28 Jan 2011
Vini Reilly [Kooky] pre-release order newsRead the full announcement at kookydisc.co.uk.
Labels: Kooky_Records, The_Durutti_Column, Vini_Reilly
27 Jan 2011
FAC 331 Temporary Contemporary TableDesigner Andy Woodcock tells all to Cerysmatic Factory:
FAC 331 The Temporary Contemporary Table - full story and pics.
Labels: Andy_Woodcock, design, FAC251_The_Factory, Happy_Mondays
26 Jan 2011
The Whole Ike YardIke Yard are into the process of unearthing unreleased tracks from '81-82. Outpost 13 look set to return to London in April for a gig at Vortex Club on the 14th and a JG Ballard event on the 22nd. Finally, Stuart's first group in DC, Rudements (early '78) will be on Kris Needs' Dirty Waters 2 Birth of Punk.
25 Jan 2011
FAC 318 Flying Start Exhibition StandIn typical AHW fashion he was unable to separate his day job (Journalist) from his passion, running Factory Records. And so it transpired that the Factory Catalogue number FAC 318 was assigned to an exhibition of Factory artwork at a Flying Start exhibition in May 1991. Information on that particular exhibition is scant-to-non-existent (if anyone knows otherwise, please get in touch).
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FAC 318 Flying Start Exhibition Stand
Labels: flying_start, television, Tony_Wilson
24 Jan 2011
FAC 338 Want A Virgin by NorthsideDermo explains to Cerysmatic Factory what the single was about:
"The lyrics I wrote to the song are about a young man who decides to do a bank robbery on his own, (thinking that way he'd have less chance of being caught) in the hope of living a better lifestyle. He has no intentions of hurting anybody else, it's just that he's hurting so much himself. The lyrics were influenced by the song Bank Robber by The Clash and while I was growing up in Manchester, the attitudes of certain people that I knew. Want A Virgin is a refrain that I used (lifted off another Yellowman track of the same name) at the beginning of the song to emphasise it being somebody's first attempt, let's say his debut as a bank robber. Cool Idea being how his mind was working, in other words, it would be a cool idea to do a robbery, hurt no one, get away with it and lead a better life.
"The music is typical Northside but a bit heavier sounding in the guitars. Rex Sergeant (RIP) was working with us, producing this at Suite 16. I have a DAT copy of the song but it was never officially released on tape etc for Factory."
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Full details on FAC 338 Want A Virgin [includes full lyrics]
21 Jan 2011
Jez Kerr live at Gullivers with The OrchSpecial guests for the evening are confirmed as The Orch whose album Small Times is out on Skinny Dog Records and available for download.
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Saturday 19th Feb
Gullivers
Oldham St Manchester
8pm £6 on the door upstairs
17 Jan 2011
Vini Reilly remastered - pre-sale on nowKooky Records will be re-releasing the seminal Durutti Column album Vini Reilly in Spring 2011.
It will consist of two discs: the original album re-mastered by Keir Stewart and a nine-track bonus disc of unheard studio out-takes from a session TDK tape which has been in the possession of Vini and not played for many years!
The album will, however, be available on a strictly limited pre-sale basis direct from Kooky via thedurutticolumn.com and kookydisc.co.uk for only £13.00 (Paypal only) including postage and packing to anywhere in the world.
Please note there will only be a limited amount sold via this method and it is being sold on a strictly first come first served basis. We can therefore not reserve any copies.
Tracklisting
Kookydisc 30/1
1. Love no more
2. Pol in G
3. Opera I
4. People's Pleasure Park
5. Red Square
6. Finding The Sea
7. Otis
8. William B
9. They Work Every Day
10. Opera II
11. Homage to Catalonea
12. Requiem Again
Kookydisc 30/2
1. Opera Two Demo
2. Finding The Sea - One
3. PPP Demo
4. Juan Montero Sketch One
5. Sample Tune
6. Finding The Sea - Two
7. Juan Montero Sketch Two
8. William B Demo
9. Sketches on Stratocaster
Visit thedurutticolumn.com Shop for more details.
Labels: Kooky_Records, The_Durutti_Column, Vini_Reilly
The list of sites of historical musical interest in Manchester that have been humiliated at the hands of developers determined to wipe out our musical heritage makes for sad reading:
The Squat (Warsaw, New Order): now a car park; The Russell Club (FAC1, FAC3, FAC4 etc): a housing development; The Rialto (Joy Division, ACR): a golden arched drive-thru; Manhattan Sound (The Smiths): an office block; International 2 (Stone Roses): a Turkish deli; The Hacienda (everybody else): a block of flats for twats.
Now, the final insult. The frontage of Fagins and Rafters - where Joy Division once Battled with the Bands - recently reopened as
T*sco.
Labels: Factory_Records, Joy_Division, Manchester, New_Order
12 Jan 2011
Factory Records nite @ Part Time Punksthis Thursday 13 January from 3-6pm P.S.T. on KXLU 88.9 FM in the Los Angeles area and on kxlu.com everywhere else in this the latest instalment in an ongoing series of Factory Records-themed specials of course. This is in preparation for Paul's Guest DJ gig this Sunday for Factory Records Nite at Part Time Punks (@ 1822 Sunset).
Labels: Happy_Mondays, Part_Time_Punks
Labels: Arthur_Baker, Freebass, television
5 Jan 2011
Jez Kerr session on Marc Riley 6Music 6 JanMore info on Facebook | iTunes | YouTube
- May 1980 release schedule
- hallowed articles
- FAC 148
- FAC 148 letter from Quarry Bank Mill to Tony Wilson
- FAC 81 stationery source materials
- FAC 81 stationery
- 86 Palatine Road Blue Plaque
- Joy Divison USA Tour Itinerary
- Tony Wilson letter to Ralph Steadman re John Dowie
- IKON stationery
- The Factory stationery
- In the City badge
- Peter Saville Associates stationery and bill
- Movement of the 24th January stationery
In the grey days of late 1970s post-punk Manchester, youth culture was a serious affair: every musical performance was measured mostly by the conviction of its delivery. The term 'New Wave' opened up free vistas where acquired skills could once again be exercised after punk's monochrome blur. It could be applied to anything from a James 'Blood' Ulmer record to the latest Throbbing Gristle release, Magazine to Swell Maps. Move outside that terrain into Sun Ra, Parliament, Frank Sinatra and Martin Denny, and your options were suddenly without limit...
Then came Tony Wilson's Factory Club (at the Russell Club in Hulme) offering an open invitation to experiment that was taken up when Ken Hollings, Howard Walmsley, Eddie Sherwood and a few others decided to make some noise to accompany their 16mm silent epic Biting Tongues. A further performance followed a few weeks later, when Colin Seddon and Graham Massey disbanded their Post Natals project and joined up. The film itself, a flashing series of negative images, became a memory; the name remained.
- extract from the LTM Biting Tongues biography
FAC 134 Trouble Hand
FAC 188 Compressor
IKON 26 Wall Of Surf
IKON 31 'Wall of Surf' T-SHIRT
IKON 45 'Wall of Surf' POSTER