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The Parks Dept has recruited three new members and whilst busy recording the new album, some live shows have been added for August and September...

Follow the link to 'The Parks Dept Micro-Site' ..... under the 'Our Bands' header for more detailed information !

We are now down to the very very last few copies of the re-issue album 'Amigos Em Portugal' by 'The Durutti Column'

If you want one.... please order now as I have less than ten left and there is no re-press planned in the forseeable future !

As forewarned by Phil, the internet presale of 'Sunlight To Blue... Blue To Blackness' has now finished.

The album will be released on Monday 23 June 2008.

Thanks to the overwhelming response forthe new Durutti Album which means I have v v v few copies left to pre-sell

If you want one ( and it is limited to one at the moment)

PLEASE order now !!

The 'buy it now' option will be coming off very soon UNTIL the release date OR you can order in advance

Best


Phil Kooky Cleaver Johan Louw 81 (5 x6 7 x4 )

Via the Kookydisc.co.uk Catalogue priced 11.00 inc Worldwide p+p. One copy per person only.

Hello...

As you are probably aware, we will be releasing the new Durutti Column CD album 'Sunlight to Blue.. Blue to Blackness' at the end of (Sunny) June, 2008.

Copies will however be available on this site IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS - via Paypal only at £11.00 incuding P & P Worldwide.

We will be limiting this to one copy per person, and it will be for a limited period only !

If you have any queries please contact us at KookyTowers - kookydiscs@btinternet.com

thats all for now

Phil

Sporadic Three (Kookydisc25) by The Durutti Column is still available direct from Kooky. Well, it always has been, it's just that now there's actually a Buy It Now button in the Kooky Catalogue.

Tracklisting

1. Birthday Present
2. Dig A Hole
3. Mama and Papa
4. In the city
5. The best dream
6. The end of the journey
7. For Loretta
8. New Order tribute
9. I B Yours - version
10. Natural Mystics
11. Drinking time - version
12. Trust the art not the artist
13. Fate
14. For Danny

The Weekend Starts Round Here E.P. is released Monday 23 June 2008 but you can buy now direct from Kooky Records for GBP 4.00 inc p+p.

Hello...


Vini's long time collaborator Laurie Laptop has his own remix of the Radiohead track 'Nude' uploaded on their website to listen to...

If you like it ... Please feel free to add your vote !

you can get there via :- http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=904

Phil

More details on the soon to be released album as follows from Snap and Crackle the PR people :-

The Durutti Column
Title Sunlight to blue … Blue to blackness
Label Kooky (Kookydisc 027)
Format CD album
Release Date 23rd June 2008
Distributor Cargo
Website www.cargorecords.co.uk /www.kookydisc.co.uk


“Sunlight to blue … Blue to blackness” - This was one of the more upbeat title suggestions for the very bare, back to basics, reflective new album from The Durutti Column.

Vini Reilly has recorded under the name The Durutti Column since 1978 and has a rich portfolio of work, releasing over 15 albums in this time, but Reilly has been through some dark times the past year. In a conscious response to his last two polished and studio-based releases he has created some sparse, simply beautiful 'sketches' as he once called them, more reminiscent of his work from the early eighties. Many of the pieces are simply instrumentals played on his Juan Montero flamenco guitar, and he returns to 'Without Mercy' for the last track 'Grief' and reinvents 'Never Known' from LC.

This release also sees the debut of a talented young pianist and singer, Poppy Morgan, who co-wrote the melancholy Ananda as a duet with what Reilly dryly calls 'intrusive guitar'.

For the uninitiated, Vini was the first artist signed to Manchester’s influential Factory Records, co-wrote and played on Morrissey’s first solo album ‘Viva Hate’, and was heavily featured in the film about Manchester music culture, ’24 Hour Party People’.

Ever critical of Vini’s voice, but ever a fierce champion of his talent, the late Tony Wilson would surely appreciate this return of The Durutti Column.

The Parks Dept have just confirmed a gig supporting Belle and Sebastian DJ's at Dirty South in Lewisham, South London on Saturday 10 May 2008. Showtime is 10.15pm (tbc) and it's in a club which is open until 3 in the morning.

More details on the Parks Dept micro-site.