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The Durutti Column's Live at the Venue was initially released as a limited edition of 4,000 vinyl copies in 1983. This 2004 edition is an even rarer beast, because it's limited to 1,000 copies. The new edition is a copy of one of the original vinyl records, as the master no longer exists. The legend of the original recording is as interesting as Vini Reilly's performance. After a low-key yet thrilling set, Reilly and company were approached by a live-recordings dealer who traveled in a cream Rolls Royce. The gent had mysteriously come upon a soundboard mix of the concert, and he was eager to put it to market.

He forked over the necessary cash, and the contract was forged on a napkin. Whether or not he was exercising good business sense, Reilly was wielding his guitar with grace in this era; that's not to say there was ever a time when he didn't. His bandmates offer fine electronic and percussive accompaniment. Listening to these 11 songs is the next best thing to being in the room with the young musical experimenter. The track listing features a fine sampling of songs from The Return of the Durutti Column, LC, and Another Setting, as well as variations on themes and melodies that would feature later in his career. The quality of the recording is quite good, as one would expect from a soundboard bootleg; the respectful audience is heard only in restrained applause between songs. Reilly's vocals are clean and clear, and his every strum and pick shine through.

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It's quite interesting to hear how similar a live Durutti Column performance is to a studio recording. It's this sense of similarity that makes Live at the Venue somewhat inessential for fans. Inessential, but still enlightening. Tim DiGravina.

The Durutti Column - LC ( 1981) Vinyl rip in 24-bit/96kHz + 16-bit/44kHz FLAC (Tracks), artworks Stereo 800 Mb, 205 Mb 5% RAR Recovery Styles: Post-Punk, Avantgarde FilePost + RapidShare Factory Records FACT 44 After some abortive collaborations, Reilly hooked up with a regular drummer, talented fellow Mancunian Bruce Mitchell, to create LC, Durutti's second full release. Self-produced by Reilly but bearing the unmistakable hints of his earlier work with Martin Hannett, LC, named after a bit of Italian graffiti, extends Reilly's lovely talents ever further, resulting in a new set of evocative, carefully played and performed excursions on electric guitar. Mitchell's crisp but never overly dominant drumming actually starts the record off via 'Sketch for Dawn I,' added to by a simply captivating low series of notes from Reilly that builds into a softly triumphant melodic surge, repeating a core motif again and again. His piano playing adds a perfect counterpart, while the final touch are his vocals – low speak-singing that sounds utterly appropriate in context, mixed low and capturing the emotional flavor at play via delivery rather than lyrical content. As great as Return is, this is perhaps even better, signaling a full flowering of Reilly's talents throughout the album. Mitchell proves him time and again to be in perfect sync with Reilly, adding gentle brio and understated variation to the latter's compositions. Nowhere is this more apparent than on 'The Missing Boy,' the album's unquestioned highlight.

Written in memory of Ian Curtis of Joy Division, on it Mitchell adds quick, sudden hits contrasting against the low, tense atmosphere of the song, while fragile piano notes and Reilly's own regret-tinged, yearning vocals complete the picture. For all the implicit melancholy in Durutti's work, there's a surprising amount of life and energy throughout – 'Jaqueline' is perhaps the standout, with a great central melody surrounded by the expected Reilly elaborations and additions in the breaks.–Allmusic.