Factory Records

Factory Records was a Manchester, England based record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, The Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Like the label 4AD, 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 process that saw every album, piece of art or item of property (including their famous nightclub The Haçienda and its resident cat) labelled with 'FAC' and an appropriate number (the nightclub was FAC 51; the cat was FAC 191).

External links

• Unofficial Factory Records Website
• CerysmaticFactory extensive site
• Dennis Remmer's extensive Factory discography, with pictures and descriptions of each FAC number
• Another discography
• Joy Division on Factory Records
• Blue Monday Owners Club