How indie labels changed the world http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/22/indie-record-labels-changed-world?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9389
(Small boast - I used to live in the flat that was Factory Records )
I thinks it's an ad for a book "How Soon Is Now?" http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780571243907
Dave
The Smiths had been courted by the majors and after the release of Hand In Glove were invited for an exploratory meeting with CBS, Warners and EMI, a process that placed the difference between the two sectors in sharp relief.
"I was immediately struck by the lack of records in these buildings," Marr says. "As someone who was a record freak, it made me want to get back to Rough Trade. On the few occasions that I'd been in the Factory flat, and certainly when I'd been around Rough Trade, they were like record companies trying to operate under mounds and mounds of vinyl. All they had in CBS and Warner Brothers were huge posters of their artists in reception."
"I was immediately struck by the lack of records in these buildings," Marr says. "As someone who was a record freak, it made me want to get back to Rough Trade. On the few occasions that I'd been in the Factory flat, and certainly when I'd been around Rough Trade, they were like record companies trying to operate under mounds and mounds of vinyl. All they had in CBS and Warner Brothers were huge posters of their artists in reception."
(Small boast - I used to live in the flat that was Factory Records )
I thinks it's an ad for a book "How Soon Is Now?" http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780571243907
Dave