Talk:Factory Records/Archive 1

One single on Factory
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark released just one single on Factory; they may have become 'prominent' later on, but I think it's misleading to imply that they were during their very brief time there.Silver plane 17:22, 9 March 2003 (UTC)

Does anyone know the dates for when Factory Records started business? For when they stopped? -- Infrogmation 20:34, 21 August 2003 (UTC)


 * 1978-1992, I think. Someone needs to turn up the NME article from 1992 on the death of Factory. - David Gerard 12:56, 3 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Off the top of my head, I think Factory went into liquidation on November 23, 1992. Bonalaw 11:20, 3 July 2004 (UTC)

"Against the commercially controlling attitudes of contempory record labels, Wilson wrote a contract, written in his own blood, which was displayed on the wall of the Factory Records office stating "The label owns nothing, the band owns everything, the bands have the freedom to fuck off whenever they want"."

This is a tall tale from 24 Hour Party People. Factory did actually have a similar piece of paper for New Order/Joy Division - which is why they couldn't leverage those works when they were going bust - but did own the recordings of the other bands (except where excluded by deal) in the normal fashion, as I understand it. - David Gerard 12:56, 3 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Weren't Happy Mondays the first band Factory actually had under contract? Bonalaw 11:20, 3 July 2004 (UTC)


 * I know The Durutti Column wasn't under contract. At one point Vini Reilly had a falling out with Tony Wilson, hence his releases on various other labels.70.112.111.104 15:30, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

FAC number template
I made a simple template for listing FAC numbers. I don't know how useful it is, but if anyone wants to use it, write, where foo is the full FAC number, like "FAC 123". It's a full-width template, so i suggest putting it near the bottom of the page. Improvements are welcome. Or, if it feels silly, remove it... // S4ndp4pper 20060603 17.16 UTC+1

Here's an example:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by S4ndp4pper (talk • contribs) 15:19, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Factory Logo Authored by Howard Cheng?
It looks like Howard Cheng is responsible for the, no? 68.8.80.9 (talk) 04:41, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

No. Peter Saville designed the logo, which was inspired by Bauhaus imagery. That's a copy created by Howard Cheng, a Wikipedia admin, to illustrate the article. Sfgreenwood (talk) 15:44, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

The Hacienda and E
"The Haçienda (FAC 51) opened in May 1982. Although successful in terms of attendance, and attracting a lot of praise for Ben Kelly's interior design, the club lost large amounts of money in its first few years. This was due to the fact that the crowds were all fueled by ecstasy as opposed to purchasing alcohol at the bar."

Whilst the popularity of E (and other drugs) reduced alcohol sales which contributed to the downfall of the Hac, it wasn't "in it's first years". E wasn't common before the Second Summer of Love in 1988, 6 years after the Hac opened. SlamTilt 13:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Joy Division infobox
I have deleted the infobox at the bottom. I think it doesn't fit in here. Joy Division is ofcourse one of the more known acts from Factory Records, but this article is about the record label, which had numerous bands and artists. --Soetermans 21:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Article suggestion
Is anyone planning to write an article about Dry 201 by any chance? Would it be feasible? –Unint 07:39, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

New Order and the Hacienda
It should be stated in the history section that New Order joint-financed and owned the Hacienda alongside Factory. People who don't know this might be confused by 'Therefore the Hacienda ended up costing New Order 10,000 pounds a month', since it's not stated earlier in the article. - FullyClothedMike 23:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Tone
I added the tone template because I feel that although this article contains great information, its writing style is awkward and needs a lot of attention. I hope that someone with more time than myself can improve it. This is an encyclopedia, not a fan newsletter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.132.22 (talk) 18:09, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Article suggestion
I feel that the article should be made longer, if possible, with more detail. I although have some basic knowledge about Factory, would need more time and effort than I can afford at this time. TorontonianOnlines (talk) 05:29, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Shadowplayers by James Nice is basically what we need to compress into an article. (I'm working through it to reference Factory Records discography. Not quite up to compressing it to Wikipedia article length just yet ...) - David Gerard (talk) 09:49, 21 September 2013 (UTC)