ESSAYS

Five short pieces on the scenes, clubs and records this archive documents.

• Manhattan Heights and the heart of the scene

  Blackburn's own superclub — where a generation first heard house in a room built for it.

• Shelley's Laserdome: the residency that made Sasha

  How a Longton venue's Monday nights turned an unknown teenager into the country's most in-demand DJ.

• Blackpool and the coast circuit

  Shaboo and Hacketts — the seaside clubs that built the Lancashire weekend.

• The Carleton and the Morecambe tapes

  A small town venue whose resident DJ documented a scene the big clubs ignored.

• The crackdown, and why the recordings survive

  The police pressure that shut the Lancashire clubs is exactly why their music was taped.