Published
Sun, May 7, 2023, 16:50
- Audrey Golden's I Thought I Heard You Speak gives a fresh perspective on Factory Records and The Haçienda.
A new book celebrates the women who helped launch Factory Records and Manchester nightclub The Haçienda.
I Thought I Heard You Speak, by American journalist Audrey Golden, is an oral history of the record label and its impact on rave culture in the UK, focusing on the women who worked to make it all happen.
"The untold history of Factory Records is one of women's work at nearly every turn," Golden said, "recording music, playing live gigs, running the label behind the scenes, managing and promoting bands, designing record sleeves, making films and music videos, pioneering sound technology, DJing and running one of the most chaotic clubs on the planet, The Haçienda."
Golden interviewed more than 50 women, including Gillian Gilbert, the keyboard and guitar player from New Order; musicians Cath Carroll and Gina Birch; Lindsay Reade, who managed The Stone Roses; Haçienda DJs Angel Johnson and Michelle Mangan; and Yasmine Lakhaney, who was one of the UK's first women bouncers. The book's forward is written by DJ Paulette, a resident at The Haçienda's gay party Flesh from 1992 through 96.
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