Factory Records

Factory Records was a  Manchester based British  independent record label, started in 1978 by  Tony Wilson and  Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as  Joy Division,  New Order,  A Certain Ratio,  The Durutti Column,  Happy Mondays,  Northside, and (briefly)  James and  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Like the label  4AD Records, Factory Records used a creative team (most notably record producer  Martin Hannett and  graphic designer  Peter Saville<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">) which gave the label and the artists recording for it, a particular sound and image. The label employed  a unique cataloguing system<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> that gave a number not just to its musical releases, but to artwork and other objects, as well.