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THe cover of I Thought I Heard You Speak. A yellow cover with black italicised text. The words "Women At Factory Records" are underlined in pink
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Women at the heart of Factory Records and The Haçienda celebrated in new book, I Thought I Heard You Speak

The book is described as “an oral history that reveals the true cultural reach of the label and its staying power in the twenty-first century”

A new book celebrating the women behind the emergence of Factory Records has been released, titled I Thought I Heard You Speak. Published by White...

The Haçienda, Factory Records, more memorabilia featured at new British pop culture exhibition
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The Haçienda, Factory Records, more memorabilia featured at new British pop culture exhibition

Exhibited at Manchester's John Rylands Research Institute and Library, it will launch next month

Legendary Manchester nightclub the Haçienda, as well as the city's Factory Records label, are set to form part of the focus of a new British...
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The Haçienda has been voted one of the UK’s top historic sites

The Manchester club no longer exists, but its cultural legacy lives on

The Hacienda has been voted one of the UK's top historic sites, despite the fact the warehouse that once housed the Manchester club no longer...

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Factory Records to celebrate 40th anniversary with exhibition and two vinyl compilations

Charting the Manchester label's 15 years, and ongoing legacy... 

Factory Records is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exhibition and two huge vinyl compilations. 

The seminal Manchester label— which gave us bands like Joy...

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GREG WILSON'S DISCOTHEQUE ARCHIVES #23

A guide to dance music's pre-rave past...

We've drafted in Greg Wilson, the former electro-funk pioneer, nowadays a leading figure in the global disco/re-edits movement and respected commentator on dance music and...