Buzzcocks, X-O-Dus (Exodus)
Alexandra Park
Poster, 1978
This is a poster advertising coaches to the first ever Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism Carnival held in London's Victoria Park, featuring the Clash, Steel Pulse and X-Ray Spex. It was this initial event that led to the Northern Carnival in Manchester just 10 weeks later.

Geoff Brown helped to co-ordinate over 50 coaches from Manchester, filled with approximately 2500 people.

This image was featured in Manchester Digital Music Archive's 'We Are Dynamite! Northern Carnival Against the Nazis 40th Anniversary' exhibition, held at Niamos (old Nia Centre) in Hulme in September 2018.

Co-organised by Geoff Brown of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) and Bernie Wilcox of Rock Against Racism (RAR), the Carnival featured incendiary live performances by pop-punk superstars Buzzcocks and Steel Pulse, the UK's leading reggae band of the period. Support came from Moss Side reggae band Exodus (later X-O-Dus) and China Street from Lancaster, who had released a single on EMI called ‘Rock Against Racism’.

You can find out more in our online version of the exhibition here: www.mdmarchive.co...

Special thanks to our funders Heritage Lottery Fund and Futura.

Thanks also to all our wonderful volunteers.
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Buzzcocks, X-O-Dus (Exodus)
Alexandra Park
Programme, 1978
This brochure was made to raise funds for the Carnival. Local business and groups paid for an advert each inside. Many of the ads also contained messages of support.

Designer: Unknown.

This image was featured in Manchester Digital Music Archive's 'We Are Dynamite! Northern Carnival Against the Nazis 40th Anniversary' exhibition, held at Niamos (old Nia Centre) in Hulme in September 2018.

Co-organised by Geoff Brown of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) and Bernie Wilcox of Rock Against Racism (RAR), the Carnival featured incendiary live performances by pop-punk superstars Buzzcocks and Steel Pulse, the UK's leading reggae band of the period. Support came from Moss Side reggae band Exodus (later X-O-Dus) and China Street from Lancaster, who had released a single on EMI called ‘Rock Against Racism’.

You can find out more in our online version of the exhibition here: www.mdmarchive.co...

Special thanks to our funders Heritage Lottery Fund and Futura.

Thanks also to all our wonderful volunteers.
Buzzcocks, X-O-Dus (Exodus)
Alexandra Park
Photograph, 1978
Photo © Geoff Brown

This image was featured in Manchester Digital Music Archive's 'We Are Dynamite! Northern Carnival Against the Nazis 40th Anniversary' exhibition, held at Niamos (old Nia Centre) in Hulme in September 2018.

Co-organised by Geoff Brown of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) and Bernie Wilcox of Rock Against Racism (RAR), the Carnival featured incendiary live performances by pop-punk superstars Buzzcocks and Steel Pulse, the UK's leading reggae band of the period. Support came from Moss Side reggae band Exodus (later X-O-Dus) and China Street from Lancaster, who had released a single on EMI called ‘Rock Against Racism’.

You can find out more in our online version of the exhibition here: www.mdmarchive.co...

Special thanks to our funders Heritage Lottery Fund and Futura.

Thanks also to all our wonderful volunteers.
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Joy Division
Russell Club
Poster, 1978
A smallish poster for a gig at The Factory in Hulme. Culture headlined one night, the next week was New York electro-punks Suicide supported by Joy Division. Also The Actors, but I don't know who they were... anyone?

There are flyers of this too, with a map on the back showing how to get to the Russell Club, although this one is blank on the back.
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Gordon the Moron, Gyro, Jilted John, John Cooper Clarke, Prime Time Suckers, Ed Banger
Russell Club
Poster, 1978
Another Rabid Records night at Manchester's The Factory and also at Liverpool's prime punk club Eric's. This time touted as 'Sloppy Rabid Opportunists'.
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V2
Russell Club
Poster, 1978
A poster for V2's 'new show'.

Courtesy of Mark Standley
John Cooper Clarke, The Fall
Russell Club
Poster, 1978
A bright poster for a great looking gig at The Factory at the Russell Club in Hulme. These posters were generally put up by Rabid Entertainments, based in Cotton Lane, Withington.
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Russell Club
Photograph, 1979
This picture captures a typical night at the Russell Club in Hulme during the punk explosion. This was The Damned playing. I was right at the front at the start but due to the frenzy of flying fists and the quaint habit of spitting at the bands I quickly retreated out of the Mosh.

As soon as the bands kicked off the place was a mass of punks careering into the each other whilst kicking hell out of one another.

I remember seeing Iggy Pop there when New Values was released, Glen Matlock was playing bass with the band. There were people deliberately gouging their arms with the broken bottles that always littered the floor. It must have been about 45 degrees in there. I had to go outside half way through the gig to tend to my mate who had passed out in the heat.

It was difficult to get back to Levenshulme from there when you couldn't afford a taxi but always worth the hassle because of the quality of the stuff they had on: Throbbing Gristle, Iggy Pop, The Damned all within a few days of each other....
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Russell Club
Photograph, 1979
Sbilts writes:

This is The B52s playing 'Planet Claire' at the Russell Club in Hulme. It was sweaty but not as hectic as the punk gigs.

It was a risk taking your camera there as you had to traverse 'bandit country' after dark. It was a hotbed of criminal activity around the Crescents, and someone staggering home at 2.30am with a largish camera was easy pickings.

I only dared take it a few times. The B52s had just released their first album and the 'Rock Lobster' single at the time. In later years I met a Stockport bloke who was married to one of the girls (don't know which one, but his name was Brian Cockayne). I

t was way before The Flintstones and 'Love Shack', whilst they were still relatively cool...
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Fireplace
Russell Club
Poster, 1979
Poster advertising Febuary 1979's gigs at the Factory at the Russell Club in Hulme.

Bands featured are: Gang of Four, Heptones, Stiff Little Fingers, the Cure, Wire, Accelerators, Fireplace and National Health. Does anyone know if Charity Concerts and Eddie's Humorous Play were band names or events?
Russell Club
Flyer, 1979
A Flyer for the B52s gig at The Factory.
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Russell Club
Photograph, 1979
A photograph taken from Sounds in 1979 showing the three Factory Records directors, Peter Saville, Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, standing in front of the Russell Club (or The Factory as it was known on their night).

Photo taken by Kevin Cummins.
Ludus, Linder Sterling
Russell Club
Flyer, 1979
A Ludus flyer sent in by Jon Savage.
Russell Club
Press, 1979
Iggy U.K. tour, starting at The Russell. From New Manchester Review , April 6th ’79.
Fireplace
Russell Club
Flyer, 1979
Flyer for Fireplace/Swell Maps gig at The Russell, May 1979.
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Joy Division
Russell Club
Poster, 1979
Jon Savage's superb poster for Joy Division at the Russell Club.

Courtesy of Jon Savage.
Biting Tongues
Russell Club
Poster, 1979
The third Biting Tongues gig at The Factory.
Ludus, Magazine, Slaughter and the Dogs
Russell Club
Flyer, 1980
Flyer for The Russell Club 1980 - sorry the scribble was mine - young fool!
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Magazine, Slaughter and the Dogs
The New Osborne Club
Flyer, 1980
Wise Moves flyer from inside City Fun issue 20. Only Manchester act in sight are Slaughter and The Dogs (with Magazine coming soon).
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Slaughter and the Dogs, Victim
Russell Club
Flyer, 1980
Always had a fantastic time at the Russell, so much so I didn't know that I'd seen some acts there until people told me years later I was there with 'em!

Used to hang out with Alan Wise, Bernard Kelly (Gordon the Moron), Stan McLaughlin (Stan the Man), Cathy le Creme, et al. We thought we were so cooooool.

Happy days.
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Manicured Noise, Mothmen, Pure Product, The Knives
The New Ardri
Flyer, 1980
Flyer for 'Manchester's New Venue' 1980-81(?)
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Slaughter and the Dogs
Russell Club
Flyer, 1980
Going to The Osbourne Club could be a bit of a tricky one as the young types of Miles Platting didn't seem to take too kindly to other young types trespassing on their turf, for some reason.

I particularly remember heading along for an Adam and the Ants gig (before he found out he was a pirate, and to which he didn't turn up anyway) and the local youth took offence/a fence, bottles, bricks etc, to ward off all prospective punters pretty much all the way back to Ancoats.

Half a brick thrown by a ten-year-old, egged on by a sixteen-year-old that just missed my head may somewhat have tainted my memory of the occasion.

There are distant echoes of going to see Slaughter and the Dogs at Wythenshawe Forum (local lads made good), which ended on a similar note. Well, kids didn't have the internet or suchlike distractions to occupy them back then.

The UB40 gig at The Russell must have been good cos I've got "v.great" written next to it. I think this was round the last time Joy Division played here, which I remember seemed a bit flat. I think The Cure gig had The Passions in support..
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Hulme Hippodrome
Photograph, 1980
A picture of the interior of Hulme Hippodrome taken in 1980 by Ted Bottle. This image is taken from the fantastic musical hall and theatre history site: www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/

Many thanks to Matthew Lloyd.

The excerpt that follows is copied from the above site and is originally from 'From Twilight of the Touring Revue' By Donald Auty. Please click the link below to visit.

The Hulme Hippodrome in Preston Street, Hulme, Manchester was built next door to the Hulme Playhouse by J. J. Alley who also built several other Theatres in Manchester, including the Metropole, the Royal Osborne, the Hulme Playhouse, and the Queens Park Hippodrome along with the Pavilion Theatre in Liverpool, and several others in the Broadhead Circuit. The Hulme Hippodrome was built as a Theatre for melodrama, called the Grand Junction Theatre and Floral Hall, and opened in 1901. Both Theatres were connected by an arcade.

The Theatre originally seated 3000 and was renamed the Hulme Hippodrome in 1905 when it became a Music Hall.

In 1942 the Theatre was renamed the Second Manchester Repertory Theatre.

In 1950 the Theatre was refurbished and the Gallery was reopened.

In 1962 the Theatre was converted for Bingo and Casino use.

The building is Grade II listed and whilst the auditorium with its two galleries remains in its original state the same can't be said for its orginal exterior which has been completly hidden by modern twentieth century cladding.
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Harlem Spirit
Video, 1980
Comment from under the YouTube clips reads:

This record reminds me of when I went to Moss Side Carnival at Alexandra Park in 1980. It was played constantly, booming out over the park, much to the annoyance of the police, it was a protest against the 'SUS' law introduced for 'suspects under surveillance' which meant the police used to stop anybody they considered suspicious.