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Factory Records, the Glossary

Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.^[1]

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A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English post-punk band formed in Greater Manchester in 1977 by Peter Terrell (guitar), Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), Jez Kerr (bass guitar, vocals), Martin Moscrop (trumpet, guitar) and Donald Johnson (drums), with Martha Tilson (vocals) joining soon after.

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A Factory Sample

A Factory Sample is a 7-inch double sampler EP released in January 1979 by Factory Records of Manchester, England.

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Acid house

Acid house (also simply known as just "acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synthesizer-sequencer, an innovation attributed to Chicago artists Phuture and Sleezy D circa 1986. Factory Records and Acid house are Madchester.

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Alan Erasmus

Alan Erasmus (born 26 April 1949) is a British actor best known for his involvement in the Manchester music scene starting in the 1970s.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alternative dance

Alternative dance (also known as indie dance or underground dance in the United States) is a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.

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BBC Manchester

BBC Manchester (often known as BBC Salford) is the BBC's regional headquarters for the north west of England, the largest BBC region in the UK.

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Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist.

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Blue Monday (New Order song)

"Blue Monday" is the fifth single by the British rock band New Order.

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Burnage

Burnage is an area of Manchester, England, south of the city centre and bisected by Kingsway.

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Cabaret Voltaire (band)

Cabaret Voltaire were an English music group formed in Sheffield in 1973 and initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Closer (Joy Division album)

Closer is the second and final studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 by Factory Records.

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Colin Sharp

Colin Ainsley Sharp (5 September 1953 – 7 September 2009) was an English actor, biographer, percussionist and singer-songwriter, who was part of the Manchester music scene of the late 1970s and dedicated to arts in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Dave Rowbotham

Dave Rowbotham (1958 – 8 November 1991) was an English rock musician who played guitar and bass with various Manchester bands in the 1970s and the 1980s, and as a studio musician.

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Deeply Vale Festivals

The Deeply Vale Festivals were free festivals held near Bury in northwest England in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 and at a different site in 1980 and 1981.

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Didsbury

Didsbury is a suburb of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre.

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.

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Electronic (band)

Electronic were an English alternative dance supergroup formed by singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner (of New Order) and guitarist Johnny Marr (of the Smiths).

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Elliott Carter

Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer.

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Erik Satie

Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist.

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Factory Benelux discography

Factory Benelux was the Belgian imprint of Factory Records, operated by Les Disques du Crépuscule from August 1980 until March 1988, releasing a large number of exclusive recordings as well as Benelux issues of regular Factory releases.

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Factory Records discography

The following is a list of items with recorded Factory Records numbers. Factory Records and Factory Records discography are Madchester.

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Francis Poulenc

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist.

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From the Hip (Section 25 album)

From the Hip is the third studio album by English post-punk and electronic band Section 25, released in March 1984 by Factory Records.

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Funktion-One

Funktion-One is a British loudspeaker manufacturer based in Dorking, Surrey, England.

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George Frideric Handel

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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Graham Fellows

Graham David Fellows (born 22 May 1959) is an English actor and musician.

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Graham Fitkin

Graham Fitkin (born 19 April 1963) is a British composer, pianist and conductor.

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Graphic design

Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives.

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György Ligeti

György Sándor Ligeti (28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music.

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Happy Mondays

Happy Mondays is an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980.

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Hopper (band)

Hopper were an English indie rock band formed in 1992.

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Hulme Crescents

Hulme Crescents was a large housing development in the Hulme district of Manchester, England.

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Ian Curtis

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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Independent record label

An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME.

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James (band)

James are an English rock band from Manchester, formed in 1982.

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James Hayward (writer)

James Hayward is the pen name of James Nice (born 6 January 1966 in Essex), an English writer on military, modern art and post-punk musical history.

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John Cooper Clarke

John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet and comedian who styled himself as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s.

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John Dowie (humourist)

John Dowie (born 3 August 1950 in Birmingham) is a British comedian, musician and writer, often viewed as a pioneer of alternative comedy.

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John Metcalfe (composer)

John Metcalfe (born 6 August 1964) is a British-based composer, arranger and violist, member of the Duke Quartet and a former member of the band The Durutti Column.

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Joy Division

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976.

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Kidney cancer

Kidney cancer, also known as renal cancer, is a group of cancers that starts in the kidney.

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Larry Cassidy

Lawrence John Cassidy (18 April 1953 – 27 February 2010) was an English musician, best known for being the singer and bassist of post-punk and electronic band Section 25.

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Les Disques du Crépuscule

Les Disques du Crépuscule is an independent record label founded in Belgium in 1980 by Michel Duval and Annik Honoré.

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London Recordings

London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent.

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Love Will Tear Us Apart

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by English rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single.

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LTM Recordings

LTM Recordings (originally les temps modernes) is a British independent record label founded in 1983, and best known for reissues of artists and music from 1978 to the present day, as well as modern classical and avant-garde composition. Factory Records and LTM Recordings are British independent record labels.

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Madchester

Madchester was a musical and cultural scene that developed in the English city of Manchester in the late 1980s, closely associated with the indie dance scene. Factory Records and Madchester are music in Manchester.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Marc Riley

Marc Riley (born 10 July 1961 in Manchester) is an English radio DJ, alternative rock critic, musician, and former music businessman.

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Mark E. Smith

Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer-songwriter.

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Martin Hannett

James Martin Hannett (31 May 1948 – 18 April 1991) was a British record producer, musician and an original partner/director at Tony Wilson's Factory Records.

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MDMA

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (tablet form), and molly or mandy (crystal form), is a potent empathogen–entactogen with stimulant and minor psychedelic properties.

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Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was an English composer who rose to prominence during and immediately after the Second World War.

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New Order (band)

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris.

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Northern Quarter (Manchester)

The Northern Quarter (N4 or NQ) is an area of Manchester city centre, England, between Piccadilly station, Victoria station and Ancoats, centred on Oldham Street, just off Piccadilly Gardens.

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Northside (band)

Northside are an English alternative rock band from Blackley and Moston in north Manchester, England.

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Oboe

The oboe is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument.

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic band formed in the Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978. Factory Records and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are 1978 establishments in England.

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Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith (16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor.

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Penny (British decimal coin)

The British decimal one penny (1p) coin is a unit of currency and denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound.

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Peter Hook

Peter Hook (born 13 February 1956) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division and its successor New Order.

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Peter Saville (graphic designer)

Peter Andrew Saville (born 9 October 1955) is an English art director and graphic designer.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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Piers Adams

Piers Adams (born 21 December 1963) is a British recorder player and member of baroque group Red Priest.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock.

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Recorder (musical instrument)

The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as internal duct flutes: flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as fipple flutes.

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Republic (album)

Republic (stylised as Republic©) is the sixth studio album by English band New Order.

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Revenge (UK band)

Revenge was a band formed by New Order bassist Peter Hook (vocals, bass, keyboards) and Lavolta Lakota and Rawhead singer Davyth Hicks (aka Dave Hicks) on guitar and vocals, together with Chris Jones (keyboards).

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Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment Company (formerly Rhino Records Inc.) is an American specialty record label and production company founded in 1978. Factory Records and Rhino Entertainment are record labels established in 1978.

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Rob Gretton

Robert Leo Gretton (15 January 1953 – 15 May 1999) was the manager of Joy Division and New Order.

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Rolf Hind

Rolf Hind (born 1964 in London) is a British pianist and composer.

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Science and Industry Museum

The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England, traces the development of science, technology and industry with emphasis on the city's achievements in these fields.

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Section 25 (band)

Section 25 are an English post-punk and electronic band, best known for the 1984 single "Looking from a Hilltop", associated with Manchester record label Factory Records.

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Shadowplayers

Shadowplayers is the title of both a 2006 documentary film and a 2010 book by James Nice of LTM Recordings, tracing the detailed history of Factory Records and the Manchester post-punk music scene between 1978 and 1981.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Slaughter & the Dogs

Slaughter and the Dogs are an English punk rock band formed in 1975 in Wythenshawe, Manchester.

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So It Goes (TV series)

So It Goes was a British TV music show presented by Tony Wilson on Granada Television between 1976 and 1977.

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Socrate

Socrate is a work for voice and piano (or small orchestra) by Erik Satie.

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Sonata

Sonata (Italian:, pl. sonate; from Latin and Italian: sonare, "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung.

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Space Monkeys

The Space Monkeys are an English alternative band, formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester in 1995.

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Stephin Merritt

Stephin Merritt (born February 9, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the songwriter and principal singer of the bands the Magnetic Fields, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes.

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Steve Coogan

Stephen John Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter.

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Steve Martland

Steve Martland (10 October 1954 – 7 May 2013) was an English composer.

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Techno

Techno is a genre of electronic dance music which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range of 120 to 150 beats per minute (BPM).

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The 6ths

The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the primary songwriter and instrumentalist behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes.

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The Durutti Column

The Durutti Column are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 in Manchester, England.

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The Fall (band)

The Fall were an English post-punk group, formed in 1976 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.

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The Haçienda

The Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England, which became famous during the Madchester years of the 1980s and early 1990s. Factory Records and the Haçienda are Madchester.

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The Other Two (duo)

The Other Two is an English dance band consisting of Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert of New Order.

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The Return of the Durutti Column

The Return of the Durutti Column is the debut studio album by English band The Durutti Column.

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The Tube (1982 TV series)

The Tube is a United Kingdom music television programme, which ran for five series, from 5 November 1982 to 24 April 1987.

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Tony Wilson

Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager and impresario, and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4. Factory Records and Tony Wilson are Madchester.

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Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 15 June 1979, by Factory Records.

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Vini Reilly

Vincent Gerard "Vini" Reilly (born 4 August 1953) is an English musician and leader of the post-punk group the Durutti Column.

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Virgin Books

Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.

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Virgin Music

Virgin Music, known as Virgin Music Label & Artist Services until 2022 and originally as Caroline Distribution, was a music distributor of independent artists and record labels.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. Factory Records and Virgin Records are new wave record labels.

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Walter Hus

Walter Hus (born 2 July 1959) is a Belgian composer and musician.

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Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.

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Warner Records

Warner Records Inc. (formerly known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.

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Yes Please!

Yes Please! is the fourth studio album by British rock band Happy Mondays, released on 22 September 1992 through Factory Records.

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24 Hour Party People

24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British biographical comedy drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. Factory Records and 24 Hour Party People are Madchester and music in Manchester.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Records

Also known as FAC 251, FACTVM Exhibition, Factory Club, Factory Once, Factory Too, Ikon FCL, The Factory (music venue).

, Manchester, Marc Riley, Mark E. Smith, Martin Hannett, MDMA, Michael Tippett, New Order (band), Northern Quarter (Manchester), Northside (band), Oboe, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Paul Hindemith, Penny (British decimal coin), Peter Hook, Peter Saville (graphic designer), Piano, Piers Adams, Post-punk, Recorder (musical instrument), Republic (album), Revenge (UK band), Rhino Entertainment, Rob Gretton, Rolf Hind, Science and Industry Museum, Section 25 (band), Shadowplayers, Sheffield, Slaughter & the Dogs, So It Goes (TV series), Socrate, Sonata, Space Monkeys, Stephin Merritt, Steve Coogan, Steve Martland, Techno, The 6ths, The Durutti Column, The Fall (band), The Haçienda, The Other Two (duo), The Return of the Durutti Column, The Tube (1982 TV series), Tony Wilson, Unknown Pleasures, Vini Reilly, Virgin Books, Virgin Music, Virgin Records, Walter Hus, Warner Music Group, Warner Records, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yes Please!, 24 Hour Party People.

Factory Records, the Glossary

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See also

Madchester

Music in Manchester

New wave record labels

Post-punk record labels

Record labels disestablished in 1992

References