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interviewee Alan Hempsall
interviewee Ann Quigley
interviewee Annik Honoré
interviewee Anthony H. Wilson
interviewee Chris Watson
interviewee Christophe Den Tandt
interviewee Geordie Walker
interviewee Graham Massey
interviewee Howard Devoto
interviewee Jaz Coleman
interviewee Larry Cassidy
interviewee Lindsay Reade
interviewee Michel Lambot
interviewee Michel Smordynia
interviewee Peter Hook
interviewee Peter Saville
interviewee Richard Boon
interviewee Richard Jobson
interviewee Simon Topping
interviewee Stanton Miranda
interviewee Vin Cassidy
interviewee Vini Reilly
interviewee Wally Van Middendorp
music by [soundtrack music] Section 25
photography by [still photography by] Ann Quigley
photography by [still photography by] Annik Honoré
photography by [still photography by] Marc Portée
photography by [still photography by] Michelle Mauguit
producer [produced by], video director [directed by] James Nice
video editor, authoring [dvd] David Meachen
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Copyright (c) Section 25
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Copyright (c) Vitalturn Ltd.
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Published By Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd.
Region 0. Track durations are not printed on the release. © & ℗ 2006 LTM Recordings

Introduction unlisted. End credits include:
Dedicated to Ian Curtis, Rob Gretton & Martin Hannett
All designs by Peter Saville appear by kind permission

In June and July 1976 the Sex Pistols played two historic shows at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester. In September their first television appearance was booked by Tony Wilson, the presenter of So It Goes on Granada TV.

Punk and the Pistols inspired several new Manchester groups, including Buzzcocks, Magazine and Joy Division. Soon the Electric Circus was established as the city's main punk venue in 1977, while Wilson continued to promote new wave music on Granada. Manchester also spawned two independent record labels, New Hormones and Rabid.

After the Electric Circus closed its doors in October 1977, Tony Wilson and friend Alan Erasmus devised a club of their own. The Factory opened in May 1978 with a series of shows featuring Joy Division, The Durutti Column and Cabaret Voltaire. Six months later these bands would form the basis of a radical new label, Factory Records.

Shadowplayers explores the facts and fictions of their first four years, 1978 to 1981

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