Kevin Hewick

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Leicester (UK) based singer-songwriter. The Factory Years The Leicester based singer songwriter (who has seen a revival of interest in the mid 2000's and a new label, Burning Shed) was an early member of the Factory Records roster. Following the death of Ian Curtis (lead singer in Joy Division), Hewick was trialed by Factory owner Tony Wilson, who placed him in the studio with the remaining members of Joy Division (Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris) and producer Martin Hannett to record the track Haystack. Other Factory releases included the controversial live side of the "A Factory Quartet" double album in 1981 - "Live tracks picked against my wishes by Tony Wilson of a confrontation between me and a very aggressive audience - I never lived it down" and the single "Ophelias Drinking song" - "Kinda weird but I kinda like it" - which featured producer Donald Johnson of A Certain Ratio on percussion and was mixed by Peter Hook of New Order. "Tony Wilson used to sound out ideas with me all the time, very like the fictional Steve Coogan Tony does with the John Thomson charecter in "24 Hour Party People". He once told me about the idea of The Hacienda and I said you can't even run a record company properly how are you going to run a club as well? In the end I lost my novelty, Tony was moving onto newer, more exciting projects than me and I was a bit more of a whinger in those those days too, so that was that, it all faded away. A shame because we never achieved al

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Tender Bruises And Scars

Pillows & Prayers: Cherry Red Records 1981-1984

A Factory Quartet

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A Factory Quartet (Disc 1)

Such Hunger for Love

All sewn up - A tribute to Patrik Fitzgerald

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Pillows & Prayers (Volumes 1 & 2)

Helpline

From Brussels With Love

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Ambition - The History Of Cherry Red Records Vol. 1&2

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Whispers From The Offing

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Pillows & Prayers Vol.2

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