Not sure I remember Manchester's "pioneering days of breakdancing" at the Hacienda being quite like John Robb describes in today's Guardian piece built around a reunion of the Broken Glass breakdance crew and original member Jason Orange:
What I do recall is that ex-ACR pianist Andy Connell and ex-Magazine drummer Martin Jackson were instrumental to the 1984 Streetsounds compilation album 'UK Electro', featuring Broken - style of the street - Glass themselves.