Falling Mirror

Falling Mirror was an alternative rock band from Cape Town, South Africa founded in 1978 by cousins Allan Faull and Nielen Marais.[1]

Falling Mirror
OriginCape Town, South Africa
GenresAlternative rock
Years active1978 –
LabelsRhythm Records
Websitefallingmirror.com
Past membersAllan Faull, Nielen Marais

Allan Faull died in September 2013.[2][3]

Discography

Singles
  • I Am The Actor / Makin' Out With Granny (1979) Warner Brothers, WBS 722
  • Highway Blues (1979)
  • If I Was James Dean (1980) also released by WEA Europe
  • Neutron Bop (1980)
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist (1986)
  • number 1 hit on Radio 5
  • Let's Paint The House Pink/
  • Cosmic Night (aka Louise The Astronaut) (1986) Warner Brothers, WBS 775
  • As Sly As The Fox/
  • Encounter In A Takeaway Shop (1987) WEA France (12" 45rpm single, 258426-0)

Albums
  • Zen Boulders (1979) WEA Records, WBC 9011
  • The Storming Of The Loft (1980) WEA Records, WBC 9013
  • Fantasy Kid (1981) WEA Records, WBC 9021
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist (1986) WEA Records, WBC 9029
  • Shattered (compilation LP) (1989) Tusk, TUSB 3008
  • Shattered (CD re-issue with 3 bonus tracks) (1992) Tusk, TUCD 3008
  • Hammerhead Hotel (download-only, November 2006, recorded 1996) Spaced Out Sounds
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist (CD re-issue with bonus tracks) (May 2001) RetroFresh, freshcd 112
  • Zen Boulders / The Storming Of The Loft (2 for 1 CD re-issue) (August 2002) RetroFresh, freshcd124
  • Singles and Rarities (Virtual Collection, compiled by Brian Currin) (September 2008) Spaced Out Sounds
  • Special Agent Duck (December 2010) Spaced Out Sounds

Various Artist Compilations
  • Sharp Cuts Volume 1 [1992] Tusk, WOND 103
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist
  • Sharp Cuts Volume 2 [1994] Tusk, WOND 121
  • Makin' Out With Granny
  • 40 Single Hits 40 Hit Singles Volume 2 [1997] Sony Music, CDSM 010 Z
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist, the only SA song on this 2-CD set
  • SA Top 40 Hits Of All Time Volume 6 [2002] Sting Music, STIDFCD 037
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist
  • SA Rock Gold (3-CD set) [2010] Universal Music, TUMGCD 100
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist

Guest appearances (Allan Faull)
  • McCully Workshop Inc [1970], Trutone
  • Buccaneer - McCully Workshop [1998] MicMac, MS001

Notes
  1. http://rock.co.za/files/fm_index.html
  2. http://fallingmirror.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/r-i-p-allan-faull/
  3. http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/falling-mirror-guitarist-dies-1582182
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