Factory Records & Manchester Post-Punk 1978-1981

documentary tracing the early history of iconic manchester record label 'factory records' between 1978 and 1981.
The cover art is based on the first factory design (fac 1) by peter saville from 1978.

contents (19 chapters)
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1. USE HEARING PROTECTION - The Factory Club, May 1978- April 1980
2. A FACTORY SAMPLE - 2x 7" single (Fac 2) released January 1979, featuring Durutti Column, Cabaret Voltaire, John Dowie and Joy Division
3. FACTORY FOREMEN -Five heterosexual directors: Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville, Rob Gretton and Martin Hannett
4. UNKNOWN PLEASURES - Joy Division's debut album (Fact 10) was released in May 1979, produced by Martin Hannett
5. ZERO - Martin Hannett, record producer
6. SITUATIONIST GROUP - Vini Reilly and The Durutti Column housed their first album (Fact 14) in a sandpaper sleeve
7. THE THIN BOYS - The first single by A Certain Ratio, All Night Party (Fac 5), appeared in May 1979. With no drummer
8. LARRY AND VINNY - Section 25 are from Blackpool. Ian Curtis and Rob Gretton produced their first single (Fac 18)
9. GET IN THE VAN - Heads, tales, Cocks and Jokers on the road
10. RUE DE MANCHESTER - Joy Division and Cabaret Voltaire play Plan K, Brussels, 16 October 1979
11. THE RAINBOW - On 4 April 1980 Joy Division played two London venues, The Rainbow and The Moonlight Club
12. FACTORY BENELUX - Friends in Belgium (and Holland)
13. DISORDER - Bury Derby Hall, 8 April 1980
14. IN A LONELY PLACE - 18 May 1980. On the eve of Joy Division's first American tour, Ian Curtis hangs himself at home in Macclesfield
15. BENEATH THE PAVEMENT - New Order debut at The Beach Club, Manchester, on 29 July 1980. U2 go home
16. OF FACTORY AMERICA - New Order and A Certain Ratio in New York, September 1980
17. FUTURISTS - The first New Order album, Movement (Fact 50), was released in November 1981
18. CHOIR BOYS - Schoolboy lyrics and timbales: Vini Reilly and Simon Topping
19. LIKE PUNK NEVER HAPPENED - 1981: new pop, old ways


interviews
Section 25, Crispy Ambulance, The Names, Minny Pops, Swamp Children, Thick Pigeon,
Richard Boon, Annik Honore, Lindsay Reade, Richard Jobson, Graham Massey, Killing Joke.

Shadowplayers is based exclusively on new spoken word interviews, with soundtrack music by Section 25 and New Order, and rare images and graphics.
The cover art is based on the first Factory design (Fac 1) by Peter Saville from 1978.

The DVD is available as a Region 0 NTSC disc.
DVD extras include individual profiles for each interviewee.