by Hook, Peter
Friday 14th Derrick May (attendance 1145; 44 tickets sold at Dry)
Saturday 15th ROB’S FORTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY Prime
Time DJs – Andy Robinson & Nadine Andrews
Friday 21st (attendance 977; 29 tickets sold at Dry)
Saturday 22nd (attendance 1576; 71 tickets sold at Dry)
Wednesday 26th FLESH (attendance 1277)
Friday 28th Kevin Saunderson (attendance 857; 24 tickets sold at Dry)
Saturday 29th (attendance 1633; 112 tickets sold at Dry)
FEBRUARY
Friday 4th NORTHERN EXPOSURE Sasha, John Digweed
(attendance 1794)
Saturday 5th (attendance 1458; 138 tickets sold at Dry)
Friday 11th INDIA (attendance 620)
Saturday 12th (attendance 1404; 147 tickets sold at Dry)
Monday 14th PASSION (private party) (attendance 1170)
Wednesday 16th TRANSFORM (attendance 452)
Friday 18th Daniele Davoli; DJ Power (attendance 801)
Saturday 19th (attendance 1636; 163 tickets sold at Dry)
MARCH
Wednesday 2nd LUVDUP PRESENTS JOLLY ROGERING AT THE HAÇIENDA Adrian & Mark; Terry Farley & Pete Heller; Those Salty Sea Dogs; Moonboots; McCready; 6 Golden Nuggets (‘swashbuckling fun’)
Friday 4th Robert Owens; Allister Whitehead; Tim Lennox
Friday 11th CREAMY SHINE! Dave Seaman; Paul Bleasdale; James Barton; Allister Whitehead; Tim Lennox
Friday 18th CHICAGO SHINE! Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk; Felix Da Housecat; Allister Whitehead; Tim Lennox
Thursday 24th FOUNDATION
Friday 25th Derrick May; Allister Whitehead; Tim Lennox
MAY
Tuesday 10th PRIVATE PARTY
Wednesday 11th PRIVATE PARTY
Wednesday 18th TRANSFORM
Friday 20th THE TWELFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY, PART I
John Digweed; Sasha
Set-list (John Digweed): Nush – ‘U Girls’, Hed Boys – ‘Girls + Boys’, Rebound – ‘Make It Funky’, Memphisto – ‘State of Mind’, Bump – ‘House Stompin’’ (Ramp Stompin’ Mix), E-Lustrious – ‘In Your Dance’ (Bivouac Mix), Praxis feat. Kathy Brown – ‘Turn Me Out’ (Delormes UK Club Mix), Anna Din – ‘Angel’, Taiko – ‘Echo Drop’ (Original Hard Mix), Ascension – ‘Move to the Music’, Sound of One – ‘As I Am’, Positive Science – ‘Soul Feel Free’, Liberty City – ‘If You Really Love Someone’ (Original Mix)
Set-list (Sasha): Sasha – ‘Higher Ground’ (Brothers in Rhythm Mix), Paz Pooba – ‘Hold Me Tight’, Sandee – ‘Notice Me’ (Afro Morning Mix), SLP – ‘Supernova’ (Trance Mix), Underworld – ‘Dark & Long’, Funtopia feat. Jimi Polo – ‘Do You Wanna Know’, Asli Tanriverdi – ‘Eastern Lover’, Jody Watley – ‘Ecstasy’ (Morales Nocturnal Mix), Techno Bert – ‘Neue Dimensionen’, F Machine – ‘Lost in America’, Jump – ‘No Rich Fat Daddy’, Fly Baby – ‘Fiesta’ (Way Out West Mix)
Saturday 21st THE TWELFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY, PART II Joe Roberts
Monday 30th BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL DJ Pierre
JUNE
Wednesday 1st JOLLY ROGER John DaSilva
Thursday 2nd The Charlatans
Friday 3rd SHINE! Ce Ce Rogers
Tuesday 7th AMBIDEXTROUS
Friday 10th IBIZA SHINE! Alex P; Paul Hudson
Tuesday 14th AMBIDEXTROUS
Wednesday 15th TRANSFORM Pollen
Friday 17th SHINE! Angel
Tuesday 21st AMBIDEXTROUS Cygnus Loop
Wednesday 22nd Graham
Thursday 23rd Fred the Cellar Man
Friday 24th SHINE!
Tuesday 28th AMBIDEXTROUS
Wednesday 29th FLESH
Thursday 30th HOTTER
JULY
Friday 1st SHINE!
Saturday 2nd Paul Hudson
Monday 4th STUDENT NIGHT
Tuesday 5th AMBIDEXTROUS the Grind
Thursday 7th Carleen Anderson; Corduroy; Freak Power
Friday 8th SHINE! Cream; John DaSilva
Tuesday 12th AMBIDEXTROUS
Thursday 14th COCKTAIL BAR PARTY
Friday 15th SHINE! Marshall Jefferson
Tuesday 19th AMBIDEXTROUS Strange Brew (sponsored by Robs Records)
Thursday 21st TRANSFORM Richie Hawtin
Friday 22nd SHINE!
Saturday 23rd LOVE 2 INFINITY Paul Hudson
Monday 25th COCKTAIL BAR PARTY
Tuesday 26th AMBIDEXTROUS
Wednesday 27th FLESH
Thursday 28th HOTTER
Friday 29th SHINE!
AUGUST
Tuesday 2nd AMBIDEXTROUS
Friday 5th SHINE!
Tuesday 9th AMBIDEXTROUS
Friday 12th SHINE! Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson
Tuesday 16th AMBIDEXTROUS
Thursday 18th TRANSFORM
Friday 19th SHINE!
Tuesday 23rd AMBIDEXTROUS
Thursday 25th HAÇIENDA CLASSICS: THE LAST FROM THE
PAST Jon DaSilva; John McCready
Friday 26th SHINE!
Sunday 28th FLESH
Monday 29th SHINE! BANK HOLIDAY Michael Watford; DJ Disciple
Tuesday 30th AMBIDEXTROUS
SEPTEMBER
Friday 2nd SHINE!
Monday 5th Oasis; the Creation
Friday 9th SHINE!
Friday 16th SHINE!
Sunday 18th IN THE CITY (music convention tie-in)
Monday 19th IN THE CITY (music convention tie-in)
Tuesday 20th IN THE CITY (music convention tie-in)
Wednesday 21st IN THE CITY (music convention tie-in)
Thursday 22nd MC Teabag; Punishment Farm
Friday 23rd SHINE! Kenny Carpenter
Wednesday 28th FLESH
Thursday 29th POLLEN
Friday 30th SHINE!
DECEMBER
Saturday 17th Sasha
Set-list: Duke – ‘So in Love With You’ (Pizzaman 5 a.m. Dub), Sharon Nelson – ‘Down that Road’, Sade – ‘Pearls’ (Remix), Prince – ‘Most Beautiful Girl in the World’ (Marvin & Hornbostel Remix), BT – ‘Nocturnal Transmission’, SLP – ‘Supernova’ (Aquarius Mix), Buzzin’ Cuzzins & Romanthony – ‘Let Me Show You Love’ (Bad Yard Club Mix), Histerya – ‘Love Nation’ (Joy & Kaya Remix), Tenth Chapter – ‘Prologue’ (Atlas 1st Addition Mix)
FEBRUARY
Monday 20th Hopper; Flinch
JUNE
Tuesday 20th Raymond & Martha (a play: ‘a world of pulp serial-killer literature’) Pete Robinson; Dave Rofe
JULY
Saturday 1st Graeme Park
Tuesday 4th Str8-Up
Saturday 8th Graeme Park
Saturday 15th Graeme Park
Tuesday 18th Leaky Fresh; Semtex; Hewan Clarke
Friday 21st SUNSHINE! Todd Terry; Jon DaSilva
Monday 24th FACTORY TOO SHOWCASE East West Coast;
the Orch; Italian Love Party; K-Track
Friday 28th SUNSHINE! Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk; Barbara
Tucker
Monday 31st Tom Wainwright; Bobby Langley (plus Carry On
Down the Canal: a boat trip)
AUGUST
Friday 4th Digit; Max Mistry
Friday 11th SUNSHINE! Dave Seaman
Thursday 17th DOMINA Andrew Weatherall; Matt Thompson;
Pete Robinson
Friday 25th SUNSHINE! Victor Simonelli; CeCe Rogers
Monday 28th HAÇIENDA CLASSICS Jon DaSilva; Nipper &
Roy Baxter; Guru Josh
SEPTEMBER
Friday 1st ULTIMATUM RECORDS RELEASE PARTY Carl Cox;Laurent Garnier;Eric Powell;Daz Sound; Trevor Rockcliffe
Sunday 3rd DODGY: ‘The National Band Register Throws a Chocolate Grenade’Arch Stanton;FTV;J.Fisher; Defacto; the Colour Wheel; the Free Agents
Monday 4th THE IMMORTAL SHOWCASE: 5th Man Manchester Records Launch Party Toni DiBart; Love to Infinity; Sam Mollinson; Up Yer Ronson; New Industries; Gabrielle’s Wish; Bad Man Wagon; Kill Laura; Pete Mitchell
Tuesday 5th Danny Rampling; Graeme Park; Dave Clarke; Nick Warren; James Lavelle; Paul Bleasdale; Kris Needs; Richard Fearless;James Barton
Friday 8th DIGIT DJ Buck; Ra Soul; Max Mistry; Neon Leon
Saturday 9th Bobby Langley
Thursday 14th Jean Daniel; Eric Powell
OCTOBER
Wednesday 11th Marion;Northern Uproar;Gabrielle’s Wish; Hopper;Disobey;Chris Carter; Gilbertpossstenger
Sunday 29th The Durutti Column
Set-list: ‘Collette’, ‘What is it to Me (Woman)’, ‘The Next Time’, ‘War Torn’, ‘Tangled’, ‘Jacqueline’, ‘Otis’, ‘Organ Donor’, ‘Guitar for Mother’, ‘The Missing Boy’, ‘The Beggar’
FEBRUARY
Tuesday 6th Gabrielle’s Wish
APRIL
Saturday 6th Armand van Helden
Friday 26th Manic Street Preachers
MAY
Monday 20th Dub Syndicate; Freedom Masses; Joey J; DJ Manners
Tuesday 21st Marion
Thursday 30th The Fall; Gabrielle’s Wish
JUNE
Sunday 30th Gabrielle’s Wish
JULY
Friday 5th PLEASURE Steve Cobby
Friday 12th PLEASURE DJ Krust
Friday 19th PLEASURE Richard Moonboots
Friday 26th PLEASURE Hidden Agenda
Tuesday 30th Gabrielle’s Wish
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday 25th A Certain Ratio
NOVEMBER
Tuesday 5th Gabrielle’s Wish
Wednesday 13th FEVER Sister Sledge; John McCready
Monday 18th Jesus Loves You; Justin Robertson
Wednesday 20th PLEASURE CHRISTMAS PARTY DJ Gusto; Nelson & McKinney; Pete Robinson; DJ Rofe; Jay Brown
DECEMBER
Tuesday 31st Bobby Langley
Extract from the minutes for weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 6 January 1994:
New nights
PM [Paul Mason] and AM [Angela Matthews] had put together a calendar of events planned over the first two months of 1994.
Apart from two private parties in the cocktail bar, there were no other special events planned in January and CS [Chris Smith] expressed his disappointment at this fact as it had been stressed at the last meeting that we should be arranging as many events as possible to make sure we have enough money to pay the VAT at the end of January.
PM explained that three weeks’ lead time was required to properly arrange and promote a night and a Christmas break meant that it had been impossible to get anything arranged in time for January,and hopefully the Jazz night through SJM on 27 January will be confirmed.
Three new Wednesday nights had been arranged for February,with a monthly Luvdup Jolly Roger reunion night, the first retro night and the first trance night.
PM and AM were meeting Luvdup later that day to finalize matters.
Extract from the minutes of the meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 13 January 1994:
New nights
The first Jolly Roger night had been postponed until the first week in March due to technical problems.
No suitable DJ had yet been found to front the first Retro night, and there was a discussion as to who might be suitable but no one could come up with anybody. It was suggested that we ask a DJ to programme the night and get someone else to play the actual records but it was felt that no DJs would be prepared to do this.
The trance night was still scheduled to go ahead on 16 February. RG [Rob Gretton] requested that a late licence be obtained for this night.
Extracts from the minutes of the weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 27 January 1994
Trance night
AM had prepared a budget of the first trance night. It was agreed that the entrance price should be £5 in advance and £6 on the door and that the night was to be called TRANSFORM.
Jolly Rogering
The Luvdup monthly Jolly Roger night was still going ahead, and it was still planned to link up with Dry on these nights.
Extract from the minutes of the weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 10 February 1994:
Transform
Preparations for the first Transform had not gone well. The name and date on the flyers were both incorrect and another Herbal Tea Party was being held at the Airdri on the same night, with Charlie Hall from the Drum Club DJing
PM suggested that we put back the first night until March, as we create negativity towards the night if the first one is not a success. RG felt very strongly that the night should go ahead as we had to face up to the competition at some stage and we had a very strong line-up from March in the shape of the Trance Europe Express.
It was agreed to proceed with the night.
Basement improvements
A meeting had been arranged for Friday 11 February with the architect. Those attending would report back to the next meeting. AHW [Tony Wilson] asked to go on record that we would be making a mistake if we did not involve Ben Kelly in the project. Following lengthy discussions regarding the cost involved and BK’s track record of constantly going way over budget, AHW also asked to go on record to say that we would be making a mistake if we did use BK.
Extract from the minutes of the weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 17 February 1994:
Transform
While the night had not been a success in financial terms, those who had attended the night agreed that there was a good atmosphere and that the club had looked excellent there was also no problem with drugs.
About 450 had attended, nearly all free, but apparently there was only about 300 at the Herbal Tea Party, and Herbal Tea Party had already contacted us with regard to making sure that we don’t clash again in the future. The Trance Europe Express night in March had been cancelled, but AM felt that using Justin Robertson as the resident, and bringing in guest DJs and acts such as Andy Weatherall and Aphex Twin, should be a successful formula for a regular monthly night.
Extract from the minutes of the weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 24 February 1994:
Gigs and fashion shows
RG felt that we were not exploiting the club’s full potential as a live venue. Our two main club competitors, Home and Paradise Factory, did not have the ability to put on shows and he felt that we were the ideal venue for acts attracting crowds between the capacity of the Academy and the Boardwalk, although he admitted that there were problems with the size of the stage and the lighting.
PM said that he was constantly trying to book gigs but could only try to get what was available and we have the problem of not being available for Fridays and Saturdays, which is why we lost the Incognito gig.
Extracts from the minutes of the weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 3 March 1994:
Jolly Roger
Only 190 had attended the first Jolly Roger night.
Flesh
There was a general feeling that Flesh was going stale and that Paul Cons, being aware of this, was not spending as much as in the past, thus creating a downward spiral. AHW suggested that if this was the case we should look to promote the night ourselves in the future, but the general feeling was that this would not work.
It was decided to arrange a meeting with Paul Cons to discuss the matter further.
Extract from the minutes of the weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 10 March 1994:
Jolly Roger
AHW felt that one of the biggest problems was that the advertising to the first night did not push the Luvdup aspect of Jolly Roger hard enough,but the artwork and printing for April had already been done on the same lines.
PM said that we were going to hire a lorry and parade around the city centre with a sodding pirate on the back and also have it suspended from outside the club.
It was agreed to distribute 1000 free tickets for April, subject to agreement from Luvdup.
Extrac
t from the minutes of the weekly management meeting held in the Round House on Thursday 24 March 1994:
Transform
AM had prepared a budget for the April Transform. It was agreed that the DJ line-up of Alex Patterson, David Holmes and Fabio Paras was more than was necessary for the night and that we should look to drop
one of them from the line-up. It was agreed that the security was too much and that we should be looking to drop one regular doorman and one supervisor if possible.
Classics 88
PM asked if he could spend a total of £750 on props for the night and in particular buy a new swimming pool.He was asked to wait until after the weekend to see whether or not we could afford it or not.
Extract from the minutes of a Haçienda/Dry meeting held in April 1994:
Haçienda matters
Classics 89 – 196 tickets sold. £1000 for June, July, August.
The accounts will be ready week on Thursday.
Charlatans confirmed.
Oasis might get moved to Haçienda from University. AM to chase up. [The gig wasn’t changed. Oasis played the University that June and the Haçienda in September.]
AHW explained CD ROM to A Matthews.
RG has put AHW in charge of the Haçienda CD-ROM.
Ministry of Sound tour has sold badly.Keep price at £8 on the door, £6 for students.
Extracts from the ‘brief’ minutes of a weekly management meeting held in the Round House on 28 April 1994:
AM reported that the doormen felt that too many people were being knocked back on Flesh nights due to their alleged heterosexuality.
RG bet both PH and AK £20 that there would be more than 500 customers on Friday night.
There was to be one last shot at getting Jolly Roger up and running in June.
It was decided that this was not the best time for Dry to invest in a computer.
From the Haçienda monthly newsletter, 1995
In 1995 the Haçienda was brought to you by:
Rob Gretton: Managing Director
Paul Mason: Operations Manager
Ang Matthews: General Manager, Club Diva, Friend of the Stars
Andy King: The Trendy Accountant
John Reid a.k.a. Fred: Maintenance, Health & Vinyl Flooring