
Former Haçienda resident DJ Mike Pickering, the icon of the early-90s 'Madchester' acid house movement, and Radio 1 resident Pete Tong celebrated Tony Wilson this week with a two-hour Essential Mix special on UK's BBC Radio 1.
Tony Wilson (1950-2007) was a British record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist.
"Mr. Manchester," as the Manchester Evening News dubbed him in its recent report, was the man who put Manchester on the map by bringing Joy Division, Happy Mondays, and New Order to the world. Wilson was the founder and manager of the legendary Manchester nightclub Fac 51 Haçienda (better known as simply The Haçienda) and was also one of the five co-founders of Factory Records.
He died of a heart attack in Manchester's Christie Hospital on Friday, August 10th 2007 aged 57.
In the first part Tong presents the very best of Factory Records with tracks from the likes of New Order, Joy Division, and Happy Mondays. Mike Pickering pays tribute to Haçienda in part two, featuring such unforgettable classics as Marshall Jefferson's "Move Your Body", A Guy Called Gerald's "Voodoo Ray", Inner City's "Good Life" and many more.
Download: Uploaded.to [192kbps MP3, ~165 MB]
Tracklist:
Hour 1 - Pete Tong - Factory Records:
Joy Division - Transmission // Factory
Joy Division - She's Lost Control // Factory
A Certain Ratio - Shack Up // Factory
A Certain Ratio - Knife Slits Water // Factory
Joy Division - Atmosphere // Factory
Durutti Column - Otis // Factory
New Order - Confusion // Factory
New Order - True Dub // Factory
New Order - True Faith (Morel Pink Mix) // Factory
Happy Mondays - Step On (Accapella) // Factory
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Oakenfold Remix) // Factory
New Order - Fine Time (Steve Silk Hurley Remix) // Factory
New Order - Blue Monday (Original) // Factory
New Order - 5-8-6 // Factory
Electronic - Getting Away With It (Nude Mix) // Factory
Electronic - Getting Away With It (Original Mix) // Factory
Hour 2 - Mike Pickering - Haçienda:
Marshal Jefferson - Move Your Body // Trax
Hashim - Al Naafiysh // BCM
Orange Lemon - Dreams Of Santa Anna // Champion
Adonis - No Way Back // London
Tcoy - Carino // deConstruction
Jomanda - Make My Body Rock // BCM
Kenny Jammin Jason - Can U Dance (Bonus Jack) // Champion
Rhythm Is Rhythm - Nude Photo // Transmat
808 State - Pacific State // ZTT
Marshall Jefferson - Open Our Eyes // FFRR
Inner City - Good Life (Derrick May Remix) // 10 Records
Stirling Void - It's Alright // Dance Division
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray // Warlock
Ce Ce Rogers - Someday // Atlantic
Photo credit: Don McPhee
absolutely brilliant!
(could have suggested a few more fab fac tunes however...)
cjs
Tony Wilson tribute site has been set up:
http://www.anthonyhwilson.com/
So far there's messages from Peter Reichardt, Paul McGuinness, Peter Hook and others.
Excellent! Two corrections to the track listing however:
'Dreams of Santa Anna' and 'Al Naaflysh' are switched, and 'Nude Photo' is missing altogether as far as I can tell.
@djsteve: Thanks for the update ;-)
great set, thanks for posting!
Absolute class you had to be there to really appreciate the class of house music it really was Peace
2 decades of musical warmth! R.I.P x
nice mix, but where's the second hour?
am i doing something wrong?
Bum! I'm having the same problem as batslug, is there an error?
what a legend theres nothing you can say about the guy except speech less hope radio 1 do some more tributes to tony wilson