The Durutti Column - The Guitar And Other Machines -Remastered- (c)
Artist....: The Durutti Column
Album.....: The Guitar And Other Machines
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 18
Genre.....: Avantgarde
Label.....: Factory Once / London Records
Catalogue#: FACDO 204, 828 828-2
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/release/427597
Tracklist:
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01 Arpeggiator 04:05
02 What Is It To Me (Woman) 03:47
03 Red Shoes 03:14
04 Jongleur Grey 02:43
05 When The World 05:14
06 U.S.P. 02:24
07 Bordeaux Sequence 05:53
08 Pol In B 03:09
09 English Landscape Tradition 04:50
10 Miss Haymes 05:15
11 Don't Think You're Funny 01:42
12 Lfo Mod 06:25
13 Dream Topping 03:01
14 28 Oldham Street 04:59
15 Otis [live] 05:32
16 English Landscape Tradition [live] 03:20
17 Finding The Sea [live] 05:15
18 Bordeaux [live] 06:06
Total:102,2 MB/ 76:54 min
Release Notes:
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Note: This is the new remastered version with an addition set of tracks
Following up the band's second live album, A Night in New York,
Durutti's composition changed slightly, with both Kellet and Metcalfe
off to pursue other ventures, the former ending up in Simply Red. The
core Reilly/Mitchell duo settled down in studio to create another
striking development in Durutti's story, The Guitar and Other Machines.
So named because of Reilly's choice to explore and use newer
instruments, specifically a Yamaha Sequencer and a DMX Drum Machine
among others, while also trying out new approaches with his guitar
playing, first signaled on Circuses and Bread. Opening track
"Arpeggiator," one of several cuts originally previewed on A Night in
New York, gives a sense as to the result. There's a more
straightforwardly soaring lead guitar line; quick, gently perky synth
loops; a heavy drum punch; additional strings; and other touches to
fill out the busy but strong arrangement. While technology in general
was no stranger to the band, these instruments and approaches were,
resulting in a generally lusher record than most recorded by Durutti
before it, with more rather than fewer instruments being the key motif
while still retaining an economy of performance. Both Metcalfe and
Kellet appeared on an album highlight, "When the World," recalling the
band's mid-'80s highlights while Reilly turns in a surprisingly loud,
kick-ass solo, contrasting his acoustic work on the immediately
following "U.S.P." Otherwise, a variety of other performers assisted
the duo as needed, including producer Stephen Street, who sat in on
bass on "English Landscape Tradition," and guest singers Stanton
Miranda and Pol (a high point of "When the World" who ironically enough
doesn't appear on "Pol in B"). Rob Gray's mouth organ work adds a
nicely rootsy feel to "What Is It to Me (Woman)" and "Jongleur Grey," a
notable contrast against Durutti's generally futurist approach.
Continuing the string of excellent Durutti reissues, its 1996
reappearance included several other studio tracks done around that
time, notably the moody and mysterious "LFO Mod," which only appeared
on the Valuable Passages compilation in the U.S., and "Dream Topping,"
featuring a reunion with A Certain Ratio singer Jeremy Kerr. Concluding
the reissue are four further tracks from a performance at Peter
Gabriel's WOMAD festival, with guest appearances from Chinese opera
singer Liu Sola and Swing Out Sister keyboardist Andy Connell, both of
whom would feature on the Vini Reilly album.