Factory
Related: NewOrder - Joy Division - Martin Hannett - Tony Wilson - 24 Hour Party People (2002) - UK music
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, 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 system that gave a number not just to its musical releases, but to artwork and other objects. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Records [Mar 2006]