The film '24 Hour Party People' follows the development of which Manchester record label in the '70's and '80's?
"has a vision of God who assures Wilson he has earned a place in history. Cameos The film holds a Metacritic score of 85/100. Roger Ebert gave it four out of four stars. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The soundtrack to ""24 Hour Party People"" features songs by artists closely associated with Factory Records who were depicted in the film. These include Happy Mondays, Joy Division (later to become New Order) and The Durutti Column. Manchester band the Buzzcocks are featured, as are The Clash. The album begins with ""Anarchy in"
"official website. ""24 Hour Party People"" documents the anarchic, drug and sex-fueled rise and fall of the influential label Factory Records and the music scene in Manchester from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. As much an ode to the city of Manchester as the story of the contemporary musical world, the film stars Steve Coogan as broadcaster/music-mogul Tony Wilson. His 2002 film ""In This World"" depicts the harrowing journey of two Afghan refugees from Pakistan, across the Middle East and Europe to Britain which they try to enter with the help of people smugglers. Shot on digital video with"
"by the drug ecstasy. A new scene developed around The Haçienda night club (part of the Factory Records empire), creating what would become known as the Madchester scene, the main proponents being Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, Northside, and The Stone Roses alongside the already legendary Hacienda co-owners New Order and Cheshire band The Charlatans. The history of the Manchester music scene over this period was dramatised in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"" and the life of Joy Division's Ian Curtis was also dramatised in the 2007 film ""Control"". Following the Madchester period, Manchester music lost much of"
"Tony Wilson Anthony Howard ""Tony"" Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. Wilson was the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands. He was one of the five co-founders of Factory Records and the founder and manager of the Haçienda nightclub. Wilson was known as ""Mr Manchester"", dubbed as such for his work in promoting the culture of Manchester throughout his career. He was portrayed by Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"","
"visiting on a typical weekend night, making Manchester the most popular city for events at 79 per thousand people. The night-time economy has a value of about and supports jobs. The Madchester scene of the 1980s, from which groups including New Order, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, the Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, 808 State, James and The Charlatans emerged, was based on clubs such as the world-famous The Haçienda. The period was the subject of the film ""24 Hour Party People"". Many of the big clubs suffered problems with organised crime at that time; Haslam describes one where staff were"
"the United Kingdom. In the 1970s, there were more than three hundred millions records sold. In the 1980s, there were in the United Kingdom around 2,200 independent record shops. By 2012, however, there were only 269. The film primarily blames the music industry as well as the new competing media of cassettes and compact discs. Multiple independent record shop owners cited the advent of CDs as the end of the boom period for record shops. The film includes interviews with Billy Bragg, Norman Cook, Richard Hawley, Smiths' Johnny Marr, and Paul Weller. Record shops featured in the film include Brighton"
"club's literature and flyers. Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"" starring Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson, tells the story of The Haçienda. The film was shot in 2001, and required reconstructing The Haçienda as a temporary set in a Manchester factory, which was then opened to ticket holders for a night, acting as a full-scale nightclub (except with free bar) as the film shooting took place. The Manchester exhibition centre Urbis hosted an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the club's opening, which ran from mid-July 2007 until mid-February 2008. Peter Hook and many other of those originally"
"successes included ""Saturday Night Fever"" and ""Grease"". PolyGram's highly successful marketing during the disco craze included the Casablanca FilmWorks production ""Thank God It's Friday"" (1978) and its associated soundtrack. During the boom in disco, PolyGram's US market share had grown from 5% to 20%. This can also be attributed to multi-million selling albums and 45s by the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, the Village People, Andy Gibb, Kool & the Gang, and rock band Kiss. For a short while in the late 1970s, it was the world's largest record company. In 1969, PolyGram established a direct mail-order business in the UK,"
"fewer than 42 people, several key members of Manchester's future music scene were present: Tony Wilson (Granada Television presenter and creator of Factory Records), Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner (Joy Division and New Order), Morrissey (later to form The Smiths with Johnny Marr), producer Martin Hannett, Mark E Smith of The Fall, Paul Morley later to become an influential music journalist and Mick Hucknall of Simply Red. Another influential event was the release of Buzzcocks' ""Spiral Scratch"" EP in early 1977 – the first independent-label punk record. In the wake of the Buzzcocks' release, the old movers and shakers from the"
"in London by the author and included a short live PA by Blurt and a guest speech by designer Peter Saville. 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 1978-1981. The documentary oral history film ""Shadowplayers"" was released on DVD in May 2006. The extended film features interviews with 22 key participants, including company director Anthony H. Wilson and designer Peter Saville, as well as a host of musicians including Peter Hook (Joy"
"film ""24 Hour Party People"", which dramatized the rise and fall of Factory Records, and by Toby Kebbell in the 2007 film ""Control"", a biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Rob Gretton Robert Gretton (15 January 1953 – 15 May 1999), was the manager of Joy Division and New Order. He was partner in and co-director of Factory Records and a founding partner of The Haçienda. In 1977, Gretton became a leading figure in the Manchester punk scene with his involvement with Slaughter & The Dogs. He was DJ in Rafters club and manager of The Panik. Gretton's involvement"
"the music on offer. After making the shop into a success, they turned their business into a fully fledged record label, Virgin Records. The name Virgin, according to Branson (in his autobiography), arose from a colleague of his when they were brainstorming business ideas. She suggested Virgin – as they were all new to business – like ""virgins"". The first release on the label was the progressive rock album ""Tubular Bells"" by multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield in 1973. Virgin's first formal store opened on London's Oxford Street in January or February 1971 (exact date uncertain). In 1979 the company opened their"
"are fairly similar in different towns. In the United Kingdom the national chain style of selling records and tapes developed with Our Price, itself originally a small independent business founded in the early 1970s that expanded nationwide. Current major chains around the world include HMV, Fopp, Rough Trade, Virgin Megastores, Tower Records, FYE, Sam Goody, Velvet Music, Sunrise Records, Plato, Amoeba Music and Rasputin Music. The enormous increase in sales of vinyl records in the 2000s has provided an opportunity for growth in some sectors. The flagship HMV store at 363 Oxford Street in London, for example, has a whole"
"by Joy Division, recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport. Taking the Industrial Revolution as its model, Factory Records played upon Manchester's traditions, invoking at once apparently incongruous images of the industrial north and the glamorous pop art world of Andy Warhol. While label mates A Certain Ratio and The Durutti Column each forged their own sound, it was Factory's Joy Division who managed to grimly define what exactly it was to be a Mancunian as the 1970s drew to an end. Other bands that walked through the door opened by punk included the Salford Jets, fronted by Mike Sweeney, and"
"in London. The Vinyl Factory The Vinyl Factory is an independent British music and arts enterprise. Founded in 2001, the enterprise encompasses a record label, vinyl pressing plant, gallery spaces, record shop and music magazine. The Vinyl Factory record label collaborates with musicians and artists to produce and release limited edition vinyl, as well as create accompanying exhibitions, events and audiovisual shows. The Vinyl Factory label roster includes Massive Attack, Dinos Chapman (Jake and Dinos Chapman), Florence and the Machine, Christian Marclay, Pet Shop Boys, Martin Creed, Bryan Ferry, The xx, Duran Duran, Jeremy Deller., Daft Punk, Kelela, Moses Boyd,"
"Factory Records Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, the Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside, and (briefly) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and James. Like the 4AD label, 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"
"Music is a pop-punk label based in Manchester. It has a fully equipped recording studio based in Ashton Under Lyne, Greater Manchester . It is also independent record label. The Sub-label, Hidden Stars Records, released Green & Gold by the Haglems in 2010 in association with Manchester United Supporters Trust. Their latest music video for UK Hip-hop act F.O.A.K has also been supported by the Manchester United Supporters Trust with money from the single's UK released being donated to the organisation. Banter Media produced the video for the act and it was directed by Liam Andrew Wright. Banter Media Banter"
"on The Haçienda nightclub developed by founder of Factory Records Tony Wilson. Although from southern England, The Chemical Brothers subsequently formed in Manchester. Former Smiths frontman Morrissey, whose lyrics often refer to Manchester locations and culture, later found international success as a solo artist. Previously, notable Manchester acts of the 1960s include The Hollies, Herman's Hermits, and Davy Jones of the Monkees (famed in the mid-1960s for not only their albums but also their American TV show) and the earlier Bee Gees, who grew up in Chorlton. Another notable contemporary band from Manchester is The Courteeners consisting of Liam Fray"
"London, and suffered financially as a result of its major losses in the early 1990s. This prompted extensive legal battles with many of the artists they were involved with, most famously with Robert Fripp. E.G. was sold to Virgin Records in 1992, which continued operating E.G. In 1996, after Virgin was sold to EMI, it was absorbed into Virgin. Enthoven was born on 5 July 1944. He continued in music management until his death on 11 August 2016. E.G. Records E.G. Records was a British artist management company and independent record label, mostly active during the 1970s and 1980s. The"
"and the Fall amongst others. The venue was also used by the Manchester Musicians Collective. An album entitled ""A Manchester Collection"" was released by Object Records featuring some of those members in April 1979. Several other bands later released music through Factory Records, including Joy Division and A Certain Ratio. In 1982 the venue briefly closed for some internal redevelopment work. It was after the reopening that the Dizzy Gillespie logo was first used. It was during this decade that the venue began to gain an international reputation for so-called ""World Music"" and a programme that covered multiple genres. Performers"
"and Gretton had worked together. Gretton was 52nd Street’s A&R Manager at Factory Records. Gwarn Music is now the sole owner of all 52nd Street's master copyrights released through Factory, A&M (US) and Profile Records (US) in the 1980s. Gwarn Music Gwarn Music is an independent record label which was created in Manchester, England in 1991. It was founded by former 52nd Street guitarist Tony Henry to release his then new music project FR’ Mystery (lead vocalist Lorna Bailey) after talks to sign the act to WEA in London broke down. The label was initially independently distributed by local city"
"and since Factory Records has been remarkably low. Lennie James played him in the 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"". Alan Erasmus Alan Erasmus was the co-founder of Factory Records with Tony Wilson, which signed Joy Division and Happy Mondays. He also co-founded The Haçienda with Wilson, Rob Gretton and New Order, a famous Manchester nightclub which closed down in Summer 1997. As an actor, Erasmus appeared in several roles in the 1970s including ITV Playhouse and Play for Today, wherein he played minor roles. He started off his career as an actor, appearing in the British TV film ""Hard"
"providing significant culture for the city of Manchester. In 2002 Tribal Gathering returned as a weekender at Southport Pontins to a sell out 5000 capacity crowd with DJs Sasha, Dave Clarke, Deep Dish, Derrick Carter, Erol Alkan amongst others performing with many rave reviews. There was a follow up event in November 2003. In 2003 Tribal Gathering held the first legal warehouse party for over 10 years in a ""secret"" Manchester location, which turned out to be a warehouse previously used as a set for the movie 24 Hour Party People, in which it was decorated to replicate The Haçienda"
"John's Quarter of Manchester (currently the site of the Starlight Theatre), being developed by Manchester Quays Ltd (MQL), a development partnership between Allied London and Manchester City Council, and is to be the permanent home of the Manchester International Festival. Its name comes from Factory Records, the independent record label founded by the late Tony Wilson. The venue, designed by Rem Koolhaas from the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), is due to open at the beginning of 2020. Additional board members were added in 2017 to strengthen the skill set taking the project forward. Manchester International Festival The Manchester International"
"LAB Records LAB Records (pronounced lab) is an independent record label operating from Manchester, England and founded by Mark Orr and Nathen McVittie in 2007. The company also has a creative and distribution division, LAB Exposure, as well as a New York-based management company, LAB Partners. It releases music in the pop and rock genres, with bands primarily from the United States and UK. Mark Orr originally conceptualized the label in 2005, and began working in the music industry as a music promoter under the title ‘Life’s A Beach’ in his hometown of Blackpool. LAB Promotions put on a number"
"names Central Station Art and Central Station Technicolour, the trio has designed numerous title sequences and graphics for feature films. In 2002, they created the opening title sequence for the film ""24 Hour Party People"", a British comedy-drama directed by Michael Winterbottom about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. Along with the main titles, Central Station created the film's poster and its interstitial graphics, imbuing each piece with their signature ""manic energy and bold swaths of colour."" Central Station would go on to collaborate with Winterbottom on several more films, including ""The Killer"
"so completely intimidated that free admission and drinks were demanded (and given) and drugs were openly dealt. Following a series of drug-related violent incidents, The Hacienda closed in 1998. In 1988, Manchester was often referred to as Madchester for its rave scene. Owned by Tony Wilson's Factory Records, it was given the catalogue number FAC51 and official club name, FAC51 The Hacienda. Known for developing many talented 1980s influential acts, it also influenced the graphic design industry via Factory artists such as Peter Saville (PSA), Octavo (8vo), Central Design Station, etc. The memorabilia from this club holds a high value"
"will extend as far as the Museum of Science and Industry and the Marriott Hotel on Water Street. SimpsonHaugh and Partners are behind the masterplan which will also see two fifty storey towers and three hotels, including the Grande Hotel incorporating the iconic red neon 'Granada TV' sign. The development will feature a new £110 million theatre and arts venue called The Factory. Its name comes from Factory Records, the independent record label founded by the late Tony Wilson. The flexible space will provide a permanent home to the Manchester International Festival. The £9.5m design contracts were put out to"
"1980s ... he would directly and irreverently ""lift"" an image from one genre—art history for example—and recontextualise it in another. A Fantin-Latour ""Roses"" painting in combination with a colour-coded alphabet became the seminal album cover for New Order's ""Power, Corruption & Lies"" (1983), for example."" In the 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"", which is based on Tony Wilson and the history of Factory Records, Saville is portrayed by actor Enzo Cilenti. His reputation for missing deadlines is comically highlighted in the film. In 1979 Saville moved from Manchester to London and became art director of the Virgin offshoot, Dindisc."
"Switchflicker Records Switchflicker Records is an independent British record label based in Manchester, England. The company was established in 2000 by Jayne Compton Performers signed to the label include Divine David, Chloe Poems and formerly The Ting Tings, who launched their career at the label. In 2008, members of The Ting Tings wrote critical comments on their blog about what they believe to be inflated prices charged by the label for their single, ""That's Not My Name"", asserting that the company was ""cashing in"" on the band's success at the expense of their fans. The label responded in a published"
"band on the label was English punk group The Lurkers; the first ever release on the label was The Lurkers' punk classic ""Shadow""/""Love Story"" 7"" single. Later in the decade and into the early 1980s, hits with Tubeway Army and Gary Numan secured the label's future. Beggars Banquet then went on to release music by Bauhaus, Biffy Clyro, Buffalo Tom, The Charlatans, The Cult, The Go-Betweens, The National, St. Vincent and Tindersticks. The Beggars Group has been in business for over thirty years and is owned and managed by Martin Mills. Its musical focus remains fiercely alternative. As of 2017,"
"Polydor Records Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom. Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon GmbH. It was renamed Polydor Ltd. in 1972. Its artists have included The Moody Blues, The Who, Samantha Mumba, Years & Years, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Slade, Bee Gees, The Jam, Cheryl and Girls"
"Star), Atlantic (Julian Lennon), A&M (UB40, Human League, Simple Minds, Breathe, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and The Blue Nile), Warner Bros. (Sex Pistols, Scritti Politti, DEVO), Geffen (XTC - 1983 on), MCA (Tangerine Dream, Belinda Carlisle), RCA (the soundtrack of ""1984"") and Arista (Heaven 17, Jermaine Stewart). Some of these records had a small Virgin logo added to the regular company design on the label. One of Virgin's and Epic's biggest acts of the 1980s was Culture Club. In 1978, Virgin set up US operations first in New York on Perry Street under Atlantic distribution, and then moved operations"