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01. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - I. Or Are You Just a Technician
02. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - II. Chant
03. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - III. Quatro
04. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - IV. Requiem
05. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - V. Stuki
06. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - VI. Along Came Poppy
07. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - VII. Brother
08. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - VIII. Duet With Piano
09. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - IX. Darkness Here
10. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - X. Catos Revisited
11. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - XI. The Truth
12. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - XII. How Unbelievable
01. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Bruce
02. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Keir
03. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Neil
04. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Mike
05. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Alan
06. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - Anthony
ARTIST
TITLE
A Paean to Wilson
FORMAT
2CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
KOOKY 029CD KOOKY 029CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/10/2013

2013 repress, originally issued 2010. A Paean to Wilson was arguably The Durutti Column's most important and consistent piece of work since the demise of Factory Records in the early 1990s. Manchester International Festival of Music commissioned it for their festival in July 2009. Vini Reilly had already composed pieces for Tony Wilson to listen to while he was ill in the hospital and it was from here that the project developed. With Reilly and drummer Bruce Mitchell augmented by bass, keyboard, violin, electric piano, drum machine, and trumpet, the band's beautiful pieces reflected Wilson's love of rock and classical. Reilly's plangent guitar work showed grief's emotional spectrum, from sadness to overdriven anger. As in life, Wilson had the last word, his recorded voice expounding thoughts on Socialism with an eerie echo. Ever-critical of Vini's voice, but ever a fierce champion of his talent, the late Tony Wilson would surely appreciate this instrumental tribute by The Durutti Column.