(flac 378mb)01 Without Mercy 1 18:4902 Without Mercy 2 19:38Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say03 Goodbye 1:5204 The Room 6:0305 A Little Mercy 3:4006 Silence 7:4707 E.E. 4:3708 Hello(w) 1:09Related Works09 All That Love And Maths Can Do 3:3610 The Sea Wall 3:28(ogg 156mb)xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxA live recording in Japan from 1985, where Durutti and Reilly had built up a considerable reputation and fan base, Domo Arigato is a well-recorded and performed treat, showing the then-current lineup performing songs old and new for an appreciative audience. At this point, Reilly and Mitchell performed with trumpeter Tim Kellet and violist John Metcalfe, who were able to help replicate more recent, classically inspired songs and to reinterpret earlier material as well with skill and style, along with throwing in a completely new song or two along the way.

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Starting with the first Durutti track ever, Return's 'Sketch for Summer,' prefaced by as low-key an introduction from Reilly as anyone could ever deliver, Domo Arigato brings the group's studio work to exquisite life. Hearing Mitchell's percussion work in addition to some gentle drum machine pacing, rather than the straightforward rhythm box of the original, makes for wonderful listening, while Reilly's guitar work is unsurprisingly excellent.

Immediately followed up with a triumphant, slightly extended version of LC's 'Sketch for Dawn' that hits a polite but effective dance groove and last charging solo toward its end, it makes for a wonderful one-two punch. Without Mercy appears via selections from that lengthy work, including the separate Say What You Mean reduction 'A Little Mercy' and 'Mercy Dance,' which takes the distinctly funky part of the composition and turns it into a quick, fun jam. Kellet and Metcalfe do a fine job interpreting the fuller arrangements and performances from that album onto their respective instruments, unavoidably losing some of the variation but none of the attractive complexity. If a sole highlight had to be picked, the performance of the Ian Curtis tribute 'The Missing Boy' would likely have to be it, building on the fragile energy and wistful remembrance from the original in spades to result in a powerful interpretation, Reilly's singing echoed from a far depth.

The 1998 reissue includes three studio works recorded around the same time, starting with the fine L.A. Tribute 'Our Lady of the Angels,' partially recorded in the city itself. Equally intriguing is the group's first recorded cover version, the Jefferson Airplane classic 'White Rabbit,' with guest vocals from Debi Diamond. (flac 452mb)01 Sketch For Summer 2:2202 Sketch For Dawn 4:5003 Mercy Theme 2:2504 Little Mercy 10:0405 Dream Of A Child 6:4506 Mercy Dance 3:4507 The Room 4:3508 E.E.

4:0909 Blind Elevator Girl 8:1210 Tomorrow 2:4911 For Belgian Friends 3:0312 Missing Boy 7:4313 Self Portrait 2:5014 Audience Noise 0:58Related Works15 Our Lady Of The Angels 4:1316 White Rabbit 4:0217 When The World (Newson Mix) 6:46(ogg 177mb)xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxDurutti's fifth studio album finds the core Reilly/Mitchell/Kellet/Metcalfe lineup of the mid-'80s still in excellent form, steering back from the lengthy excursion of Without Mercy in favor of shorter songs typical of Durutti's other recorded work. While the overall style and mood of the performers had little changed, Reilly in particular remains a master of his art, able to progress and experiment without making a big deal of it, and whose sound remains so unique still that almost any recording of it is worthwhile. Starting with the fine 'Pauline,' with an excellent viola line from Metcalfe helping to set the tone, Circuses and Bread doesn't radically advance Durutti so much as it codifies it further. One of his most wracked songs ever appears midway through - 'Royal Infirmary,' whose combination of piano, trumpet, and gunfire almost seems like a reference to World War I, and which likely influenced similar efforts focusing on that conflict from Piano Magic and possibly even Mark Hollis.

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Reilly's singing in places is stronger than ever - while still generally understated and subtle, there's less echo and a clearer, crisper recording quality. In his playing, there's slightly more of a willingness to try more common guitar approaches - consider the strung-out solo on 'Hilary,' which while buried in the mix provides a near acid rock counterpoint to the usual crisp shimmer that's more upfront. Metcalfe's lines and string plucks add further fine drama, Mitchell is excellent and varied as always in his percussion approaches, and Kellet comes up with some real winners, like the mournful brass on 'Street Fight.'

Concluding with some lengthy, exploratory tracks, including the minimal progression of 'Black Horses' and 'Blind Elevator Girl,' Circuses and Bread is another Durutti highlight. In a curious footnote, however, it remains the sole Durutti album from the 1980s not reissued in the comprehensive late-'90s remastering/re-releasing program via Factory Once Records.

But then a decade later LTM released an expanded edition featuring ten bonus tracks including compilation tracks 'Verbiers' and 'The Aftermath' plus four previously unreleased tracks from the cancelled 1983 album Short Stories For Pauline. Also includes the rarely heard 1983 single 'I Get Along Without You Very Well', a Hoagy Carmichael cover sung by Lindsay Reade and dedicated to her former husband, the late Anthony H. Wilson (Factory Records founder and Durutti Column manager). The booklet restores the original cover design by 8vo.

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(flac 421mb)01 Arpeggiator 4:0502 What Is It To Me (Woman) 3:4703 Red Shoes 3:1304 Jongleur Grey 2:4205 When The World 5:1406 U.S.P. (flac 384mb)01 Love No More 2:4702 Pol In G 3:0003 Opera I 2:1304 People's Pleasure Park 4:5905 Red Square 3:1206 Finding The Sea 9:4807 Otis 4:1708 William B 2:1509 They Work Every Day 3:5710 Opera II 2:5811 Homage To Catalonea 2:0412 Requiem Again 4:0413 My Country 3:00Vini Reilly Bonus album01 Opera II Demo 3:3302 Finding The Sea 1 4:5703 PPP Demo 2:5004 Juxqan Montero Sketch 1 1:4605 Sample Tune 3:5506 Finding The Sea 2 4:4607 Juan Montero Sketch 2 2:5208 William B Demo 2:3009 Sketches On Stratocaster 5:01(ogg 159mb)xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx.

. (V/A) Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series Vol. 1-5 (Wergo).

Bomp- Bomp (Don Pedro's Records, 1980). Bushman music and Pygmy music/ Musique Bochiman et musique Pygmée (Harvard/ Peabody LP- LD9). David Behrman- Wave Train (Alga Marghen, 2011). Eden Abhez - Eden's Island (Trunk Remaster). Jack Rose- Hung Far Low, Portland CD-R (2001). Jacques Kodjian- Oriental Mood (EMI, 1972). Johnny Space & His Flying Rockets- Any album or singles.

Kaluli Weeping And Song: Papua Nuigini (Barenreiter Musicaphon). Mostafa Sid Ahmed- Anything.

Vincent Epplay and Samon Takahashi- Soundtracks for the Movies of Pierre Clementi (Alga Marghen, 2011).