First a disclaimer: I was not living in Manchester at this time (although I was born here), I was also far too young for all this, so every bit of info I have is 2nd hand.
Has anyone got the link for McCready's page btw? Also, popping to see my mate at lunch. He'll put us straight, he was selling records to the Hacienda djs at the time (from '85 onwards I believe). So, he can tell us exactly who was buying what and when. But yeah, just to re-iterate, don't confuse the early house nights at the Hac with 'Madchester', thats much later! For what it's worth, I don't think there is a second city of techno, Detroit is a one off, and anything else that compares is strong enough in it's own right to have it's own little name for what it does. e.g. Sheffield, Manchester, Chicago, New York etc.... And also, Chicago provided the majority of the soundtrack to the Hacienda I believe, as opposed to Detroit. By the time the Detroit records were around, I think they were playing alot of Italian stuff, and also English stuff too. Of course, it was a massive part of it, but I think it's stretching it to say that Detroit was the main contributor to Hacienda music. One of me bessie mates was in there three nights a week at this time and will gladly tell anyone that will listen what records they were playing. Also, hacienda opened '81 I think? My mate has a membership card from '83, as alot of the bands he was well into used to play there alot. The music policy changed pretty radically over the years, but my mate tells me that while they played alot of rock and wave and what have you, the policy was still 'danceable beat' if you know what I mean. When did Greg Wilson do his thing there? Didn't they stop his Friday's to do house instead? Was that '87? or was that earlier?? This was after the midweek things were getting ridiculous I think? I think Wednesday and Thursday were the nights for some time. I think they HAD to move it to the weekend too as it was getting out of hand I believe. My mate tells crazy crazy crazy stories of these nights. Anyone know Greg to ask him? Martin? Robin? and also, don't take this as gospel, I might have a few things wrong, I'll make sure I check my facts. _________________________________________________________________ --------------------- End of message text -------------------- This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
