Factory Records and The Hacienda

[John]

To acknowledge my Manchester trip here is a bit of nostalgia for the Joy Division / New Order fans amongst us:

The hole in the ground that used to be The Hacienda:







Did I ever mention that I met Rob Gretton once? Or to be more accurate he had to step over me in the Rough Trade offices in London many years ago.

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[John]

And here is one of the walkway between the airport and my hotel:



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[Smartalex]

And here is one of the walkway between the airport and my hotel:



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I really like that one WB, I have a thing for blue neon and led lights.

[My Kitten]

some from me

[Blueboy]

[quote="My Kitten"]some from me


Nice vinyl!

I had the 33 1/3 Temptation EP until my flat got burgled.

[My Kitten]

Nice vinyl!

I had the 33 1/3 Temptation EP until my flat got burgled.

wasn't me honest! Mine are my inheritance

[John]

Nice vinyl!

I had the 33 1/3 Temptation EP until my flat got burgled.

wasn't me honest! Mine are my inheritance

What a great record Temption was. I was really into Joy Division and New Order. Sadly I have lost most of my records apart from a few of the 7" singles. I used to have a massive collection of bootlegs from their gigs but those are lost too.

[Josef]

I recently lent my copy of 'From Brussels With Love' to a bloke who is reissuing it and couldn't get his hands on the original art work .

I confess to having been a bit of a Factory freak in the early days: I had virtually everything in the first fifty catalogue numbers barring the silly ones (Peter Saville's dental work, Linder's menstrual egg timer , etc).

[John]

I recently lent my copy of 'From Brussels With Love' to a bloke who is reissuing it and couldn't get his hands on the original art work .

I confess to having been a bit of a Factory freak in the early days: I had virtually everything in the first fifty catalogue numbers barring the silly ones (Peter Saville's dental work, Linder's menstrual egg timer , etc).

I have a nice little selection of Factory items on my flickr page here. They aren't my pics and are just images I have harvested from the web over the years.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-rober ... 301895366/

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[Josef]

Like the wee enamel badges. We'll have to get Foss to knock off a few bootleg copies .

[John]

I have a rather interesting recording from 1984 which is a mix of Temptation and Louie Louie featuring me on bass and keyboards, the manager of a well known 80's pop group on vocals and tambourine and the singer of a well known alt rock group on vocals and guitar.

I would love to say that it caputred a moment of pure rock history but that would be a lie - it is bloody awful but we were bored and there was nothing else to do but record a song. And all without the assistance of any drink or drugs.

Please don't ask to hear it as I have never, ever let anyone hear it.

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[Josef]

Name names! the public have a right to know .

And what was it with bands from that era and Louie Louie?

[John]

::):

Name names! the public have a right to know .

And what was it with bands from that era and Louie Louie?

Come along to the next HG drinks night and torture it out of me with alcohol.

[Josef]

Come along to the next HG drinks night and torture it out of me with alcohol.

You're on . I have my notions in any case.......

[John]

Come along to the next HG drinks night and torture it out of me with alcohol.

You're on . I have my notions in any case.......

I don't want to give too much away as I have a notion to write a book one day....

Night all. I am off to bed in my hotel room in rainy Manchester.

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