Manchester North Of England - A Story Of Independent Music Greater Manchester 1977 - 1993 (7CD BOX) Various Artists

MANCHESTER - NORTH OF ENGLAND - URBANASPIRINES

Now my ancestral roots are in Manchester, despite my being born on Merseyside, my parents were both born in Manchester so it holds sway over me in a way that is peculiar to folk oop North!  I feel it whenever I go back there . . . . . . . 

Kostas says "Manchester's music scene produced successful bands in the 1960s including the Hollies, the Bee Gees and Herman's Hermits. After the punk rock era, Manchester produced popular bands including Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths and Simply Red. In the late 1980s, the ecstasy-fuelled dance club scene played a part in the rise of Madchester with bands like the Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets and Happy Mondays. In the 1990s, Manchester saw the rise of Britpop bands, notably Oasis. 

Taking the Industrial Revolution as its model, Factory Records played upon Manchester's traditions, invoking at once apparently incongruous images of the industrial north and the glamorous pop art world of Andy Warhol. While label mates A Certain Ratio and the Durutti Column each forged their own sound, it was Factory's Joy Division who were the most prominent."

New Order

Ian Curtis of Joy Division

James

Durutti Column

Oasis

Seven (7 ?!) discs of it!