{"product_id":"nice-james-shadowplayers","title":"Nice, James - Shadowplayers","description":"A revised and expanded edition of the long out-of-print\nhistory of Factory Records, featuring a foreword by\nJon Savage.\n'Definitive and comprehensive, this is the actual story of Factory Records' Peter\nSaville\nIn 1978, a ‘Factory for Sale’ sign gave Alan Erasmus and Tony Wilson a\nname for their fledgling Manchester club night. Though they couldn’ t have\nknown it at the time, this was the launch of one of the most significant musical\nand cultural legacies of the late twentieth century. The club’s electrifying\nlive scene soon translated to vinyl, and Factory Records went on to become\nthe most innovative and celebrated record label of the next thirty years.\nAlways breaking new musical ground, Factory introduced the listening public\nto bands such as Joy Division, whose Unknown Pleasures was the label’s first\nalbum release, New Order, Durutti Column and Happy Mondays. Propelled\nonwards by the inspirational cultural entrepreneur, Tony Wilson, Factory always\nsought new ways to energise the popular consciousness, such as the\ninfamous Hacienda nightclub, which enjoyed a chequered 15-year history after\nopening in 1982.\nNow fully revised and expanded with a new chapter, Shadowplayers is the\nmost complete, authoritative and thoroughly researched account of how a\ngroup of provincial anarchists and entrepreneurs saw off bankers, journalists\nand gun-toting gangsters to create the most influential record label of modern\ntimes. Based on both archive and contemporary sources, the book tells the full\nstory of Factory’ s heroic struggles, its complex web of inventive, idiosyncratic\nand tragic personalities, and ultimately, the acclaimed and much-loved\nmusic it produced.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber Music and Pop Culture","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback Book","offer_id":50585971491094,"sku":"RMX-56985","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/7717b108adf4ee6310a5f0d3944aaf92_93a1d07e-9af8-46e1-a7df-47600b91be3d.jpg?v=1759933664","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/nice-james-shadowplayers","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}