Factory Reviews

“Factory Records was one of the first independent...”

Written on: 02/08/2004 by cosmo

Factory Records was one of the first independent record labels in Britain and to this day its output remains one of the most legendary. The story is roughly told in the movie 24 Hour Party People, but for anyone who doesn't know about the label:

It was founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus in Manchester because they wanted to help a young Joy Division put out an album. Wilson wrote out a contract in blood basically saying that the artists owned the rights to everything they did and the... (read more)