Editing Factory Records (section)

===1978 and 1979===
As a follow-on from the successful 'Factory Nights' held at the Russell Club, Factory Records made their first release, ''[[A Factory Sample]]'', in January 1979.<ref name=FAC251>{{cite web |url=http://www.factorymanchester.com/about-us/ |title=FAC251 Factory Manchester |website=Factory Manchester |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129080238/http://www.factorymanchester.com/about-us/ |archive-date=29 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="NME13082015">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/why-the-legacy-of-factory-records-boss-tony-wilson-can-still-be-felt-today-756877|title=Why The Legacy Of Factory Records Boss Tony Wilson Can Still Be Felt Today|last=Nicolson|first=Barry|date=13 August 2015|work=NME|access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> At that time there was a punk label in Manchester called Rabid Records, run by Tosh Ryan and [[Martin Hannett]]. It had several successful acts, including [[Slaughter & the Dogs]] (whose tour manager was [[Rob Gretton]]), [[John Cooper Clarke]], and [[Graham Fellows|Jilted John]]. After his seminal TV series ''[[So It Goes (TV series)|So It Goes]]'', Tony Wilson was interested in the way Rabid Records ran, and was convinced that the real money and power were in album sales. With a lot of discussion, Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton and Alan Erasmus set up Factory Records, with Martin Hannett from Rabid.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McDonald|first1=Heather|title=Factory Records Profile|url=http://www.factoryrecords.net/|website=Factory Records|access-date=29 August 2015}}</ref>

In 1978, Wilson compered the [[New wave music|new wave]] afternoon at [[Deeply Vale Festivals|Deeply Vale Festival]]. This was actually the fourth live appearance by the fledgling [[Durutti Column]] and that afternoon Wilson also introduced an appearance (very early in their career) by [[The Fall (band)|the Fall]], featuring [[Mark E. Smith]] and [[Marc Riley|Marc "Lard" Riley]] on bass guitar.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Greene|first1=Jo-Ann|title=Live At Deeply Vale Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-deeply-vale-mw0000207004|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=29 August 2015}}</ref>

[[File:86palatineroad.jpg|thumb|left|The first Factory Records office, 86 Palatine Road in [[West Didsbury]], Manchester.]] The Factory label set up an office in Erasmus' home on the first floor of 86 Palatine Road ({{Coord|53|25|38.0|N|2|14|06.2|W}}), and the ''Factory Sample'' EP was released on 24 December 1978. Singles followed by [[A Certain Ratio]] (who would stay with the label) and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] (who left for [[Virgin Records]] shortly afterwards). The first Factory LP, Joy Division's ''[[Unknown Pleasures]]'', was released in June 1979.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Macauley|first1=Ray|title=Pulsars, Pills, and Post-Punk|url=http://thescienceandentertainmentlab.com/pulsars-pills-and-post-punk-the-design-of-unknown-pleasures/|website=The Science And Entertainment Laboratory|access-date=29 August 2015}}</ref>