10 Oct 2019
Selling the 40th AnniversaryThe Use Hearing Protection FAC 1-50/40 exhibition at Chelsea Space in London runs until 26 October 2019. As well as displaying, to all intents and purposes, the complete rundown of all the Fac numbers from 1 to 50, this exhibition presents the first opportunity to buy official Factory records merchandise (to any real degree) since the heyday of Factory Records itself. The Use Hearing Protection - Factory Records 1978-1979 box set itself is released on 11 October 2019 but the price tag on that rolls in at a hefty 180 GBP. Here we present a quick run-through of the slightly more affordable merchandising options, most of which are only available at the exhibition itself (as of the publication date of this article).
First up we have individual Factory Records postcards priced at £2.00 each. These come in Fac 47 anvil logo (black-on-white and white-on-black variants), Fact 45 'Always Now', Fact 10 'Unknown Pleasures' (white-on-black and black-on-white variants) and Fac 33 'Ceremony' (green sleeve).
Next (all at £5.00) we have the Factory badge set (5 button badges in various designs including worded 'Factory' and anvil), Factory pencil, Factory key ring and the Use Hearing Protection poster (which seems especially good value).
At £10.00 we have the Unknown Pleasures and Always Now tea towels. My mind starts slightly thinking of Joy Division Oven Gloves at this point but these do seem to be a constant in the photos of hauls made by people who I know who have visited the exhibition so someone in the marketing department deserves a big pat on the back for having the guts to see this one through to manufacturing and selling! Also at £10.00 there's Factory A6 paper pad and the Factory tape (eschewing the original silver-on-green of Fac 136 for on-message yellow-on-black). If A6 isn't big enough for you then there's an A5 paper pad at £15.00. Both pads seem a tad pricey but the grey design is attractive.
Finally there's a series of t-shirts in various designs starting at £15.00 for the kids' yellow Use Hearing Protection one (which looks great but, even though I've lost a lot of weight, won't fit me) and £25.00 for the adult t-shirts - Use Hearing Protection white, the amusing 'Printed on poor quality vinyl' stamp white t-shirt and the rather snazzy 'Unknown Pleasures' with text in the correct size in white-on-black.
Bonus items also on sale include Matt Robertson's Fac 461 'Factory Records - The Complete Graphic Album' book and the 40th anniversary vinyl edition of Fact 10 'Unknown Pleasures'.
Happy shopping!
Let's hope that after the exhibition finishes the range of items available to buy online is extended.
The full price list is as follows:
FACTORY RECORDS PRICES | |
Hearing Protection White T-shirt* | £25.00 |
Hearing Protection Yellow kids T-shirt* | £15.00 |
Unknown Pleasures Text Black T-shirt* | £25.00 |
Stamp White T-shirt* | £25.00 |
Factory Postcard | £2.00 |
Factory A5 Pad | £15.00 |
Factory A6 Pad | £10.00 |
UP Tea Towel | £10.00 |
Section 25 Tea Towel | £10.00 |
Badge Set | £5.00 |
Factory Tape | £10.00 |
Factory Pencil | £5.00 |
Factory Pin Badge | £5.00 |
Factory Key Ring | £5.00 |
Factory Records Book | £25.00 |
Unknown Pleasures Vinyl | £20.00 |
UHP Poster | £5.00 |
* - available to buy online
Labels: exhibition, graphic_design, Joy_Division, merchandise, Peter Saville, Section_25, Use_Hearing_Protection
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