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21 Nov 2024

Artefact of the day

Photograph
Bernard SumnerTim Sinclair
The Hacienda
26th June 1983
Added 2nd November 2024
by Red
Image by photographer Tim Sinclair

Bernard Sumner, New Order, Hacienda 1982, later the same year the club opened.

This week's video

Black Female Voices: Shaping Manchester Music

A panel discussion exploring experiences of black female artists in Manchester. The discussion is part of our Woman: Breaking The Rules project celebrating women in Manchester music. The project, which also comprises 5 short films, a pop-up exhibition and several other events, is part of our Heritage Lottery-funded Rebel Music programme and is led by MDMA co-founder Alison Surtees.

Chaired by Karen Gabay and featuring panelists Yvonne Shelton, Melanie Williams, Henrietta Smith-Rolla and Ruby-Ann Patterson. Filmed in Principal, 11.11.17 as part of the Louder Than Words Festival.

Projects

Connecting Manchester's Music Archives

This is the digital space where archival repositories and projects containing Manchester’s music heritage can connect up, share stories and promote their collections.

MDMArchive Research Lab

MDMArchive member and hardcore data-fiend Kate Mullen has been working on plugging our database into electronic frogspawn. Stick your hands in and have a swirl.

Telling Stories Conference

17-19 November 2022
Registration, Speakers and Schedule

Lapsed Clubber Audio Map

Recording the memories of Greater Manchester's rave community, 1985-1995

Online Exhibitions

My Life Through Ticket Stubs

A personal journey through music gigs in Manchester

Electric circus

An exhibition of artefacts from the Electric Circus, music venue now no longer around

Doodlebug Nuggets ALL FM 96.9 radio archive

Maxwell Hall Archive

An exhibition of the musical heritage of Maxwell Hall, University of Salford

Don't Mention The Hacienda - In Search Of Alan Wise

We Are Dynamite! Northern Carnival 1978

The Northern Carnival against the Nazis, a rally and concert held on 15 July 1978 in Moss Side.

RNCM50: Throwing Open the Concert Doors

Queer Noise

Exploring the hidden history of Manchester’s LGBT+ music culture and club life.

The Roadhouse closes its doors

Huge exhibition of photos and memories from the Manchester music institution.

Moss Side Stories

Inspired in part by MDMArchive’s hugely prolific member, ‘Dubwise-er’, who uploaded almost 1000 artefacts to our website.

Mole Express - A Magazine for Manchester's Counter Culture

A truly alternative, grass-roots publication first issued in 1970 which ran for seven years.

Andrew Weatherall A Herbal Tea Party Celebration

A celebration of the dearly missed Andrew Weatherall.

In celebration of the life of CP Lee

A place to collect all the wonderful stories, memories and images of our founder member.

Record Shops of Greater Manchester

An ongoing project aiming to document every record shop of Greater Manchester, past and present.

City Fun: The Hidden History of Manchester's Favourite Fanzine

Comprehensive fully transcribed archive of City Fun.

Suffragette City - women in Manchester music

Exhibition celebrating women in Manchester music developed in tandem with our physical Suffragette City exhibition at The Refuge.

Manchester Academy Memories

Concerts & Club Life at the University of Manchester - full of great stories from true music fans 1954-2016

A 20/20 Legacy: the centenary of the Northern School of Music

Founded in 1920 by Hilda Collens, the school specialised in training music teachers until it merged with the Royal Manchester College of Music to form the RNCM.

Kate O'Donnell (Trans Creative)

A personal archive of Kate's flyers, posters and press articles.

Electric 50: Bob Dylan at the Free Trade Hall Redux

Manchester Digital Music Archive celebrated this outstanding event with a fundraising concert to mark its 50th anniversary.

Square Peg, Round Hole: decades of (gay) involvement in Manchester.

Huge personal collection of flyers, photos and articles from designer / promoter duo Glenn & Brendon.

Paradise Factory, January 1998

A photo diary of a night out in Paradise Factory.

Rave in Greater Manchester, 1985-1995

To celebrate the launch of the Lapsed Clubber Audio Map, we've started an exhibition about rave in Greater Manchester.

25 Years Of Paper Recordings: 1994 - 2019

A quarter of a century of music, parties, good times & many memories of Paper Recordings.

RNCM Archives

Welcome to the Royal Northern College of Music Archives

Making Music in Manchester during WW1

This exhibition showcases some of the archives of the Royal Northern College of Music, the Hallé Concerts Society and the Henry Watson Music Library.

Defining Me: A Musical Adventure in Manchester #1

Michael Barnes-Wynters (aka Barney Doodlebug, and MDMArchive trustee) snapshot of a musical journey.

Fanzine: Ghast Up

How to make a fanzine. Behind the scenes photos and letters including all issues of seminal fanzine.

Fanzine: God Is A Newt

Another great punk fanzine.

Fanzine: Out There

Paul Morley's self-published fanzine 'Out There'.

Fanzine: Manchester Rains

Another great DIY fanzine.

The Mancunian Gay Magazine

Uncovering Manchester's LGBT music history within the pages of the Mancunian Gay magazine.

Oh Manchester, so much to answer for

M20 Festival, Withington 2018

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of Factory Records

Melanie Smith - Mudkiss Photography

Manchester-based music photographer Melanie Smith shares some random photographic memories.

King Kayak: 2006 to 2009

Manchester Postcards

A collection of early 20th Century postcards illustrating brass bands and old venue spaces.

Manchester, North of England

Cherry Red Records box set as selected by members of MDMArchive.

Licktronica : a design aesthetic and an electronic music night

A collection of Rob Bailey's iconic poster designs from Licktronica.

Manchester Musicians Collective

Late 1970s Manchester musicians-led grass-roots movement.

Cry Wolf 1975-1980

Lifting the lid on late 70s gig scene of Poynton, Cheadle and beyond.

Fictitious Names

A treasure trove of images of this Radcliffe-based band.

Manchester, Punk and Beyond...

OT's punk nuggets - it is good to own a Shy Talk and a Ghast Up, a John Cooper Clarke poster and the Electric Circus flyers.

Happy Mondays 'Rave On' 1989

My Smiths and Morrissey collection

Since stumbling across The Smiths on the Old Grey Whistle Test I've never looked back.

Latest Artefacts

Latest Discussion

“50p!”
Written by Gervan Simon, view artefact
16 Nov
“Are you still local to the Manchester area? I'm studying at the university of Salford, and I'm currently making a documentary on Maxwell hall, I would love to hear more about your experience”
Written by cjl6002, view artefact
14 Nov
“Indeedy, definitely one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to.”
Written by Dale Jowett, view artefact
14 Nov
“Hiya, did you attend this gig?”
Written by cjl6002, view artefact
14 Nov
“I've just found this archive whilst idly searching for any information online about my grandfather, Leonard Latchford. I'm pleased to confirm that next to him in the photo is his wife, Tita Joan Latchford (née Hindley).”
Written by Karen Parkes, view artefact
10 Nov
“Great find”
Written by fast cars, view artefact
07 Nov
“Dave Booth started the Tuesday Psychedelic nights. He turned me on to so many great tunes. I took over after Dave decided to move on.”
Written by hazywavydavy, view artefact
25 Oct
“Thanks, it's now correct.”
Written by dalliance68, view artefact
17 Oct
“1968?”
Written by Ian Stapleton, view artefact
17 Oct
“Hi Roy I drink with Moley every Friday in Jolly Butcher Wythenshawe, Graham Iggy Ingham is in Wythenshawe town FC aka Chicken Hut mainly as he has a lot to do with the football team, Dave Gleave aka Glez plays at Spinning Top Stockport often, infact I spoke to Dave a few days ago as he is going to visit his daughter in Perth Oz where I left my daughter Gemma last Monday after 3 weeks, he wanted to know how the flying was.”
Written by Youngy47, view artefact
14 Oct

Latest People & Places

John Shaw - Person rncmarchives 05 Nov
Duncan Jones - Band / Artist Red 02 Nov
Tim Sinclair - Person Red 02 Nov
Chris Turner - Band / Artist pavlos61 23 Oct
Dennis Bourne - Person DBmcr75 11 Oct
Buffalo 66/the Electric Milk Band/hippy Mafia - Band / Artist DBmcr75 11 Oct
Cressa - Band / Artist DBmcr75 11 Oct
Johnny Vegas - Person DBmcr75 11 Oct
John Thompson - Person DBmcr75 11 Oct
Electric Milk Band / Hippy Mafia - Band / Artist DBmcr75 11 Oct
Scratch - Band / Artist DBmcr75 11 Oct
Sweet Female Attitude - Band / Artist MDMAshley 09 Oct
Fac 281 - Place Garreth Hughes 02 Oct
Ian Fourcandles - Band / Artist Bob O 30 Sep
Stephen Kingston - Person Red 30 Sep

News
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Blue Plaques for Black Music in Manchester
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05 Apr 24
Re-Membering Music Worlds: Exhibiting the Rebel Women of Manchester’s Suffragette City
14 Oct 23
Beyond the Music - October
05 Sep 23
Echo Salford interactive music trail launches
26 May 22
Hulme Jubilee Weekender - A fun filled Celebration of Our Culture & Diversity
Manchester Histories Festival 11 May 22
Help Shape Our Future-Complete our Survey 05 Jan 21
MDMArchive in city-wide 50 Windows of Creativity exhibition 26 Oct 20
Abigail Ward steps down 10 Sep 20
CP Lee 1950-2020 26 Jul 20
Suffragette City raised £5300 for local women's charities 17 Mar 20
21 Nov 2024

On this day in history

Pins
The Ritz
2
Starless & Bible Black
Klondyke Bowls Club
Crestfallen
The Roadhouse
Crestfallen
The Roadhouse
Academy 1 (Manchester Academy)
Manchester Arena (MEN)
Rob Fletcher
The New Ardri
1
Rob Fletcher
The New Ardri
Mike PickeringJon DaSilva
Yargo
International 1
RigYargo
Band On The Wall
Inca Babies
The Hacienda
1
Swamp Children
7
Varicose Veins
Academy 2 (Main Debating Hall)
1
Academy 2 (Main Debating Hall)
Academy 2 (Main Debating Hall)
Manchester University Students Union
3
TractorTony Crabtree
Rochdale College Hall
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
1
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
A Certain RatioBuzzcocksThe Durutti ColumnJoy DivisionSlaughter and the Dogs
429b Bury New Road
1
The Cocktail Party
The Millstone
BuzzcocksThe Drones
1
Hardrock Concert Theatre
2
Free Trade Hall
Academy 2 (Main Debating Hall)
1
Lagos Lagoon Club Steel Band
Moss Side
Moss Side
Royal Manchester College Of Music (RMCM)
Royal Manchester College Of Music (RMCM)
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