Everything about Falling A Records totally explained
Falling A Records is a
Essex, England based
independent record label formed in the late 1970's, and heavily involved with the
D.I.Y cassette movement of the early
1980s. It owned a shop in
Clacton-on-Sea which sold new and second hand records, distributed
fanzines such as
New Crimes,
Vague,
Vox,
Flipside,
Juniper beri-beri,
Blam!, and D.I.Y magazines/
comics including the very first copies of
Viz. It also distributed leaflets for various causes such as "anti-
apartheid" and "anti-
vivisection", music and politics being very much interlinked at the time.
It had a roster of several bands on its own label, such as
the insane picnic (sic) and
Spasmodic Caress, as well as cassettes and some vinyl it distributed for other D.I.Y cassette labels including
Cause for Concern,
Subway,
Adventures in Reality,
Music for Midgets,
Third Mind and
Colortapes. Many notable bands were distributed by Falling A, including
The Cleaners from Venus featuring
Martin Newell,
the Modern Art,
Attrition,
The Pastels,
The Membranes and the legendary
Wavis O'Shave also known as Foffo Spearjig. Some exclusive material was recorded for Falling A by The Cleaners from Venus and Foffo Spearjig among others.
In 1985 the
cassette culture was threatening the fabric of the established music industry and Falling A's profile was such that it received the largest write up in the annual Music Week directory of UK record labels. Even more words than EMI.
The label is still in existence today (2004). It is currently reissuing back catalogue on CD while releasing new music and creating a vast archival resource from all the memorabilia, ephemera and past product in its vaults.
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