Regular Records

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Regular Records
Founded1978
Founder Martin Fabinyi, Cameron Allan
StatusDefunct
Genre
  • Rock
  • pop
Country of origin Australia
Location Sydney

Regular Records was an Australian record label based in Sydney that operated from 1978 until the mid-1990s. Regular Records released music by acts including Mental As Anything, Icehouse, and The Cockroaches.

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The Regular Records label was founded in 1978 by Martin Fabinyi and Cameron Allan. [1] The label was associated with music recording and publishing company Festival Records. [2]

The act first signed to the label was Mental as Anything. The second act signed to label was "Flowers" who later changed their name to Icehouse. [1] Regular signed Brisbane band The Riptides in 1981. [3] In 1986 Regular signed The Cockroaches, [4] who later went on to form the nucleus of The Wiggles. Acts also signed to Regular included I'm Talking, Electric Pandas and The Reels. [5] In the early 1990s, Regular signed Sydney band The Welcome Mat, and distributed the independent label Half a Cow.

Cameron Allan died in 2013.

Artists signed to label

References

  1. 1 2 Martin Fabinyi (19 July 2013). "Composer was a restless intellect - Cameron Allan, 1955-2013". Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Spinning around: 50 years of Festival Records". Powerhouse Museum . Government of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Stuart Coupe (11 January 1981). "Variety! That's the spice of Sydney Pub Rock". Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Watt, Andrew (2 May 1986). "The Cockroaches are coming". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Stuart Coupe (28 September 1986). "Live stars now get it on vinyl". Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 6 September 2013.
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