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Use Hearing Protection: Factory Records

Curator Mat Bancroft reveals some of stories and artefacts behind the first 50 Factory catalogue numbers which are on display in the exhibition Use Hearing Protection: FAC 1–50/40

The iconic label is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a major new show in London.

Use Hearing Protection: FAC 1 – 50 / 40 takes place at the Chelsea Space in the capital and celebrates the history and on-going influence of Factory Records, supported by rare and unseen materials from personal Factory archives.

Curated by Jon Savage and Mat Bancroft, the Factory exhibition is being featured in this year’s London Design Festival and runs from the 13th September until Friday the 25th of October 2019

Image: Detail from Fac 1, Poster 1978, Design Peter Saville

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