The Haçienda (47 page)
Authors: Peter Hook
Around this time I was approached by a cartel of superfans. These boys, the Closed Order, were specialists in the collecting of rare and obscure gig/rehearsal tapes. Their collection is mighty and an outsider had got hold of something, so the cartel asked me to try and stop its widespread release. This was timed quite handily because I had been involved in a few meetings – quite positive ones, I might add – with the rest of New Order/Joy Division about creating our own specialist website, at last selling our own rarities, remixes and merchandise, and this was just what we needed to start the official site. It actually transpired that the gentleman in America who had the ‘rare’ tape was very nice and just handed it back to its rightful owners. He did, however, point out to me one Joy Division song on the tape that I swear I had never heard before – I suppose by that I mean I had no recollection of the song at all. ‘Pictures in My Mind’ was an almost-finished track that we must have shelved: we were very prolific then and, though we only practised for a couple of hours a week, would easily write a song a session if not more. Ian Curtis used to say that you should always finish every song you do because there’ll always be someone who likes it, so I don’t understand how this one had slipped the net. Although wary of the dreaded internet criticism, and of dwelling on the past, I thought I’d finish it off for the gig; and, while I was at it, thought why not feature one of my favourite unreleased New Order songs from
Waiting for the Siren’s Call
, ‘Brother and Sister’, which to my eternal frustration has still not been released. The rehearsals went very well and with the help of my co-producer/programmer Philip Murphy it all started to sound very good indeed.
I must admit I was terrified both before and on the opening night, but very happy with the support shown by the most discerning people on the planet … you! So thank you again for all your support. The night was a great success and bodes very well for the future of the Factory. Here’s to the future. (We have already been criticized for being too full too often, which just goes to show – the Haçienda having been empty for the first six years – that you cannot please everyone.) If FAC 251 can earn a place in people’s hearts and the history of musical culture the way the FAC 51 Haçienda did, I will be very happy indeed. The heritage will live forever.
I’d like to thank Aaron Matt Mellor for his inspiration and support; and Nigel Myles, Kirk, Rob and Caroline, Denise, Steve, Jase@A2, James and Joanna, Tony Andrews and all at Funktion One, Martin at Pioneer, Dave, Steve and all at FullSpec and, of course, Ben Kelly.
One last thing: we stocked the club with what we thought was enough for the first ten days – the amount worked out by experience from all Aaron’s other establishments’ drinking histories. The whole lot went on the first night. We stocked the same again, and it went on the second night too. We have created a monster …
Peter Hook
July 2010
I would like to thank . . . my mother Irene, her sister Jean, my wife Becky, for her constant love, support and guidance, my children Heather, Jack and Jessica for everything.
Michael and Carole Jones.
Claude Flowers,who started the whole bloody thing in the first place, hopefully, mate, the Joy Division one will be easier?
Andrew Holmes for doing a fantastic job shaping the raw material and bringing it to fruition.
Lesley Thorne for handling that messy business of business.
Angela Herlihy of Simon & Schuster for deciding to publish the thing!
Diane Bourne of the
Manchester Evening News
for the initial push and inspiration for the title.
Eric Barker for letting me know what a bore I had become.
Twinny and Carlo for being the best mates a man can have.
Phil Murphy for being a great sounding post.
Andrew Liddle for his great pictures.
Ang Mathews for her great help, patience and knowledge.
Leroy Richardson for his support,when I needed it most.
Paul Fletcher and Natalie Plumridge at One Love Music for their sterling efforts in putting The Haçienda back where it belongs.
Paul Chadwick for his great musical knowledge.
Terry Mason.
Stephen Lea for his legals.
Claire at Lea & Co.
Wendy Fonarow from one author to another.
Anthony Addis for his common sense.
Stephen Jones at Addis & Co.
All at Addis & Co for putting up with my little quirks.
Tim and Tom at New State for the success of
The Haçienda Classics
.
Paul Brown for suggesting it in the first place.
Phil Beckett for his great help in compiling it.
James Masters for being a fountain of knowledge.
Graeme Park, Mike Pickering, Jon DaSilva, Sasha, Justin Robertson, Arthur Baker, Allister Whitehead, Dave Haslam, The Whip, David Morales, Tom Wainwright, Derrick May, Todd Terry, Andrew Weatherall, John Digweed, Kevin Saunderson, Jon Carter, Frankie Knuckles, A Guy Called Gerald, Danny Rampling.
Sasha and all at the Warehouse Project.
John Drape at Ear To The Ground.
David Vincent and all at Sankeys.
Ricky at Colours.
Oliver Wilson.
Ken Niblock and David Potts for our wild nights at the Hac.
Clint Boon for teaching me to DJ.
Mani for refining it.
Imelda for the gigs.
Andy Fisher.
Gary Aspden at Adidas.
Bobby Langley and Slipstream.
Kickers.
Sam Findlay.
Taka Motomura.
808 State and The Happy Mondays.
Terry Christian for the tapes.
Alan Erasmus, man of mystery.
Peter Saville, it’s great working with you again.
Trevor Johnson.
Ben Kelly, a great man despite what I say, and for the plans and the pictures too.
Bill and Ben at Morph.
Dave (Dee) Harman R.I.P.
Gill Smith R.I.P.
All at Urbis Museum Manchester.
All the bootleggers, it’s a compliment . . . but.
Finally, all the customers of the Haçienda past and present and future and the wonderful people of Salford and Manchester, without you we’d be nothing!
The following were invaluable sources of reference and/or are recommended background reading.
Books
24 Hour Party People,
Tony Wilson (Channel 4 Books)
Adventures on the Wheels of Steel: the Rise of the Superstar DJs
, Dave Haslam (Fourth Estate)
Bernard Sumner:Confusion
, David Nolan (Independent Music Press)
Energy Flash
, Simon Reynolds (Picador)
From Joy Division to New Order, the True Story of Anthony H. Wilson and Factory Records
, Mick Middles (Virgin)
Gang War
:the Inside Story of the Manchester Gangs
, Peter Walsh (Milo)
The Haçienda Must be Built
, Jon Savage (ed.) (Independent Music Press)
High Life ’n’ Low Down Dirty, the Thrills and Spills of Shaun Ryder
, Lisa Verrico (Ebury)
I Swear I Was There
, David Nolan (Independent Music Press)
Joy Division Piece by Piece
, Paul Morley (Plexus)
Manchester, England
,Dave Haslam (Fourth Estate)
My Magpie Eyes Have Seen the Prize
, David Cavanagh (Virgin)
Plans and Elevations: Ben Kelly Design
, Catherine McDermott (ed.) (ADT Designfile)
Rip it Up and Start Again
, Simon Reynolds (Faber and Faber)
Shake, Rattle and Rain
, C. P. Lee (Harding Simpole)
Touching from a Distance
,Deborah Curtis (Faber and Faber)
Who Killed Martin Hannett? The Story of Factory Records’ Musical Magician
, Colin Sharp (Aurum)
Websites
Ben Kelly Design (www.benkellydesign.com)
Cerysmatic (www.cerysmaticfactory.info)
DJ History (www.djhistory.com)
Manchester District Music Archive (www.mdmarchive.co.uk)
New Order Online (www.neworderonline.com)
Pride of Manchester (www.prideofmanchester.com)
Sleeve-notes
Discotheque Volume 1: The Haçienda
(a bootleg, the bastards), sleeve-notes by Tim Lawrence (Gut Records)
Chicago Acid and Experimental House 1985–1995
, sleeve-notes by Tim Lawrence (Soul Jazz Records)
Stuff on the telly
24 Hour Party People
(Dir. Michael Winterbottom)
A Very British Gangster
(Dir. Donal MacIntyre)
New Order Play at Home
(Dir.Don Coutts,Peter Orton,Dom Shaw)
Celebration: Madchester – The Sound of the North
(Granada Television)
The Alcohol Years
(Dir. Carol Morley)
Joy Division
(Dir. Grant Gee)
Control
(Dir. Anton Corbijn)
A Certain Ratio,
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Allen, Keith,
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Allen, Theresa,
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Amanda (at Dry),
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Aphex Twin,
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Appiani family,
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Apple,
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Ari,
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