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Granada Television's 'Celebration: Madchester - The Sound of the North'

At the height of the so-called 'Madchester' scene or 'baggy' if you will, this captured everything in all its glory. For a start Northside featured in a major item. Footage shows the band in interview, rehearsal, live in concert and even at work; Central Station Design in their studio creating something out of a pane of glass and loads of ephemera; Happy Mondays in Amsterdam; also includes 808 State and MC Tunes; Celebration was a Granada Television arts strand and undoubtedly Anthony H Wilson (So It Goes, The Other Side of Midnight, Remote Control, Content) must have had some influence in the making of a programme featuring Northside from his own record label.

James Brown and Stuart Maconie sample the delights of Dry 201

Witty use of a red girder in the toilets at Dry 201

Central Station Design work in their studio

Darren Partington and MC Tunes of 808 State present their Sunset Radio Tuesday night show

Shaun Ryder is interviewed by a Dutch journalist in Amsterdam