Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Like the label 4AD, Factory Records used a creative team (most notably record producer Martin Hannett and graphic designer Peter Saville) which gave the label, and the artists recording for it, a particular sound and image. The label employed a unique cataloguing system that gave a number not just to its musical releases, but to artwork and other objects.

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Factory's genesis was in January 1978, when Tony Wilson, a TV presenter on Granada Television, formed a partnership with Alan Erasmus, an unemployed actor and band manager. The Factory name was first used for a club in May of that year, which featured local bands including The Durutti Column (managed at the time by Erasmus and Wilson), Cabaret Voltaire and Joy Division. Advertising for the club was designed by Peter Saville, and in September the trio decided to release an EP of music by acts who had played at the club (The Durutti Column, Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire and comedian John Dowie). Factory Records was born, with Wilson, Erasmus, Saville and producer Martin Hannett as partners in the enterprise.

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Fear Factory editará Mechanized en Candlelight Records http://elsercho.com/?p=17661
SnDdotnet (Search & Destroy) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:56:38 -0000
Fear Factory editará Mechanized en Candlelight Records http://elsercho.com/?p=17661
Fear Factory bei Candlelight Records: Fear Factory (Gitarrist Dino Cazares, Sänger Burton C. Bell, Bassist Byro.. http://tinyurl.com/yeayyvq
pitXplorer (pit Xplorer) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:20 -0000
Fear Factory bei Candlelight Records: Fear Factory (Gitarrist Dino Cazares, Sänger Burton C. Bell, Bassist Byro.. http://tinyurl.com/yeayyvq
Album cover stamps... some good some ok... Personally, I would've added a Smiths cover and one from Factory Records http://bit.ly/hwhOG
c86 (Matt Lyon) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:46:38 -0000
Album cover stamps... some good some ok... Personally, I would've added a Smiths cover and one from Factory Records http://bit.ly/hwhOG
FEAR FACTORY Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS http://bit.ly/1DjJCB
fullmetaljackie (Full Metal Jackie) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:27:38 -0000
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Mediasaurusrex (Mediasaurus Rex) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:08 -0000
I hope they crunch it right! RT @BLABBERMOUTHNET FEAR FACTORY Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS http://bit.ly/25muqA
Word. RT @youngelz: quando quango are one of the most slept on factory records bands, check this dope cut "love tempo" http://bit.ly/4kpjRt
Real_MrAnderson (Brian Anderson) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:59:17 -0000
Word. RT @youngelz: quando quango are one of the most slept on factory records bands, check this dope cut "love tempo" http://bit.ly/4kpjRt

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