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Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl: The Story of Tony and Lindsay Wilson

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Malkin, Bonnie (11 August 2007). " 'Mr Manchester' Tony Wilson dies". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007 . Retrieved 17 January 2010.

Ben Kelly, who collaborated on record sleeve designs with Peter Saville for early Factory releases before going on to design the Haçienda, led on the exhibition’s creative direction in collaboration with Manchester-based company Modern Designers, who have brought the vision to life. It began broadcasting at 12pm today (Monday) and will be available for just 24 hours before a DVD becomes available in June. Fans are encouraged to donate to The Epilepsy Society. Factory Records owner and co-founder Tony Wilson and his then-wife Lindsay Reade were two of the people who comforted Ian after the gig.I just couldn’t stop playing it. It was like nothing I’d ever heard in a lot of ways, it kind of had everything. It had Byrds-like, kind of Smiths-like guitar tunefulness, it had the beginnings of what became club culture immersed somewhere in it, and it had this kind of really hazey sort of almost acid feel, and I had never done acid, but it sounded hallucinogenic in a funny sort of way. The lyrics were fabulous; it had brilliant arrogance and brilliant little political snipes. It was like a massive pilgrimage to witness and be part of something very special. It wasn’t a gig – it was a statement! That’s what it felt like. People didn’t go there to hear a perfect sound from the PA, they went to say they were there. He was compelling to watch when performing and you’d never imagine then that he could be shy. He was complex character, I’d say."

We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Use Hearing Protection: The early years of Factory Records tells the story of the four-year period at the very beginning of Manchester’s iconic independent record label. Factory’s history has been described by Dave Haslam as ‘lad heavy’. One of the amplified stories we tell in the exhibition looks at five key women involved in the Factory story at the start. The story questions whether Factory Records was inclusive of women deliberately or coincidentally. Lesley Gilbert photographed by Alison Surtees, courtesy of the Manchester Digital Music Archive Trust Um... so feelings are mixed with this one. I definitely expected to like it way more than I actually did.In a world where rituals and ceremonies are handed to us from the Establishment and the powers that be, [through Situationism], you can create your own ceremonies, rituals and situations. You can create your own version of reality. The Situationists sort of prepared those theories and suggested that you don't have to believe in the one God or the one economic system. And this really inspired Wilson as a poet, dreamer, thinker and academic as well as a broadcaster. As a broadcaster, his first job more or less was writing scripts for the main news in this country, which in a sense is being involved with those rituals and ceremonies. So he's there, on one hand, confirming the rituals for national television, But he's also thinking, “Well, what about if they are not necessarily those that I can make my own up?” And that's definitely something that he would have taken from Situationism, which also was very glamorous and coincided with the revolutions that were going on in the world in 1968: student revolutions and the political turmoil. On a personal note, Wilson first heard about you through your fanzine when you were living in Manchester in the 1970s. And one day, Wilson paid a visit to your home while you were out. Your mother was so impressed to be in the presence of a local celebrity. a b c Lynskey, Dorian (26 October 2010). "A fitting headstone for Tony Wilson's grave". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 27 October 2010.

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