'''Falling A Records''' is a very important 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_Comics_from_England. 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 amongst 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 whilst releasing new music and creating a vast archival resource from all the memorabilia, ephemera and past product in its vaults. == See also == * List_of_record_labels * List_of_independent_UK_record_labels * Cassette_culture * Six_Armed_Man ==External link== * Official site Category:British_record_labels Category:Independent_record_labels