

Recorded at home on a TEAC 4-track tape deck, produced at Graveyard Studio, Prestwich, Lancashire.
Published by the Movement of 24th January.
Lacquer Cut by Strawberry Mastering
Printed by Garrod & Lofthouse
A Factory Record from F.C.L.

Vocals, Guitars, Instruments – Vini Reilly
Percussion – Bruce Mitchell
Produced by Stew Pickering and Vini Reilly

"LC" stands for "Lotta Continua" (meaning "the struggle continues" in Italian), a 1970's left-wing student-workers movement in Italy, and its eponymous publication. .

This LP contains the wonderfully melancholic "Never Known" with it's low-key, dreamlike guitarwork and drum machine phasing. A timeless piece of music.
The track "The Missing Boy" is dedicated to Ian Curtis of Joy Division.

Track Listing
A1. Sketch For Dawn (1)         5:19
A2. Portrait For Frazier            3:33
A3. Jacqueline                         2:19
A4. Messidor                           2:33
A5. Sketch For Dawn (2)         4:35
B1. Never Known                    6:46
B2. The Act Committed           5:04
B3. Detail For Paul                  2:01
B4. The Missing Boy               6:38
B5. The Sweet Cheat Gone    2:49

a MUST for all DURUTTI COLUMN and FACTORY RECORDS collectors
You would have a very hard time finding a cleaner original 1st Press.

Vinyl inside additional anti-static inner sleeve
Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve

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