Factory

Independent record label from Manchester, UK, between 1978 and 1992. On 19 May 1978, the TV presenter Anthony H. Wilson started The Factory, a series of club nights at the PSV/The Russel Club in Hulme, Manchester. Among the bands billed for the four opening nights were The Durutti Column, Cabaret Voltaire, and Joy Division. The poster for the evenings was designed by Peter Saville (2), who soon became a partner of Wilson and Alan Erasmus. In October 1979, producer Martin Hannett joined as a director too, followed in 1980 by Rob Gretton (manager of Joy Division and New Order) as fifth partner. The club night was a success and led to the release of the double 7" EP "11395" in January 1979. This EP marked the beginnings of Factory as a record label and featured bands that played at The Factory. When Wilson told Saville that their EP would be FAC 1, Saville replied that his first poster fo

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• W.F.L. (Think About The Future), Happy Mondays (1989) : Progressive House

Les sorties les plus connues

1. New Order, Blue Monday (1983)
2. New Order, Substance (1987)
3. New Order, Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
4. New Order, Low-life (1985)
5. Neworder, Technique (1989)
6. New Order, Brotherhood (1986)
7. New Order, True Faith / 1963 (1987)
8. Happy Mondays, Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches (1990)

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