The acid house party brings back memories of 1988 when the 'Madchester' movement was just about to begin. Ravers in the footage include the late great Factory Records founder Tony Wilson ...

This collection tells the full story of a Madchester band that’s never quite gotten its due, documenting tentative forays into acid house alongside tight, ’60s-inspired songwriting.

And before they were duking it out with Oasis for control of the Britpop kingdom, Damon Albarn and his band were keeping the Madchester flame burning. That scene—leftover acid house and baggy ...