Fuck Yeah, Factory Records!

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A CERTAIN RATIO - Shack Up 7" (Belgian Press) second single.

New Order (1984)

One of the original partners in Factory Records, Martin Hannett was the label’s best-known and most recognizable record producer.  Known for giving Joy Division (and later New Order) their hollow, spacious sound, he also produced many other early Factory bands as well as Manchester acts like the Buzzcocks and John Cooper Clarke.  He even taught Pete Hook and Barney Sumner to use a mixing board, thereby springboarding their own production careers.  He remains the proud possessor of one of Factory’s more unusual catalogue numbers, FAC 61 (a lawsuit over financial matters), and his headstone declares him the creator of “the Manchester sound,” which, believe it or not, is a very real thing.

Thanks to Mike S.

The Factory Club in Manchester in 1979, by Kevin Cummins

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