{"product_id":"obey-the-time-1","title":"Obey the Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eFactory Benelux presents a deluxe 3xCD box set edition of \u003ci\u003eObey the Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the eighth studio album by Manchester ensemble The Durutti Column. Originally released by Factory Records in December 1990, the original 10 tracks have now been expanded to no less than 43. Largely self-produced, and entirely instrumental, \u003ci\u003eObey the Time\u003c\/i\u003e saw DC mainman Vini Reilly further develop his interest in electronic music, and even embracing house and techno stylings. “The title came screaming off the TV screen in somebody’s version of Othello and captured exactly the feel of the work in progress,” explained Tony Wilson, Durutti manager and Factory founder. “We were in the middle of the Aceeed explosion. If you lived in Manchester, you were absolutely in the middle of it. Vini even explained why House made keyboards sound so fresh. Something to do with a chord being played with 3 or 4 notes into the sampler, but then different chords being triggered by a single key stroke. Creating mathematical harmonic relationships ‘which Schoenberg had searched for but never found.’” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeed veteran Durutti percussionist Bruce Mitchell features on just one track, \u003ci\u003eArt and Freight\u003c\/i\u003e. Marking a further break with tradition, dance exploration Contra-Indications was taped with New Order programmer (and later co-manager) Andy Robinson. Released in December 1990, \u003ci\u003eObey the Time\u003c\/i\u003e (Fact 274) would be the last Durutti Column album on Factory before the labelled collapsed beneath a mountain of debt. The multitude of studio extras spread across Discs 1 and 2 include single and remix tracks \u003ci\u003eThe Together Mix\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKiss of Def\u003c\/i\u003e, rare compilation cuts such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Fidelity, The Awards Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTimes Like These\u003c\/i\u003e, and several extracts from two unreleased Factory albums recorded during the same 1989\/90 period: \u003ci\u003eGuitar One: House\u003c\/i\u003e (Fact 254) and \u003ci\u003eGuitar Two: Acoustic\u003c\/i\u003e (Fact 264). Disc 3 features 11 live tracks from a previously unreleased performance at Manchester University Whitworth Hall on 23 June 1990 (opportunistically billed as ‘The Acid Guitar’), on which Reilly and Mitchell are joined by guests Andy Connell, Liu Sola and Rob Gray. Original cover art by 8vo. The remastered set is housed in a clamshell card box, with individual inner sleeves and liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Factory Benelux","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50472001995083,"sku":"1054873","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4afef031-87a3-451f-aa0c-53a0c20f3bf0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727414509","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/obey-the-time-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}