'1 Top Class Manager' - The Notebooks of Joy Division's Manager 1978-1980 - will now be released on October 14th - a week later than scheduled.
The book is strictly limited to 1500 copies, and is selling fast. To secure a copy, we recommend pre-ordering here.
The book will also be available over the counter at Vinyl Exchange, Manchester from October 14th.
A number of news sites have already picked up on the book's release, and you can hear the individual members of New Order talking about it with Stuart Maconie on Radio 2's website here.
FROM Ewan MacColl to The Ting Tings, Salford is a city with a rich
musical history. Now its place in the world of pop is to be traced from
1950 to today.
The
Salford Music Map will pinpoint iconic locations, including Salford
Lads Club - made famous by The Smiths, who used it for a photo shoot.
This
year, St Philip's Church, off Chapel Street, was used for an
invitation-only gig by the Sugababes due to its superb acoustics.
A block of flats in Ordsall will also be featured -
Nine Acre Court is a song by The Charlatans. The map will be part of
the Quiffs, Riffs and Tiffs exhibition at the city's museum and art
gallery.
It will reclaim some legendary `Manchester' music
myths that belong to Salford - such as 1990s Madchester idols Happy
Mondays, who are from Little Hulton. And the famous Sex Pistols concert
at Manchester Free Trade Hall was organised from a flat in Salford.
The map is the brainchild of music author and Salford University lecturer David Nolan.
David said: "It will be a free, fold out map that will show important locations in Salford's musical history.
"But it will not just be punk and post-punk.
"There will be the usual suspects, but it will not just be for blokes in their late 30s who liked Factory Records.
"There
will also be many less-trodden paths, which are less known, and
surprising. I had the idea last year and have been slaving over it ever
since.
"There was a Manchester version done in the 90s,
but you could have gone through that with a marker pen, as 50 per cent
of it was connected to Salford. I want to put the record straight."
The
map - tens of thousands of copies will be printed by Salford council -
will go back to folk artist Ewan MacColl, who was brought up in the
city and wrote Dirty Old Town about it in 1949.
At the
time, the council was unhappy about being branded in such a way and the
words were changed from `smelled a Spring on a Salford wind' to
`smelled a Spring on a smoky wind.' But the original song was made
famous by The Spinners, whose lead singer on the track, Mick Groves,
was a Salfordian.
Coun Barry Warner, the council's culture
and sport spokesman, said: "We have a wealth of musical heritage and
the Salford Music Map is about bringing it all together.
"There are iconic landmarks and lesser-known creative hubs like Islington Mill which helped launch The Ting Tings.
"We've attempted to capture as many of these as we can."
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