Fun Factory (song)

"Fun Factory" was a single released by The Damned in 1990 on Deltic Records.

The band had split in 1989, but reformed shortly thereafter for touring. Captain Sensible was set to return, and sought the other band members' permission to reissue the track "Fun Factory", recorded in late 1982 (and featuring King Crimson's Robert Fripp on guitar), but shelved when The Damned's record company (Bronze Records) went bankrupt in early 1983. While it was not attached to any Damned album, it has been issued on several compilations.

The B-side was a solo track by Sensible, a remix of a track from his 1989 solo album Revolution Now. The bonus tracks on the 12" and CD singles were also solo Sensible works.

Track listing

Bonus tracks on 12" single: -

Production credits

Fun Factory

Fun Factory may refer to:

The Singing Kettle

The Singing Kettle were a folk music group who were well known for performing traditional children's songs with a distinctly Scottish flair.

Career

Husband and wife Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise started touring as a folk singing duo in the mid-1970s.

The group name "The Singing Kettle" came about in 1982. Their first venture under this title was a children's album, featuring everything from traditional Scottish rhymes to songs learned on their folk tour of the USA. For certain tracks, real children were used, including their daughter Jane, creating the first set of "Kettle Kids".

The idea came of turning "The Singing Kettle" album into a show, as they were unimpressed by other, few, children's theatre shows at the time. The show toured to primary schools, with the idea of clues for songs found inside kettles, and for this they recruited their friend, musician Gary Coupland. The touring show eventually developed into a more plot-led piece of musical theatre and they began performing in large scale theatres across the country. Over the years the Singing Kettle have presented their own specially written shows including The Boogie Woogie Zoo, The Time Machine, Pirates, Wild West Show, Medieval Madness, World Tour, Funny Farm, and Homemade Band. Additionally some of their shows have raised awareness of important topics, notably road safety (Busy Road Show), good dental hygiene (Tooth Happy Songs) and pollution (one of the Adventures in Kettleland episodes).

Fun Factory (company)

Fun Factory GmbH is a German manufacturer of erotic toys, specializing in silicone dildos, vibrators, and love balls. It is located in Bremen and all its manufacturing takes place in Germany. In 2006, the company had an annual revenue of 13.5 million euros. A daughter company exists in the United States and is distributed in the US by TNB Distribution.

In 2009 Fun Factory's Vibrator elLOVE (as a representative of its product line SMARTVIBES) received the highest possible rating in a test by German magazine Oeko-Test, a magazine devoted to consumer-protection and ecology.

Several of Fun Factory's products received design awards, the Vibrator DeLight being among the most decorated: it received i.a. the red dot award product design 2008 and an IF (International Forum Design) product design award.

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