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MDMArchive is an online community archive designed to celebrate Greater Manchester music, protect its heritage and promote awareness of its cultural importance.
We are a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers.
Our Archive currently contains 2857 bands, 457 DJs, 906 venues and 8052 artefacts.
Visit our first ever online exhibition:
Queer Noise - The Hidden History of Manchester's Gay Music Culture
Please join us (2144 members) and start adding to the archive!
(Mick Hucknall playing pool in the back bar of The Grant's Arms. Photo by Richard Watt.)
The Dominoes photograph
Sent in by Tony Kennedy:
" A picture of me aged 13 when I played with the Dominoes skiffle group. The guitar I am playing is a Hofner Club 60. I bought it from Johnny Roadhouse on Oxford Road in Manchester in 1958. It was £38 - a lot of money back then."
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Kenny Williams (0) - Abigail
Nymphs And Shepherds Choir (1) - Viv Wilson
Owen Townsend (0) - Abigail
Franklin Jackson (0) - Abigail
Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford (2) - foz
Moss Side Blues/Shebeens, Manchester (0) - Abigail
Carribbean Club, Manchester (0) - Abigail
Nice & Easy, Manchester (1) - ChrisB
Queens Park Cheetham Hill, Manchester (2) - transmission
29th Nov 2011
Simon Worrall (Paris Angels) R.I.P.
23rd Nov 2011
Johnny Marr joins Nile Rodgers on stage at The Warehouse Project
14th Nov 2011
Sir Jimmy Savile, broadcaster and DJ pioneer, dies aged 84
29th Oct 2011
Stone Roses Reform for gigs at Heaton Park
26th Oct 2011
Forever Manchester
Manchester City Council
Creative Industry in Salford
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MDMArchive is very keen to credit the designers of artefacts such as posters and flyers.
If you know the designer or photographer of the artefact you are uploading, please credit them.
If you see an artefact without a designer credit and can help us identify its creator, please contact us.
We are a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers.
Our Archive currently contains 2857 bands, 457 DJs, 906 venues and 8052 artefacts.
Visit our first ever online exhibition:
Queer Noise - The Hidden History of Manchester's Gay Music Culture
Please join us (2144 members) and start adding to the archive!
Moss Side (and Hulme) Stories
(Mick Hucknall playing pool in the back bar of The Grant's Arms. Photo by Richard Watt.)
Our brand new online exhibition exploring club life and music culture in Moss Side and Hulme from the 1950s onwards which will be launched in January 2012.
The exhibition comprises oral histories, photos, flyers and footage depicting this vibrant music scene and its underlying political and social history.
If you have any memories of Moss Side and Hulme club culture that you would like to share, please contact us: info@mdmarchive.co.uk
Artefact of the month
The Dominoes photograph
1958
Sent in by Tony Kennedy:
" A picture of me aged 13 when I played with the Dominoes skiffle group. The guitar I am playing is a Hofner Club 60. I bought it from Johnny Roadhouse on Oxford Road in Manchester in 1958. It was £38 - a lot of money back then."
Artefact added by
Abigail (473)
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Sunshine Cake Band (0) - rashidiKenny Williams (0) - Abigail
Nymphs And Shepherds Choir (1) - Viv Wilson
Owen Townsend (0) - Abigail
Franklin Jackson (0) - Abigail
Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Salford (2) - foz
Moss Side Blues/Shebeens, Manchester (0) - Abigail
Carribbean Club, Manchester (0) - Abigail
Nice & Easy, Manchester (1) - ChrisB
Queens Park Cheetham Hill, Manchester (2) - transmission
Archived news
Where's Bowie? - A tribute night in aid of MIND29th Nov 2011
Simon Worrall (Paris Angels) R.I.P.
23rd Nov 2011
Johnny Marr joins Nile Rodgers on stage at The Warehouse Project
14th Nov 2011
Sir Jimmy Savile, broadcaster and DJ pioneer, dies aged 84
29th Oct 2011
Stone Roses Reform for gigs at Heaton Park
26th Oct 2011
Supporters
Community Foundation of Greater ManchesterForever Manchester
Manchester City Council
Creative Industry in Salford
Manchester Digital Development Agency
Ward Hadaway
MDMArchive is very keen to credit the designers of artefacts such as posters and flyers.
If you know the designer or photographer of the artefact you are uploading, please credit them.
If you see an artefact without a designer credit and can help us identify its creator, please contact us.
Latest artefacts
The Fall
press article, 1981
Rest of review of The Fall's "Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul" in NME 21.11.81 see more
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press article, 1981
Rest of review of The Fall's "Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul" in NME 21.11.81 see more
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The Fall
press article, 1981
Review of The Fall's "Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul" in NME 21.11.81 with nice photo by Anton... see more
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press article, 1981
Review of The Fall's "Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul" in NME 21.11.81 with nice photo by Anton... see more
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The Freshies
press article, 1981
Small news item on The Freshies. From NME 26.01.80 see more
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press article, 1981
Small news item on The Freshies. From NME 26.01.80 see more
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Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
advert, 1981
Advert for an Albertos gig in Surrey. From NME 04.04.81 see more
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advert, 1981
Advert for an Albertos gig in Surrey. From NME 04.04.81 see more
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New Order, A Certain Ratio, Section 25
advert, 1981
Plenty of Manchester interest on this advert for Nottingham Rock City for April 1981. From NME 04.04.81 see more
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advert, 1981
Plenty of Manchester interest on this advert for Nottingham Rock City for April 1981. From NME 04.04.81 see more
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Salford Museum & Art Gallery
backstage pass, 2008
invite for the opening nite of QUIFFS RIFFS & TIFFS....an exhibition dedicated to salford music from... see more
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backstage pass, 2008
invite for the opening nite of QUIFFS RIFFS & TIFFS....an exhibition dedicated to salford music from... see more
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Salford Museum & Art Gallery
promotional item, 2008
SALFORD ROCKS...one of the more unusual promotional items i have come across....this was for an exhibition... see more
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promotional item, 2008
SALFORD ROCKS...one of the more unusual promotional items i have come across....this was for an exhibition... see more
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Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias
press article, 1977
Small news item in Sounds 10.09.77 about AYLTP's activities see more
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press article, 1977
Small news item in Sounds 10.09.77 about AYLTP's activities see more
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The Drones
press article, 1977
News article in Sounds 10.09.77 re: The Drones' activities see more
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press article, 1977
News article in Sounds 10.09.77 re: The Drones' activities see more
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Eric Random, Ludus, The Wake
advert, 1983
Insert in the The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. see more
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advert, 1983
Insert in the The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. see more
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Stockholm Monsters
fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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Lavolta Lakota
fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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Pink Industry
fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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Vee VV
fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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Blue Orchids
fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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fanzine, 1983
Insert for The Angels Are Coming compilation 2 x cassette package on Pleasantly Surprised 1983. Track... see more
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