| Description | The papers of Eric's Club and Pete Fulwell cover the career of music manager Pete Fulwell, including his management of the influential punk and new wave club Eric's on Matthew Street, Liverpool, 1976-1980. The collection predominantly covers the years 1977-2005, consisting of: administrative records; reports; business notes and correspondence; photography; art designs; posters and other promotional materials for bands and events; tickets; audiovisual recordings of various formats; press cuttings; music magazines and underground press publications; other music ephemera; clothing merchandise; and other records related to Fulwell's business incubation and contribution within the arts to regenerating the local Liverpool economy such as applications for a Merseyside Music Development Agency to the European Union Objective 1 European Regional Development Funds, records for the Merseyside Black Music Initiative (MBMI), and correspondence and records relating to the establishment of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). It includes documentation of Fulwell's management of not only Eric's Club, but also his establishment of Eternal Records 1983-2005 and his management of Liverpool bands such as The Christians, Black, It's Immaterial, and Pete Wylie, in addition to records from Fulwell's work as Head of the Music Industry Development Consultancy for Liverpool City Council between 1989 and 2000.
The collection contains a large amount of digital format material, such as master tapes, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, floppy discs, and external hard drives. |
| AdminHistory | Pete Fulwell was a notable Liverpool-based music manager, born 30 December 1944 in Shrewsbury. He originally moved to Liverpool to study Psychology, after which he began a PhD which he later dropped out of. He began his music career by establishing the Modula design company to produce band posters in 1971, eventually doing publicity for bands such as Fleetwood Mac and The Strawbs. Alongside Roger Eagle and Ken Testi he was Managing Director of the legendary punk and new wave Eric's Club on Matthew Street in Liverpool, 1976-1980. Eric's Club was described as 'a club for people that didn't normally go to clubs,' and wasn't originally intended to be a punk club. It was shut down in March 1980 following a police raid.
Fulwell later co-founded the Inevitable record label, before moving into management of artists and bands such as Pete Wylie, Pete Burns, Holly Johnson, It's Immaterial, Black, and The Christians. Fulwell also founded Eternal Records Management, 1983-2005. Fulwell also headed the Music Industry Development Consultancy for Liverpool City Council between 1989 and 2000, which included the establishment of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). Fulwell was also the CEO of Merseyside Music Development Agency, which operated the Merseyside Youth Music Action Zone, advising on business start-ups for young people and promoting their participation in the music industry.
Pete Fulwell sadly died in 2020 aged 75. |
| CustodialHistory | The majority of the collection was purchased by LJMU Special Collections & Archives in 2009. |